Chorale and Women's Choir held their annual Christmas Concert at the beautiful and historic Knox United Church in downtown Saskatoon. In addition to the two choirs, some students presented solos and duets for the Christmas season.
It was a lovely concert. The choirs sang beautifully to an appreciated audience on a very mild December evening!
Thank you to Richard Janzen (director), Jill Wiens (assistant director), and Audrey Falk Janzen (piano) for preparing the choirs so well!
Women's Choir, directed by Richard Janzen
Combined Women's Choir and Chorale
Knox is a beautiful century old church. The lights in the ceiling for the shape of a cross!
The acoustics in Knox United Church are spectacular!
Combined Choirs
Solos and duets were featured as well. Here Emily and Robyn sing "Minuet Noel"
Chorale - directed here by Jill Wiens
Chorale - directed by Jill Wiens
Chorale
Chorale - directed by Richard Janzen
Chorale - directed by Richard with Audrey Falk Janzen at the piano.
Women's Choir - directed by Jill Wiens.
Coming performances:
December 11, 12 noon - Station Arts Centre, Rosthern, SK
December 13, 11 am - Rosthern Alliance Church, Rosthern, SK
December 15, 4 pm - Carolling in and around Rosthern, SK
December 18, 7 pm - RJC Christmas Concert, Rosthern Junior College, Rosthern, SK
Download the 2015 choir recording "JOY" from CDBaby.com or directly from our store widget below. This is a collection of songs taken from live recordings highlighting the choirs from the past year. Cover artwork is by Grade 10 student Ariane Wichert.
At the beginning of May the RJC Choirs performed for the last time this year at the Spring Concert. Performances by Chorale, ManChoir, Concert Choir, and the Guatemala ALSO Group highlighted the concert.
The event also showcased the NEW GRAND PIANO that was purchased for RJC. It is the first tangible item to come out of the Do More. Be More initiative. It is a beautiful instrument and will be a valuable part of the music program at Rosthern Junior College for many years to come!
Thank you to Richard Janzen (director) and Audrey Falk Janzen (piano) for the bringing the choirs as far as you did this year!
Shenyce accompanied Concert Choir on the new 7'6" Knabe Concert Grand Piano.
Chorale opened the program.
Mikayla, Gabby, and Sergio.
RJC Chorale
RJC ManChoir
Alex performed "Shy" from "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
RJC Concert Choir
Sergio, Ahren, Dayna, Mikayla, and Brandon added instruments to one of the Concert Choir songs.
Concert Choir
Concert Choir
Brandon added some flair at the end of a piano solo.
Chorale recently returned from their spring tour to Alberta where they sang for appreciative audiences in Didsbury, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Herschel, SK. Tour is always a time where the choir becomes a much tighter group and all the hard work learning repertoire pays off. By the end of tour the choir didn't even need to bring their folders off the bus. Close to 20 songs were sung for memory!
Only one performance left for Chorale before they end the year. Join RJC at the Spring Concert on May 8 at 7pm in the RJC gym to hear Chorale, Concert Choir, ManChoir, and enjoy the NEW piano that was just recently delivered to the school!
Thank you to Engelheim Bus Line for taking us everywhere we needed to go!
A neat view into the sanctuary at Didsbury Bergthal during warm-up.
Performance #1 in Didsbury.
We took the time for a formal picture in Trinity Mennonite Church, Calgary.
Sunday morning worship in Trinity Mennonite, Calgary.
Gabby told a children's story in Trinity.
Our hosts provided awesome food at each stop!
There often free time during tour, and the students enjoyed some playground time.
Sunday evening concert in First Mennonite Church, Calgary.
Monday morning at Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary.
RJC students are great at making connections with their listeners.
Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary.
We stopped in Vulcan, AB for a bit of Star Trek geekness.
In Herschel, SK. These small church buildings sing so well!
In Lethbridge Mennonite Church, our program was videoed and recorded. Check YouTube for a couple videos.
The RJC students put on a great show for visiting youth and youth
groups last Friday at the annual Friday Night Live variety show. Check
out videos of some of the performances on the RJC YouTube channel.
An enthusiastic audience.
Kylee and Aiden were the MCs for the evening.
"Sweet Home Alabama" and "Here Comes The Sun"
"She will be loved"
"I won't give up" and "American Honey"
Poetry and Motion.
"Stay"
Jade, Danielle, Christie, and Reanne all aglow under the lights.
Piano Lesson Skit
"Paradise"
Dannica models RJC dresscode
Isaac demonstrates a dress code violation - jeans!
"Chasing Cars"
Concert Choir filled the stage to sing "Hold Me Rock Me"
