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
With music as a guide, this concert will examine what it means to be human in a world of remarkable technological advances. Composers include A. Vivaldi, K. Smith, and Z. R. Stroope.
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.
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+)
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.
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.
Come experience the polyrhythms and polyphony of Balinese gamelan music played by Waterloo’s two local ensembles: the UWaterloo Balinese Gamelan and Grebel Community Balinese Gamelan. Directed by artist-in-residence, I Dewa Made Suparta, students and community members gather over a 12-week period to learn traditional and modern pieces through listening, imitation, repetition, and memorization.
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.
The Balinese Gamelan is meant to be heard outdoors, so please join us at Waterloo Town Square for a terrific evening concert. Free admission. This ensemble is directed by I Dewa Made Suparta, a noted Gamelan composer, and Dr. Maisie Sum. Stay after the concert to try out an instrument or two.
The human voice is an incredible instrument, not only capable of carrying text, but also showcasing many different sounds to convey emotion or create atmosphere. Voicescapes will explore some of these capabilities, featuring music by composers such as Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Stephen Hatfield, Morten Lauridsen, and Sarah Hopkins.