Made in Manitoba

This Saturday, December 2nd at 7:00pm at Westworth United Church, the Esprit Singers will be presenting a concert called “And Suddenly.”

For those unfamiliar with the Esprit Singers, they are Manitoba’s premiere women’s choir. They have performed in Iceland to rave reviews and have performed with some of Winnipeg’s best musicians. They have also commissioned new works and arrangements from such composers as Ron Paley, David Scott, Glenn Sutherland and Neil Weisensel

This Sunday, December 3rd at 1:00 on the Centennial Concert Hall’s Piano Nobile the Manitoba Band Association (MBA) will be warming up audiences hands, feet and especially ears with the low, warm, sonorous sounds of low brass courtesy of a mass choir of tuba and euphonium players.

This Sunday, November 26th at 3:00pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, this Winnipeg Wind Ensemble will be presenting their first concert of the 2023-24 season. Called Field Full of Folk the concert will feature music of Gustav Holst, Florent Schmitt and Franz von Suppe amongst others.

This Saturday, November 18th the Museum at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq will open a brand new exhibit called Dark Ice. This is a collaborative exhibit that was conceived by artists Leslie Reid of Ottawa and photographer Robert Kautuk of Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) Nunavut in collaboration with the Ottawa Art Gallery.

Manitoba's own The Color are getting ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus with their homegrown fans!

Jordan Janzen from The Color sat down with Mike Thom this week to share details about their upcoming A Colorful Christmas Tour.

They'll be in Winkler on Dec. 9, and Winnipeg on Dec. 10. Special early bird pricing is on right now, and you can buy your tickets here. They'll be joined by Winnipegger Chelsea Paszlack for both dates.

Tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Crescent Arts Centre the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra will present a concert that features the music of Glenn Buhr, Arvo Part, and Aaron Copland.

Chinenye originally from Nigeria now calls Winnipeg home. 

Recently releasing her EP, Love's Embrace, she hopes that it brings encouragement to those who might need it. 

"'Fight for Me,' came from a place where I was waiting on The Lord and He gave me this verse. It's in the book of Psalms. If God can calm the raging seas, He also calms the storms in me. That's the lyrics to the song. And we're hoping that more people listen to it to know that there's nothing God cannot do."

Christmas came early from The Color, releasing two new Christmas songs on Wednesday. 

’This Christmas’ and ‘This Christmas (Festive Version)’ feature Winnipegger, Chelsea Melissa, and fans are already excited to hear the new songs.

"Just downloaded on Spotify," one fan commented on Facebook. 

"Love it!!!! Great to hear Chelsea on it as well! I can’t wait to hear it live." Another fan said on Instagram.