German Canadian Male Chorus of Calgary
Past Concerts
2023
Dutch
Canadian Choir Concert, (Guest Artists)
Saturday, April 15, 2022. 2:00PM
McDougall United Church
8516 Athabasca St. S.E.
Calgary, AB. T2H 1S1
Call Time: 1:00 pm
Concert: 2:00 pm
Full Dress uniform
Please note: our
concert program is different from Friday’s performance. Make sure you have your music in the correct
order.
Program
• Feuerwerk der guten Laune
• An die Musik
• Sempre Vicino
• Lili Marleen
Medley
• We Rise Again
• Fiesta voller Fröhlichkeit
• Wonderful World
• Joint Choir
Song: Say it with a Song (SATB)
Noon
Hour Concert – Red Carpet Series
Knox
Presbyterian Church
3704
37 Street SW, Calgary, AB
Program
·
Das
Lied zum Glück
·
An
die Musik
·
Rot
sind die Rosen
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Sempre
Vicino
·
Feuerwerk der guten Laune
·
Musik
kennt keine Grenzen
·
Ensemble – Rote Lippen
·
Frei
wie der Wind
·
Lili
Marleen Medley
·
Fiesta
voller Fröhlichkeit
·
We
Rise Again
·
Wonderful
World
Pre-Tour Spring Concert
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Concert: 3:00 PM
St. David’s United Church
3303 Capitol Hill Crescent NW,
Calgary, AB
T2M 2R2
2022
NW
Carol Festival
Sunday,
December 11, 2022
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
6560
Silver Springs Crescent NW
Community
Performance
Wednesday,
December 7, 2022
Time: 7:30pm
Sanderson
Ridge,
2330
Fish Creek Blvd. SW
2021
– Advent Concert
St. Boniface Church
2:30 PM, Saturday, December
3, 2022
Tannenbaum
Lighting
Festival
Saturday,
November 26, 2022
Time: 5:00
PM
St. Matthew
Lutheran Church
66 7t h
St. NE, Calgary
German
Ladies Choir
Sing-Gemeinschaft
German
Canadian Male Chorus
Pro-Arts Society Lunch Hour Concert
Wednesday, September
28, 2022
Time: 12:00
PM
Cathedral
Church of the Redeemer
604 1st
Street SE
Calgary,
Alberta
T2G 5H8
Heimat Abend
Saturday,
June 4, 2022
6:00 PM
Austrian-Canadian
Club
3112 11
Street NE
Calgary,
Alberta
2021
– Advent Concert
St. Boniface Church
2:30 PM, Saturday, December
4, 2019
2020
– COVID-19
Advent
Concert 2019
St. Boniface Church
2:30 PM, Saturday, December
8, 2019
Director: Susan Woodward
Piano: Liz Tremblay
Percussion: Jeff Oman
String Bass: Erik Smistad
Music
Knows No Borders Concert 2019
25
May 2019
Eckhardt-Gramatté
Hall
Rozsa Centre
206 University Court NW
Calgary, AB
Music Director: Susan Woodward
Piano: Liz Tremblay
Master of Ceremonies: Kyle Maschmeyer
Guest Instrumentalists:
Mandolin: Jarred Albright
Bass: Erik Smistad
Flute: Tim Janz,
Violin: Diane Valentine,
Drums: Jeff Oman,
Trumpet: Samantha Whelan,
Cello: Anne Scott
Special Guests:
Tenor: Matthew Bruce
Bowcroft
School (German Bilingual)
Childrens'
Choir
Teachers
and Guitarists: Claudia Bosch,
Sabrina Lohmann, Tanya Ronellenfitsch, Harald
Ludwigsen
1. Fruhling in Heidelberg
2. In einem Wiesental
3. Griechischer Wein
4. I Love Paris
5. Granada
6. Eviva España
7. Auf geht's bei Bowcroft
8. Zwei kleine Wölfe
9. Ich schenk dir einen Regenbogen
10. Komm lieber Mai und mache
11. Musik kennt keine
Grenzen
12. Four Strong Winds
13. Mexikanische Serenade
14. Zieh in die Welt
15. Finlandia
16. Kalinka
17. Oklahoma
18. Time to Say Goodbye
Advent
Concert 2018
St. Boniface Church
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Director: Susan Woodward
Piano: Liz Tremblay
Violin: Diane Valentine
Cello: Anne Scott
Sleigh Bells: Susan Woodward
Whip Cracker: Hal Schultz
1. Overture: Winter Wonderland, Liz Tremblay, Piano,
Diane Valentine, Violin, Anne Scott, Cello
2. O komm, o komm Emmanuel
3. Sanctus
4. Ein Traum zur Weihnachtzeit
5. Weihnachtsfrieden in den Bergen
6. Leise rieselt der Schnee
7. Die Abendglocken rufen
8. Christmas Angel. Solo: Ton Koomen
9. Hört, der Engel helle Lieder
10. O Holy Night, Solo: Knut Loewer
11. O Tannenbaum
12. Sleigh Ride, Liz Tremblay, Piano, Diane Valentine,
Violin, Anne Scott, Cello
13. Petersburger Schlittenfahrt
14. Silver Bells, Trio: Jim Heck, Walter Janzen, Kyle
Maschmeyer
15. Silent Night, Stille Nacht
2017
England Concert Tour
Heimat Abend 2017
Austrian Club
June
17, 2017
5:30
Door opens
6:30
Dinner buffet following
8:00
Performances by Austrian and German Choirs
8:30
Schuhplattler Performance followed by dancing to Jana
& Danny
