Bruce Cockburn, will play a solo concert at the University of Waterloo campus.
Canadian music icon, Bruce Cockburn, will play a solo concert at the University of Waterloo campus next month as part of Conrad Grebel University College's 50th anniversary celebrations this year.
Cockburn will play at the J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities at Waterloo at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 13. Tickets are available for purchase from the theatre box office by calling 519-888-4908, or visiting https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/cockburn.
“When our alumni committee brainstormed about having a special concert to celebrate our 50th anniversary, Bruce Cockburn was at the top of the list,” said Fred Martin, director of development at Grebel. "His music has always been popular with students and alumni, and his humanitarian work and voice for social justice in places such as Mozambique, Nepal, Central America and more recently in Iraq have always struck a chord."
The halls of the Grebel residence often echo with Bruce Cockburn tunes. Recently students created a Cockburn Vespers service in the chapel. Over the years, talent shows have included Cockburn covers, there were letters about his newest albums in student newspapers, and many students explored deeper understandings of spirituality as a result of his music.
Founded in 1963 by Ontario Mennonites, Conrad Grebel University College is a Christian liberal arts college affiliated with the University of Waterloo. Grebel is home to an innovative music department. It focuses on the way music intersects with students' daily lives and courses, and includes jazz, pop music and recently global music. The link between music and peacemaking is a natural focus for the college.
Cockburn's Waterloo concert kicks off a seven-city tour. His last visit to this region was in April 2011 when he released his 31st album, Small Source of Comfort, an adventurous collection of songs of romance, protest and spiritual discovery. The album, primarily acoustic yet rhythmically savvy, is rich in Cockburn’s characteristic blend of folk, blues, jazz and rock. As usual, many of the new compositions come from his travels to San Francisco and Brooklyn to the Canadian Forces base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In 2013, a documentary of Cockburn’s life and music was released called Pacing the Cage.
This concert has assigned seating and there will be an intermission. Pay parking is available in Lot HV on campus. A campus map is available at https://uwaterloo.ca/map/
Photo credit: Kevin Kelly
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