Keyword: Leonard Ratzlaff
Sunday@CMU: November 2018
Theme: CMU's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
CMU's Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate alumni who embody CMU's values and mission of service, leadership, and reconciliation in church and society. The awards are presented to alumni from CMU and its founding colleges. This month on Sunday@CMU, we are featuring the speeches given by this year's award recipients.
2018 CMU Distinguished Alumni Story | Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff (video)
Dr. Leonard Ratzlaff (MBBC '70) of Edmonton, AB has been on the faculty of the Department of Music at the University of Alberta since 1981, teaching in the area of choral music. Ratzlaff co-founded and directs the most established graduate training program for choral conductors in Canada. He directs the University of Alberta Madrigal Singers, one of Canada's leading university choirs, which has gained both national and international competition awards for their performances and recordings. As a professional baritone soloist and ensemble singer, he has sung in numerous projects in North America and Europe. Honours include induction into the Alberta Order of Excellence, the Order of Canada, and the Royal Society of Canada.
CMU recognizes distinguished alumni with 2018 awards
A professor who has made extensive contributions to choral music in Canada, a former missionary passionate about helping refugees, the leader of an organization dedicated to restorative justice, and a lawyer who provides counsel to a human rights agency are the recipients of Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards.
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