BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Grand Philharmonic Choir - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Grand Philharmonic Choir 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230613T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230613T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20230602T024658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T024658Z UID:29476-1686681000-1686684600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Haudenosaunee Voices DESCRIPTION:A family-friendly interactive workshop with singing\, dancing and exploring our connection to Mother Earth\nLed by Kelly Fran Davis \nTuesday\, June 13\, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.\nKitchener City Hall Rotunda\nFree and open to all URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/haudenosaunee-voices/ LOCATION:Kitchener City Hall Rotunda\, 200 King St W\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2G 4G7\, Canada END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230528T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230528T163000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220518T180211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T211100Z UID:28699-1685286000-1685291400@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Martin's "Water: An Environmental Oratorio" and Bruckner's "Te Deum" DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nOur season concludes with a brand-new oratorio. We will give the world premiere of Stephanie Martin’s “Water: An Environmental Oratorio”\, the story of the importance of this precious resource and a community’s efforts to protect it. \nAnton Bruckner’s powerful “Te Deum” opens this concert. \nKaty Clark\, Soprano\nMarion Newman\, Mezzo-Soprano\nJean-Philippe Lazure\, Tenor\nPhillip Addis\, Baritone \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Children’s Choir\nGrand Philharmonic Youth Choir\nGrand Philharmonic Choir \nMark Vuorinen\, conductor URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/martins-water-and-bruckners-te-deum/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WATER_water-art.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230407T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230407T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220518T180029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T135809Z UID:28697-1680895800-1680904800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Bach B-Minor Mass DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nJoin us in this beloved Good Friday tradition. This magnificent work speaks to the full spectrum of human experience\, from the sparkling joy of “Gloria” to the suffering of “Crucifixus” and the final serenity of “Dona nobis pacem”. \nSherezade Panthaki\, Soprano\nJulia Dawson\, Mezzo-Soprano\nLawrence Wiliford\, Tenor\nJonathon Adams\, Baritone \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir \nMark Vuorinen\, conductor URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/bach-b-minor-mass/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BACH_B-MINOR_Kazimir-Malevich-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230311T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230311T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220519T150924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230209T154533Z UID:28707-1678563000-1678568400@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Stories of Love\, Loss and Life DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nA journey of the human spirit\, with works by Tracy Wong\, Nathaniel Dett\, Elton John\, Stephanie Martin and many more. \nSaturday March 11\, 7:30 p.m.\nAnglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\n23 Water Street North\, Kitchener \nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nTom Corken\, conductor\nRaneem Barakat\, soloist\nDebra Lacoste\, trumpet\nIan VanderBurgh\, piano \nTickets: $32 adults and seniors / $25 for GPC subscribers / $20 for students and under 30s / $10 for high school students and younger \nTickets available at the door\, or by clicking the button above or calling 519-578-1570. \nThe church has an accessible entrance on Duke Street. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/love-loss-life/ LOCATION:Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, 23 Water St N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 5A4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221210T220000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220518T175757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T135845Z UID:28695-1670700600-1670709600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Messiah DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nMessiah is a banquet for the spirit. From the beautifully drawn nativity story\, to the thrilling “Hallelujah” chorus and beyond\, it is the best-loved work we perform. We warmly welcome our Artistic Director Emeritus\, Howard Dyck\, as guest conductor. \nMegan Chartrand\, Soprano\nJulie Boulianne\, Mezzo-Soprano\nColin Ainsworth\, Tenor\nJesse Blumberg\, Baritone \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir \nHoward Dyck\, conductor URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/messiah-4/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MESSIAH_Sandro-Botticelli.