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The Art Show that is an important part of theNew Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts isunique in several ways. It features the fine workof local and area artists, in unusual settings.Part of our mandate is to give these kinds ofopportunities to area artists and performers.

The Art Show is launched with a sample ofeach artist’s workon display at theopening Big BandGala, June 2, butthe show carrieson from June 2-6in a number ofvenues, as NewHamburg busi-nesses exhibit thework of one ormore artists intheir places ofbusiness, and wel-come art lovers to

drop in and see the work. More than a dozenartists are showing their works, some returningfrom 2009, and many new to the Festival.

The Gala Art Show opens at 6 p.m.; the BigBand Gala begins at 7 p.m., at the NewHamburg Community Centre. And from June 2-6, you can see the show, featuring a wide varietyof styles and media, at Puddicombe House, theWaterlot, Upper Case Books, Meme’s Café,Murray’s Clothing and Footwear, Jess Boutique,Old Country Restaurant and Stitch Graphix.

New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts is presented byNew Hamburg Live! (not-for-profit incorporation in

process) in cooperation with English Garden Publishers and Gossage Arts Management.

Producer: Nancy Knowles; Executive Director: PaulKnowles; Director of Music, Vicki St. Pierre; Websitedesign and Management, Common Sense Design.

Thanks to Cheryl and Nigel Gordijk, Kristen Hahn, anda wonderful team of volunteers.

New Hamburg Live! is grateful for an economic development grant from the Township of Wilmot, and to

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Welcome back! We’rethrilled to present thesecond annual NewHamburg Live! Festivalof the Arts. Our first-everFestival, in 2009, was anexciting adventure; thisyear, built on the founda-tion of that success, is afull-blown celebration.

Once again, we areoffering the very best in music, literature, andart. This is a fantastic opportunity to see andhear some of the finest musicians, authorsand artists in Canada, including the incompa-rable Quartette, the renowned Elmer IselerSingers – with roots right here in NewHamburg – and, back by popular demand,bluegrass and gospel legend Ken Whiteley.

Over the five days of theFestival, you can experi-ence ten different events– six concerts, from BigBand swing and Gilbertand Sullivan to 17th cen-tury classical works; twoliterary events featuringnationally knownauthors; a choral work-shop with two of the

finest leaders in the country; and an art showthat goes all Festival long, featuring the workof a dozen fine area artists.

The New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Artsbrings dozens of the most talented people inCanada to New Hamburg, and also highlightsthe talents of dozens of local singers andartists. Wonderful reasons to celebrate!

New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Artscelebrates music, art and literature

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The 2010 New HamburgLive! Festival of the Artskicks off with a Big BandBang on Wednesday, June 2.The Big Band Gala, whichopens this year’s ten-eventFestival, features the TorontoAll-Star Big Band.

The night will includemusic, dancing, refreshments,a tempting Silent Auction,and a chance to view works byall of the artists participatingin the New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts art show.

The Gala will be held at the

On the cover: top, from left, Quartette (Gwen Swick, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church, SylviaTyson), Barry MacGregor, Vicki St. Pierre, Colin Ainsworth, Ken Whiteley, Drew HaydenTaylor, The Elmer Iseler Singers.

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This Festival! is the sum of many parts; more tothe point, it is the result of the contributions ofmany, many people. Thank you to our volunteers, ourperformers, authors and artists, and especially to allwho attend. Thank you to the Township of Wilmot foran economic development grant.

Thanks to all the venues who host Festival!

events, and welcome to several newcomers this year.Thanks to all the great people who have agreed to

join our board of directors, this year.Special thanks to musical director Vicki St. Pierre,

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Eight authors will be onhand for the two Words Aliveliterary events that are partof this year’s New HamburgLive! Festival of the Arts.Organized by Kristen Hahnof Upper Case Books, theevents will be held Fridayafternoon, June 4, atPuddicombe House, andSaturday afternoon, at theWaterlot. Both begin at 3 pm;both include refreshments.

Friday is “local historyday”, as literary and history fans will hear from localhistory authors including Ernie Ritz, Marie Voisin,Karl Kessler and Paul Knowles.

On Saturday, book lovers can meet and hear read-

ings from four noted authors with exciting newworks, including Neil Pasricha (“The Book ofAwesome”), Drew Hayden Taylor (“Motorcyles andSweetgrass”), Nicholas Rudddock (“The Parabolist”)and Roger Clarke, writingas Phillip Allen Campbell(“Big Wheel”).

