DECEMBER 2006

December 1
Friday
and

2

Saturday

Providence College Choir and Vocal Ensemble

Conductor: Henry Schellenberg

Festival of Christmas Praise

Concert featuring Bill Derksen's "Festival Gloria" and other carols settings with guests, the Winnipeg Brass Quintet

Admission: Free-will offering

Providence College Chapel, Otterbourne, MB

December 1
Friday
7 PM

Selkirk Community Choir

will sing the service at

St. Peter Dynover, The Old Stone Church

just north of Selkirk on the east side of the Red River

December 2
Saturday

3 PM

Bison Men's Chorus
A Feeste of Christmas
The Great Hall, University College

SOLD OUT

December 2
Saturday

3 PM

Amahl and the Night Visitors

A reception following the opera will offer refreshments, and a bazaar.

Tickets: $12 adults; $6 12-17 yrs; free under 12 yrs.

St. Andrew's River Heights United Church, 255 Oak Street, Winnipeg

December 2
Saturday

7 PM

Flin Flon Community Choir Christmas Concert

$10 Adults, $8 children

R.H.Channing Auditorium, Flin Flon, MB

December 3

Sunday

3 PM

The Women of Note Choir

Festival of Christmas Choirs

Featuring: Women of Note Massed Choir / Women of Note Chamber Singers / Women of Note Chorale Choir

Guest Artists: Winnipeg Male Chorus / Sisler High School Concert Choir

Tickets: $10, Children under 12 yrs free. Available from WoN choristers or at the door.

Westminster United Church, Maryland and Westminster

December 3

Sunday

7:30 PM

University of Manitoba Singers and Women's Chorus

Elroy Friesen, director

Sing!

Tickets: Adults $12 Students: $5

St. Mary's Cathedral, 353 St. Mary's Avenue, Winnipeg

December 3

Sunday

7 PM

Flin Flon Community Choir Christmas Concert

$10 Adults, $8 children

R.H.Channing Auditorium, Flin Flon, MB

December 3

Sunday

7 PM

First Mennonite Church

Handel's Messiah, Part I

Yuri Klaz, conductor
First Advent concert; with orchestral accompaniment

Admission is free, an offering will be taken

First Mennonite Church, 922 Notre Dame Ave.

December 4

Monday

1:30 PM

Good Neighbours Choir

Sounds of Christmas

Guest performers: Goodneighbours' Handbell Choir and Recorder Ensemble

St. Stephen's Anglican Church, 220 Helmsdale Ave.

$6 at 669-1710 or at the door

December 6

Wednesday

12:00 Noon

Sisler Choir

The Forks Market

Free

December 6

Wednesday

2:00 PM

Good Neighbours Choir

Christmas Cheer

A concert for the residents, their families and friends.

Middlechurch Personal Care Home, 280 Balderstone Road, West ST. Paul

$6 at 669-1710 or at the door

December 6

Wednesday

11 AM

Wednesday Morning Musicale

featuring the Winnipeg Mennonite Children’s Choir

St. George’s Anglican Church

Wilton and Grosvenor

December 8

Friday

7:30 PM

Golden Chords Men and Assiniboine Show Chorus
Winnipeg's Male and Female Barbershop Choruses join forces in a Concert at Albright Church

Albright Church, 3400 Devries (just before the North Perimeter, East of Henderson Highway)

December 8
Friday

9
Saturday

8 PM

Renaissance Voices

The Wonder of Mary

The repertoire, some of it familiar, some of it new to Winnipeg audiences, will explore how Mary has been portrayed in musical terms over the centuries, ranging from the image of divine grace to how she might have dealt with very basic human emotions and issues.
Come early to enjoy a glass of mulled wine or apple cider

Tickets: Adults: $20 Students: $10

Young United Church, Furby at Broadway

December 8
Friday

9
Saturday

8 PM

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Holiday Express

featuring: Prairie Voices

Tickets available through WSO Box Office: 979-3999

Centennial Concert Hall

December 9
Saturday

2 PM

and 7 PM

Pembina Trails Voices

PTV Family of Choirs

"Bells, Brass and Angel Choirs"

$10

Westminster United Church

Maryland and Westminster

December 9

Saturday

2 PM

Assiniboine Show Chorus, Sweet Adelines Int.

