Arts & Culture

April showers bring May flowers, so the saying goes. But what about March jazz?

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra celebrates the new season this weekend with their show titled Up Jumped Spring featuring vocalist Helen White. 

This weekend, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra presents a few of their favourite things in a Pops’ showcase featuring the best of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

May the luck – and MUSIC! – of the Irish be with you this March 17th! 

Throughout the day on Winnipeg's Classic 107, share in music of the Emerald Isle. 

Featured works include:

They were all set to perform back home in Winnipeg over the winter holidays. 

Then, over concerns of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg (WMC) made the decision to cancel the WMC Scholarship winners' in-person recital, opting instead to take the performance online. 

Over $11,000 is presented in WMC scholarships to advanced Manitoba musicians pursing performance careers in all disciplines.

For over three weeks, an unprovoked and brutal war has besieged the Ukrainian people. Millions have fled their homes, thousands have been injured and hundreds have died, though the true number of casualties is likely far higher. 

On Sunday, Virtuosi Concerts returns with their first concert of the new year: Serpentine Paths. 

From a basement shelter in the besieged city of Kyiv, violinist Illia Bondarenko plays a haunting melody between explosions. 

As the video expands, he’s joined by nearly 100 violinists from more than 2 dozen countries united by their love of music and shared instrument.

In an Instagram post, violinist Kerenza Peacock explains: “I befriended some young violinists in Ukraine via Instagram and discovered some were in basement shelters but had their violins. So I asked colleagues across the world to accompany them in harmony.”