Soloist and solo recital: pianist Alexei Volodin returns for a whirlwind weekend of music-making
Get ready to Rach, Winnipeg.
This weekend, virtuoso pianist Alexei Volodin makes his return to Winnipeg for back-to-back nights of Rachmaninoff with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and a solo afternoon recital, presented by the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg.
The Power of Conversation: Mennonite Community Orchestra performs this Sunday
This Sunday, March 13th at 3:00pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross the Mennonite Community Orchestra will be performing a concert that they are calling “The Power of Conversation.”
Featuring the music of Liszt, Schumann, and a Winnipeg premiere of a terrific Symphony by the Danish composer Niels Gade, this concert will feature pianist Anna Schwartz in a performance of the first movement to Schumann’s A Minor piano concerto.
A musical family affair: 107 LIVE! with members of the Koulack Family Band
Music N’ Mavens, featuring marvelous daytime performances and engaging lectures, continues at the Rady JCC with a performance that keeps it in the family.
Wild Wild Wilderness: teaching future generations of environmental importance through song
Emily Thoroski grew up loving music but also has a passion for nature and the environment, so she thought why not do both?
With a dream to tour around Canada offering performances on the importance of knowing current environmental issues, someone needs to have credentials to help them out. Emily Thoroski completed a Bachelor of Environmental Science at the University of Manitoba, as well as a Masters degree afterwards.
A different history: Andrew Balfour’s ‘NAGAMO’ presented by musica intima
Renowned for their outstanding musicianship and committed performances, Vancouver’s musica intima is currently on a cross-country presentation of Nagamo – 'sings’ in Cree. A musical reimagining of history in which the Ojibway language is set to music of Thomas Tallis, and Henry Purcell is presented in Cree.
One of composer Andrew Balfour’s latest projects, Nagamo features his hallmark multi-genre, multi-lens perspective as the music of English Elizabethan masters meets the language and teachings of the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island.
Ukrainian ancestry inspires visual song, now on display
Local author and artist, Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon is using her great-grandparent's story of migrating to Canada as inspiration for her latest artistic project.
Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon has her exhibit Ukraine: Close to Home on display at the Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) Gallery alongside Leaving Canada: The Mennonite Migration to Mexico by the Mennonite Heritage Village and supporters.
Juno jazz and classical winners
The celebration of Canada's musical best officially got underway over the weekend.
On Saturday, March 11, more than 40 awards were presented at the 2023 Juno Opening Night Awards in Edmonton, including in the classical and jazz categories.
Winners (and some of their online reactions) are noted in bold.
The Juno Awards ceremony will air on Monday, March 13, televised and broadcast from Rogers Place.
History of mass Mennonite migration being showcased in travelling exhibit
The Mennonite Heritage Village travelling exhibit will make its first stop in its two-year journey at the Mennonite Heritage Centre
Sip, savor and sample local this weekend
After a two-year hiatus, Manitoba makers of all kinds gather this weekend in an event encouraging shoppers to support local.
Manitoba Government supporting community initiatives
The provincial government is pleased to share another successful quarter of funding community events to strengthen Manitoba's art, culture and sports sectors.
In August 2022, the Arts, Culture and Sport in Community Fund was established in an effort to support the arts, culture (heritage, public libraries and ethnocultural organizations) and amateur sports.