Sängerfest 2017
Sunday, May 28, at 2:00 PM
The German Canadian Male Chorus of Calgary sang in a Song Festival at
the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino. Eight choirs and a Yodel Club from the
prairie provinces participated in this concert.
Spring Concert 2017
Rosza Centre, University of Calgary
Saturday,
April 8, 2017 Saturday, April 8, 2017
Senior’s Concert
7:00
PM , December 7, 2016
Bowview Manor
Advent Concert 2016
St
Boniface Church
2:30 PM, December 4, 2016
Winzerfest (Vintner’s Festival) 2016
Austrian
Club
Saturday,
October 29, 2016
Special
Guests:
Männerchor
Liederkranz Edmonton
Brentwood Care Centre 2016
Where:
Brentwood Care Centre, 2727 - 16th Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 3Y6
When:
Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 6:30 PM
Advent Concert 2015
St. Boniface German Church,
1923 Broadview Road NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 3H6
Sunday, December 6, 2015, 2 :30 PM
Fall Concert 2015
Rosza Centre, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary
Sunday,
November 1, 2015, 2 :30 PM
German Male Chorus
Emerging
Artists Ensemble (1st half) |
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Giuseppe Verdi |
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Georges Bizet |
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Georges Bizet |
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Giuseppe Verdi |
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Giacomo Puccini |
Ensemble |
Johann Strauss, Jr. |
Intermission
Emerging
Artists Ensemble (2nd half) |
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§
Duet/Barcarolle:
“Belle Nuit” - from (The Tales of Hoffman) |
Jacques Offenbach |
§ “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd
schön “ (from Die Zauberflöte) |
W.A. Mozart |
§ “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”
(from Die Zauberflöte) |
W.A. Mozart |
§ ‘Flower’ Duet: “Sous le dôme épais” (from Lakmé) |
Léo Delibes |
§
Duet: “Au fond du
temple saint” (from The Pearlfishers)
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Georges Bizet |
German Male Chorus
German Choir and Guests
Special
Guests: Emerging Artist’s Ensemble Meet the opera stars of tomorrow! |
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Each season, Calgary Opera’s Emerging
Artist Development Program provides up to eight young singers with the
opportunity to study and perform under a highly prestigious professional
staff of teachers and performers. This
program acts as a bridge between post-secondary education and the professional
opera world. |
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Matthew Bruce |
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Born in |
Matthew subsequently graduated from the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist
Development Program, where
his perforrmance credits include the Witch in
Calgary Opera's school touring production of Engelbert
Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel; the Male Chorus in Britten's The
Rape of Lucretia; Tiberge in Le portrait de
Manon; and Professor Hornsby/Set in a school tour production of Dean Burry's Isis and the Seven Scorpions |
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Natalie Fagnan |
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Natalie
received her Bachelor's of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory. She is an
alumnus of Calgary Opera's Emerging Artist Program and is also the 2011
winner of the Metropolitan Opera District Competition. As well as performing,
Natalie is a financial broker. |
Maria (West Side
Story), Yum-Yum (The Mikado), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Poppea
(L'incoronazione di Poppea),
Despina (Cosí fan tutte),
Alcina (Alcina), Gretel
(Hansel and Gretel). For Cowtown Opera: Pamina (The Magic Flute), Christine
(Phantom of the Opera). |
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Courtney V. Murias |
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Courtney
earned her Bachelor of Music with Distinction from the |
Cherubino
(The Marriage of Figaro), Hansel (Hansel & Gretel), Dido (Dido &
Aeneas), Bianca (The Rape of Lucretia).
