Please join us for a celebration of the diversity of church song in the Voices Together Hymnal, complete with congregational singing. Sing hymns and worship songs from German Mennonite, African American, Laotian, Ethiopian and other Christian traditions along with other lovers of church song.
A painting representing various Indigenous cultures, made by Kelsi Bartake, Jordan Raymond and grade 12 students, Bethlehem Catholic High School, Saskatoon, SK, from Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Try your hand at something new! Join Brubacher House 2022 Artist-in-Residence Yulia Balobanova for a fun series of June workshops as we capture the beauty of Brubacher House with pastel. No painting experience necessary— Yulia will guide us through the entire process from start to finish.
In the last two years, instructions to "shelter in place" became familiar around the globe as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This lecture considers what it means to shelter in place, not just in terms of emergency management, but as a deliberate practice with ethical and ecological effects. What do poets, walkers, and weather observers teach us about the value of dwelling in place? What does shelter look like for those who are forced to leave their homes? And when prevented from staying in place, how can a person dwell? Is it possible to shelter in time?
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."
At this public event, Jane Ramseyer Miller, Artistic Director of One Voice Mixed Chorus, Minnesota’s GLBTA chorus and Artistic Director for GALA Choruses, will lead us in singing and reflection. She will inspire us to give thanks for the gift of water that is fundamental for all of life, and will challenge us to commit to the fair and just care of water for all people. Opening and welcome by Blue Sky Singers, a group of First Nations singers.
How can we use lectionary scriptures as a basis for choosing worship music, expand our conducting toolbox and lead music that both worships God and speaks into the world? In this half-day workshop we will sing together, learn together, and explore God’s gift of music.
This interactive, day-long workshop will explore creativity as a tool for working against oppression. Through historic, global and personal case studies, students engage with the concept of peace building as an “art” that often calls for a creative approach.
Amanda Brunk, local performer, teacher, clinician, adjudicator, and founder/director of the Singer's Theatre, will present options for earning a living as a musician. Presented by Music Living & Learning, admission is free. Pizza and beverages are available after the presentation.