Doors Open for Music at Southminster
FALL 2014 Artistic Director: Roland Graham
WEDNESDAY December 17th 2014 'Tidings of Light and Joy' G. F. Handel (1685–1759) Overture to the Messiah: Revisited
Traditional Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella
Al Stillman & Sefer Ellis Little Jack Frost
Elise Letourneau & Tony Cosier
On Highway Seven
Traditional God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Bill Evans It's Love, It's Christmas
Gordon Lightfoot Song for a Winter's Night
Traditional We Three Kings
Elise Letourneau & Rabindranath Tagore
This Is Nothing But Thy Love
Joni Mitchell River
Tim Bedner Aurora
Vince Guaraldi Christmastime is Here
Elise Letourneau, piano, flute & vocals Tim Bedner, guitar
Elise Letourneau is an accomplished composer, performer, arranger, and educator. She sings and plays piano, flute, bass flute, and melodica. She is gaining a reputation for writing choral music that is contemporary, access-ible and fresh; with a beautiful sensitivity to text and a particular flair for setting poetry. Her music has been sung by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, the Toronto Children's Choir, Canada's National Youth Choir and others. An associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, she has won multiple awards and has been short-listed for the American Prize in choral composition twice. She directs Vox Eclectica Women's Chamber Choir and Capital Vox Jazz Choir, and performs and teaches throughout the Ottawa region. www.eliseletourneau.com
Tim Bedner is a modern lyrical composer and improviser, and an award-winning teacher and performer of six- and seven-string guitars. Reviewers have called him “a talent and a force, who plays with grace, style, passion, and inventiveness.” His CD recording “Of Light and Shadow” debuted in the #1 spot of the CMJ jazz chart. Tim teaches jazz guitar performance at Carleton University, where he founded the Contemporary & Jazz Guitar Ensemble. In addition to composing, Tim creates arrangements and guitar instructional materials. He performs extensively throughout the Ottawa/Gatineau region. Tim gradu-ated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. www.timbedner.com
Doors Open For Music at Southminster continues in 2015 with regular weekly concerts starting on January 14. Please check online at www.classymusic.ca or www.southminsterunitedchurch.com for more detailed information, or call the church office at (613) 730-6874.
