BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Grand Philharmonic Choir - ECPv6.17.0//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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190323T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190323T193000 DTSTAMP:20190221T185013Z CREATED:20180606T151726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T185013Z UID:26404-1553369400-1553369400@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Tudor Splendour DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nEnglish Renaissance choral music is a garden in full bloom! Experience the glorious polyphony of Tallis\, Byrd and Sheppard. Then\, compare with devotional contemporary works\, including Emily Walker’s exquisitely crafted\, serene I Asked of God. At this concert\, we will also present the world premiere of the winning work in our 2019 GPC Choral Works Competition — Sonnet 18\, by Rémi St-Jacques. \nLearn more about this exciting new composition here. \nTudor Splendour \nSheppard: Media Vita\nByrd: Mass in 4 Voices\nAllan: In paradisum\nWalker: I Asked of God\nAnd more! \nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nMark Vuorinen – Conductor \nMarch 23rd\, 7:30 pm\nAnglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, Kitchener URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/tudor-splendour/ LOCATION:Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, 23 Water St N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 5A4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Arts & Recreation,Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/TUDOR-SPLENDOUR.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181118T150000 DTSTAMP:20181115T163300Z CREATED:20180607T134808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181115T163300Z UID:26437-1542553200-1542553200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Considering Matthew Shepard - Sunday Afternoon DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nIn October 1998\, university student Matthew Shepard was targeted for his sexuality. He was kidnapped\, severely beaten\, tied to a fence and left to die in a lonely field. \nTwenty years after that terrible event\, we perform Craig Hella Johnson’s bold and transcendent work\, which incorporates a variety of musical styles and texts\, including passages from Matthew’s personal journal. \nThis is the first time this work will be performed in Canada. \nConsidering Matthew Shepard \nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nUniversity of Waterloo Chamber Choir\nMark Vuorinen – Conductor \nSunday November 18th\, 3:00pm\nUniversity of Waterloo Humanities Theatre \nThe work is 100 minutes long and will be performed without an intermission. \nWe are also presenting this show on the evening of Saturday November 17th\, at 7:30pm at the Humanities Theatre.  Click here to be taken to that event page. \n***Please bear in mind: Although the overall themes in this work are of hope\, compassion and equality\, this concert includes strong language and upsetting content.*** \nFor patrons with accessibility needs for parking\, please make arrangements beforehand by calling the box office between noon and 5 at 519-888-4908.\nParking is available in Lot H across the Ring Road from the Theatre. Enter at the University Avenue main entrance\, turn left and left again into the lot. Exit with credit card for a flat charge of $5.\nAlternatively\, pay-and-display parking is available in Lots A and C across University Avenue from the main entrance. Pay-and-display parking allows cash payments. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/considering-matthew-shepard-afternoon/ LOCATION:University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre\, 200 University Ave. West\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, N2L 3G1\, Canada CATEGORIES:Arts & Recreation,Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CONSIDERING-MATTHEW-SHEPARD.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181117T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181117T193000 DTSTAMP:20181115T163331Z CREATED:20180606T143631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181115T163331Z UID:26392-1542483000-1542483000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Considering Matthew Shepard - Saturday Evening DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nIn October 1998\, university student Matthew Shepard was targeted for his sexuality. He was kidnapped\, severely beaten\, tied to a fence and left to die in a lonely field. \nTwenty years after that terrible event\, we perform Craig Hella Johnson’s bold and transcendent work\, which incorporates a variety of musical styles and texts\, including passages from Matthew’s personal journal. \nThis is the first time this work will be performed in Canada. \nConsidering Matthew Shepard \nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nUniversity of Waterloo Chamber Choir\nMark Vuorinen – Conductor \nSaturday November 17th\, 7:30pm\nUniversity of Waterloo Humanities Theatre \nThe work is 100 minutes long and will be performed without an intermission. \nWe are also presenting this show on the afternoon of Sunday November 18th\, at 3:00pm at the Humanities Theatre.  Click here to be taken to that event page. \n***Please bear in mind: Although the overall themes in this work are of hope\, compassion and equality\, this concert includes strong language and upsetting content.*** \nFor patrons with accessibility needs for parking\, please make arrangements beforehand by calling the box office between noon and 5 at 519-888-4908.\nParking is available in Lot H across the Ring Road from the Theatre. Enter at the University Avenue main entrance\, turn left and left again into the lot. Exit with credit card for a flat charge of $5.\nAlternatively\, pay-and-display parking is available in Lots A and C across University Avenue from the main entrance. Pay-and-display parking allows cash payments. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/considering-matthew-shepard/ LOCATION:University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre\, 200 University Ave. West\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, N2L 3G1\, Canada CATEGORIES:Arts & Recreation,Concert,Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CONSIDERING-MATTHEW-SHEPARD.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180421T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180421T223000 DTSTAMP:20171205T183057Z CREATED:20170508T002958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171205T183057Z UID:25693-1524339000-1524349800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Earth Sea Sky DESCRIPTION:“Earth teach me suffering as old stones suffer with memory.\nEarth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky.” \nThese words\, from a prayer of the indigenous Ute Nation prayer\, are the text of Rupert Lang’s Earth Teach Me. It’s just one of several sublime compositions that we offer for an evocative meditation to mark Earth Day weekend. \nEarth Sea Sky\nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nEnns: Ten Thousand Rivers of Oil\nRaminsh: In the trail of the wind (excerpts)\nVasks: Plainscapes\nGrau: Kasar mie la Gaji\nLang: Earth Teach Me \nApril 21\, 2018\, 7:30 pm\nAnglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, Kitchener \nClick here for tickets! URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/earth-sea-sky/ 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/EARTH.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:20171027T182012Z 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:20170325T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170325T210000 DTSTAMP:20170508T003647Z 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:20161119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161119T220000 DTSTAMP:20170508T003751Z 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:20161021T211515Z 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 END:VCALENDAR