Grand Philharmonic Choir

Considering Matthew Shepard - Sunday Afternoon
2018-11-18 15:00 (America/Toronto) | University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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In 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.
Twenty 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.
This is the first time this work will be performed in Canada.
Considering Matthew Shepard
Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers
University of Waterloo Chamber Choir
Mark Vuorinen – Conductor
Sunday November 18th, 3:00pm
University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre
The work is 100 minutes long and will be performed without an intermission.
We 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.
***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.***
For patrons with accessibility needs for parking, please make arrangements beforehand by calling the box office between noon and 5 at 519-888-4908.
Parking 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.
Alternatively, 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.

Considering Matthew Shepard - Saturday Evening
2018-11-17 19:30 | University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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In 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.
Twenty 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.
This is the first time this work will be performed in Canada.
Considering Matthew Shepard
Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers
University of Waterloo Chamber Choir
Mark Vuorinen – Conductor
Saturday November 17th, 7:30pm
University of Waterloo Humanities Theatre
The work is 100 minutes long and will be performed without an intermission.
We 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.
***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.***
For patrons with accessibility needs for parking, please make arrangements beforehand by calling the box office between noon and 5 at 519-888-4908.
Parking 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.
Alternatively, 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.

Mozart Requiem
2018-10-20 19:30 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
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Mozart died while writing his own Requiem. Perhaps that is why we still find this music – by turn terrifying, heartbreaking and serene, so compelling.
Also at this concert, you’ll experience powerful photographs Edward Burtynsky on the big screen while hearing soaring works by Tulev and Gjeilo.
Try Us Out! For this concert only, all tickets are $40 or less! That’s less than half the regular cost for best seats in the house.
Come early to see Burtynsky’s compelling photographs up close! From 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery will display some of the Burtynsky photos in its own collection. A curator will be on hand to talk about the art before the concert and also at intermission.
The Art Gallery is located in the same building, just across the hall from the concert theatre beside the box office.
Mozart Requiem
Gjeilo: Song of the Universal; Luminous Light of the Soul
Tulev: Psalm 23
Ellen McAteer – Soprano
Christina Stelmacovich – Mezzo-Soprano
Jean-Philippe Lazure – Tenor
Clarence Frazer – Baritone
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Mark Vuorinen – Conductor
Saturday October 20th, 7:30pm
Centre in the Square, Kitchener

BAF Night--Bring a Friend/Open House Night Children's Choir
2018-05-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 110 Doon Rd.

It's a Grand Night for Singing--Youth Choir Spring Concert
2018-05-01 20:00 - 21:00 | Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 110 Doon Rd.
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Our concert has been rescheduled for May 1, 2018. All tickets sold for the cancelled date will be honored at the door.

Sing YOUR Song--Children's Choir concert
2018-04-28 15:00 - 17:00 | St. Matthews Centre, 54 Benton Street, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Earth Sea Sky
2018-04-21 19:30 - 22:30 | Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist, 23 Water St N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 5A4, Canada
“Earth teach me suffering as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky.”
These 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.
Earth Sea Sky
Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers
Enns: Ten Thousand Rivers of Oil
Raminsh: In the trail of the wind (excerpts)
Vasks: Plainscapes
Grau: Kasar mie la Gaji
Lang: Earth Teach Me
April 21, 2018, 7:30 pm
Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener
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Roaring '20s Bash
2018-04-07 19:00 - 23:00 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
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Roaring 20s Bash
A Gala event to benefit the Grand Philharmonic Choir!
April 7 2018, 7 pm
Centre in the Square, Kitchener
Enter by the stage door and be escorted to our glittering underground speakeasy! Give the secret password to get into the party of a lifetime!
* Enjoy jazz with the Tim Louis Trio!
* Dance with Hepcat Swing!
* Sparkling welcome drink (cash bar thereafter)
* Delicious food from Public Kitchen & Bar
* With guest host and Prohibition storyteller extraordinaire, Dr. Andrew Hunt!
* Come in 1920s costume — you could win a prize!
* Divine silent auction with unique items!
* Games aplenty
* Partial tax receipt
Tickets $95 each
V.I.P tickets $150 each (valet parking and your own table) — only four to be sold

