Arts & Culture

From January 26th to February 4th  The Manitoba Theatre for Young People in collaboration with Brush Theatre is putting on a production that encourages young audiences to use their imagination to create and  explore new worlds and use their inherit inventiveness to solve problems.

An upcoming Prairie Theatre Exchange production asks existential questions and examines the global repercussions of a community’s sudden disappearance.    

Conceived and directed by Winnipeg’s UNIT Productions and Toronto-based company Mammalian Diving Reflex, Everything Has Disappeared explores the far-reaching impact of the Filipinx diaspora and asks what the potential impact of its imagined erasure might be.  

The annual showcase of cutting-edge sonic exploration has returned to the city.  

In its 33rd year, the Winnipeg New Music Festival runs from January 25 through February 2, featuring unique venues, an eclectic array of musical styles and instruments, and the opportunity to hear music by up-and-coming Canadian composers and established international guest artists.  

This past weekend, the final round of the annual Zita Bernstein Competition took place at the Desautels Faculty of Music of the University of Manitoba.

What happens when four clarinetists walk into a room? We’re about to find out.  

“The Clarinet Summit” explores the versatility and history of the instrument through classical and traditional trios and quartets.  

Organized by Myron Schultz (of FINJAN, Black Sea Station and Mayors of Sambor), the performance features fellow single-reed players Naoum Gomon, Norman Rosenbaum and (Classic107’s own!) Chris Wolf.  

For more than 100 years the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association (MRMTA) has been providing Manitobans with the best in private music education.

This week, in the 1 o'clock hour of Intermezzo, hear the music of French composer Ernest Chausson in honour of his would-be 169th birthday.  

Amédée-Ernest Chausson was born into an affluent bourgeois family in Paris on January 20, 1855. As the youngest and only surviving of three sons, he grew up interested in the arts, spending formative years moving amongst artistic elite in Parisian salons.  

This weekend, Virtuosi Concerts presents their latest mentorship concert program.  

In its second year, "Roots and Branches" pairs established artists with budding performers, providing them the opportunity to learn, collaborate and grow in a nurturing, professional environment.  

Music 'N’ Mavens daytime concert and lecture series is officially underway at the Rady JCC.

The first musical offering is a real treat: a front-to-back performance of one the best-selling albums of all time, Carole King’s Tapestry, played by a five-piece ensemble led by singer Mal Magorel.  

The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq has removed the name of former director Ferdinand Eckhardt from the gallery’s main entrance hall, website and promotional materials.  

Born in Vienna in 1902, Eckhardt studied art history, obtaining a doctorate from the University of Vienna before moving to Berlin. He was conscripted into the German army and served from 1942 to 1944 before immigrating to Canada in 1953. Shortly after arriving in Winnipeg, he was appointed director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, serving in the role until 1974.