_______________________________________________________      Where: Kitchener City Hall Rotunda,                200 King Street West,                Kitchener, Ontario    Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008    Time: 7:00 pm    Admission: Free     _______________________________________________________

Hosted by Jurgen Petrenko, a newly formed professional choir from the Waterloo region, joined by the Laurier Singers and conducted by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Dr Lee Willingham.performed choral  music of the Waterloo Region's composers.

  

The composers were present on stage throughout the performances and there were opportunities for the audience to hear the them talk about their music, and to meet with them and become familiar with who they are, and to develop their awareness of their craft and their sound, and how they are a vital part of the cultural fabric of the Waterloo Region, Canada and abroad.

Click on the images below for information about the composers and other people involved in the song circle event.

You can also connect to choralsongcircle.blogspot.com and follow our blog on the event or goto Facebook and join the Choral Song Circle group.

 

Event Participants:  Composers
Glenn Buhr	Barrie Cabena	Leonard Enns
Jeff  Enns	Michael Purves-Smith	Carol Ann Weaver
Event Participants:  Others
Lee Willingham, conductor	Jurgen Petrenko, host	Earl McCluskie, event producer

 

With the "refocusing" of CBC Radio 2, it is now vitally important that we as a community keep our awareness of our creative resources active... this event is an attempt to help us get to know our composers, perhaps even better than ever before!