Sing my heart joyful art

Carol Ann Weaver is an eclectic composer, performing pianist, and professor emerita of music at Conrad Grebel University College/University of Waterloo (Ontario), where she taught composition, theory, jazz, women and music, and African music. She also led student groups to South Africa. Her genre-bending music results in new fusions of roots and art music, often coloured by African music. Her seven CDs include songs for those whose stories speak of struggle and hope. She has directed three Sound in the Land festival/conferences on Mennonite music; the most recent one on music and the environment is seen at https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/sound-land-2014. Her book Departure and Return (Waterloo: Stonegarden Studios, 2014) gives perspectives on growing up in a Mennonite setting, leaving for Africa, and returning.