Dr. Jeff Gundy will be presenting the Bechtel lectures this year on Thursday and Friday November 13 and 14. The Friday lecture will also be part of the New Mennonite/s Writing series.
Lecture/Reading 2:
“Circling Defiance.”
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.
A lovely selection of seasonal jazz classics, performed by the 22 member jazz ensemble.
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Delightful selection of Chamber Ensemble music. Each group consists of 3 to 5 members, and this term we even have a brass ensemble in addition to the usual string ensembles. Reception afterwards.
Known for the passion and brilliance of their performances, Duo Concertante (Nancy Dahn, violin, and Timothy Steeves, piano) will be performing two Schubert pieces and Incarnation, a specially commissioned piece by Chan Ka Nin.
See the Duo Concertante website for more details about these amazing performers from St John's, Newfoundland - who made their Carnegie Hall
debut in February 2013.
Stephanie Kramer, soprano
Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo soprano
Magdalena Tomsinska, renaissance lute & baroque guitar
Renowned local musician Kevin Ramessar plays classical guitar. Music from classical, jazz, folk & popular idioms, re-imagined for six strings. See the Ramessar website for more details about his music, including his newly released CD, Snow on Snow. 
Well known local performers Mary-Catherine McNinch-Pazzano (jazz vocalist) and Mike Grace (bass) will perform a selection of classic jazz music. See Mary-Catherine's website for more information on their performances.