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221112T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221112T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220518T180410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T203815Z UID:28701-1668281400-1668286800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Duruflé Requiem DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nIn this masterpiece by Maurice Duruflé\, medieval chant is combined with luxuriant harmonies. \nChristina Stelmacovich\, mezzo-soprano\nBen Wallace\, baritone\nJonathan Oldengarm\, organ \nGrand Philharmonic Chamber Singers\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/durufle-requiem/ LOCATION:St. Peter’s Lutheran Church\, 49 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 2G9\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/thumbnail_DURUFLÉ-REQUIEM-ART-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221022T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220518T175628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T165405Z UID:28693-1666467000-1666474200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Elijah DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nSurging dramatic passages. Beautiful serene interludes. A story of a drought\, futile prayers offered to a false god\, and the complex\, brooding figure of the central character\, Elijah. \nChoir alumni will join current members to perform this memorable start to a landmark season. \nJacqueline Woodley\, Soprano\nAllyson McHardy\, Mezzo-Soprano\nOwen McCausland\, Tenor\nJames Westman\, Baritone \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir \nMark Vuorinen\, conductor \nPlease see our Health and Safety protocols here URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/elijah/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ELIJAH_Nicholas-Roerich-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220528T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220528T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220422T132831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220424T223258Z UID:28673-1653766200-1653769800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:The Hope of Loving DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets Here\nThe Hope of Loving \nJoin us for our final concert of the 2021/2022 season.\nThis concert will feature beautiful short works that will open your heart. \nYou will hear the premiere of Aaron Manswell’s Stick with Love\, a gospel-style work inspired by the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This work is the winner of our 2022 composition competition. \nWe will also give the first live performance of Take This Thread / Le fil que je suis\, a hauntingly beautiful song about the human experience during the pandemic . \nAudience members are asked to show proof of vaccination on entry and be masked during the performance. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/the-hope-of-loving/ LOCATION:St. Peter’s Lutheran Church\, 49 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 2G9\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ticket-image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220415T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220415T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20220311T225839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T190637Z UID:28636-1650051000-1650058200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Brahms Requiem DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nBrahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem\nwith\nLesley Bouza\, soprano\nTyler Duncan\, baritone\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor \nFriday April 15 (Good Friday) Centre In The Square\, 7:30 p.m. \nYou will find the Brahms Requiem\, one of the most beautiful Romantic works ever written\, to be deeply moving. It has special significance after the terrible public health crisis we have all experienced. \nPlease join us! \nTickets range from $30 to $82\, with special prices for college/university students and those under 30 ($20) or youth up to the end of high school ($10). \nBuy tickets: \nIn person at the theatre box office window: Monday to Saturday\, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. \nBy phone: 519-578-1570 Monday to Saturday\, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. \nOnline: Click HERE for the link to sales.\nAll audience members must show proof of vaccination and be masked to enter the concert. \nSee our safety protocols at www.grandphilchoir.com/COVID URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/brahms-requiem-2022/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BRAHMS_REQUIEM_WEBSITE-BANNER-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20211210T214247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211210T215248Z UID:28567-1639422000-1639425600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Caroling in Victoria Park DESCRIPTION:Join us for Caroling in Victoria Park starting on Roos Island at 7 p.m. Monday Dec 13. We’ll move to a couple of locations during the hour we are in the park. Merry Christmas! URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/caroling-in-victoria-park/ LOCATION:Victoria Park\, Kitchener\, ON\, 32 Dill St\,\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2G 1L1\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Caroling-in-Victoria-Park-Instagram-Post-2-e1639154594478.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211023T103000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20211004T031547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T201640Z UID:28500-1634979600-1634985000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Music in the Woods - RESCHEDULED! DESCRIPTION:Music in the Woods with the Grand Philharmonic Choir!\nSaturday Oct. 23\, departing every 15 minutes from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.\nThis is a guided walk through the beautiful Columbia Forest\, at the northwest edge of Waterloo.\nAs you pass through\, you’ll hear music from singers\, a vocal soloist and flute player\, all mingling with the sounds of nature.\nThis is a free event and open to everyone\, but you must register in advance HERE and show us your ticket when you arrive.\nMeet your guide at the corner of Laurelwood Drive and Blue Beech Blvd.\nWe ask that everyone wear masks as you walk with us. There will be about 20 people in each group.\nThe walk is about 45 minutes. Please bear in mind that the path in the woods is neither groomed nor level.\nThank you for your interest in this event!\nClick HERE for a map of the location. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/music-in-the-woods/ LOCATION:N2V 2T7\, meet at the corner of Laurelwood and Blue Beech Blvd\, Waterloo\, ON\, N2V 2T7\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/columbia-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210619T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210619T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20210608T170514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210608T170846Z UID:28363-1624131000-1624134600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:World Premiere: Take This Thread / Le fil que je suis DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n \nFive choirs\, a composer and a poet have joined together to create a new commissioned choral work about our isolation and connection in the pandemic. You’re invited to join the premiere broadcast online\, with others across Canada!  URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/world-premiere-take-this-thread-le-fil-que-je-suis/ LOCATION:ON ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021_TakeThisThread_FacebookEvent_1920x1005.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200727T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200727T110000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20200626T211845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200720T185655Z UID:27923-1595840400-1595847600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:ChoirLab Virtual Music Experience DESCRIPTION:CHOIRLAB\nStarts July 27\nLove to sing? \nWant to explore new types of music from the comforts of your own home? \nNeed to brush up your vocal and musicianship skills? \nLevel up with ChoirLab!\nAll participants will receive a $25 discount for our fall season!\nChoirLab\nFor children ages 7 – 14\nJuly 27-31     9-11 am daily\n\n* Choose your own adventure — select a project and make music together online\n* Explore new music with others of the same age\n* Individual vocal check-ins\n* Yoga for Young Singers session with yoga teacher and pianist\, Anna Ronai\n* Led by Andrea deBoer-Jones (biography below)\n\n\n\n \n\nRegister here for ChoirLab Kids ages 7 – 14\nMonday – Friday July 27 – 31\, 9 – 11 a.m.\n \n  \n\nMore about our ChoirLab leader! \n\n\nChildren’s ChoirLab Director: Andrea deBoer-Jones (Hon BMus\, Vocal Music Specialist)\n\nConductor\, Grand Philharmonic Children’s Choir\nK-12 Choral Music Director\, St. John’s Kilmarnock School\nPYP MYP Music Specialist\nFormer singer of Elora Festival Singers and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir\nChoir adjudicator\, Kiwanis Music Festivals (PEI\, Stratford\, Port Hope)\n\n  URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/choirlab-virtual-music-experience/ LOCATION:ON CATEGORIES:Children's Choir,Community,Education,GPC Choir,Youth Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Logo-size-ChoirLab-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200509T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200509T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190523T190429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200321T160509Z UID:27187-1589052600-1589052600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Choirs in Concert - Saturday DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nA wonderful evening for all the family! \nAll 200 singers in our own family of four choirs sing their hearts out for you\, in an unforgettable night of music-making! \nIncluded will be the world premiere of the winning work in our 2020 Choral Works Composition Contest – this year\, especially created for children’s choir. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/choirs-in-concert-saturday/ LOCATION:ON CATEGORIES:Children's Choir,Grand Philharmonic Choir,Youth Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CHOIRS-IN-CONCERT-ART.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200508T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200508T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190523T190147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200321T160450Z UID:27183-1588966200-1588966200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Choirs in Concert - Friday DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nA wonderful evening for all the family! \nAll 200 singers in our own family of four choirs sing their hearts out for you\, in an unforgettable night of music-making! \nIncluded will be the world premiere of the winning work in our 2020 Choral Works Composition Contest – this year\, especially created for children’s choir. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/choirs-in-concert/ LOCATION:ON CATEGORIES:Children's Choir,Grand Philharmonic Choir,Youth Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CHOIRS-IN-CONCERT-ART.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200410T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200410T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190523T185801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200321T160423Z UID:27180-1586547000-1586547000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Brahms Requiem DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nBrahms’ deeply personal Ein Deutsches Requiem is by turns exquisitely tender and powerfully moving. \nEriks Ešenvalds’ Passion and Resurrection tells the Passion story with rich\, sonorous choral writing and a mosaic of sacred texts. \nLesley Bouza\, soprano\nTyler Duncan\, baritone \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/brahms-requiem/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/REQUIEM-ART.