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PAGE 20 - WATERLOO WW. VIEWSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1984 Mennonite Mass Choir celebrates its ttth season at Kitchen er's Centre in the Square Nov 3-4, and welcomes to the podi- um new conductor Wil liam Janzen, Sponsored by Water loo based Menno Singers, Mennonite Mass Choir has become something of a local tradition in the K-W area over the past de, cade, from its begin- nings under then-con- ductor Abner Martin in the gymnasium of El- mira District Secon- dary School. Featured this nth season is Franz Schu- bert's Mass in A-Flal Major and Joseph Haydn's Drum Boll Symphony. The choir will be assisted by members of the K-W Symphony Orchestra. Soloists are Margaret Elligsen Hull, Soprano; Pieternella Scholtes, Contralto; Dennis Gieshrecht.Tenor: and Theodore Baerg. Bari- tone. Franz Schubert, who stood at the confluence of the Classic and Ro, mantic eras, wrote six full-scale masxcs in which he continued the tradition of the Aus- trian Symphony Mass of the great masters, Haydn and Mozart Mass in A-Flal Major, ormplvted in 1822, was nvulvvled for mam yvarx Its won- wus finally published toward thc vnd of the ninvtvvnth-vvntury, probably hovuum- J0- hannes Brahms Includ- ed parts of it in a (-um'vrl in Vienna m "471, Joseph Haydn. who pioneered the Vienrwse style as we think of it today. wrote his Drum 528 Victoria St. N. oriFiidGr 'a-. "to!" Foil PRE WINTER INSTALLATION "III IEIIIIIIIL SHOULD BE "HERE” I" SUPERIOR MEMORIALS (Indie New ”on"! Tull; Alter -f7t"ts4 (an) "liéiiiiénite choir 7ijipropriate choices for welcomes Janzen Shoemaker judging Coordittattort of wardrobe and accossnrwx tailored In \your skin "WE b pas-am-ist I "tsr-trt-ttrm' "in Mt urn-v" - Iva-n. - m In 1W1 ”it“. (mummy custommulr s muttylw. Kitchener . thr “NIH-TN” IolISyllpholy in 1795. 1982 rejoined the The symphony takes its Conrad Grebel faculty name from a bold on a part-time basis, Opening drum roll, primarily conducting unique in symphonic the University of Wa literature, terloo Choir and also incoming conductor its jazz band Incoming conductor Janzen is a native of Winkler, Manitoba. He came to Waterloo in 1973 as a Professor of Music at Conrad Gre. bel College, University of Waterloo. in 1977 he began the Janzen Piano Company, and in Concert periur- mances are on Satur day, November 3 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 4, at 2:30 pun. Tickets are $13.00, $11.00 and $9.00. and are available in blocks at discounted prices. Poet Susan Musgrave and cw professor Ken Ledbetter will judge the 1984 Dorothy Shoemak er Literary Award Contest, originally a Centen nial project of the Kitchener public and named in honor of its former chief librarian, k The.contest is sponsored by participating public libraries in Ontario Library Service _ Saugeen, and the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. It is open to all residents of Grey. Dufferin, Perth, Huron and Wellington counties, and the Region of Waterloo. WMuSgrave will judge the poetry entries, and Ledbetter will judge the prose entries, _ _ 7 Musgrav; was raised on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. She has produced ten volumg of poetry and two works of fiction, along with numerous articles published in periodicals such as Saturday Night and Toronto Ute. Ledbettei has been a prbfessor of English at UW since 1969. and has been Director of the English Language Proficiency Program since 1976. Entry forms for the contest are available at participating public libraries in Grey, Dufferin, Perth, Huron and Wellington counties. and the Region of Waterloo. The deadline for entries is April l, 1985. and the awards ceremony, at which it is expected the judges will be present. will be held Friday, May M, 1985 at Kitchener Public Library.