{"id":1390,"date":"2011-04-13T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2011-04-13T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:10:09","slug":"talented-cmu-choirs-on-the-road-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2011\/talented-cmu-choirs-on-the-road-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented CMU Choirs on the Road in April"},"content":{"rendered":"

CMU Chamber Choir, CMU Singers Performing on Tour\"\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Choral music lovers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and parts of the United States have an opportunity this April to participate in worship concerts provided by Canadian Mennonite University\u2019s (CMU) talented choir ensembles during year-end performance tours.<\/p>\n

During its April 2011 tour, the 18-voice CMU Chamber Choir, under the direction of CMU Assistant Professor of Music Janet Brenneman, will visit churches and schools in North Dakota, Minnesota, Ontario, and Manitoba.\u00a0 CMU\u2019s Cheryl Pauls, Associate Professor of Music, will accompany the tour as a guest speaker.<\/p>\n

The CMU Singers, a 37-voice choir under the direction of CMU Associate Professor of Music Rudy Schellenberg, will visit schools and churches in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Guest speaker, CMU Vice-President (External) Terry Schellenberg, is travelling with the Singers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMartin Luther\u2019s statement, that \u2018next to theology there is no art which is the equal of music,\u2019 frames the discipline and art of music-making at CMU,\u201d says CMU Dean of Music Dietrich Bartel. \u201cIt is with great delight that we are able to send two of our choirs on the road, giving us an opportunity to share some aspects of CMU\u2019s art of music-making with the broader community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bartel notes that approximately a quarter of CMU students, though coming from a wide variety of disciplines and degree programs, are involved in one or another form of musical activity at CMU: singing in one of CMU\u2019s five choirs, playing in instrumental ensembles, participating in music dramas, being involved in worship bands, or taking individual applied lessons.<\/p>\n

The CMU Choirs are auditioned, mixed ensembles whose members are selected for their high levels of vocal proficiency.\u00a0 Each year, CMU choirs study and perform a challenging body of choral repertoire chosen from a variety of genres and styles, providing opportunity for advanced students to strengthen and increase their musicianship. CMU choirs perform regularly in concert and in worship throughout Manitoba and on yearly tours across Canada and Northern U.S.A.<\/p>\n

In addition to tour performances, CMU choirs collaborate and perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at its internationally recognized New Music Festival, most recently performing the Canadian premiere of The Seven Gates of Jerusalem by the contemporary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki.<\/p>\n

Chamber Choir Conductor Janet Brenneman, a native of Ontario, holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from Michigan State University.\u00a0 Brenneman has conducted choirs at all levels in Ontario, Michigan, and in Manitoba, and is also a conductor for Pembina Trails Voices, where she works extensively with boys\u2019 choirs.<\/p>\n

CMU Singers Conductor Rudy Schellenberg teaches in the areas of choral music, conducting, and church music.\u00a0 In addition to choral and orchestral study and conducting at Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie, Detmold, Germany, Schellenberg did his doctoral studies in Choral Conducting at the University of Cincinnati.\u00a0 He also co-conducts the 100-voice Mennonite Festival Chorus that performs regularly with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

Since opening in 2000, CMU has continued to build on the venerable musical legacy of two of its founding colleges, Concord College (MBBC) and Canadian Mennonite Bible College. In addition to continuing those strong programs in choral music, music performance, and music ministry, CMU\u2019s music education program is attracting an ever increasing number of students, as is the unique CMU Music Therapy program. Through all of these activities and programs, lives of students are being transformed through and with music, as they are being nurtured to transform the lives of others through this gift of God.<\/p>\n

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Chamber Choir Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 18 | 7 PM
\nLakeview Mennonite Church
\n4635 78th St \u2022 Wolford, ND<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 19 | 7 PM
\nStrawberry Lake Mennonite Church
\n33068 County Highway 34 \u2022 Ogema, MN<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 20 | 7 PM
\nRainy River Evangelical Covenant Church
\n303 Broadway Ave \u2022 Rainy River, ON<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 21 | 7 PM
\nMaundy Thursday Service
\nFirst United Church
\n23 Van Horne Ave \u2022 Dryden, ON<\/p>\n

Friday, April 22 | 7 PM
\nRed Lake Mennonite Church
\n100 Hammell Rd. \u2022 Red Lake, ON<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 23 | 7 PM
\nGrace Mennonite Church
\n430 Third St\u00a0 \u2022 Steinbach, MB<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 24 | 10:30 AM
\nRiver East MB Church
\n755 McLeod Ave\u00a0 \u2022 Winnipeg, MB<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

CMU Singers Tour
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 18 | 7 PM
\nBrandon, MB
\nGrace Mennonite Church<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 19 | 7:30 PM
\nJoint concert with Rosthern Junior College
\nOsler, SK
\nOsler Mennonite Church<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 20 | 7 PM
\nCoaldale, AB
\nCoaldale MB Church<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 21 | 7 PM
\nLethbridge, AB
\nLethbridge Mennonite Church<\/p>\n

Friday, April 22 | 10 AM
\nCalgary, AB
\nBethany Chapel<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 23 | 10 AM
\nEdmonton, AB
\nLendrum MB Church<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 23 | 7 PM
\nEdmonton, AB
\nFirst Mennonite Church<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 24 | 10:30 AM
\nEdmonton, AB
\nLendrum MB Church<\/p>\n

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, offering undergraduate degrees in arts and science, business and organizational administration, communications and media, peace and conflict resolution studies, music and music therapy, theology, and church ministries, as well as graduate degrees in Theological Studies and Christian Ministry.\u00a0 Located in Manitoba, CMU has over 1,700 students at its Shaftesbury Campus in Southwest Winnipeg, at Menno Simons College in downtown Winnipeg, and enrolled through its Outtatown discipleship program. CMU is a Member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).<\/p>\n

For information, contact:
\nNadine Kampen
\nCommunications & Marketing Director
\nnkampen@cmu.ca<\/a>; Tel. 204.487.3300 Ext. 621<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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