BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Grand Philharmonic Choir - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://grandphilchoir.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Grand Philharmonic Choir REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180210T213000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20170508T001821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T174659Z UID:25689-1518291000-1518298200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Gloria DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets \n \n\n“My youngest child\, old-fashioned and sweet\,” Bernstein wrote of his Chichester Psalms\, which are often described as a magical combination of Biblical Hebrew verse and Christian choral tradition. At this concert\, we will also perform the winning work from the GPC composition competition\, which launches this season. \nGloria\n Grand Philharmonic Choir\nNatasha Campbell\, soprano\nDaniel Cabena\, countertenor \nBernstein – Chichester Psalms\nPoulenc – Gloria\nCorlis – Psalm 150 \nFebruary 10\, 2018\, 7:30 pm\nSt Peter’s Lutheran Church\, Kitchener \nSt. Peter’s Lutheran Church has limited on-site parking found under the building. Handicap parking permit holders may park at the side of the church building off Queen Street. Street parking is also available. Paid parking is available at the library lot and the lot on Duke Street. \nIf you need special assistance\, please call the choir office at 519-578-5660 x 5290. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/gloria/ LOCATION:St. Peter’s Lutheran Church\, 49 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 2G9\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/LEONARD-BERNSTEIN.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171209T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171209T223000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20170508T000826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171203T202221Z UID:25687-1512847800-1512858600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Messiah DESCRIPTION:Messiah \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\nIt’s impossible to think of Christmas without Messiah\, and this year we have an extra gift for you! Along with the timeless beauty of Handel’s music\, we will project breathtaking\, hand-crafted images from the Saint John Bible\, through a partnership with St. Jerome’s University\, Conrad Grebel University College\, and University of Waterloo Critical Media Lab. \nMessiah\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nJacqueline Woodley\, Soprano;\nMarjorie Maltais\, Mezzo-Soprano;\nAndrew Haji\, Tenor;\nRussell Braun\, Baritone;\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony \nDecember 9\, 2017\, 7:30 pm\nCentre in the Square\, Kitchener \nPre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. with Fr. Eric Hollas\, who was instrumental in commissioning the Saint John’s Bible URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/messiah/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ST.-JOHN-BIBLE.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171125T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171125T223000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20170507T235952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171027T182012Z UID:25683-1511638200-1511649000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Winter Hymn DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets \n \n\nEnchanting music for early winter and Christmas\, including Britten’s lovely Ceremony of Carols\, the transcendent sonorities of Pärt’s Bogoroditse Djevo\, and excerpts from Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen. You will hear wineglasses used as instruments in Ēriks Ešenvalds’ ethereal Stars\, experience snowscape as sound in R. Murray Schafer’s Snowforms\, and much more. \nWinter Hymn\nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nJulia Seager-Scott\, Harp \nNovember 25\, 2017\, 7:30 pm\nAnglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, Kitchener URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/winter-hymn/ LOCATION:Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, 23 Water St N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 5A4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WINTER-NIGHT.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171021T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171021T223000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20170507T235148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171006T010434Z UID:25681-1508614200-1508625000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway DESCRIPTION:Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\nThe best-loved choruses from opera\, oratorio and musical theatre await you! Selections from Mozart’s Requiem\, Brahms’ Requiem\, Bernstein’s Candide\, and much more. Storyteller extraordinaire Tom Allen will be our guide during the evening. A wonderful night for the family! \nBig Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway\n Grand Philharmonic Choir\nSaturday October 21\, 2017\, 7:30 pm\nCentre in the Square\, Kitchener URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/big-choruses-from-brahms-to-broadway/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BROADWAY.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170414T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170414T220000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160706T135807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170508T003836Z UID:24794-1492198200-1492207200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Beethoven: Missa Solemnis DESCRIPTION:Beethoven: Missa Solemnis\n \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\n“From the heart\, may it again go to the heart\,” Beethoven said about this work. Intimately personal in some places\, grand in its sprawling narrative at other times\, this is Beethoven at the height of his creative genius. \nLeslie Fagan\, soprano\nKrisztina Szabo\, mezzo-soprano\nOwen McCausland\, tenor\nGeoffrey Sirett\, baritone\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/beethoven-missa-solemnis/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MISSA-SOLEMNIS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170325T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170325T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160808T185340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170508T003647Z UID:25064-1490470200-1490475600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Immortal Bach DESCRIPTION:Immortal Bach\n \n \n Get Tickets \n \n\nMeet J.S. Bach and his musical descendants and heirs in this beguiling presentation of motets by a family of Bachs and the works of other composers\, such as Mendelssohn and Nystedt\, who were deeply influenced by this greatest of composers. Works by J.S. Bach\, J.C. Bach\, J.L. Bach Felix Mendelssohn and Knut Nystedt. \nThis concert will be performed by the Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers. \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/immortal-bach/ LOCATION:Ontario CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Immortal-Bach.