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The Friends of the Library present the 7th annual Celebration of UW Authors and the Creative Process

Dressing Old Words New:
Exploring a Composer's Wardrobe

a talk by Leonard Enns

Photo: Leonard Enns

Leonard Enns is a faculty member at Conrad Grebel College as well as Chair of UW's music department. He teaches in the areas of music theory, conducting, Canadian music and directs the College Chapel Choir. He is founding director of the newly formed Da Capo chamber choir, a community choir of sixteen voices specializing in music of the 20th century.

Music composition remains the central form of creative expression for Enns. Much of his music has been for choir, and of his fifty or so works to date, many have been commissioned and performed by amateur and professional choirs alike. His works have been performed across Canada, the United States, and Europe, both in regular concert performances and at major choral festivals.

In recent years, Enns has also written increasingly for instrumental forces. He is currently completing a sonata for saxophone and piano to be premiered in April 2000 for an "all Enns" concert at the St. Jacob's School House Theatre, and beginning work on a 20 minute choral/orchestral composition to be premiered at the Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall in the fall of 2000.

May 12, 1999


The Friends of the Library is a group of alumni, faculty, staff, and local community members interested in promoting the collections, services, and needs of the University of Waterloo Library.

The Friends are proud to salute the following University of Waterloo writers who have had books published in 1998.


Author Title of Work
Anupam Banjeri and Michael Elmitt Between Lines: From Doodles to Composition.
Gail Cuthbert Brandt Feminist Politics on the Farm: Rural Catholic Women in Southern Quebec and Southwestern France.
M. Darrol Bryant Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Promise and Problems.
Walter W. Duley Laser Welding.
Leonard Enns Te Deum and Three German Folk Songs. (CD: Prairie Voices)
"The Composer as Preacher." Included in Music in Worship.
Mass for the Common Table. and The Sun Beames of Thy Face. (music)
Anne Fleming Pool-Hopping and Other Stories.
Brendan J. Frey Graphical Models for Machine Learning and Digital Communication.
Robert B. Gibson Voluntary Initiatives: The New Politics of Corporate Greening.
Annie Gilbert Still Not a Butterfly.
Bernard R. Glick and Jack J. Pasternack Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA.
Michael W. Higgins Heretic Blood: The Spiritual Geography of Thomas Merton.
Linda J. Howe. Thera in the Bronze Age.

On the Road Again and Peaceful. (art)

David John Images of Goethe through Schiller's "Egmont."
Marie-Paul Macdonald Rock Spaces.
W. R. Martin and Warren Ober Trees: A Browser's Anthology.
Kenneth McLaughlin Doon School of Fine Arts.
Wendy Mitchinson On the Case: Explorations in Social History.
Margaret Moore, Editor National Self-Determination and Secession.
Mark Nagler What's Stopping You? : Living Successfully with Disability.
Harry H. Panjer, Editor, Phelim P. Boyle, Ken Seng Tan, et al. Financial Economics: With Applications to Investments, Insurance and Pensions.
Nancy-Lou Patterson The Tramp Room.
Bruno R. Preiss Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++.
Ronald C. Read and Robin J. Wilson An Atlas of Graphs.
Chris Redmond Water Under the Bridge: An Unofficial History of the University of Waterloo by Simon the Troll, as told to Chris Redmond.
Judith Miller. Timbrel in Her Hand.
Ian H. Rowlands, Editor Climate Change Cooperation in Southern Africa.
John Semple An Introduction to Fungi, Algae and Plants: Their Morphology, Classification and Evolution.
Jean Thoma Modelisation et Simulation Des Processus Thermiques et Chimiques.
William T. Tutte Graph Theory As I Have Known It.
Carol Ann Weaver Journey Begun. (CD)
Kenneth Westhues Eliminating Professors: A Guide to the Dismissal Process.

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