Arts & Culture

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s latest production features a double bill: the return of Carmina Burana and the world premiere of T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods by choreographer in residence Cameron Fraser-Monroe. 

In the pit will be longtime artistic partners, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of RWB Music Director and Principal Conductor Julian Pellicano. Joining them will be cellist and composer Cris Derksen, whose music is used in the new work.  

This Sunday, April 28th at 3:00pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, The Winnipeg Wind Ensemble (WWE) will be holding their third concert in the 2023-24 season.

Called Fire and Ice this concert will feature music of Stravinsky, Pierre Dubois, and David Maslanka, amongst others as performed by one of the premier Wind Ensembles here on the prairies.

On Tuesday, April 40th at 7:30pm at the Franco Manitoba Cultural Centre in the Pauline-Boutal Room, Winnipeg’s GroundSwell will be presenting their 4th concert of their 2023-24 season.

Starting this Friday April 26th and going until May 5th, the Manitoba Theatre for Young People is presenting a show that deals with our connection to nature as told through the stories, oral histories and traditions of Hawaiian and South Pacific people.

According to legend, there’s a wild man who kidnaps children from a village after dark, never to be seen again. And he’s the subject of a brand new work presented by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.  

“T’əl is something that is familiar to many different cultures and many different peoples but specifically to the West Coast,” says RWB Choreographer in Residence Cameron Fraser-Monroe.  

The celebrated English conductor made a deep impression on musical scenes stretching across three continents.  

Born in Ashridge, England, Davis' first major post was as associate conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra before crossing the pond as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, beginning in 1975. 

For 13 years, he served in the role and is credited with helping raise the global profile of the orchestra through tours of China, Europe, Australia and Northern Canada. 

Starting on Tuesday April 23rd, one of Winnipeg’s true cultural jewels will be opening up its box office to audiences, as they prepare for another season of presenting the best in theatre.

For 30 Years, Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR) has been entertaining and engaging audiences with the works of the bard, and works that are Shakespeare adjacent.

Monday, April 22nd is Earth Day, and with that in mind we will be celebrating the planet with music written by a composer who was a real nature lover; Joachim Raff.

On April 19th 2024 the Halifax based music label Leaf Music released the Debut Solo Album by Canadian Pianist David Potvin. Called Catharsis, this album features music written by three wonderful Canadian composers Jean Coulthard, Cris Derksen and Keiko Devaux.