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170304T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170304T220000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160706T145236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170508T003706Z UID:24809-1488655800-1488664800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Bellows & Brass DESCRIPTION:Bellows & Brass\n \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\nCelebrate the glorious 500-year tradition of voice\, organ and brass\, with a quintet from the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. A delightful variety of works spanning the centuries\, from Giovanni Gabrieli to Paul Halley\, will make your spirit soar. \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony Brass Quintet\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/bellows-brass/ LOCATION:St. Peter’s Lutheran Church\, 49 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 2G9\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/BELLOWS-BRASS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161211T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160714T180610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170508T003726Z UID:24827-1481468400-1481475600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Christmas Homecoming DESCRIPTION:Dove: There Was A Child\nand other seasonal works\n \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\nFrom our family to yours\, this will be a homecoming to remember! Our children’s and youth choirs join our adult singers for a beautiful “family of choirs” concert. Jonathan Dove’s sublime work\, which celebrates young life with joy and intensity\, will be performed here for the first time in Canada! \nJacqueline Woodley\, soprano\nAndrew Haji\, tenor\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nGrand Philharmonic Youth Choir\nGrand Philharmonic Children’s Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor\nAndrea deBoer-Jones\, children’s choir conductor\nAmanda Brunk\, youth choir conductor \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/christmas-homecoming/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Children's Choir,Concert,GPC Choir,Youth Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/GPC-Christmas_Homecoming.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161203T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161203T230000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160714T190115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160922T180836Z UID:24855-1480759200-1480806000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Christmas Carols DESCRIPTION:Christmas Carols with our Youth and Children’s choirs\n \n \n\nJoin us at Kitchener City Hall for the singing of Christmas Carols at the Christkindl Christmas Market URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/christmas-carols/ LOCATION:Kitchener City Hall\, 200 King St. W\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2G 4G7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Children's Choir,Community,Concert,Youth Choir END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161201T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161201T190000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160714T185655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160714T185655Z UID:24845-1480615200-1480618800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Christkindlmarkt Opening DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Christkindlmarkt\n \n \n\nJoin us for the procession form Victoria Park to Kitchener City Hall complete with live animals! \nThere will be carol singing along with “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/christkindlmarkt-opening/ LOCATION:Kitchener City Hall\, 200 King St. W\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2G 4G7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Community,Concert END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160706T145056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170508T003751Z UID:24799-1479583800-1479592800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Whitbourn: Annelies DESCRIPTION:Whitbourn: Annelies\n \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\nJames Whitbourn’s moving cantata sets to music the diary of Anne Frank\, a book which became a symbol of hope and goodness amid the brutality of the Second World War. \nOur production of this “devastatingly beautiful” work  (Choir and Organ magazine) will be its first performance in Canada. \nEnhance your experience by taking in the displays on Anne’s life and legacy at the Kitchener Public Library\, 2nd floor from Oct. 21 – Nov. 18. They will be on loan from the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect\, New York City. \nThis concert will be performed by the Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers along with special soloists and instrumentalists: \nNatasha Campbell\, soprano\nAndrew Chung\, violin\nBarbara Hankins\, clarinet\nBen Bolt-Martin\, cello\nCatherine Robertson\, piano \nThere will be a pre-concert talk at 6:45pm with Carson Phillips\, a Holocaust scholar and managing director of the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre in Toronto. \nFREE Parking is available on campus in “WHITE PERMIT” lots. \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/whitbourn-annelies/ LOCATION:Maureen Forrester Hall\, Wilfrid Laurier University\, 75 University Ave. W\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, N2L 3C5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ANNELIES.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161113T160000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160714T184618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161021T211515Z UID:24837-1479045600-1479052800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Anne Frank: At the Library DESCRIPTION:Anne Frank: At the Library\n \n \n\nJoin us to remember Anne Frank\, the courageous young Jewish refugee whose diary spoke eloquently for millions who suffered in the Second World War. \nWe will have educational displays brought in from the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect in New York City. These will be displayed Oct. 20 to Nov. 15 at Kitchener Public Library main branch. http://kpl.org/art-exhibits \nYou are also invited to our special preview\, Sunday Nov. 13\,  of portions of Annelies\, the moving choral cantata by James Whitbourn that brings music to Anne’s words. \nBeth Slepian\, education director for the Anne Frank Center\, will also present a talk on Anne\, her history\, her legacy\, and how her story helps us meet the challenges of the 21st century. \nThis preview will be performed by the Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers. \nAll Nov. 13 events are free\, take place at the library\, and are open to the public. \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/sample-of-annelies/ LOCATION:Kitchener Public Library\, 85 Queen St N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 2H1\, Canada CATEGORIES:Community,Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ANNELIES.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161015T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161015T220000 DTSTAMP:20260420T072934 CREATED:20160706T144104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170508T003814Z UID:24797-1476559800-1476568800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:The Young\, The Restless DESCRIPTION:Handel: Dixit Dominus\nMozart: Mass in C Minor\n \n \n Buy Tickets \n \n\nHear these fresh works composed by Handel and Mozart when they were still in their twenties! The shimmering Baroque layers of voice and orchestra in Handel’s setting of Psalm 110 are breathtaking. And Mozart’s Mass is a favourite of Pope Francis. Of the Et Incarnatus Est movement\, he said: “It lifts you to God!” \nHélène Brunet\, soprano\nVirginia Hatfield\, soprano\nDaniel Cabena\, countertenor\nJacques-Olivier Chartier\, tenor\nJustin Welsh\, baritone\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor \nOur Venues URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/the-young-the-restless/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Concert ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YOUNG-RESTLESS.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR