Calendar
Concerts, breathwork, and important dates
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Balancing Birth to Baby - A Moment to Breathe: Breathwork for Pregnancy & Postpartum
Breathwork for pregnancy and postpartum, a free webinar with Balancing Birth to Baby. Live on Zoom.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Historic St. Paul's - And There Was Light: A Christmas Cantata
Historic St. Paul’s annual Christmas Cantata, with the Historic St. Paul’s Community Choir and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Grand Philharmonic Choir - Handel's Messiah
Grand Philharmonic Choir, soloists and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
George Frideric Handel - Messiah
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Yuletide Pops
Martin MacDonald, conductor
with the Grand Philharmonic Choir and Grand Philharmonic Children’s Choir
A festive program of holiday favourites and a Yuletide singalong
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Folk Dances
Cosette Justo Valdés, conductor · Erika Raum, violin
Music by Ravel, Kodály, Bartók, Roldán and de Falla
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Orchestre classique de Montréal - Rhythm Without Borders: From Bach to Buenos Aires
Andrei Feher, conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, violin
Corazon de Tango, dance company
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 1
Astor Piazzolla - The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Desyatnikov)
and a new work by Maxime Goulet
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Opera Pops
Monica Chen, conductor · Angelo Moretti, tenor · Elena Howard-Scott, soprano
Pops series
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Grand Philharmonic Choir - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, paired with two Bach motets, with the Grand Philharmonic Choir and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, conducted by Mark Vuorinen. Soloists Jonelle Sills, soprano, and Brett Polegato, baritone.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - The Dream of Gerontius
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, concertmaster
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano · Michael Colvin, tenor · Joel Allison, bass-baritone
Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - The Dream of Gerontius
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, concertmaster
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano · Michael Colvin, tenor · Joel Allison, bass-baritone
Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Toronto Mendelssohn Singers - Considering Matthew Shepard
Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, staged concert performance
Craig Hella Johnson - Considering Matthew Shepard
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - The Journey Home
Evan Mitchell, conductor · Rachel Krehm, soprano
Music by Austin Wintory and Ryan Trew, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Recital with Angela Park for the KWCMS
Our annual recital for the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society.
Bénédicte Lauzière, violin · Angela Park, piano
Program and start time to be announced.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
Set down last week before the next one begins. A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Shift, Change, Turn (Guelph)
Léa Moisan-Perrier, conductor
Emilie Mayer - Overture No. 2
Emily Doolittle - A Short, Slow Life
and works by Montgomery and Mozart
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Shift, Change, Turn (Cambridge)
Léa Moisan-Perrier, conductor
Emilie Mayer - Overture No. 2
Emily Doolittle - A Short, Slow Life
and works by Montgomery and Mozart
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Shift, Change, Turn (Waterloo)
Léa Moisan-Perrier, conductor
Emilie Mayer - Overture No. 2
Emily Doolittle - A Short, Slow Life
and works by Montgomery and Mozart
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Mozart: Mass in C Minor & Requiem
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, concertmaster
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Great Mass in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Mozart: Mass in C Minor & Requiem
Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, concertmaster
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Great Mass in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Beauty and Power
Andrei Feher, conductor
Dobrinka Tabakova - Sun Triptych
Antonín Dvořák - Serenade in D minor
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, “Eroica"
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Tune In: Weekly Group Breathwork
A live group breathwork session on Zoom, every Sunday from 10 to 11am ET.
Fire: Ignite
Breathe Through the Elements FIRE: Ignite
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 4 of 4 · Sunday August 23 · 10–11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
You know that feeling when something in you just... wakes up?
When you stop going through the motions and start actually living?
Fire is transformation. It burns away what no longer serves and makes space for what's ready to emerge. After breathing through awareness with Air, grounding with Earth, and releasing with Water - Fire is where we rise.
This session is an activating, energizing breathwork experience designed to help you step into your power, reconnect with your aliveness, and close the summer with intention. Whether you've joined us for every session or this is your very first breathwork experience, you are so welcome here.
You will leave feeling:
Energized and alive
Clear about what you're stepping into
Ready for what comes next
Come as you are. Leave ignited.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
A journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
This is the final session of the summer series - come celebrate how far you've come 🔥
Water is always a good idea
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Water: Let it Flow
Breathe Through the Elements WATER: Let it Flow
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 3 of 4 · Sunday August 9 · 10–11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
There are things we carry that we don't even have words for yet.
A grief we can't quite name. An emotion that surfaces and then gets pushed back down because there's no time, no space, no safe place to let it move.
Water teaches us to flow, to stop bracing against what we feel and instead allow it to move through us. Every emotion we experience but don't let ourselves truly feel gets stored in the body. Breathwork is like finally finding the relief valve.