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The Toronto All-Star Big Band is a full-size swing orchestra that has beendescribed as “one of the most excitingbands around.” The 24-member TorontoAll-Star Big Band revives the spirit, styleand sound of 1930s and 40s, that goldenage of the big bands.

The opening gala will include theopening of the art show, featuring about adozen talented area artists. The showcontinues throughout the five-day festi-val, with works exhibited in a number ofNew Hamburg restaurants and businesslocales.

The art show gets opens at 6 p.m.; theGala gets underway at 7 p.m.

Critics have raved about the Toronto

All-Star Big Band: Joanna Manningwrote of “A dazzling display of consum-mate professionalism, amazing talentand infectious energy,” while Phil Surgy,writing in the National Post, simplycalled the ensemble “A superb swingband.”

Armed with brilliant programming,slick choreography and witty culturalnostalgia, this vibrant cast of awesomeyoung talent has earned its position atthe top of the list of presenters through-out Ontario and in the U.S. Theatricalengagements are far-reaching, andrecent gigs have included the Port HopeJazz Festival, Port Elgin Big BandCelebration, Beaches International JazzFestival, Art Park in Lewiston N.Y. andToronto’s Palais Royale and Casa Loma.

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For lovers of comicopera, the names “Gilbertand Sullivan” are spokenwith a challenging combi-nation of awe, wonder, andlaughter. These two portly,mutton-chopped Victorianmen produced far morethan their quota of bril-liant lyrics (the work ofW.S. Gilbert), and memo-rable music (contributedby Arthur Sullivan) infourteen productions that

are performed all over theworld to this day.

Their best-known works include H.M.S. Pinafore,The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

On Thursday, June 3, some of the finest classicalsingers in North America appear at the NewHamburg Live! Festival of the Arts to sing “The Bestof G&S”, in a show hosted by Stratford andBroadway star Barry MacGregor, a performer ofsuperb comic timing whose many theatrical roleshave included his star turn in New York and

Stratford as The Fool, in King Lear, oppositeChristopher Plummer.

Performers this evening include tenor ColinAinsworth, who has appeared with opera companiesin New York, Edinburgh, and with almost everynotable classical music company in Canada. But hehas also recently appeared alongside RufusWainwright, and is no stranger to the works of G&S.

Baritone Jason Nedecky, who has performed withthe Canadian Opera Company and many other com-panies across the country, has also been soloist withConsort Caritatis on tours ofEastern Europe and Italy.

Soprano Erin Barduareturns to New HamburgLive! She sang in the open-ing Lights of Broadway Galain 2009, and more recentlyhas been featured in aBirthday Series recital ofworks by Hugo Wolf. In addi-tion to appearing in “TheBest of G&S,” Erin will alsoperform in the “CelestialSirens” concert on Friday

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There is no doubt that the gospel/bluegrassconcert that closed the 2009 New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts was a highlight of that firstFestival. An enthusiastic audience filled the hallat Steinman Mennonite Church as Ken Whiteley,his band, guest musicians, and the newly formedNew Hamburg Live! Mass Choir, led by Vicki St.Pierre, put on a high energy performance.

It was so good, in fact, that this is the one eventthat will be repeated in the 2010 Festival. Ken isback, with his band. The choir is reforming (withall newcomers welcome) for a choral workshop onSaturday, June 5.

And on Sunday afternoon, June 6, Ken, theband and the choir will be joined by guest musi-

cians Tom Cummings on vibraphone and pianistCaitlin Hayes for the fabulous Festival finale.

Ken Whiteley is a Canadian roots music leg-end. His musical journey has taken him from jugband, folk and swing to blues, gospel and chil-dren's music. Among numerous accolades, he haswon a Canadian Folk Music Award, Genie Awardfor Best Original Song in a Canadian film,Lifetime achievement awards from the OntarioCouncil of Folk Festivals and Mariposa FolkFestival. Ken has been nominated for 7 Junoawards and 13 Maple Blues Awards. Ken’s liveperformances showcase his outstanding musician-ship on guitars and mandolin, award winningoriginal songs and his powerful vocals. Whether

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Soprano Rachel Cleland-Ainsworth sings a fullrepertoire of classical opera,but is also committed toperforming Canadian con-temporary opera; she per-formed the title role in theworld premier of The LastWife, by Howard Alexander.As well, Rachel has starredas YumYum in The Mikado.

