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KWS opens Pops series with music from the big screen and Broadway The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Symphony and conductor Brian Jackson present clasâ€" sic songs from classic movies in the 2003 KWS Pops season opening conâ€" cert Sept. 13â€"14, at The Cenâ€" tre in the Square. The program will include performances of classic arrangements from such luminary films as Gladiator, Schindler‘s List, ET. A Choâ€" rus Line, Guys and Dolls, and The Lion King, among others. Jackson will conduct the program in addition to sevâ€" eral other appearances with the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Numus Inc., which has been producing new music productions in the Waterloo region for more than 15 years, begins its 2002â€"2003 season with a bit of a twist. Whereas most new music tends to incorporate "exotic" elements cast in a western mold, the music to be heard at the Numus season openâ€" er is grounded in the Arabic tradition and looks to westâ€" ern music when extrapolatâ€" ing. Numus kicks off new season with Maryem Tollar Group This opening concert will be performed Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. at Emmanuel United STONEHAVEN FARM Symphony this season, as principal Pops conductor in the Pops series that will feaâ€" ture a wide range of musical ‘stars‘, including music from stage and screen, a special holiday KWS Pops concert featuring the KW Philharâ€" monic Children‘s Choir, a concert celebrating east coast music with vocalist John Allan Cameron, and an opportunity for audience members to pick their favourite to make up the program for the final KWS Pops concert in the series. Jackson has performed all major symphonic and choral literature, and is recâ€" Church in Waterloo by The Maryem Tollar Group, Canaâ€" da‘s leading contemporary Arabic ensemble. Tollar‘s compelling voice, tuned to the quarter tones of her native Arabic, cuts to the heart of this tradition. The timing of this conâ€" cert adds another dimenâ€" sion â€" when the world reflects on the international disasters surrounding 9/11 and related social conflicts throughout history, Numus looks to Tollar‘s group to bring courage and renewed faith in life without borders. We‘re Ready for Fall (t) on the Farm C & Gif ts ognized as a champion of Canadian composers. As a composer, he has recently completed his fifth musical, Wallis, which was premiered in August 2002. His fourth musical, Pip, was commisâ€" sioned by the Peterborough Theater Guild and broke box office records for four weeks running. When Tollar was 12, the family left Canada to live in Egypt and Qatar for five years. Like many teenagers, Tollar rebelled at this uprooting, becoming miliâ€" tantly uninterested in Arabic music, language, and culâ€" ture. At university she studâ€" ied French and Spanish. Blessed from the beginning Besides leading all major Canadian orchestras in the past three years, he was music director of both the Kingston Symphony and Kingston Choral Society for 10 years. In addition, he has led orchestras in Europe, the Unitâ€" The group bridges culâ€" tures and continents with an ease. Tollar was born in Egypt and raised in Canada with frequent sojourns in the Middle East. ed States and South America. Born in Penzance, Cornâ€" wall, England, Jackson became an organ scholar at Oxford University. He holds a degree of Masters of Arts. He is also an Associate of the Royal College of Music. Jackson is currently the principal conductor and artistic advisor of Orchestra London Canada. He is also principal pops conductor of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. After immigrating to Canada in 1968, Jackson was noted at that time as this country‘s youngest music director, in his role at the Peterborough Symphony. It was only in 1994, when she was trying to convince her brother, a talented musician in his own right, to hire her for a project that required Arabic singing, that Tollar embraced her roots. with a special vocal ability, she began to sing profesâ€" sionally, but it was pop and contemporary folk music that caught her ear. For tickets to Friday‘s concert, call Numus at 896â€"3662. smpgourr sapgont sapcont sapgont sapgont sapgouY smgcont sageontt sapgont # 247 King St. N. " PS (519) seaâ€"sset § Corner of King & University .. GROUPS STARTING FUN RUN See Stort for Dotails