Vic Hooper, director

The Forks Market

Free

December 9
Saturday
7:30 PM
 

Faith and Life Women's Chorus and Male Choir

Conductors: Shirley Bestvater and Ben Pauls

Accompanist: Kim Sidorchuk and Loren Hiebert

Hope of the World

Hear these choirs as individual groups, male and female, then combined for an 80 voice mixed chorus. Singing old and new carols

Special guest: Rosemary Siemens, violin

Admission: Free-will offering

Springfield Heights Mennonite Church, 670 Sharron Bay, Winnipeg

December 10

Sunday

2 PM

Winnipeg Girls' Choir

Heather Neufeld, director

The Forks Market

Free

December 10

Sunday

2 PM

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Holiday Express

featuring: Prairie Voices

Tickets available through WSO Box Office: 979-3999

Centennial Concert Hall

December 10
Sunday
2:30 PM
 

Winnipeg Boys Choir

Conductors: Carolyn Boyes and Annelie Peters
Winnipeg at Christmas

Crescent Fort Rouge United Church, 525 Wardlaw Ave at Nassau

December 10
Sunday
3 PM
 

Bison Men's Chorus

Special guest choir: St. James Divisional Junior Choir, directed by Sharon Marshall

This concert marks the Bison Men's 2nd Christmas CD release

"He(a)rd at Christmas" will be available for purchase at the concert.

Tickets: Silver Collection - All proceeds will be donated to the Christmas Cheer Board and Winnipeg LITE

Westworth United Church, 1750 Grosvenor Avenue

December 10
Sunday
7 PM
 

Borealis

Lessons and Carols

Lutheran Church, Flin Flon, MB

December 11
Monday
7 PM
 

All is Calm, All is Bright

Favorite Christmas songs performed in a variety of styles.

Featuring: Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano; Rosemary Siemens, violin; and Loren Hiebert, piano

Advanced Tickets: $10 at Friesens Bookstore, Altona; Pembina Valley Music Centre, Winkler; Heartland Books, Morden

Altona Mennonite Church, 267-8th Avenue N.W., Altona

December 11
Monday
7 PM
 

Winnipeg Girls' Choir

Heather Neufeld, conductor

Winter Concert

A silver collection will be taken at the door

St. Georges Church, Wilton & Grosvenor.

December 12
Tuesday
7:30 PM
 

Conservatory Pops Choir

Julie Biggs, conductor

Christmas Concert

Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts, 105-211 Bannatyne

December 16
Saturday
2:30 PM

Reign of Sound
Sing We Noël

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 256 Smith Street

December 16
Saturday
4 PM

Joie de Vivre Singers

Helga Anderson, director

Songs of the Season

Music from the Renaissance to the Present

Special Guest Artists

Free Admission

St. John's College Chapel, University of Manitoba

December 16
Saturday
7:30 PM

Rainbow Harmony Project
Many Gifts Concert

Adults $15 / Students and Seniors $10
Knox United Church, 400 Edmonton Street

December 17
Sunday

2 PM
 

Assiniboine Show Chorus - Sweet Adelines International

Perform at Harrow United Church

Featured quartet: Expressions

Harrow United Church, 995 Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg

December 17
Sunday

7 PM
 

St. James Anglican Church Choir

Lessons and Carols

Guests: Winnipeg Boys' Choir

Reception to follow

Admission: a collection will be taken

St James Anglican Church, 195 Collegiate Street

December 17
Sunday

7:30 PM
 

CMU Alumni Choir

Christmas Vespers

Celebrate Christmas through readings, carol singing and choral music with the CMU Alumni Choir.

Free with optional donation.

Laudamus Auditorium at Cdn Mennonite University

500 Shaftesbury Blvd. - North Campus, Winnipeg

December 20
Wednesday

7 PM
 

Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute

Concert Choir, DMCice, DMCchill

Cynthia Anne Peyson, Conductor

Give Us Peace

Tickets: $5

Available at the door or through any DMCI music student

Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, 720 Alverstone St.