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The New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts was started in2009 as a “kitchen table” volun-teer organization. The foundersare Nancy and Paul Knowles –Nancy was honoured as a WilmotTownship “Citizen of the Year” for her work with theFestival, and New Hamburg Live! has also beennominated for a Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Award.

The first season was a successful experiment, andthis has led to stage two – the incorporation of NewHamburg Live! as a legal entity, a not-for-profit cor-poration. This may open the door to funding sourceswhich would allow the Festival to grow.

Incorporation has been facilitated by Waterloolawyer David Jutzi, who has provided all the neces-sary legal services on a volunteer basis. Says Paul

Knowles, “We could not havedone this without David’s gen-erous participation.”

During 2010, New HamburgLive! will officially be incorpo-rated; its board of directors will

include Ginny Dybenko, Dean of the WLU School ofBusiness; Karl Keilhau, a musician who lives inFoxboro Green; Dr. David Whitehead, BrockUniversity School of Business; Linda Whitehead; Dr.Susan Seyler, a family physician; John Hanson,President of Ten Forward Enterprises; AnitaHanson; Nancy Knowles; and Paul Knowles.

New Hamburg Live! cannot issue charitablereceipts, but donations from individuals and compa-nies wanting to support the arts on a local basis arewelcomed and appreciated.

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Whiteley. The choir learns several solo pieces, aswell as backup music for some of Whiteley’s songs.

On Sunday afternoon, June 6, the choir appearsin concert at the Festival finale, at 2 p.m. atSteinmann Mennonite Church. This full-tilt con-cert includes the Mass Choir, and the KenWhiteley band. And this year, we welcome twonew guest musicians – accompanist CaitlinHayes, who will play at the workshop and the con-cert, and Tom Cummings, master vibraphoneplayer and percussionist.

New Hamburg Live! organizers hope for a 60-voice choir again in 2010. Producer NancyKnowles points out that these two events offer awonderful chance for area singers to learn frominternationally known musicians, and to sing witha man who has garnered multiple June awardnominations and a Grammy nomination.

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The New Hamburg Live! choral workshop andbluegrass gospel concert was undoubtedly a high-light of the 2009 New Hamburg Live! Festival ofthe Arts. So much so that, while everything else inthe 2010 Festival menu is brand new, we arereprising this combination event, by populardemand.

Saturday, June 5, will see a choral workshop foreveryone – everyone! – who loves to sing. You canpre-register on line at www.newhamburglive.ca.Cost for the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. workshop, includingsheet music, is $20.

The workshop is conducted by Musical DirectorVicki St. Pierre and gospel bluegrass legend Ken

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You might expect a performanceof the music written and sung bynuns of the 17th century to bebeautiful, mystical and compelling.You might not expect it to also beamusing.

But “Celestial Sirens”, performedby Capella Intima, is all of theabove. This ensemble, led by artis-tic director and tenor Bud Roach,also includes sopranos ErinBardua and Dawn Bailey, mezzosoprano Vicki St. Pierre, organist Sara-AnneChurchill and Theorboist Lucas Harris.

The concert is held at a venue new to New

Hamburg Live! – at St. George’sAnglican Church, 3 Byron Street,at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 4.

Featured is the music of theBenedictine nuns of 17th centuryMilan, with the songs punctuatedby letters written by the oftenrebellious nuns, and about them,by their church superiors.

The music is sublime; the instru-mentation and arrangements areauthentic to the period; the setting

for the concert is perfect. Altogether, this CapellaIntima Performance will be an unexpected high-light of the 2010 New Hamburg Live! Festival.

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The Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by ArtisticDirector Lydia Adams, is a twenty-voice profes-sional chamber choir based in Toronto. Foundedby the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, the ElmerIseler Singers are one of Canada’s most illustriousprofessional choral ensembles.

The choir has built an enviable internationalreputation through its concerts, broadcasts andrecordings throughout Canada, the United Statesand on the international concert stage. Known forthe unique beauty of their sound, the Elmer IselerSingers bring to life exciting repertoire that spans500 years of great choral music.

The choir regularly commissions and performsnew works, and is frequently involved in radio andtelevision broadcasts and a variety of recordingprojects.

