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Book launch.
Thursday, October 5, 2017 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Book Launch: Later Writings of the Swiss Anabaptists, 1529-1592

The Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies (IAMS) and Conrad Grebel University College invite you to celebrate the launch of Later Writings of the Swiss Anabaptists, 1529-1592, edited by former Grebel professor C. Arnold Snyder.

Friday, October 13, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Noon Hour Concert: The Three Tenors

No, not those three tenors, but our own instrumental version.  This concert will feature the musical legacy of Tenor Saxophonists: Jimmy Heath, Hank Mobley, and Stan Getz.

Presented by Michael Wood on the Vibraphone, Ernie Kalwa on Tenor Saxophone, and Bassist Greg Prior.Ernie Kalwa saxophone

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Songs for My Mother

Composed by Carol Ann Weaver, "Songs for My Mother - from Appalachia to Africa" is a song cycle based on writings from her mother Miriam L. Weaver's pioneering life in Appalachian Kentucky in the 1940s (primitive house, flat iron, Hard Shell Baptists who met outside on the hillside), her travels to Africa, and her return to Virginia with poignant words about her sudden impending death in the 90s.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Bach Suites & Chimera

Elinor Frey celebrates J. S. Bach’s Suites for unaccompanied cello with a performance of his dark and introspective Suite No. 5 in C Minor (BWV 1011), alongside the complex, nuanced nobility of Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major (BWV 1010). Between these two pillars of the cello repertoire, Ms. Frey performs a newly commissioned works “Chimera” (2017) by the innovative American composer Ken Ueno.

Elinor Frey & cello

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Autorickshaw

Autorickshaw’s music lies on the cultural cutting edge, as contemporary jazz, funk and folk easily rub shoulders with the classical and popular music of India. Formed in 2003, Autorickshaw is one of the most intriguing acts on the world music and jazz landscapes, garnering 2004 and 2007 JUNO nominations for World Music Album of the Year, winning a Canadian Independent Music Award in 2005, and a John Lennon Songwriting Competition Grand Prize in World Music and the CAPACOA Touring Artist of the Year award, both in 2008.

Amanda Kind.
Friday, November 10, 2017 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Brave: A Concert Celebrating Courage, Compassion, and Community With Amanda Kind

Join local performer Amanda Kind and fellow UW alumni and current students for an evening of meaningful music in a variety of styles in support of a great cause. Everything from classical and jazz to Broadway showtunes and pop hits is on this diverse and entertaining concert including "The Rain is Over and Gone," "Seasons of Love," "Man in the Mirror," "Imagine," "Brave" and more.

Featuring a small ensemble choir, voice instructor Stephanie Kramer, and many other guest vocalists!

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Venus in the Garden

Eviole [ay-vee-oh-lay] is a group of five musicians focusing on the music written in the 17th century (ish). The music from this time is astonishingly beautiful, grounded in text/poetry, deliciously intricate, and often quite cheeky. The group features Sheila Dietrich, soprano, Corey Linforth, soprano, Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo soprano, Borys Medicky, harpsichord, and Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, cello.

Eviole

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Noon Hour Concert: Passions for Guitar

Classical guitarist Celia Linde is acclaimed for her personal style, her captivating temperament and for her wide range of musical interpretations.  She tours frequently throughout Europe, the U.S., Canada, Finland, Scandinavia, Russia, and Turkey. As a recitalist Celia Linde has performed in numerous festivals and international concert Halls including the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and others.