You’re invited to come and see a brand new line of performances in our 50th Anniversary Fall 2025 Noon Hour Concert Series! Admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital between 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., with the concerts beginning at 12:15 p.m.
About Annette Haas
Singer songwriter, multi instrumentalist Annette Haas has been playing professionally for almost 3 decades. After graduating from Mohawk College’s music program for voice and piano, Haas sang in many jazz ensembles and big bands. She turned her attention to rock music, picking up the guitar, and playing for over 25 years in the Adam and Annette duo. Also, from 2000 - 2017 she played with and toured Canada and the U.S. with the Canada’s Premiere Disco band, The Travoltas. Haas also headlined many festivals with her Sheryl Crow tribute act, Wildflower.
In 2005 Haas released a solo album, called Skin and Bone, and had the honour of opening for Ron Sexsmith, Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), Alfie Zappacosta, and Rik Emmit. Her album can be found on iTunes and Spotify.
Haas has played bass for the Adam and Annette band, Tomi Swick, Mike Trebilcock (The Killjoys), Kelsi Mayne, as well as many rock and country acts.
Currently, Annette plays bass for Nashville recording artist Gil Grand, The Darren Hancock Band, Jessie T, and many more country artists. Haas sings and plays guitar for popular country act, Kerosene Creek. She also continues to play solo and duo gigs with many talented musicians, as well as performing for weddings, funerals, corporate events, patios, and private parties.
You can find Annette Haas on YouTube singing the National Anthems at the Rogers Centre for the Toronto Blue Jays, and you can check out many of her other performances.
About The Leith Quartet
Based in Kitchener-Waterloo, The Leith Quartet is made up of four talented musicians playing violin, viola and cello. The group takes their name from the historic Leith Church in Leith, Ontario, where the group originally made their debut in 2001. Since then, they have been presenting inspirational performances at concerts in Leith, Cambridge and the Waterloo Region as well as playing close to thirty weddings per year from London to Toronto, and Niagara-on-the-Lake to Owen Sound. Recently, they have been recording with The Relative Minors, a Rock/Folk band based in Cambridge, and can be heard on their latest album “Mostly What We Do Is Sleep.”
Bruce Skelton (Violin)
Bruce Skelton studied with Jacob Krachmalnick at the University of Michigan, where he obtained a Bachelor of Music in Performance. In addition to his work playing and managing The Leith Quartet, he regularly freelances in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and maintains a very active teaching career, both in private violin lessons as well as with the K-W Community String School. He also recently added the title of Concertmaster for the KW Community Orchestra and Co-Concertmaster for the Stratford Symphony.
Andrea Weber Steckly (Violin)
Andrea Weber Steckly loves playing second violin with Leith Quartet as well as playing violin and singing with John B. Miller & Friends and The Doubtfires. She was concertmaster of the K-W Chamber Orchestra for 10 years, and freelances extensively in the region. She studied at the University of Toronto and Western University attaining performance degrees.
Martha Kalyniak (Viola)
Martha Kalyniak has been a member of the Leith String quartet since it formed in 2000. She is on the faculty of the Kitchener Waterloo Community String school and has been teaching both Violin and viola for many years. Martha played in the viola section of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony for 40 seasons and recently retired from her position in May 2022. Since then, she has become involved with National Service Dogs, an organization of breeding, training and placing certified service dogs with children with autism. She is currently raising NSD Charlie.
Cathy Anderson (Cello)
Cathy Anderson was the Associate Principal Cellist of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony for many years. She plays occasionally with Drayton Entertainment and as a sub for the Stratford Festival and has been heard as a soloist and chamber musician on CBC Radio and National Public Radio in the US. She holds music degrees from Wilfrid Laurier and Yale Universities and performs regularly in the Kitchener-Waterloo area in collaboration with other local musicians. She maintains a teaching studio at the Renaissance School of the Arts.