Elmer Iseler was known as “the Dean ofCanadian Choral Conductors.” Born in PortColborne, he commenced studies at WaterlooCollege in 1945, and then began spending time inNew Hamburg, where he was dating datingTrudie Mosig, the daughter of Reverend Richard

Mosig, the pastor ofTrinity LutheranChurch. They married ayear later.

According to a storyin the New HamburgIndependent, Trudie’smother Melinda Mosigwas the choir directorfor Trinity’s youth choir,made up entirely ofgirls. Iseler suggestedhe could take over thechoir and bring boysinto the fold... and hedid.

The New Hamburg Youth Choir becameElmer’s pride and joy, and launched the careerthat would define the rest of his life.

The New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts isdelighted to present the Elmer Iseler Singers,Thursday, June 4, at 8 p.m., at Zion UnitedChurch, with a pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m.

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Each of the talented women in “Quartette”has a vibrant musical career; together, thisastonishing foursome offers a remarkable musi-cal experience. And Quartette is one stage at 8p.m., Saturday, June 5, at Steinmann MennoniteChurch, part of our 2010 New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts.

Quartette was formed for a concert atToronto’s Harbourfront in the summer of 1993.The following year, the group received theCanadian Country Music Association's award forbest vocal collaboration. In 1995 and 1996, it gar-nered Juno Award nominations for top countrygroup. An hour-long showcase on “AdrienneClarkson Presents” on CBC-TV introduced themto an even wider audience in 1995.

While Quartette continues to tour extensivelyin Canada with a three-piece back-up band, andplay select dates with symphony orchestras, eachmember – Gwen Swick, Caitlin Hanford,Cindy Church, and Sylvia Tyson – has beenable to maintain their individual solo careers.Sometimes only barely.

Says Cindy with a laugh, “My most schizo-phrenic moment was a gig in Calgary at a com-

munity festival in the summer (of 2007). On theSunday, Quartette was onstage from 1pm to1:30pm., and I performed with Lunch At Allen’sfrom 2:15pm to 4pm. That was wacky!”

“When Quartette started we said we were stillgoing to do our solo careers,” recalls Hanford.“Doing other projects has allowed us to do andexplore different things.”

Within Quartette, Sylvia takes care of finan-cial and contractual matters; Cindy handlestravel and booking itineraries; Gwen overseesrehearsals and hiring musicians; and Caitlinacts as the product manager for their catalog.

“It’s the strength of the music, and the soundof the four of us that has kept Quartette going,”says Sylvia. “We were once asked by an inter-viewer if we ever have cat fights, and we allbroke up laughing. Only a guy would ask thatquestion.”

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The world-renowned Elmer Iseler are now based in Toronto, but the late Elmer Iseler broke in his conductor’s baton righthere in New Hamburg, and that historical connection will be celebrated at the June 4 concert. (Peter Hobbs photo)

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Wednesday, June 2• 6 pm Art show: New

Hamburg Community Centre,

featuring artists from southern

Ontario; also open in all other

Art Show venues. Sponsored

by Pfeifer Gallery.

• 7 pm Big Band Gala: New

Hamburg Community Centre,

Featuring The Toronto All Star

Big Band, with silent auction

Thursday, June 3• Art Show: all venues.

• 8 pm The Best of Gilbertand Sullivan; Zion United

Church; with Colin Ainsworth,

Rachel Cleland-Ainsworth,

Jason Nedecky), Vicki St.

Pierre, Erin Bardua, Kate

Carver; hosted by Barry

MacGregor

Friday, June 4• Art Show: All venues.

• 1 pm Celestial Sirens; the

music of nuns of the 17th

century, performed by Capella

Intima, at St. George’s

Anglican Church. Featuring

Dawn Bailey, Erin Bardua;

Vicki St. Pierre; Bud Roach;

Organ, Sara-Anne Churchill;

Theorbo, Lucas Harris

• 3 pm: Word Alive: featuring

authors of local history, at

Puddicombe House; presented

by Upper Case Books

• 7:30 pm: Pre-concert talk;

8 pm, Elmer Iseler Singers in

concert, Zion United Church

Saturday, June 5• 10 am Choral music work-shop featuring: Vicki St.

Pierre, and Ken Whiteley;

open to all singers; concert,

Sunday afternoon.

• Art Show, all venues.

