April 2011

Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.

Westworth United Church, Grosvenor & Lanark, Winnipeg MB

University of Manitoba Concert Choir

Ed & Millie Hildebrand, conductor

Runes and Rhymes

The University Concert Choir celebrates its year end with an evocative collection of choral settings from favourites such as Rheinberger and Whitacre to jaunty renditions of the Sakkijarven Polkka, Gilbert & Sullivan and the  Beatles!  UofM performance major Andrea Bellhouse will join us in “Everyone Sang”, in which the poetry by Siegfried Sassoon is set against the backdrop of WW1.  Andrea will also perform a collection of vibrant selections from her own repertoire including the comic lament of a tone-deaf singer, “A Word on my Ear”!

$12 Adults / $5 Students

Available at the Faculty of Music (474-9310), from singers and at the door

Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 3:00 p.m.

St. Andrew's River Heights United Church, Oak Street and Kingsway Avenue, Winnipeg MB

Renaissance Voices

Derek Morphy, conductor

Music the time beguileth

Renaissance Voices will be featuring English "part-songs" from across the centuries, in particular - a variety of madrigals from the 16th and 17th centuries, some charming glees from the 18th century and some delicious material from the 19th and 20th centuries including works by Stanford, Holst and Britten.

$15 Adult;  $10 Students (group rates available

Available at McNally Robinson and at the door.

Tuesday, April 12 - 1:30 p.m.

Grace Lutheran Church, Kinver and Henderson, Winnipeg MB

Good Neighbours Choristers

Frances Seaton, conductor

Annual Spring Concert

Our featured artist will be pianist Michael McKay

$7.00

Tickets are available at the door.

The audience is invited to join us for a reception following the concert.

Saturday, April 16 - 7:30 p.m.

Loewen Athletic Centre, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg MB

Canadian Mennonite University

CMU's 10th Anniversary Spring Concert

Enjoy a musical evening featuring four choirs: CMU Singers, CMU Chamber Choir, CMU Women's Chorus and Men's Chorus, and the CMU Jazz Band and Wholey Jazz, CMU's vocal jazz group.  

Free and open to the public

Sunday, April 24 - 7:00 a.m.

Grace Mennonite Church, 430 3rd Street, Steinbach MB

Eastman Choral Society Choir

Ed Hildebrand, conductor

Easter Sunrise Service

The Eastman Choral Society presents the annual Easter Sunrise Service.  Join us at dawn on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, with great choral music accompanied by Robert Neufeld and the Winnipeg Brass Quintet.  For information on participating in the choir, contact Carmen Koepke, jkoepke@mts.net

freewill offering

Friday, April 24, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.

First Mennonite Church, 922 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg MB

First Mennonite Church Choir

Yuri Klaz, conductor

Lobgesang

First Mennonite Church Choir presents Mendelssohn's 'Lobgesang' with soloists:  Eileen Funk, Lorilee Woelke, Karis Wiebe and Jan van der Hooft.  Accompanied by orchestra.

Free Admission.  An offering will be taken.

Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

Carman Collegiate Theatre, Carman Manitoba MB

Sonatrice Singers

Cindee Broeska, conductor

Where Waters Flow

The Sonatrice Singers, an adult women's choir from Carman and surrounding areas performs a variety of music styles in their annual spring concert.  

$10.00/seat

Tickets can be purchased at Steven's Drug store, from any Sonatrice member, or at the door.

Friday, April 29, 2011 - 8:00 p.m.

Oak Lake Community School, Oak Lake MB

Noteable Women and The Heard

Karyn Morrow-Penenr, conductor

Bridge Over Troubled Water

A mix of sacred, folk and contemporary music performed by each choir, as well as several numbers performed jointly. Special guests, Sandhill Singers

$5.00

at the door

Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.

Westwood Community Church, 401 Westwood Drive, Winnipeg MB

Bison Men's Chorus

Steve Denby, conductor

Spring Concert - Alumni Roundup

Larry Patterson, the founder of the Chorus, will be conducting some selections, many former directors, and accompanists will in attendance, and, hopefully, a large number of Chorus Alumni will join us for some mass choir selections.

Saturday, April 30 - 7:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church, 61 Picardy Place, Winnipeg MB

ANTIPHONY

An evening of acapella singing.

All styles of music are represented.

Adults: $15.00; Students: $12.00

email: antiphonyensemble@gmail.com