5 Poets Breaking into Song - March 13

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Join St Jerome’s University and alumnus George Elliott Clarke (BA ’84, LittD ‘06) for 5 Poets Breaking into Song (#21). The mightiest songs? Poetry put to music and sung!
Throughout this series, George Elliott Clarke, former national Parliamentary Poet Laureate, has commissioned eight composers to transform 90+ Canadian poems into art-songs of all genres. Come and hear live performances of 12 songs by seven composers, with introductory readings by some of the poets. Three songs will be debuted at this event!
WHEN: Friday, March 13, 2026, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Notre Dame Chapel, St. Jerome’s University
VISIT THE EVENT PAGE<https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/5-poets-breaking-song-21-black-magic-friday-13th-great>
More details:

  *   Performers: Drew Aarssen, Josiah Ropp, Natalia Sawyer, Lindsay Scott, Chloe Shantz, Isabel Song, Ye Yi
  *   Featuring poetry by: Lamees Al Ethari, Leonard Cohen, George Elliott Clarke, Ehab Lotayef, Leilah Nadir, Mansour Noorbakhsh, Giovanna Riccio
  *   Composers: Holly Arsenault, Eddie Bullen, Emily Hiemstra, D. D. Jackson, Juliet Palmer, Nevawn Patrick, David Jaeger
  *   Event Sponsors: George Elliott Clarke; St. Jerome’s University – Department of English; University of Waterloo – Department of English; Conrad Grebel University; The New Quarterly

“This event offers the most optimal pairing of music and poetry that you will ever experience.”
Check out The New Quarterly’s interview with George Elliott Clarke<https://tnq.ca/an-interview-with-george-elliott-clarke>.
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