April 23, 2012 – The CMU Chamber Choir is on the road again for their year-end performance tour.
This year’s tour will take the choir out west – where they will travel to various communities in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, and perform at 14 locations during their April 23 to May 6 tour.
Travelling together with the CMU Chamber choir and its Conductor Rudy Schellenberg are CMU Enrolment Director Lois Nickel (Apr. 23 – 29) and CMU President Gerald Gerbrandt (Apr. 29 – May 6).
Last year, during its April 2011 tour, the CMU Chamber Choir visited churches and schools in North Dakota, Minnesota, Ontario, and Manitoba.
“This year-end tour is a great way for us to showcase the talents of our students to the broader community, demonstrating the discipline and art of music-making at CMU, and to celebrate the finish of another year of hard work,” says Schellenberg. “It also provides an opportunity for choral music lovers in western Canada to participate in worship concerts with our CMU Chamber Choir.”
“We’re so pleased to have President Gerbrandt and Enrolment Director Lois Nickel accompany the tour,” says Church and Alumni Coordinator Eleanor Braun, tour organizer. “Having President Gerbrandt on tour is particularly special, as he retires as President on June 30. He has been very involved in the CMU community throughout his time as president, and the 2012 tour provides an opportunity to connect with friends and alumni from western Canada.”
In addition to their tour performances, CMU choirs perform at various worship services in Manitoba throughout the year, and collaborate and perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at its internationally recognized New Music Festival.
CMU Chamber Tour Schedule
April 23 | 7:30 PM
Parkland Community Church
78 South Front St, Yorkton, SK
April 24 | 6 PM Dinner, 7:30 PM Program
Celebration Event together with Rosthern Jr. College Chorale
Hosted by Osler Mennonite Church
212- 2nd Ave, Osler, SK
April 25 | 7:30 PM
Bergthal Mennonite Church
Didsbury, AB
April 26 | 7:30 PM
Singing together with the Okanogan Festival Singers, conducted by Leroy Wiens
First Mennonite Church
1305 Gordon Dr, Kelowna, BC
April 27 | 7:30 PM
Singing together with the MEI Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, conducted by Dean Wedel
Mennonite Educational Institute
4081 Clearbrook Rd, Abbotsford, BC
April 28 | 7:00 PM
Emmanuel Mennonite Church
3471 Clearbrook Rd, Abbotsford, BC
April 29 | 11:00 AM
Langley Mennonite Fellowship
20997 40 Ave, Langley, BC
April 29 | 7:00 PM
Singing together with the Vancouver Peace Choir,
conducted by Timothy Corlis, and the Richmond Youth Honour Choir, directed by Heidi Epp
Peace Mennonite Church
11571 Daniels Rd, Richmond, BC
May 1 | 7:30 PM
First United Mennonite Church
659 East 52nd Ave, Vancouver, BC
May 2 | 7:00 PM
Singing together with the Sea to Sky Singers, directed by Veronica McPhee
St. John the Divine Anglican Church
1930 Diamond Rd, Squamish, BC
May 3 | 7:30 PM
Sardis Community Church
45625 South Sumas Road, Chilliwack, BC
May 4 | 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
1136 6 Ave, Kamloops, BC
May 5 | 6:45 PM
Concert and Desert Fundraiser
At Menno Simons Christian School
7000 Elkton Dr SW, Calgary, AB
May 6 | 10:45 AM
Highland MB Church
4018 Centre B St NW, Calgary, AB