Sound in the Lands 09

(Mennonite Music across Borders)
a Festival/Conference of Mennonites & Music

June 4 - 8, 2009

Conrad Grebel University College
University of Waterloo, Canada

Order a CD of the event

If you wish to order CDs of the live concerts of Sound in the Lands, fill out the order form.

Call for Submissions

Anyone who made a presentation at the June 2009 Sound in the Lands
Festival/Conference is invited to submit a written version to be considered for publication in " Sound in the Lands: Mennonite Music Across Borders".

About the festival/conference

Sound in the Lands 09 will explore Mennonite music across borders and boundaries. The sequel to the highly successful Sound in the Land 2004, Sound in the Lands 09 is both festival with multiple concerts, performances, workshops, AND an academic conference with papers and presentations which address issues of Mennonite-rooted peoples and their music making locally and globally.

Conference Poster

Download poster here.

Schedule

View complete schedule here.
download the official schedule

Thursday June 4

1:00-2:00 - Arrival, Registration

2:00-4:00 - Workshops

4:00-6:00 – Mennofolk concert – folk, roots, jazz, alternative
6:00-7:00 - Dinner

7:00-12:00 - Mennofolk concert continued

Friday June 5

8:30 - 4:00 - Conference* and workshop** sessions
5:00-6:30 - Alice Parker Keynote address and mini-concert

6:30-8:00 - Dinner

8:00-10:00 - Chamber music concert

10:00-12:00 - Improvisations, Jazz, Jam

Saturday June 6

8:30-5:30 - Conference sessions
12:30-1:30 - Lunch

1:30-2:30 - Mini-Concerts
3:00-5:30 - Conference, workshop sessions
6:30-8:30 - Conference banquet

8:30-10:30 – World Music Collaborative Concert

Sunday June 7

10:00-12:00 - Singing Session - Harmonia Sacra and more

12:30-2:00 - Lunch
2:00-4:30 – Singing Session - Music Around the World, Mary Oyer Keynote
5:00-6:00 - Documentary DVD - Ben Horch Story

6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Faspa)

8:00-10:00 – Choral concert with Menno Singers, Rockway Senior Choir, Soul Influence from Zimbabwe (First United, Waterloo)

Monday June 8

8:00 - Breakfast and Farewell

* Conference sessions include papers and varied presentations on many aspects of Mennonite music
**Daily workshops deal with various aspects of live music, world music, music production, and more)

How to Register

Registration here.

For more information on the 2004 Sound in the Land, check:

Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Pandora Press
Mennolink
MB Herald

For more information contact: Carol Ann Weaver

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