In this session, we'll use conscious breathing to create a safe, supported space for emotional release and surrender. You don't need to know what you're carrying. Your body does. And it knows exactly what it's ready to let go of.
You will leave feeling:
Lighter - like you've set something down
More open and emotionally spacious
Deeply relaxed and restored
No previous experience needed. Your body will lead the way.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
A journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
Emotional release is welcome and safe here - tears, laughter, sighs are all part of the process
Water is always a good idea
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Earth: Come Home to your Body
Breathe Through the Elements EARTH Come Home to ur Body
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 2 of 4 · Sunday July 26 · 10-11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
How often do you actually feel at home in your own body?
Not performing. Not pushing through. Not holding it all together. Just... here.
For many of us, the nervous system gets stuck in a constant state of alertness - scanning for the next thing, bracing for the next challenge, never quite landing. We go through life feeling scattered, overwhelmed, or disconnected from ourselves without even realising it.
This session is about coming back.
Through grounding breathwork patterns, we'll invite your nervous system to settle, your body to soften, and your mind to quiet. Earth is about roots - feeling supported, safe, and deeply present in your own skin.
You will leave feeling:
Grounded and steady
Safe in your body
Connected to yourself in a way that's hard to put into words
No previous experience needed. Just come as you are.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
Bring your water bottle and a journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
Love Yourself Studio provides mats, blankets, bolsters, and eye masks
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Air: The Breath as Gateway
Breathe Through the Elements AIR: The Breath as Gateway
1 hr 30 min
Love yourself studio 241 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Session 1 of 4 · Sunday July 12 · 10–11:30AM · Love Yourself Studio · Free
Did you know that out of all the automatic functions your body performs (your heart beating, your digestion, your temperature), breathing is the only one you can consciously control?
And yet most of us go through life barely aware of our breath at all.
This session is an introduction to breathwork. What it is, how it works, and what it can open up in you. We’ll use intentional breathing patterns to gently guide your nervous system back toward balance, creating space for release, clarity, and presence.
You will leave feeling:
• Calmer and more settled in your body
• More present and clear-headed
• Lighter, like you’ve finally exhaled
No previous experience needed. Just show up and breathe.
A few things to know:
Sessions are capped at 8 participants to keep the space intimate and safe
Please arrive 5 minutes early to settle in
Wear comfortable clothing you can breathe freely in
A journal and pen, insights have a way of surfacing
Water is always a good idea
This session is part of the Breathe Through the Elements summer series at Love Yourself Studio, hosted by Bénédicte Lauzière, Pause Breathwork Facilitator (certification in progress). Each session stands completely on its own. Come to one, or journey through all four.
Elora Festival Opening Night
Friday, July 10, 2026
7:30PM - 10:00PM
Gambrel Barn
7454 Wellington County Rd 21, Elora
$78/$72 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
Rachel Fenlon, soprano
The Elora Singers
Musicians of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Step into a world of drama, poetry, and radiant choral sound in this captivating program featuring soprano Rachel Fenlon. The evening begins with the sparkling imagination of Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a work composed when the prodigious composer was just seventeen, brimming with fairy magic and orchestral brilliance.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s dramatic concert aria Ah! perfido follows, a virtuosic showcase for soprano that moves from fiery indignation to lyrical tenderness. The mood then shifts to luminous reflection with Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, a beloved tribute to the power of music itself, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
The program culminates in Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, a work of profound humanity and expressive warmth. Both intimate and expansive, it reveals Beethoven’s deeply personal voice, bringing soloists, choir, and orchestra together in a moving celebration of faith, hope, and the transcendent beauty of music.
Recital with Angela Park for the KWCMS
Our annual recital for the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society.
On the program:
-Mozart: Sonata K.302
-Medtner: Sonata No.1, Op.21
-Beethoven: Sonata No.9, Op.47, "Kreutzer"
At Keffer Memorial Chapel
Tickets: https://ticketscene.ca/events/62031/
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - The Power of Fate
Earl Lee, conductor
Bénédicte Lauzière, violin
Giuseppe Verdi - Overture to La forza del destino
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No.5
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Renowned Korean-Canadian conductor Earl Lee leads the KWS for Mozart’s Violin Concerto #5 with our concertmaster Bénédicte Lauzière. The season concludes with Tchaikovsky’s best-loved symphony, the Fourth.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Murdoch Mysteries
Lucas Waldin, conductor
An audience favourite at the Centre in The Square returns for 2026 with a new show:
Murder in F Major.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Morning & Night (Waterloo)
James Sommerville, conductor
Deantha Edmunds, guest composer and soprano
Frederick Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Deantha Edmunds - Angmalukisaa (2025 Juno winner for Classical Composition of the Year)
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in D Major, Le matin
Frederick Delius - Summer Night on the River
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne in B Major, Op.40
Claude Debussy – Rêverie
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Deantha Edmunds, C.M., the brilliant Inuk/Newfoundlander soprano and composer, fresh from her 2025 Juno win for best composition, performs that work in the company of her artistic forebears, in a program that traces images of a day from dawn to nighttime.