For
Cowtown Opera: The
Revenge of the Bat. |
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Ian Fundytus |
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Ian has just
completed a bachelor’s degree in music at the |
Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dr. Dulcamara (L’Elisir
D’Amore), Frank (Die Fledermaus), Papageno (The
Magic Flute), Bob (The Old Maid and the Thief), Ben (The Telephone) and King
Balthazar (Amahl and the Night Visitors).
For
Cowtown Opera: |
Globalfest
Concert 2015
Elliston Park - 17th Avenue and 60th Street SE, Calgary - Remax Stage
Thursday, August 27, 2015, 6:40-7:05 PM
Program:
§ Ausfahrt und Weiderkehr
§ Can't Help Falling in Love
§ Du, du liegst mir im Herzen
§ Edelweiss
§ Fiesta voller Fröhlichkeit
§ Über den Wolken
§ We Rise Again
24th Sängerfest 2015
17 May 2:00 PM
Jubilee
Auditorium
11455
- 87 Avenue Northwest
Edmonton
Der Deutsche
Männerchor Liederkranz war Gastgeber der 24. Prärie Sängerfest 2015 Konzert am
Sonntag 17. Mai, um 14 Uhr im Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87
Avenue NW, Edmonton.
The German men's choir hosted the
24th Prairie Song Festival 2015 concert on Sunday 17 May at 2:00 PM
in the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455-87 Avenue NW, Edmonton.
Zeremonienmeister:
Heinz Klein.
Emcee:
Heinz Klein.
Free Concert, April 1, 2015
The German Canadian Male Chorus Of Calgary put
on a free 40 minute concert at 12:00 Noon on April 1, 2015 at the Cathedral
Church of the Redeemer, which is located at the corner of 1st Street And 7 Ave
SE. The concert was sponsored by the ProArts Society
- for information on the ProArts Society visit http://www.proartssociety.ca/german-canadian-male-chorus/
Advent Concert
Sunday, 7 December, 2014
2 :30 PM
St Boniface Church
1923 Broadview Road N.W.
Welcome - Father Rosenbaum
Processional: O komm, o komm,
Emmanuel
Hört, der Engel helle
Lieder
Am Weihnachtsbaum die
Lichter brennen
O Holy Night
Audience Carol: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Huron Carol
Have You Heard?
Christmas for Cowboys
Silver Bells
Audience Carol: Süsser die Glocken nie
klingen
Liese rieselt der Schnee
Jubilate
Träume unterm Christbaum
Silent Night
Concert Tour 2014
Germany
and Austria
September
14 to 19, 2014
City |
Date |
Host Choir |
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Wed, Sep 17, 2014 |
Sängerbund Flein, Fleiner TonArt, Flinharmoniker |
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Fri, Sep 19, 2014 |
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Sat, Sep 20, 2014 |
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Wed, Sep 24, 2014 |
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Radenthein, Austria |
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 |
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Sat, Sep 27, 2014 |
Heimatabend
2014
Folklore Evening
Austrian Club
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Dutch Canadian Choir Concert 2014
With Guests
German
Canadian Male Chorus
7:30 PM June 2, 2014
Rosza Centre
Master of Ceremonies: Vic Lavicka
Music Director: Susan Woodward
Pianists: Gaylene Hennan, Correna Phillips
Instrumentalists:
Elisa Sereno-Janz, Violin
Maria Hannah, Brenda Fischer,
Accordion
Tim Janz,
Flute
Jim Heck, Laszlo Kajdy, Guitar
Kirill Kalmykov,
Cello
Dieter Voortman, Whistle
Dutch
Canadian Choir
Russian
Picnic Enders
Brabant Arr.
