Saturday, November 29, 2025 | 7 pm | Emmanuel United Church
Featuring: Venabrass Quintet | Syd Birrell (organ)
The holiday season hasn’t really begun until after the Singers Yuletide concert. That’s what our longtime fans consistently tell us. And no wonder! With a venue packed to the rafters, a selection of Christmas favourites, the powerful Casavant organ shaking the building to its foundations, and hundreds of audience members joining in the sing-a-long carols, is there a better feel-good, family-friendly Christmas event anywhere in Peterborough? This year’s Yuletide will be Syd’s last as artistic director, and so he is packing the program with his personal favourites. Once again, the Singers will be joined by the incredible Venebrass ensemble. This year’s concert will also feature an original composition by Marcus Venables of Venabrass, commissioned by the Peterborough Singers to mark Syd’s retirement.
Special Guests: Venabrass
Venabrass is a brass ensemble from Toronto, Ontario. Formed primarily from the Venables family, this brass group displays ensemble virtuosity at its finest. As individuals, members of the Venabrass have travelled around the world as both soloists, conductors and composer both as freelance, professional and through The Salvation Army. The early days of the group was merely family members playing music together. This grew into touring at Christmas time, performing annual concerts, recording, and travelling to Africa. Venabrass now exists beyond just the Venables name with other high caliber musicians included. However, it still maintains its Salvation Army musicianship, to which, they desire to serve God first and foremost through their music and strive towards the highest degree of music excellence in that service.
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