{"id":3635,"date":"2013-05-02T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2013-05-03T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T19:42:56","slug":"cmu-spring-concert-celebrates-wonder-and-mystery-in-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2013\/cmu-spring-concert-celebrates-wonder-and-mystery-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"CMU spring concert celebrates wonder and mystery in music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg, May 1, 2013 \u2013\u00a0Four choirs from Canadian Mennonite University\u2019s School of Music presented a concert celebrating the mystery and wonder of music Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe often use words like wonder and mystery to describe our experiences of music,\u201d said CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls. \u201cBut we also connect a sense of wonder and mystery with those places where we experience the spirit of the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3637 alignright\" alt=\"_DSC0011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0011-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0011-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0011-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The phrase <i>Where the Spirit of the Lord Is<\/i> provided the overall theme for the evening, and was also the theme for all CMU chapel services this year.<\/p>\n<p>The theme was highlighted by the performance of <i>Psalm 46<\/i> by the CMU Singers, composed by CMU faculty member Timothy Corlis.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned for CMU\u2019s Worship + Imagination conference in February, the piece features a variety of percussion instruments, including handbells and a gong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0035-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3644\" alt=\"_DSC0035 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0035-copy-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0035-copy-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0035-copy-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC0035-copy.jpg 1865w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Janet Brenneman is Dean of the School of Music at CMU and conducts the CMU Women\u2019s Chorus and the CMU Chamber Choir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of the way our students continue to carry on CMU\u2019s rich tradition of choral music,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see so many students engaging with choral music at such a high level. This year\u2019s spring concert was an exceptional performance and a wonderful inclusion to the weekend\u2019s graduation ceremonies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg, May 1, 2013 \u2013\u00a0Four choirs from Canadian Mennonite University\u2019s School of Music presented a concert celebrating the mystery and wonder of music Saturday night. \u201cWe often use words like wonder and mystery to describe our experiences of music,\u201d said CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls. \u201cBut we also connect a sense of wonder and mystery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,25,5],"tags":[399,224],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635"}],"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=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3647,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions\/3647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}