Bremer
Sun
and Moon Arr.
Huff
Come
by the Hills Arr.
Leavitt
In
Holland staat een huis Arr. Struijk
Instrumental
Trio
White
as the Snow Arr.
Janz
German
Canadian Male Chorus
Conquest
of Paradise Arr. Hehrer
Über den Wolken Arr. Grunwald
Nobody
Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen Arr. Simpson
Soloist: Bill Woodward
I
Love Paris Arr.
Janz
Intermission
German Canadian Male Chorus
Wo
die roten Rosen blühen Arr. Lingerhand
We
Rise Again Arr.
Smith
Soloist: Bill
Woodward
Four
Strong Winds Arr.
Nickel
Royal Hudson Arr. Nickel
Instrumental
Trio
Seemann Scharfenberger/Busch
Dutch Canadian Choir
Zilverdraden Arr.
Struijk
Distant
Land Rutter
Shine
on Me Arr.
Dillworth
German
Canadian Male Chorus and
Dutch
Canadian Choir
Kleine Kneipe/Café aan de Haven
Say It With A Song Besig/Price
Concert with the Dutch
Canadian Choir
St. Michael’s
Church
Bow Island,
Alberta
Saturday, April 5, 2014
2:00 PM
Joint Concert with Wiesswasser
City Choir
(Der Stadtchor
Weißwasser)
Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall,
Rosza Centre (University of Calgary)
2500
University Dr NW
Calgary,
AB T2N 1N4
Canada
Thursday,
April 24, 2014
7:00
PM
Christmas
in Canada - A Concert with the Blue Arch
Strings
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Scarboro United Church
Blue Arch Strings – directed by Elisa Sereno-Janz
With Special Guests:
The
German Canadian Male Chorus – directed by Susan Woodward
Advent Concert 2013
December, 2013
St. Boniface German Catholic
Church
·
Macht hoch die Tur
·
Welcome – Father
Rosenbaum
·
O kom, o kom, Emmanuel
·
Es ist in Ros’ entsprungen
·
Ein Traum zur Weihnachtzeit
·
Mary's Boy Child
- solo - Bill Woodward
·
Good Christian
Men Rejoice
·
O du fröhliche – Audience Singalong
·
Hymne an die Nacht
·
Huron Carol
·
A Christmas Story
- Reinhard Skoraki
·
Elisa and Tim Janz – Flute and Violin Duet
·
Born, Born in
Bethlehem
·
Süsser die Glocken - Audience
Singalong
·
Still, Still,
Still
·
Little Drummer
Boy
·
Silent Night
A German Language Concert
with a Spanish Theme!
Sunday, June 9, 2013
2:30 PM at Scarboro United
Church,
Guest performers:
Holly Blazina, Flamenco Guitar
Francesca Canalizo and Maria Regnier,
Flamenco Dancers
German Canadian Male Chorus
Susan Woodward, Music Director
Correna Phillips, Accompanist
Concert With Singgemeinschaft
Saturday,
November 3, 2012
3:00
PM
Varsity
Acres Community Centre
4303
Varsity Drive, N.W.
Concert with Liederkranz
Edmonton Men’s Choir
September 22, 2012
German Canadian Male Chorus
Susan Woodward, Music Director
Correna Phillips, Accompanist
Music liegt in der Luft Arr. E.Hehrer
Die Nacht F.Schubert
Can’t
Help Falling in Love Arr.
E.Lojeski
Rot sind die Rosen Arr. P.Thibaut
Edelweiss Arr.