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200114T175000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200114T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20200108T142441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T015143Z UID:27768-1579024200-1579033800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Bring a Friend Night - Children's Choir DESCRIPTION:(If you are looking for Bring a Friend Night for the Youth Choir (singers from Grade 9 to 23 years old)\, click here) \nWe would love to have new singers join us for the rest of the season. Would you like to join or maybe just want to see what it is all about? Now is the time! \nWe will be having a special working rehearsal on Tuesday the 14th. If you like it and want to register we will be accepting new singers through the month of January. \nViva – for singers 7-9 years old – rehearsal is from 5:30pm to 7:00pm\nVoce – for singers 10-14 years old – rehearsal is from 6:15pm to 8:30pm URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/bring-a-friend-night-childrens-choir/ LOCATION:Rockway Mennonite Collegiate\, 110 Doon Rd. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200113T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20200108T142020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T015226Z UID:27766-1578942000-1578949200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Bring a Friend Night - Youth Choir DESCRIPTION:We would love to have new singers join us for the rest of the season. Would you like to join or maybe just want to see what it is all about? Now is the time! \nWe will be having a special working rehearsal on Monday the 13th. If you like it and want to register we will be accepting new singers through the month of January. \nThe Youth Choir is composed of singers ranging in age from Grade 9 to 24 years old. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/bring-a-friend-night-youth-choir/ LOCATION:Rockway Mennonite Collegiate\, 110 Doon Rd. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191207T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191207T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190523T184811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T220103Z UID:27173-1575747000-1575747000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Messiah DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nNothing is better at Christmastime than Handel’s Messiah. From the first ringing notes of “Comfort Ye\, My People\,” to the beautifully drawn Nativity story\, to the thrilling “Hallelujah” chorus and beyond\, this is the best-loved work we perform\, year after year. Whether this is your first Messiah or your 50th\, it will be very special. \nMireille Asselin\, soprano\nMaude Brunet\, mezzo-soprano\nAsitha Tennekoon\, tenor\nSamuel Chan\, baritone\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony \nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/messiah-3/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MESSIAH-ART.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191125T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191125T213000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20191125T211326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T211326Z UID:27736-1574706600-1574717400@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Youth Choir Fundraising at Indigo! DESCRIPTION:—–\nOn Thursday\, November 28th from 6:30-9:30 pm at Indigo Bookstore at Conestoga Mall\, help us earn 15% of sales toward our summer tour when you agree to participate once they get to the cash register with their purchases. Stop at the Registration Desk for the fundraiser before shopping. We will be serenading you while you shop from 6:30 – 8 p.m! URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/youth-choir-fundraising-at-indigo/ LOCATION:Indigo Bookstore\, 550 King St\, Waterloo\, ON\, N2L 5W6\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/slider-for-indigo.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191123T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190904T172621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T170216Z UID:27406-1574535600-1574542800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:We Are Connected--Children and Youth Choir Concert DESCRIPTION:Tickets available at the door or online \ntickets here! \nParking is available at the church\, Waterloo Town Square and in the Waterloo Public Library lot. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/children-and-youth-choir-fall-concert/ LOCATION:Knox Presbyterian Church\, 50 Erb St. West\, Waterloo\, ON\, N2L 1T1\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/slider-for-ccyc-fall-concert.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191109T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191109T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190523T184129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191022T180547Z UID:27171-1573327800-1573327800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Winter Hymn DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n  \n\nA selection of contemplative works as we welcome winter \nImagine a child’s excitement for a sleigh ride in Sarah Quartel’s A Winter’s Day. Experience the soaring lines of Ola Gjeilo’s The Rose. Be transfixed by Caleb Burhan’s Super flumina Babylonis\, a captivating setting of Psalm 37. And so much more! URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/winter-hymn-2/ LOCATION:Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist\, 23 Water St N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 5A4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WINTER-HYMN-ART.