Mike Janzen
Your Sunday Song(s)
Sunday Songs | March 22 | For those shut in or shut out of Worship
On the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
It seems appropriate that I should share this song today, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz…
JUNO Winner Steve Bell Celebrates 30 Year Career with WSO
“Steve Bell’s concerts have become a highly anticipated tradition at the WSO,” says Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. “The experience should not be missed.”
Steve Bell and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra / Oct. 25/19
So… this next concert will be dedicated to my Dad…
Whatever Happened to Diana Pops?
Over a decade ago a shy, 16 year-old Diana Pops knocked on my manager’s door and handed him a CD with a song she hoped I would listen to…
My Music Video History – With Thoughts On The Latest
Film director Andrew Wall set the new video in Winnipeg’s infamous North End, a community Nanci and I and the kids lived in for about ten years…
Bell Sprinkles Pixie Dust, Enchants Holiday Concert – Winnipeg Free Press Review
All of us here at Signpost Music are very proud to have a small part in producing Steve Bell’s Keening for the Dawn, a Journey Through Advent, Nativity & Epiphany. The symphonic debut was with the fabulous Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 1st, 2013. Special thanks to Steve’s manager, Dave Zeglinski and co-producer Tim Plett […]
‘KEENING’ WINS WCMA AWARD
I was pleased to learn that my most recent CD, Keening for the Dawn, has been awarded a 2013 Western Canadian Music Award for Spiritual Recording of the Year. Heartfelt thanks to my co-producers Dave Zeglinski and Murray Pulver, and the line-up of musicians who so lavishly invested their gifts on this project: Gilles Fournier, Daniel […]
Highlights from the 2013 Winnipeg Symphony Gala / Golden Baton Awards
Nothing will ever beat the first few moments at the premiere symphony concert in Winnipeg when the violins began to shimmer the first notes of Burning Ember. “Blessing” descended on the room like a silvery dust as we were all bathed in beatitude. I’ll never forget that moment as long as I live…