St. John Passion
2018-03-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
Bach: St. John Passion

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We return to our beloved tradition of a Bach masterwork on Good Friday. St. John Passion is dramatic, tragic and yet indescribably beautiful. The eloquent Canadian tenor, Lawrence Wiliford, takes the role of the Evangelist, in which he has been described as portraying a “brilliant mix of tenderness and dramatic ferocity” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
St. John Passion
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Lawrence Wiliford, Evangelist
Jesse Blumberg, Christus
Hélène Brunet, soprano
Jenny Enns Modolo, alto
Jean-Philippe Lazure, tenor
Dion Mazerolle, bass
University of Waterloo Chamber Choir
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
March 30, 2018, 7:30 pm
Centre in the Square, Kitchener

Gloria
2018-02-10 19:30 - 21:30 | St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 49 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 2G9, Canada
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“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.
Gloria
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Natasha Campbell, soprano
Daniel Cabena, countertenor
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Poulenc – Gloria
Corlis – Psalm 150
February 10, 2018, 7:30 pm
St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener
St. 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.
If you need special assistance, please call the choir office at 519-578-5660 x 5290.

Messiah
2017-12-09 19:30 - 22:30 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
Messiah

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It’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.
Messiah
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Jacqueline Woodley, Soprano;
Marjorie Maltais, Mezzo-Soprano;
Andrew Haji, Tenor;
Russell Braun, Baritone;
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
December 9, 2017, 7:30 pm
Centre in the Square, Kitchener
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. with Fr. Eric Hollas, who was instrumental in commissioning the Saint John’s Bible

We Come A-Caroling
2017-12-02 15:30 - 17:00 | St. Matthews Centre, 54 Benton Street, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Winter Hymn
2017-11-25 19:30 - 22:30 | Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist, 23 Water St N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 5A4, Canada
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Enchanting 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.
Winter Hymn
Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers
Julia Seager-Scott, Harp
November 25, 2017, 7:30 pm
Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener

Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway
2017-10-21 19:30 - 22:30 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway

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The 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!
Big Choruses: From Brahms to Broadway
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Saturday October 21, 2017, 7:30 pm
Centre in the Square, Kitchener

Choral SoundWalk
2017-09-30 09:00 - 10:00, 2017-09-30 08:00 - 09:00 | Rare Charitable Reserve, 1679 Blair Rd,, Cambridge, ON, Cambridge, ON N3H 4R8, Canada
A lone singer in a canoe on the river. The clear sound of a trumpet combining with the wind and wildlife. Choral music in the woods.
Don’t miss this evocative Choral Sound Walk through the magnificent grounds of the rare near the Grand River.
Guided departures Saturday, September 30, at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. at rare ECO Centre parking lot, 768 Blair Road, Cambridge.
Rain or shine. Free.
The Grand Philharmonic Choir and rare Charitable Research Reserve are offering this public outreach experience as part of Culture Days weekend. Culture Days invites the public to experience the richness of art and culture across Canada, without charge. Please join us!
Please note this walk will transverse narrow footpaths that are not fully accessible. Contact administration at 519-650-9336 for more information. Dogs are not permitted on this property trail.

Late Summer Auditions for Adult choir
2017-08-29 17:30 - 20:30, 2017-08-28 17:30 - 20:30 | Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, Canada
To audition for the adult choir, you must be able to read music and be willing to commit to a schedule of Monday night rehearsals plus 15 to 20 performances/events a year. It’s a big time commitment, but can be very satisfying. Late summer auditions for the 2017-2018 season are scheduled for August 28, 29 and by appointment. Sign up here for an audition time.