J. Ruisseau
Trio Medley
Liederkranz Men’s Choir
Donalee Inglis-Gorfer, Music
Director
Jennifer Maxfield, Accompanist
Sing und swing M. Schmoll
Lebe- Liebe- Lache R.
Pappaert
Der Lindenbaum F.
Schubert/F.Silcher
Sonntagmorgen in den Bergen W. Geiger
Get
me to the church on time F.
Loewe
Intermission
Liederkranz Men’s
Choir
Trier an der Mosel O.Moseberg/H.Goertz
In der Schenke F.
Silcher
Slowenischer Weinstrauss W. Pappert
Bacchus F.
Schubert
Das klinget so herrlich W.A.
Mozart
Two,
too wet Arr.
J. Althouse
Dave Taylor – Piano
German Canadian Male Chorus
Lilli Marlene Medley
Lockendes Venezia O.
Groll
The
Royal Hudson Arr.
L. Nickel
We
Rise Again Arr.
S. Smith
Massed Choir
Weiss ist das Schiff Arr. W. Nagel
Das Morgenrot R.
Pracht
Habt Dank, ihr Freunde
Guest Musicians:
Elisa Sereno-Janz, Violin
Tim Janz, Flute
Kirill Kalmykov, Cello
Dieter Voortman, Train Whistle
Fall Concert 2011
Sunday, November 6th, 2:30
p.m.
St. Giles Presbyterian
Church,
1102 – 23rd Avenue, N.W.
Calgary
Unforgettable operetta
melodies and love songs
performed by the German
soprano Christine Menschner, Canadian baritone Bill
Woodward, Susan Woodward (piano) and the German Canadian Male Chorus. Music by
Lehar, Lincke, Stolz, Gershwin, Hollaender,
Berlin, Schröder and more
website:
http://www.christine-menschner.de/
European Concert Tour 2011
Leipzig Männerchor (Saturday, May 21)
Weisswasser –
Mixed Choir (Friday, May 27)
Dresden Männerchor
(Saturday, May 28)
Sängerfest
Concert 2011
Sunday May 15, 2011
2:00 PM, Jack Singer Hall
Pre-tour Concert (Friday May 6, 2011)
7:30 PM, Scarboro United
Church
Program
– All songs to be sung on Europe Tour
Seniors Residence
Wednesday December 8,
2010
Big Rock Singers
Christmas Concert 2010
Sunday,
December 5, 2010, 7:00 p.m,
Foothills Centennial Centre
100 Community Way, Okotoks
Autumn Concert
2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010)
2:00 PM, McDougall United Church
·
Unser Lied soll hell erklingen
·
Über den Wolken
·
Wo die roten Rosen blühen
·
Rot sind die Rosen
·
Wolgalied – Reinhard solo
·
In mir klingt ein Lied
·
Muss Ich den – Laszlo, Brenda and Maria
·
Du, du, liegst mir im Herzen
·
Heimat
Intermission
·
Jägerlied
·
Ensemble (Laszlo, Jim, Wally, Terry, Terry, Hal, Bill,
Siggy)
·
Siebenmal in der Woche
·
Edelweiss
·
Bill – Steal Away to Heaven
·
Lilli Marlene Medley - Lilli Marlene
·
Die kleine Kneipe
·
Griechischer Wein
·
La Golondrina
·
Rot ist der Wein
·
Fiesta voller Fröhlichkeit
Father's Day Brunch and Concert 2010
Sunday, 20 June 2010, 10:00
AM
German Canadian Club
Autumn Concert 2009
Sunday, 27 September 2009,
2:30 PM
Eckhardt-Gramatté
Hall
Rozsa Centre, University of
·
Conquest of
·
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
(Today is the Best Day of My Life)
·
Im Abendrot (At Sunset)
·
In mir klingt ein Lied (A Song Rings
Within Me)
·
Ein Traum vom Glück
(A Dream of Happiness)
·
Da geh' ich zu Maxim (You'll Find Me
at Maxim's) from "The Merry Widow"
o Soloist - Bill Woodward
·
Music liegt in der Luft (Music is in
the Air)
o Duet: Laszlo Kajdy and Bill
Woodward
·
Medley
o Marina & “Rote Lippen
soll man küssen” (
o You Raise Me Up
§ Soloist: Bill Woodward
Intermission
·
Guests: Emerging
