Arts & Culture

The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra has packed up their sleigh and hit the town with a series of toe tapping, holly jolly free pop-up performances! 

Midway through their festive seasonal offering, the MCO's Director of Education and Community Engagement, plus MCO musician Boyd MacKenzie popped by the Classic 107 studio to let us know how the performances have been going -- and, more importantly, where to find them next! 

Classic 107 listeners were treated to a musical mashup Tuesday morning as Jingle Bells and the Pink Panther theme were performed live in studio! 

Nine members of the West St. Paul School Guitar Orchestra were led by guest instructor John Himes in the performance, accompanied by vice-principal Tammy Harder who joined in the conversation. 

On Friday December 1st the Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP) in conjunction with Bad Hats Theatre launched their production of Narnia.

Inspired by  C.S. Lewis’s classic book series known as “The Chronicles of Narnia,” MTYP and Bad Hats invites audience members to slip into the wardrobe and enter a world of fantasy; seeing Narnia through the eyes of the four Pevensie children. With the Lion Aslan acting as their guide and advisor while coming  head-to-head with the evil White Witch who rules Narnia in a state of perpetual  Winter where there is no Christmas.

This weekend, Virtuosi Concerts presents a mid-winter fundraiser featuring the Winnipeg Boys’ Choir and the celebrated soprano Monica Huisman.  

The intimacy of small-ensemble acapella singing presented by some of the most in-demand, seasoned choristers in town, makes Proximus 5 ones to watch – and, most especially, hear.  

On Wednesday December 13th at 7:30pm at the Crescent Arts Centre, Jazz Winnipeg will be presenting the phenomenal singer and pianist Laila Biali in a show called Winter Songs and Holiday Classics. This is sure to be marvelous a holiday concert that will feature not only the incredibly talented Laila Biali, but also the renowned Juno Winning and Grammy nominated Canadian saxophonist and flute player Jane Bunnett.

The festive season has arrived, and the Winnipeg Pops Orchestra (WPO) is doing their part to help spread the holly jollies.  

To say that a dedicated classical and jazz music radio station is a rarity in the Canadian media landscape is a bit of an understatement.

Winnipeg's Classic 107 is one of only two in the country.

It is thanks to the vision and commitment of Golden West CEO and President Elmer Hildebrand that the station remains a favourite of classical and jazz fans across southern Manitoba and beyond.  

Mr. Hildebrand -- or, more casually, Elmer -- joined Morning Light host Simeon Rusnak to reflect on the first decade of Winnipeg's Classic 107 being on air.

Ten years ago today, on a wicked winter's morning in Winnipeg, Classic 107 came to air with the glorious and hopeful strains of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.