East Coast Kitchen Party fundraiser
2017-05-13 19:30 - 22:30 | Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline St., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5, Canada
East Coast Kitchen Party Fundraiser

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Join us at The Clay & Glass Gallery on May 13 for our East Coast Kitchen Party – A benefit for the Grand Philharmonic Choir!
Join your fellow community members and friends to share delicious food, enjoy terrific live music and learn some dance steps, just like a traditional East Coast Kitchen Party!
Musicians Allison Lupton, Shane Cook, Ian Bell and caller Kris Rosar will be providing toe-tapping tunes that are sure to get you on the dance floor (or at least clapping along!) before the night is over.

Bring a Friend night
2017-05-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, 110 Doon Rd.
Are you 6-13? You are invited to check us out! Join the Grand Philharmonic Children’s choir for singing fun and games.
Early bird registration for the fall available

Find Your Voice
2017-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St. West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 1T1, Canada
Grand Philharmonic Children’s Choir
Andrea deBoer-Jones, conductor
Rebecca Booker, accompanist
This concert focuses on inspirational and poetic songs, such as Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics theme song, I Believe, Allister MacGillivray’s Here’s to Song, Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi. and much more!
Tickets $15 at the door ($5 for High School students, free for children under 12)

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
2017-04-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

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“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.
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Krisztina Szabo, mezzo-soprano
Owen McCausland, tenor
Geoffrey Sirett, baritone
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
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Sanctuary
2017-04-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Trillium Lutheran Church, 22 Willow Street, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Special guest conductor: Joseph Gascho
Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra
Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir
Selections from Dido & Aeneas (Henry Purcell). Stabat Mater (Pergolesi) and Songs of Sanctuary (Karl Jenkins)
Tickets $15 at the door
($5 for High School students, free for children under 12)

Missa Solemnis Sing-In
2017-04-01 09:30 - 12:00 | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 54 Queen St N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 2H2, Canada
Join us for an open public rehearsal of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
No music experience required!
Saturday April 1, 10 to noon
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
Weber and Queen Streets, Kitchener
Please RSVP at 519-578-6885 or info@grandphilchoir.com

Immortal Bach
2017-03-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Ontario
Immortal Bach

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Meet 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.
This concert will be performed by the Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers.
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Bellows & Brass
2017-03-04 19:30 - 22:00 | St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 49 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 2G9, Canada
Bellows & Brass

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Celebrate 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.
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Brass Quintet
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
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Christmas Homecoming
2016-12-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Centre In The Square, 101 Queen St. N, Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 6P7, Canada
Dove: There Was A Child
and other seasonal works

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From 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!
Jacqueline Woodley, soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers
Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir
Grand Philharmonic Children’s Choir
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
Andrea deBoer-Jones, children’s choir conductor
Amanda Brunk, youth choir conductor
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Christmas Carols
2016-12-03 10:00 - 23:00 | Kitchener City Hall, 200 King St. W, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 4G7, Canada
Christmas Carols with our Youth and Children’s choirs

Join us at Kitchener City Hall for the singing of Christmas Carols at the Christkindl Christmas Market

Christkindlmarkt Opening
2016-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Kitchener City Hall, 200 King St. W, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 4G7, Canada
Celebrate Christkindlmarkt

Join us for the procession form Victoria Park to Kitchener City Hall complete with live animals!
There will be carol singing along with “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah.

Whitbourn: Annelies
2016-11-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Maureen Forrester Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
Whitbourn: Annelies

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James 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.
Our production of this “devastatingly beautiful” work (Choir and Organ magazine) will be its first performance in Canada.
Enhance 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.
This concert will be performed by the Grand Philharmonic Chamber Singers along with special soloists and instrumentalists:
Natasha Campbell, soprano
Andrew Chung, violin
Barbara Hankins, clarinet
Ben Bolt-Martin, cello
Catherine Robertson, piano
There 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.
FREE Parking is available on campus in “WHITE PERMIT” lots.
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