Artists of Calgary Opera
o Artistic Director and Accompanist: Mel Kirby
·
Über den Wolken (Above the
Clouds)
·
Heimat (Homeland)
·
Unser Lied soll hell erklingen (Our Song
Will Ring Out Brightly)
·
Finale
o Reicht euch die Hand (Reach Out To
One Another)
§ Duet: Laszlo Kajdy and Bill
Woodward
Sängerfest 2009
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 2:00 PM
Jubilee Auditorium,
Concert with Gesang Verein Freiheit Hambühren 2008
Saturday, 12 July 2008, -
3:30 PM, Scarboro United
Church
Heimatecho Concert (Saturday, 7 June 2008)
We were guests of the
Austrian choir "Heimatecho" at the Austrian Club
European Tour 2008
Stadthagen - Majorca
Spring Concert and Dance 2008
Saturday, 12 April 2008
7:00 PM, Varsity Community
Centre - 4303 Varsity Drive NW
·
I Love Paris *
·
Bajazzo * - Soloist Kyle Maschmeyer
·
Schiwago Melodie *
·
Nostalgic Medley
*
o Lili Marlene
o Die kleine Kneipe
o Griechischer Wein
o La Golondrina
(Du kleine Schwalbe)
o Rot ist der Wein (Blue Spanish Eyes)
·
That's Amore
·
Kriminal Tango *
·
Rotte Lippen soll man Kussen *
·
Wo die roten Rosen blühen
·
Elvis Presley
Medley - Men's Ensemble
·
Eviva España *
·
You Raise Me Up -
Soloist Bill Woodward
·
Say It With a
Song
(*) - Brenda and Maria Fischer on accordion
Songfest 2008
Saturday, 29 March 2008
German Canadian Club
Christmas Concert 2007
Guests of
the Ladies Choir
Sunday, December 2, 2007,
2:30 PM
Red and White Club at north
end of McMahon Stadium
Autumn Concert 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007,
3:00 PM
Eckhardt-Gramatté
Hall at the Rosza Centre, University of Calgary
Choir Family Picnic 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007, 3:00
PM
Triwood Community Centre -
Prärie Sängerfest
2007
Sunday
May 20, 2007, 2:00 PM
Winnipeg
Centennial Concert Hall
Spring Concert 2007
Guests of
the Singgemeinschaft
5 May 2007, 7:00 PM
Varsity Community Centre,
Hymn Sing 2007
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Stiftungsfest 2006
Minnesota's
Oldest Festival
August 24-28,2006
Concert with Santa Barbara Choir
Saturday June 3, 2006, 3:00 PM
2006
Concert with MGV Lyra Choir
Friday April 28 , 2006, 8:00
pm
Vancouver Alpen Club - Deutsches Haus
European Tour 2005
§ Thu-26-May-05, 18:30 Concert with
Sängerbund Linkenheim in the Linkenheim Bürgerhaus,
Linkenheim, Germany
§ Sat-28-May-05 20:30 Concert
with MGV-Meran (Männer Gesang Verein) at the Puccini Theatre, Merano,
Italy
§ Sat-04-Jun-05 19:00 Internationales Chorfest in Kufstein, Austria
Concert Tour 2004
·
Fischbach
·
Kufstein
·
South Tyrol, Merano
Concert Tour 2002
Santa Barbara,
California
Concert Tour 2001
·
Stadthagen
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Koblenz
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Linkenheim
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Hugelsheim
Concert Tour 1998
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Genthin
·
Wessel
Concert Tour 1991
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Datteln
·
Genthin
·
Eisemroth
·
Freiburg
Concert Tour 1986
·
Benrat
·
Datteln
·
Ludwigshafen
·
Muenchen
·
Fischbach
Concert Tour 1979
Stadthagen
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