Caroline Schmidt
Caroline Schmidt graduated in 2017 from the University of Waterloo’s Honours Music program with an Intensive Music Specialization. Caroline is a member of the Da Capo Chamber Choir, The Edison Singers and is currently singing for Trillium Lutheran Church in Waterloo; she has previously performed at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Kitchener, with the Grand Philharmonic Choir and the Spiritus Ensemble. Caroline is currently teaching music lessons privately, and is a licensed Kindermusik Instructor for Little Music Makerz studio in Kitchener. Caroline has prepared and performed multiple recitals, including a Noon Hour Concert at the University of Waterloo. She previously studied voice lessons and vocal pedagogy with Brandon Leis, and continues to further her studies by taking lessons from Dr. Elizabeth Lepock. Caroline is passionate about choral singing and is excited to build on that passion by re-joining the Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir, as a member of the artistic team.
Programme
Caroline Schmidt, mezzo-soprano, and Christine Klaver-Schmidt, pianist, are thrilled to present a program of music composed solely by female Canadian Composers, and including lyrics primarily from Canadian poets. These chosen composers hail from all over Canada, and their works explore experiences from the east coast all the way to the west. These works delve into a variety of aspects of life through song: the beauty of nature and love, but also the pain that makes all of our lives bittersweet.
As well as performing together for this noon hour concert, they are colleagues at the Inter Mennonite Children's Choir.
Programme:
Deep Winter Snowfall, from Searching the Painted Sky - Martha Hill Duncan
The Brook in February - Duncan
Cradle Song, from Six Irish Poems for Maureen- Jean Coulthard
Frolic, from Six Irish Poems for Maureen - Coulthard
Innocence, from Six Irish Poems for Maureen - Coulthard
Touch - Monica Pearce
Script, from Involuntary Love Songs - Jocelyn Morlock
Breezes, from Minerals from Stone - Leslie Uyeda
Each Ecstatic Instant, from emily songs - Pearce
Sous la pluie from Le Tombeau des Rois- Rachel Laurin
Quiet - Duncan
Christine Klaver-Schmidt
Christine Klaver-Schmidt graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory in piano pedagogy studying with Danielle Dechenne and Willem Brons. She continued her studies at Wilfrid Laurier University with Professor Garth Beckett in Piano Performance. Since graduating, Christine has worked numerous times as an accompanist, choir director, and church organist. Christine retired from the Beckett School at Laurier after 36 years, but continues to teach at her private piano studio. She has held the position of accompanist for the Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir since 2000.
