Multimedia Videos
Watch our special event videos: the Bechtel Lectures, Mennonite Literature series, the Eby Lecture, and the Sawatsky Lecture.
Friday, June 14, 2019 — 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
June 13 and 14, 2019, 10 AM–4PM
We can find ourselves in new territory where much is unknown as we face challenges and difficulties in illness, in the aging process, and in dying. In the same way the grit inside an oyster transforms into a pearl, we wonder if our fear and frustration can be transformed into something just as beautiful in us.
You are invited to a time of learning, reflection, and self-care.
Thursday, June 13, 2019 — 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
June 13 and 14, 2019, 10 AM–4PM
We can find ourselves in new territory where much is unknown as we face challenges and difficulties in illness, in the aging process, and in dying. In the same way the grit inside an oyster transforms into a pearl, we wonder if our fear and frustration can be transformed into something just as beautiful in us.
You are invited to a time of learning, reflection, and self-care.
Saturday, June 1, 2019 — 3:30 PM EDT
Celebrating those that were here anytime between '05-'10
Please join us for an afternoon BBQ informal event. The event will take place from 3:30-7:00 p.m.
Activities will include Beach Volleyball, Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Board Games, Video Games, etc.
Saturday, May 25, 2019 — 11:00 AM EDT
Students with offers of admission to University of Waterloo are invited to attend a special open house with a focus on finding the right place to live!
Come experience what residence life at Grebel is like! Onsite applications to residence and interviews will be offered.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 — 4:00 PM EDT
You are invited to join the Grebel community as we officially break ground for our Kitchen and Dining Room expansion project! Hear from Grebel President Marcus Shantz and a Board representative, as well as a word from our architects. You'll have a chance to speak with students involved in the project and learn how the renovation and expansion will increase their quality of living at Grebel.
Sunday, April 14, 2019 — 2:00 PM EDT
Conrad Grebel University College honours graduates who have lived and studied at Grebel while completing their University of Waterloo degree programs. This special Convocation takes place several weeks prior to the University of Waterloo Convocations where the official degrees are conferred. Faculty, staff, students, families, and friends celebrate this significant accomplishment together.
We welcome friends and families to this celebration on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 2:00 pm in the Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall, University of Waterloo.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 — 7:30 PM EDT
Repertoire includes the Brahms Piano Concerto #2 in Bb major, with Soloist Eric Liang (winner of the 2018 UW Concerto Competition) and Von Suppé ‘s Poet and Peasant Overture plus Bruckner’s Overture in G minor.
Every two years, orchestra@uwaterloo holds a Concerto and Aria Competition that is open to University of Waterloo students and recent graduates, and is judged by a panel of professional musicians. Winners perform as soloists with the orchestra in a public concert. The contest is sponsored by Prof. David Taylor.
Free Admission, tickets available at the door.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 — 7:30 PM EDT
Directed by Dr. Maisie Sum and featuring Grebel Artist-in-Residence I Dewa Made Suparta, the UW Balinese Gamelan and the Grebel Community Gamelan will perform a mix of contemporary pieces and traditional classics. There will be a chance to try out the instrument for yourself after the concert.
Sunday, March 31, 2019 — 7:30 PM EDT
Six different Instrumental Chamber Ensemble trios will play a lovely selection of classical music. Composers for this term include Brahms, Beethoven, and lesser known composers such as Von Call, Weber, Rheinberger, and Arensky. Chamber Ensembles are directed by Ben Bolt-Martin.
Reception to follow, Free Admission.
Sunday, March 31, 2019 — 2:00 PM EDT
The UWaterloo Jazz Ensemble consists of approximately 20 jazz aficionados playing standard and non-standard jazz instruments. Directed by Michael Wood, this ensemble will play a wide selection of popular jazz music.
Tickets available at the door. Reception to follow.
Friday, March 29, 2019 (all day) to Sunday, March 31, 2019 (all day)
Join us for Grebel’s Student Council production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, an all student production! Tickets go on sale Monday, February 18.
