Program

Dr. Stuart Sladden, Artistic Director
Ruth Denton, Assistant Conductor
Charmaine Bacon, Pianist
Scott Angus, Narrator
Jeremy Zehr, Santa Claus

Audience Carols

Jingle Bells - James Pierpont
Deck the Halls - Old Welsh Air
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Traditional

Joie de Vivre Program
​(Selections in no particular order)

Here Comes Santa Claus - arr. Kirby Shaw
Home For the Holidays - arr. Mark Hayes
Jingle Bells - arr. Kirby Shaw
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - arr. Ruth Elaine Schram
​Linus and Lucy - arr. Steve Zegree
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer - arr. Paul Langford
The Very Best Time of Year - John Rutter
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - arr. Jeff Funk
'Zat You, Santa Claus - arr. Kirby Shaw

Special Thanks To: 
The parish church of St. John Brebeuf and Father Patrick Neufeld
for allowing us use of a wonderful for both rehearsals and performances.

Special thanks to our sponsors for this event:

Manitoba Choral Association
Winnipeg Arts Council
City of Song, Winnipeg 150

Members of the Choir

​Soprano
Kathleen Bell
​Marnie Bolland
Jill Brandes
Joyce Burns
Marianne Clipsham
Ruth Denton
Beth Helliar
Donna Jones
Gayle Kolson
Joanne Kusiak
Michelle Larose-Kuzenko 
Charlotte Lazaruk
Marguerite Massicotte
Helen Peters
Diane Prescott
Susan Sadowski
Jill Scott
Kimberley Slugoski
Donna Stone
Susan Thorpe
Lucinda Williams
Stevi Wood 
​Trish Wood
​Janice Yon
Debra Young

Alto
​Maria Arruda
​Liz Barker
Jewel Casselman
Heather Gerardy 
Crystal Hood
Kathy Hornshaw
Sandie Isaac 
Carrell Jackimeck
Judith Kerr
Susan Leeson
Terry Martin 
Lynne Mitchell-Pedersen
Maureen Morrison
Janis Prochera 
Julie Schmidt
Jenessa Spencer
Lesley Summers 
Suzanne Thille
Janine Waines
​Katherine Woodward

Tenor 
Gordon Hart
William Helgason
Pamela Jeffrey
Mark Raho
John Tanner

Bass
Neil Arnason
Vijay Chalasani
Wayne Drury
Roy Halstead
Brian Hood
Johan van Wyk
​Ramon Khan
Laurent Vouriot
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Artistic Director
Dr. Stuart Sladden
Collaborative Pianist
Charmaine Bacon
Assistant  Conductor
​Ruth Denton

​Joie de Vivre Community Choir (JDV) was founded in 2002 by Helga Anderson and Ann Lugsden as a program within the Division of Preparatory Studies at the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba. In 2014 JDV established itself as a mainstay in the Winnipeg community choral landscape under the direction of John Tanner and since then the choir has been fortunate to call the Parish of St. John Brebeuf home. In 2018 Dr. Stuart Sladden began his tenure as the choir’s music director and in 2019 our apprentice conductor program was established. Ruth Denton, our Assistant Conductor, joined the artistic team through that program in the fall of 2022. JDV is a non-auditioned community choir that welcomes singers of all experience levels, so if you are interested in joining the choir please do not hesitate to be in touch with us, by speaking with Dr. Sladden or by sending us an email at [email protected]. Thank you so much for joining us today for our Spring 2024 program, In Nature's Realm. We hope you have enjoyed the program as much as we have enjoyed sharing it with you. Stay tuned to our website, joiedevivrechoir.ca, for some exciting announcements about next season!