• 3 pm: Word Alive: featuring

authors Neil Pasricha, Drew

Hayden Taylor, Nicholas

Ruddock, Phillip Allan

Campbell, at the Waterlot, pre-

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• 8 pm Quartette in concert –

Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford,

Cindy Church and Gwen

Swick at Steinmann

Mennonite Church hall.

Sunday, June 6• 2 pm: Choral Concert at

Steinmann Mennonite Church

hall; Ken Whiteley Band, Vicki

St. Pierre, Tom Cummings,

Caitlin Hayes, Mass choir

Festival at a glance: the full program of events


Canada’s premier folk supergroup

“Quartette ” includes four music stars, each very well known in her own right: from left, Gwen Swick, Caitlin Hanford,Cindy Church, and Sylvia Tyson. They appear Saturday, June 5, at New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts.

their roots for New Hamburg concert


The world-renowned Elmer Iseler are now based in Toronto, but the late Elmer Iseler broke in his conductor’s baton righthere in New Hamburg, and that historical connection will be celebrated at the June 4 concert. (Peter Hobbs photo)

The Elmer Iseler Singers, conducted by ArtisticDirector Lydia Adams, is a twenty-voice profes-sional chamber choir based in Toronto. Foundedby the late Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979, the ElmerIseler Singers are one of Canada’s most illustriousprofessional choral ensembles.

The choir has built an enviable internationalreputation through its concerts, broadcasts andrecordings throughout Canada, the United Statesand on the international concert stage. Known forthe unique beauty of their sound, the Elmer IselerSingers bring to life exciting repertoire that spans500 years of great choral music.

The choir regularly commissions and performsnew works, and is frequently involved in radio andtelevision broadcasts and a variety of recordingprojects.

Elmer Iseler was known as “the Dean ofCanadian Choral Conductors.” Born in PortColborne, he commenced studies at WaterlooCollege in 1945, and then began spending time inNew Hamburg, where he was dating datingTrudie Mosig, the daughter of Reverend Richard

Mosig, the pastor ofTrinity LutheranChurch. They married ayear later.

According to a storyin the New HamburgIndependent, Trudie’smother Melinda Mosigwas the choir directorfor Trinity’s youth choir,made up entirely ofgirls. Iseler suggestedhe could take over thechoir and bring boysinto the fold... and hedid.

The New Hamburg Youth Choir becameElmer’s pride and joy, and launched the careerthat would define the rest of his life.

The New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts isdelighted to present the Elmer Iseler Singers,Thursday, June 4, at 8 p.m., at Zion UnitedChurch, with a pre-concert talk at 7:30 p.m.

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Each of the talented women in “Quartette”has a vibrant musical career; together, thisastonishing foursome offers a remarkable musi-cal experience. And Quartette is one stage at 8p.m., Saturday, June 5, at Steinmann MennoniteChurch, part of our 2010 New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts.

Quartette was formed for a concert atToronto’s Harbourfront in the summer of 1993.The following year, the group received theCanadian Country Music Association's award forbest vocal collaboration. In 1995 and 1996, it gar-nered Juno Award nominations for top countrygroup. An hour-long showcase on “AdrienneClarkson Presents” on CBC-TV introduced themto an even wider audience in 1995.

While Quartette continues to tour extensivelyin Canada with a three-piece back-up band, andplay select dates with symphony orchestras, eachmember – Gwen Swick, Caitlin Hanford,Cindy Church, and Sylvia Tyson – has beenable to maintain their individual solo careers.Sometimes only barely.

Says Cindy with a laugh, “My most schizo-phrenic moment was a gig in Calgary at a com-

munity festival in the summer (of 2007). On theSunday, Quartette was onstage from 1pm to1:30pm., and I performed with Lunch At Allen’sfrom 2:15pm to 4pm. That was wacky!”

“When Quartette started we said we were stillgoing to do our solo careers,” recalls Hanford.“Doing other projects has allowed us to do andexplore different things.”

Within Quartette, Sylvia takes care of finan-cial and contractual matters; Cindy handlestravel and booking itineraries; Gwen overseesrehearsals and hiring musicians; and Caitlinacts as the product manager for their catalog.

“It’s the strength of the music, and the soundof the four of us that has kept Quartette going,”says Sylvia. “We were once asked by an inter-viewer if we ever have cat fights, and we allbroke up laughing. Only a guy would ask thatquestion.”

New Hamburg Live! is committed to bringingthe best in Canadian roots music as part of itsannual mandate, and we are thrilled to followthe 2009 success of David Francey withQuartette, one of the best-known – and certainlymost talented – music groups in the country.

