Events

Sound in the Land 2014 will explore music and the environment while discovering new Mennonite perspectives. A sequel to the highly successful Sound in the Lands 2009, which explored Mennonite music across borders and boundaries, and Sound in the Land 2004, which dealt with Mennonite musical diversities, Sound in the Land 2014 is both a festival with multiple concerts, performances, workshops, and an academic conference with papers and presentations which explore the new field of “ecomusicology” (music and the environment) from various Mennonite perspectives, locally and globally.

Concerts at 3pm and 7pm

Orchestral Music by:

• Larry Warkentin
• Janet Peachey
• Carol Ann Weaver
• Caroline Bordignon

with Waterloo Chamber Players (Orchestra)

• Ben Bolt-Martin, conductor

Multimedia Music

"Earth Songs" by Cecilia Kim with Korean traditional players and projected visuals

Music, Sounds and Visuals from Africa

with music on the lake by R. Murray Schafer

also music by Jennifer Butler and Emily Doolittle

Waterloo Inter - Mennonite Children's Choir
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh, conductor

Rockway Collegiate Concert Combo
Marlys Neufeldt, conductor

TACTUS Choral Ensemble
Catherine Robertson, conductor

Grebel Gamelan
​Maisie Sum, conductor

Festival Choir
Mark Vuorinen, conductor

Join the Grebel community as we celebrate the Grand Opening of our building project. Come for tours, visiting, and a reception!

     -Mennonite Archives of Ontario

     -Milton Good Library

“Beautiful“

What exactly is beautiful about choral music and choral singing?

Our program this spring is choral exploration of what we find deeply moving and meaningful in the act of singing together. Is it the notes, rhythms, and structures of the sounds or the act of the singing together itself? Does it have something to do finding a voice against injustice, bonding as peoples, cultures, or nations through song? Is it harmony, melody, or rhythm? Is it the poetry or the texts with which we work? What exactly makes choral music beautiful?

Enjoy the lovely sounds of 5 different Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, with pieces by Mozart, Faure, Beethoven, Debussy, and Cui. Refreshments available afterwards.