Performer Njacko Backo is the creator of joyful African influenced "world music", master of the kalimba (thumb piano) from his native Cameroon. Backo is a multi-faceted band-leader, storyteller, author, and educator.
This concert features accomplished local performers Natasha Campbell (soprano), Heidi Wall (piano), and Miriam Stewart-Kroeker (cello).
As a precursor to their KW Chamber Music Society concert, we are delighted that the world renowned Attacca Quartet will present a free concert at Grebel featuring one of Haydn's string quartets. Please note that this concert is on a Friday, instead of our usual Wednesday noon hour time slot.
Jazz music featuring vibraphonist Michael Wood & pianist Jim Hodgkinson. Music will include pieces by notable Canadian and American composers.
Solo jazz piano music. Includes new compositions by renowned local composer.
Countertenor Daniel Cabena and pianist Stephen Runge perform songs from the English art song repertoire, exploring a few of the various forms and meanings of sanctuary.
Dr. Jeff Gundy will be presenting the Bechtel lectures this year on Thursday and Friday November 13 and 14.
Lecture 1: “Poetry, the Sleeping King, and Creative Doubt.”
Sara Fraser-Raff, violin
Anna Redekop, viola
Amber Ghent, cello
Brett Kingsbury, piano
The Gamelan is a percussive ensemble, unlike anything else you will have heard at the University of Waterloo. Please join us for this free concert, and enjoy the virtuosity and the rapid changes of tempo and dynamics associated with the Balinese gamelan style.
This is a joint concert for the University of Waterloo Chamber Choir, the Grebel Chapel Choir, and the University of Waterloo Choir. Pieces include Poulenc's "Gloria", and other seasonal delights.