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The New Hamburg Live! choral workshop andbluegrass gospel concert was undoubtedly a high-light of the 2009 New Hamburg Live! Festival ofthe Arts. So much so that, while everything else inthe 2010 Festival menu is brand new, we arereprising this combination event, by populardemand.

Saturday, June 5, will see a choral workshop foreveryone – everyone! – who loves to sing. You canpre-register on line at www.newhamburglive.ca.Cost for the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. workshop, includingsheet music, is $20.

The workshop is conducted by Musical DirectorVicki St. Pierre and gospel bluegrass legend Ken

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The concert is held at a venue new to New

Hamburg Live! – at St. George’sAnglican Church, 3 Byron Street,at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 4.

Featured is the music of theBenedictine nuns of 17th centuryMilan, with the songs punctuatedby letters written by the oftenrebellious nuns, and about them,by their church superiors.

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The New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts was started in2009 as a “kitchen table” volun-teer organization. The foundersare Nancy and Paul Knowles –Nancy was honoured as a WilmotTownship “Citizen of the Year” for her work with theFestival, and New Hamburg Live! has also beennominated for a Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Award.

The first season was a successful experiment, andthis has led to stage two – the incorporation of NewHamburg Live! as a legal entity, a not-for-profit cor-poration. This may open the door to funding sourceswhich would allow the Festival to grow.

Incorporation has been facilitated by Waterloolawyer David Jutzi, who has provided all the neces-sary legal services on a volunteer basis. Says Paul

Knowles, “We could not havedone this without David’s gen-erous participation.”

During 2010, New HamburgLive! will officially be incorpo-rated; its board of directors will

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Whiteley. The choir learns several solo pieces, aswell as backup music for some of Whiteley’s songs.

On Sunday afternoon, June 6, the choir appearsin concert at the Festival finale, at 2 p.m. atSteinmann Mennonite Church. This full-tilt con-cert includes the Mass Choir, and the KenWhiteley band. And this year, we welcome twonew guest musicians – accompanist CaitlinHayes, who will play at the workshop and the con-cert, and Tom Cummings, master vibraphoneplayer and percussionist.

New Hamburg Live! organizers hope for a 60-voice choir again in 2010. Producer NancyKnowles points out that these two events offer awonderful chance for area singers to learn frominternationally known musicians, and to sing witha man who has garnered multiple June awardnominations and a Grammy nomination.

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There is no doubt that the gospel/bluegrassconcert that closed the 2009 New Hamburg Live!Festival of the Arts was a highlight of that firstFestival. An enthusiastic audience filled the hallat Steinman Mennonite Church as Ken Whiteley,his band, guest musicians, and the newly formedNew Hamburg Live! Mass Choir, led by Vicki St.Pierre, put on a high energy performance.

It was so good, in fact, that this is the one eventthat will be repeated in the 2010 Festival. Ken isback, with his band. The choir is reforming (withall newcomers welcome) for a choral workshop onSaturday, June 5.

And on Sunday afternoon, June 6, Ken, theband and the choir will be joined by guest musi-

cians Tom Cummings on vibraphone and pianistCaitlin Hayes for the fabulous Festival finale.

Ken Whiteley is a Canadian roots music leg-end. His musical journey has taken him from jugband, folk and swing to blues, gospel and chil-dren's music. Among numerous accolades, he haswon a Canadian Folk Music Award, Genie Awardfor Best Original Song in a Canadian film,Lifetime achievement awards from the OntarioCouncil of Folk Festivals and Mariposa FolkFestival. Ken has been nominated for 7 Junoawards and 13 Maple Blues Awards. Ken’s liveperformances showcase his outstanding musician-ship on guitars and mandolin, award winningoriginal songs and his powerful vocals. Whether

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Soprano Rachel Cleland-Ainsworth sings a fullrepertoire of classical opera,but is also committed toperforming Canadian con-temporary opera; she per-formed the title role in theworld premier of The LastWife, by Howard Alexander.As well, Rachel has starredas YumYum in The Mikado.

Mezzo soprano Vicki St. Pierre is MusicalDirector of the New Hamburg Live! Festival of theArts. This year, Vicki sings “The Best of G&S”,appears in “Celestial Sirens”, and conducts the NewHamburg Live! Mass Choir in the choral workshopand Sunday afternoon bluegrass and gospel concert.When she’s not bringing the best in music to NewHamburg, Vicki is soloist with leading companies inCanada and internationally.