SHOWTIMES
March 29 at 7:00 PM
March 30 at 1:00 PM
March 30 at 7:00 PM
March 31 at 1:00 PM
TICKETS
$25 for adults
$20 for students and seniors (60+)
Sunday, March 24, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring music by Tallis, Britten, Finzi, Gjeilo, Barnum and others to fill the soul. This 25 voice choir is directed by Dr. Mark Vuorinen.
Tickets available at the door.
Friday, March 22, 2019 — 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Youth groups and youth ages 12–18 are invited to explore how we use and misuse technology. Through hands-on workshops and with our speakers we will explore topics like screen addiction and balance, peacebuilding in a digital age, how technology impacts the way we worship, and using technology purposefully.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 — 12:30 PM EDT
Well known local composer and retired Grebel professor Carol Ann Weaver will launch her Songs for my Mother CD, playing a selection of songs along with soprano Mary Catherine Pazzano and Willem Moolenbeek on sax.
Carol Ann Weaver's website
Thursday, March 14, 2019 — 7:00 PM EDT
John noted that he is giving fresh energy to this question that has been an integral part of his life’s research. It promises to be a stimulating evening and we look forward to seeing Rempel in fine form!
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 — 12:30 PM EDT
Well known and beloved by local music patrons, the Andromeda Trio consists of Marcus Scholtes, Violin; Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, Cello; and Heidi Wall, Piano.
Their repertoire for this concert will be Sergei Rachmaninoff's
Trio élégiaque in D minor, Opus 9.
Saturday, March 9, 2019 — 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST
On Saturday, March 9, 2019, Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell, appointed as the College’s Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar, will offer a workshop on "Building a Vocal Community: The Power of Song in Community."
Saturday, March 9, 2019 — 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST
Come and see what Grebel and University of Waterloo have to offer! This open house is for students looking to attend UWaterloo in Fall 2019 or beyond!
Friday, March 8, 2019 — 7:30 PM EST
On Friday, March 8, 2019, Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell, appointed as the College’s Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar, will offer the Sawatsky Lecture on “The Power of Music to Create Inclusive Communities.”
Thursday, March 7, 2019 — 6:30 PM EST
Join Fred W. Martin, Grebel's Director of Advancement, at 6:30 p.m. for an Alumni Meet and Greet at the Canadian Tire Centre.
Your $70 ticket includes Ledge seating, a hot sandwich from the carvery station, unlimited salad bar, a space to mingle with other alumni and access to a private bar area.
The Ledge opens 90 minutes before game time and food will be served until the end of the first intermission. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Email Alison Enns to reserve your tickets. Or call 519-885-0220 x24217.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 — 12:30 PM EST
Flautist Wendy Wagler, cellist Ben Bolt-Martin, and pianist Boyd McDonald together have formed the Springdale Trio. In this concert, they will perform "The Voice of the Whale", by American avant-garde composer George Crumb.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 — 12:30 PM EST
Violinist Jerzy Kaplanek & pianist Leopoldo Erice will be performing Schubert’s Grand Duo Sonata in A Major, and Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 1 in f minor.
Friday, February 8, 2019 — 7:30 PM EST
The 2019 Bechtel Lectures in Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies will host Dr. Irma Fast Dueck from Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg. Fast Dueck is a practical theologian whose lecture will explore the topic of young people in the Mennonite church today.
Join us for a youth panel discussion.
There has been particular interest in the experience of young adults in this past decade, particularly in light of the decline of church attendance with the implicit assumption that if the church can’t connect with young adults it is indeed in serious trouble. “Why don’t young adults go to church?” is the question put simply if not superficially. And even if they are part of the church, why aren’t they getting baptized and becoming members? This evening we will engage the wisdom of young adults as they have encountered the church with the aim of better understanding what it means to be the church together, in this time and place.
