You can read the article from the Canadian Mennonite
Like most musicians and artists, Brandon Leis uses his gifts in many places and in many ways to make a living.
Most recently, he was appointed as the new music director of the Menno Singers, a Waterloo Region choir founded in 1955 by Abner Martin. Besides that, since 2003 he has been the music director at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church in Kitchener and a voice instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University. He also has a private studio of students, consults with congregations about “music problems,” and is an avid promotor of “community arts,” particularly music.
Community arts is a relatively new field, having been founded in 2003 by Lee Higgins of the United Kingdom. Leis is one of its first practitioners. The goal of community music is to move away from performance to participation, from audience to practitioners. Read More…
