Grant Us Peace

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Mark Vuorinen
Music Professor, Mark Vuorinen, director of the Grand Philharmonic choir is giving a concert on Saturday night titled, Grant us Peace. Three beautiful and contrasting works are on the program:

Haydn:  Lord Nelson Mass (also known as Mass in troubled times)

John Estacio: The houses stand not far apart (a Philharmonic commission)

Peteris Vasks: Dona nobis Pacem

All three works are beautiful in their own right, and transmit a message of hope for greater understanding and compassion in our communities and throughout the world.  For this concert, Grand Philharmonic is paired with a number of schools across Waterloo Region to engage 1200 students in an art project that will be seen on stage and in the Centre in the Square lobby during the performance.  The Hands of Peace project has asked students to think about what peace means in their own communities and lives.  Their “Hands of Peace” will be displayed and their peace statements will be projected onto a screen in the concert hall before the concert and during intermission. 

Tickets for the concert are available to friends of the choir,  at a 20% discount by quoting the promo code: CHOIR at the box-office or online.  

Grant us Peace

Grand Philharmonic Choir & Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony

Bethany Horst, soprano

Jennifer Enns Modolo, mezzo-soprano

Marcel d’Entremont, tenor

Benjamin Covey, baritone

Centre in the Square, Kitchener

Saturday February 21, 7:30pm (pre-concert talk with composer John Estacio at 6:45, free with a ticket to the performance).