SSUC Partner Groups
The Cantabile Choirs of Kingston
Cantabile Choirs uses Sydenham Street Church as their home base. Visit their website at cantabile.kingston.net.
BrassWerks
From the BrassWerks web site:
"BrassWerks, a chamber brass and percussion ensemble, was formed to bring eastern Ontario the finest in traditional and contemporary music for symphonic brass. The 16-piece group consists of the brass and percussion sections of the Kingston Symphony, plus additional outstanding musicians."
"The ensemble is committed to reaching audiences both through a yearly concert season and by providing educational activities in the form of workshops and concerts in schools. BrassWerks serves the immediate communities of Frontenac, Loyalist, and Leeds Counties with its concert series and master classes, and the entire eastern area of the province through tours and concerts in outlying areas. The group's repertoire covers a wide variety of styles, periods, and genres from classical to pop, Baroque to jazz, and actively commissions new works from composers in the community."
Sydenham Street United Church is now BrassWerks 'home'.
Visit the BrassWerks web site at BrassWerks.ca.
BrassWerks at Sydenham Street United Church with the Kingston Choral Society
Kingston Choral Society
The Kingston Choral Society has for many years held their rehearsals at Sydenham Street Church. Visit the Kingston Choral Society home page.
Poetry & Company
What do a line break, a noun, and enthusiasm have in common?
Simply answered: Poetry and Company. In 2005, Diane Dawber launched this group of writers to provide opportunities for community and university poets, from freshly-minted to professional, to read their work and respond to poetry each month.
Some of our projects include: the first Dub Poetry Festival outside of Toronto; Scapes, an anthology of Kingston writers; the Kingston Book Growers Festival, the first small book fair held here. As well, Poetry at the Wolfe was a series of professional development workshops for poets. Our Night Capps are featured guests who appear each month with the help of the Canada Council for the Arts.
We meet at Sydenham Street United Church on the third Wednesday of each month, at 7pm in the chapel. You are welcome to join. You do not need to be a writer! We love an audience!