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191102T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191102T150000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20191018T212212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T175809Z UID:27621-1572688800-1572706800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:GPC Holiday Craft Show DESCRIPTION: URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/gpc-holiday-craft-show/ LOCATION:St. Louis Roman Catholic Church gymnasium\, 53 Allen St E\,\, Waterloo\, ON\, N2J 1J3\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tree-for-craft-fair-2019-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191026T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191026T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190523T183725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T160610Z UID:27168-1572118200-1572118200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Candide DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nPhilosophy meets broadway! Leonard Bernstein’s delightful operetta offers biting wit\, musical fireworks and unforgettable melodies. The Grammy- and Juno-nominated Elora Singers join the Grand Philharmonic Choir for this unforgettable performance. \nChris Fischer – Candide\nVania Chan – Cunegonde\nPaul Grambo – Pangloss\nChristina Stelmacovich – The Old Lady\nJenn Krabbe – Paquette\nRichard Hrytzak – Maximilian \nThe Elora Singers\nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen\, conductor \nPre-concert talk at 6:30 by UW History professor Andrew Hunt – “Candide\, Satire\, and America in the 1950s” \nTry us out! For this concert only\, all tickets are $40 or less! ($14 anywhere in the house for under-30s or students; $5 for high school and younger) URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/candide/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Grand Philharmonic Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CANDIDE_LO-RES.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190514T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190514T210000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190425T205750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T210511Z UID:27112-1557853200-1557867600@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Audition for the Grand Philharmonic Choir DESCRIPTION:Click here to sign up for an audition time. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/audition-for-the-grand-philharmonic-choir-2/ LOCATION:Conrad Grebel University College\, 140 Westmount Rd N\, Waterloo\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/slider-for-audition-announcement.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190513T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190513T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190425T203940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T205037Z UID:27105-1557752400-1557774000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Audition for the Grand Philharmonic Choir DESCRIPTION:Click here to sign up for an audition time \n  URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/audition-for-the-grand-philharmonic-choir/ LOCATION:Conrad Grebel University College\, 140 Westmount Rd N\, Waterloo\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/slider-for-audition-announcement.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190430T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190430T190000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190420T214121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190420T215937Z UID:27065-1556647200-1556650800@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Bring a Friend Night and 2019-20 Season Registration DESCRIPTION:You are invited to check us out! \nJoin the Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir (grade 9-age 23) \nGrand Philharmonic Children’s Choir (age 7-grade 8) \nfor our Open House/Registration Night \nTuesday\, April 30\, 2019 \nRockway Mennonite Collegiate  110 Doon Road \n6:00 p.m. – 7 p.m. \nRegister for the 2019-20 season! \n519-578-5660 x5290 or info@grandphilchoir.com for more information URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/27065/ LOCATION:Rockway Mennonite Collegiate\, 110 Doon Rd. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fountain-jump.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190427T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190427T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20190322T181515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190416T184249Z UID:27012-1556391600-1556397000@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Stories Around the World DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nJoin the Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir and Children’s Choir in their Spring concert as they showcase songs from around the world. URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/stories-around-the-world/ LOCATION:St. Matthews Centre\, 54 Benton Street\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sping-yc-cc.png ORGANIZER;CN="Grand Philharmonic Choir":MAILTO:info@grandphilchoir.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190419T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190419T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 CREATED:20180606T152904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T145141Z UID:26407-1555702200-1555702200@grandphilchoir.com SUMMARY:Bach St. Matthew Passion DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nJoin our Good Friday tradition of a master work by J.S. Bach. His St. Matthew Passion invites the listener to reflect on the perspectives of the different players in this beautiful and redemptive account. \nBach St. Matthew Passion \nIsaiah Bell – Evangelist\nDaniel Okulitch – Christus\nEstelí Gomez – Soprano\nAllyson McHardy – Mezzo-Soprano\nAsitha Tennekoon – Tenor\nDaniel Lichti – Baritone \nKitchener-Waterloo Symphony\nGrand Philharmonic Children’s Choir and Youth Choir\nGrand Philharmonic Choir\nMark Vuorinen – Conductor \nGood Friday\, April 19th\, 7:30pm\nCentre in the Square\, Kitchener \nThe singing of the Passion narrative has been part of Holy Week liturgies since at least the fourth century. Early forms began as recitations by a single cantor\, intoning all of the roles. By the ninth century\, manuscripts reveal that indications for the tempo\, relative pitch and volume of the recitation of these texts had been prescribed. In the 12th century\, fixed pitches for the words of the Evangelist\, Christ\, and the crowds had been set by using symbolic letters in the margins. These printed rubrics are the precursors to fully composed polyphonic