This concert is repeated on Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30pm at Central Presbyterian Church, Cambridge and Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 2:30pm at Harcourt United Church, Guelph.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Morning & Night (Guelph)
James Sommerville, conductor
Deantha Edmunds, guest composer and soprano
Frederick Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Deantha Edmunds - Angmalukisaa (2025 Juno winner for Classical Composition of the Year)
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in D Major, Le matin
Frederick Delius - Summer Night on the River
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne in B Major, Op.40
Claude Debussy – Rêverie
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Deantha Edmunds, C.M., the brilliant Inuk/Newfoundlander soprano and composer, fresh from her 2025 Juno win for best composition, performs that work in the company of her artistic forebears, in a program that traces images of a day from dawn to nighttime.
This concert is repeated on Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30pm at Central Presbyterian Church, Cambridge and on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 7:30pm at First United Church, Waterloo.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Morning & Night (Cambridge)
James Sommerville, conductor
Deantha Edmunds, guest composer and soprano
Frederick Delius - A Song Before Sunrise
Deantha Edmunds - Angmalukisaa (2025 Juno winner for Classical Composition of the Year)
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.6 in D Major, Le matin
Frederick Delius - Summer Night on the River
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne in B Major, Op.40
Claude Debussy – Rêverie
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Deantha Edmunds, C.M., the brilliant Inuk/Newfoundlander soprano and composer, fresh from her 2025 Juno win for best composition, performs that work in the company of her artistic forebears, in a program that traces images of a day from dawn to nighttime.
This concert is repeated on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 2:30pm at First United Church, Waterloo and on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 2:30pm at Harcourt United Church, Guelph.
Grand Philharmonic Choir - Mass in B Minor
Bach’s Mass in B minor stands as one of the greatest achievements in Western music: the summation of a life’s work. Written near the end of Bach’s life, it gathers the breadth of his musical genius into a single, breathtaking composition. From the joyful dance of the “Gloria” to the profound cry for peace in the “Agnus Dei,” the Mass is a journey through awe, devotion, and profound expression, uniting soloists, choir, and orchestra in music of timeless and universal power.
Myriam Leblanc, soprano
Kate Baroney, mezzo-soprano
Michael Colvin, tenor
Byler Duncan, baritone
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Mark Vuorinen, conductor
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Music of the Soul
Dina Gilbert, conductor
Lori Gemmell, harp
Camille Pépin - Avant les clartés de l'aurore (Canadian premiere)
Nicole Lizee - Another Living Soul
Germaine Tailleferre - Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
Louise Farrenc - Symphony No.3, Op. 36
The young Montreal conductor Dina Gilbert leads a concert of works by women composers, featuring the KWS harpist Lori Gemmell as the soloist.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Women of the Baroque (Guelph)
Julia Wedman, leader
Mireille Asselin, soprano
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Suite and Aria/arias from Céphale et Procris
Antonia Bembo - Suite and Arias from Ercole amante
Barbara Strozzi - Mantilla
Maria Margherita Grimani - Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in D major, RV 229
Johann Adolph Hasse - Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
We celebrate International Women’s Day with a programme featuring women. Canadian violinist Julia Wedman and soprano Mireille Asselin bring their virtuosity and passion to a program of works by women of the 16th and 17th centuries.
This concert is repeated on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 7:30pm at Central Presbyterian Church, Cambridge and also on Sunday March 8 at 2:30pm at First United Church, Waterloo.
Kitchener Waterloo Symphony - Women of the Baroque (Waterloo)
Julia Wedman, leader
Mireille Asselin, soprano
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Suite and Aria/arias from Céphale et Procris
Antonia Bembo - Suite and Arias from Ercole amante
Barbara Strozzi - Mantilla
Maria Margherita Grimani - Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in D major, RV 229
Johann Adolph Hasse - Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
We celebrate International Women’s Day with a programme featuring women. Canadian violinist Julia Wedman and soprano Mireille Asselin bring their virtuosity and passion to a program of works by women of the 16th and 17th centuries.
This concert is repeated on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 7:30pm at Central Presbyterian Church, Cambridge and on Sunday March 8 at 7:30pm at Harcourt United Church, Guelph.