{"id":2810,"date":"2012-05-07T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T18:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2012-07-23T15:33:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T20:33:43","slug":"annual-spring-concert-draws-full-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2012\/annual-spring-concert-draws-full-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Spring Concert Draws Full House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_1975-DBartel-web-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1975 DBartel web\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2811\" \/>April 25, 2012 \u2013 Canadian Mennonite University welcomed an enthusiastic audience to University\u2019s annual Spring Concert, eld in the CMU Loewen Athletic Centre on April 21.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe School\u2019s choirs and ensembles entertained our audience with a delightful selection of songs from their vast repertoires,\u201d said Dean of the CMU School of Music, Dr. Dietrich Bartel.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening comments, Bartel drew attention to the healing power of music, inviting the audience to &#8220;actively participate, not just by listening to a showcase of what has been going on in CMU\u2019s School of Music in the past year, but by allowing yourself to be taken to different places; different places around the world, but also to different places inside of yourself.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Bartel reminded the audience that &#8220;we are all in need of God\u2019s healing power, and we are all in need of music.&#8221;<br \/>\nSchool of Music Dean, Dr. Dietrich Bartel<\/p>\n<p>All four choirs \u2013 the CMU Chamber Choir and CMU Men\u2019s Chorus with Conductor Rudy Schellenberg, and CMU Singers and CMU Women\u2019s Chorus with Conductor Janet Brenneman \u2013 were part of the evening\u2019s entertainment.  <\/p>\n<p>The crowd showed their appreciation for the CMU choirs, and as well for the talented performances by the popular CMU ensembles:  the seven-member CMU Guitar Ensemble (Willie Wiebe, Director), the CMU Jazz Band (Chad Pollard, Director) and CMU\u2019s nine-member Wholly Jazz vocal group (Cynthia Wahl, Director).<br \/>\nConductor Rudy Schellenberg leads the CMU Chamber Choir<\/p>\n<p>CMU conductors featured a number of students performing as soloists throughout the evening, helping to represent and showcase the exceptional talent of CMU music students.  Among these was CMU 2012 graduating student Daniel Trolly (Bachelor of Music) who conducted a performance by the CMU Chamber Choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 25, 2012 \u2013 Canadian Mennonite University welcomed an enthusiastic audience to University\u2019s annual Spring Concert, eld in the CMU Loewen Athletic Centre on April 21. \u201cThe School\u2019s choirs and ensembles entertained our audience with a delightful selection of songs from their vast repertoires,\u201d said Dean of the CMU School of Music, Dr. Dietrich Bartel. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,25,5],"tags":[224],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3116,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions\/3116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}