Spring into the Music with a brand new line of performances in our Spring Noon Hour Concert Series. Admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital between 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., with the concerts beginning at 12:15 p.m.
About The Leith Quartet
Based in Kitchener-Waterloo, The Leith Quartet is made up of four talented musicians playing violin, viola and cello. The group takes their name from the historic Leith Church in Leith, Ontario, where the group originally made their debut in 2001. Since then, they have been presenting inspirational performances at concerts in Leith, Cambridge and the Waterloo Region as well as playing close to thirty weddings per year from London to Toronto, and Niagara-on-the-Lake to Owen Sound. Recently, they have been recording with The Relative Minors, a Rock/Folk band based in Cambridge, and can be heard on their latest album “Mostly What We Do Is Sleep.”
About Bruce Skelton
Bruce Skelton studied with Jacob Krachmalnick at the University of Michigan, where he obtained a Bachelor of Music in Performance. In addition to his work playing and managing The Leith Quartet, he regularly freelances in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and maintains a very active teaching career, both in private violin lessons as well as with the K-W Community String School. He also recently added the title of Concertmaster for the KW Community Orchestra and Co-Concertmaster for the Stratford Symphony.
About Andrea Weber Steckly
Andrea Weber Steckly loves playing second violin with Leith Quartet as well as playing violin and singing with John B. Miller & Friends and The Doubtfires. She was concertmaster of the K-W Chamber Orchestra for 10 years, and freelances extensively in the region. She studied at the University of Toronto and Western University attaining performance degrees
About Martha Kalyniak
Martha Kalyniak has been a member of the Leith String quartet since it formed in 2000. She is on the faculty of the Kitchener Waterloo Community String school and has been teaching both Violin and viola for many years. Martha played in the viola section of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony for 40 seasons and recently retired from her position in May 2022.
Since then, she has become involved with National Service Dogs, an organization of breeding, training and placing certified service dogs with children with autism. She is currently raising NSD Charlie.
About Cathy Anderson
Cathy Anderson was the Associate Principal Cellist of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony for many years. She plays occasionally with Drayton Entertainment and as a sub for the Stratford Festival and has been heard as a soloist and chamber musician on CBC Radio and National Public Radio in the US. She holds music degrees from Wilfrid Laurier and Yale Universities and performs regularly in the Kitchener-Waterloo area in collaboration with other local musicians. She maintains a teaching studio at the Renaissance School of the Arts.
About Annette Haas
Coming soon…
Spring into the Music
Concert Series Lineup
MAY 1
Annette Haas & The Leith Quartet
Bruce Skelton violin
Andrea Weber Steckly violin
Martha Kalyniak viola
Cathy Anderson cello
MAY 8
Christopher Dawes organ
MAY 15
Classic Bronze Handbell Quartet
Eleanor McDougall, Jennifer Pearson
Shirley Reinders, Ellie Smith
MAY 22
Phoenix Trio
Wendy Wagler flute
Cathy Anderson cello
Beth Ann de Sousa piano
MAY 29
Shoreline Chorus - Celebrating 25 Years
Director: Ann-Marie MacDairmid
JUNE 5
Luke Welch
piano
JUNE 12
Tre Gatte
Ginny Scarfino clarinet
Cynthia Steele cello
Michelle Kyle piano
JUNE 19
Song Settings from Shakespeare
Amanda Jeffreys, Darielle Chomyn-Davison
Morgan Ballantyne, Quade Nielsen
Stuart Bergstra
Ann-Marie MacDairmid piano