settings\, which abound in the voice of all four Gospel-tellers from at least the fifteenth century on. These texts form the backbone of the Christian faith and have served as the seeds of profound musical composition for centuries. \nFrom the middle of the 17th century\, composers began to add non-biblical texts to the Passion in the form of arias and choruses as well as independent instrumental movements. Familiar Lutheran hymns or chorales were interpolated in Protestant Germany reminding the participants that the ownership of this liturgical practice belonged squarely to the people. \nWhen Johann Sebastian Bach arrived in Leipzig to take up the post of Cantor at the Thomaskirche in 1723\, the singing of elaborate settings of the Passion narrative was a relatively new tradition. Historically\, Good Friday at the Thomaskirche saw the singing of a simple four-part setting of the Passion from the 16 th Century by Johann Walter\, a contemporary of Martin Luther. The conservative leadership of the Thomaskirche may have liked to see that tradition remain. But\, ever since Georg Philipp Telemann had written a Passion oratorio for the ‘New Church’ across town in 1717\, Bach’s predecessor\, Johann Kuhnau\, had tried to persuade the Leipzig consistory to allow for the performance of a new “figural style” Passion to be sung on Good Friday. Eventually\, the consistory\, observing churchgoers flocking across town to the ‘New Church’ for Good Friday liturgical celebrations\, relented and allowed Kuhnau to prepare\, and perform a new setting of the St. Mark Passion with biblical narrative\, reflective chorales and free poetry in the form of arias in 1721. And so\, by the time of Bach’s arrival in Leipzig two years later\, a new tradition for the afternoon Vespers liturgy on Good Friday had emerged. It is a point of great interest\, and perhaps a little pride\, then\, that the long tradition of singing Passion oratorios on Good Friday by this choir\, in Waterloo Region\, has a longer history than that which Bach inherited in 1723. \nThe St. Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday\, April 11\, 1727\, though documentary evidence suggests that Bach had started on it much earlier\, perhaps hoping that it would be ready for his second Easter in Leipzig in 1725. But\, it would be another two years before his second Passion setting was ready. So a revised version of the St. John Passion\, heard in 1724 was remounted in 1725\, and a year later Bach returned to a St. Mark Passion he had performed some years ago in Weimar by Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns. Bach\, it seems\, wanted to make his second Passion setting a personal triumph\, taking the necessary time to complete what would become his grandest work. \nFirst Bach had to set out to find a text. One of the requirements of the Leipzig consistory for Passion texts was that biblical narratives didn’t stray from their biblical sources. This stipulation meant that the popular models by librettists like Barthold Heinrich Brockes\, which were in wide use elsewhere would not pass muster at the Thomaskirche because they substituted biblical text with rhymed paraphrase. Eventually\, Bach settled on a libretto that interpolated contemporary poetry and Lutheran chorales into the biblical account of the Passion according to Matthew by Christian Friedrich Henrici\, known by his pen-name Picander. Whether Bach set out to commission Picander for a text or Picander came to Bach is unclear. Nevertheless\, it is obvious that the two artists worked\nclosely on the collaboration. \nPicander’s text and Bach’s music set two full chapters\, 26 and 27\, of Matthew’s gospel. With a careful ear to a sense of pacing Bach and Picander interposed fifteen reflective texts of free poetry. Each brings the dramatic activity to a brief pause\, allowing the personal\, collective voice of the aria texts to comment on the action that has just taken place. The narrative is made entirely personal through these extraordinary meditations: Peter’s guilt in denying Christ is made universal in the stunning aria Erbarme dich and the collective mourning that follows Christ’s death is reflected in the beautiful Mache dich\, mein Herze rein. These\, of course\, are just two examples. It is these reflective pillars take that take on the character of a musical Stations of the Cross\, each encouraging Bach’s congregants towards a truer\, purer devotion. \nIn the St. Matthew Passion Bach used every available musical form: recitatives\, which relate the story\, ariosos and arias\, chorales and chorale fantasias (such as the opening and closing movements of Part I). He uses dance forms in the arias and many of the choruses and sets apart the words of Christ by surrounding them in a halo of strings. And\, the use of the unusual (for Bach) double choir and orchestra demonstrate that his ambition for this work was far beyond that of any other of its kind. \nDemonstrating that he believed the St. Matthew Passion to be his most significant work\, Bach returned to his St. Matthew Passion three more times at the Thomaskirche and took extraordinary care in creating a calligraphic fair copy score\, meticulously reproduced and restored by its composer. \nWe\, as performers and listeners\, have inherited a truly masterful work and are the beneficiaries of its unequalled genius. \nNotes by Mark Vuorinen URL:https://grandphilchoir.com/event/bach-st-matthew-passion/ LOCATION:Centre In The Square\, 101 Queen St. N\, Kitchener\, Ontario\, N2H 6P7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Arts & Recreation,Children's Choir,Concert,Grand Philharmonic Choir,Youth Choir ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://grandphilchoir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ST.-MATTHEW-PASSION.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190323T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190323T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T040759 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 END:VCALENDAR