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are performed all over theworld to this day.

Their best-known works include H.M.S. Pinafore,The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.

On Thursday, June 3, some of the finest classicalsingers in North America appear at the NewHamburg Live! Festival of the Arts to sing “The Bestof G&S”, in a show hosted by Stratford andBroadway star Barry MacGregor, a performer ofsuperb comic timing whose many theatrical roleshave included his star turn in New York and

Stratford as The Fool, in King Lear, oppositeChristopher Plummer.

Performers this evening include tenor ColinAinsworth, who has appeared with opera companiesin New York, Edinburgh, and with almost everynotable classical music company in Canada. But hehas also recently appeared alongside RufusWainwright, and is no stranger to the works of G&S.

Baritone Jason Nedecky, who has performed withthe Canadian Opera Company and many other com-panies across the country, has also been soloist withConsort Caritatis on tours ofEastern Europe and Italy.

Soprano Erin Barduareturns to New HamburgLive! She sang in the open-ing Lights of Broadway Galain 2009, and more recentlyhas been featured in aBirthday Series recital ofworks by Hugo Wolf. In addi-tion to appearing in “TheBest of G&S,” Erin will alsoperform in the “CelestialSirens” concert on Friday




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Eight authors will be onhand for the two Words Aliveliterary events that are partof this year’s New HamburgLive! Festival of the Arts.Organized by Kristen Hahnof Upper Case Books, theevents will be held Fridayafternoon, June 4, atPuddicombe House, andSaturday afternoon, at theWaterlot. Both begin at 3 pm;both include refreshments.

Friday is “local historyday”, as literary and history fans will hear from localhistory authors including Ernie Ritz, Marie Voisin,Karl Kessler and Paul Knowles.

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ings from four noted authors with exciting newworks, including Neil Pasricha (“The Book ofAwesome”), Drew Hayden Taylor (“Motorcyles andSweetgrass”), Nicholas Rudddock (“The Parabolist”)and Roger Clarke, writingas Phillip Allen Campbell(“Big Wheel”).

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The Art Show that is an important part of theNew Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts isunique in several ways. It features the fine workof local and area artists, in unusual settings.Part of our mandate is to give these kinds ofopportunities to area artists and performers.

The Art Show is launched with a sample ofeach artist’s workon display at theopening Big BandGala, June 2, butthe show carrieson from June 2-6in a number ofvenues, as NewHamburg busi-nesses exhibit thework of one ormore artists intheir places ofbusiness, and wel-come art lovers to

drop in and see the work. More than a dozenartists are showing their works, some returningfrom 2009, and many new to the Festival.

The Gala Art Show opens at 6 p.m.; the BigBand Gala begins at 7 p.m., at the NewHamburg Community Centre. And from June 2-6, you can see the show, featuring a wide varietyof styles and media, at Puddicombe House, theWaterlot, Upper Case Books, Meme’s Café,Murray’s Clothing and Footwear, Jess Boutique,Old Country Restaurant and Stitch Graphix.

New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts is presented byNew Hamburg Live! (not-for-profit incorporation in

process) in cooperation with English Garden Publishers and Gossage Arts Management.

Producer: Nancy Knowles; Executive Director: PaulKnowles; Director of Music, Vicki St. Pierre; Websitedesign and Management, Common Sense Design.

Thanks to Cheryl and Nigel Gordijk, Kristen Hahn, anda wonderful team of volunteers.

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Once again, we areoffering the very best in music, literature, andart. This is a fantastic opportunity to see andhear some of the finest musicians, authorsand artists in Canada, including the incompa-rable Quartette, the renowned Elmer IselerSingers – with roots right here in NewHamburg – and, back by popular demand,bluegrass and gospel legend Ken Whiteley.

Over the five days of theFestival, you can experi-ence ten different events– six concerts, from BigBand swing and Gilbertand Sullivan to 17th cen-tury classical works; twoliterary events featuringnationally knownauthors; a choral work-shop with two of the

finest leaders in the country; and an art showthat goes all Festival long, featuring the workof a dozen fine area artists.

The New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Artsbrings dozens of the most talented people inCanada to New Hamburg, and also highlightsthe talents of dozens of local singers andartists. Wonderful reasons to celebrate!

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