Arts & Culture

What do you get when you cross a boundary-breaking, classical/folk musician with an innovative and versatile composer?  

We’re about to find out.

This weekend, Saturday, March 4th and Sunday, March 5th, the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association (MRMTA) will be hosting their annual Kids Helping Kids Musicthon. This is an event that is now in its 34th year… The main purpose is to raise money for music programs for disadvantaged youth and give back to the Winnipeg community.

On Thursday afternoon, the Rady JCC in Winnipeg transforms into New York’s Brill Building when music director Phil Corrin takes the stage in the latest Music N Mavens daytime concert.  

Filled with songwriters, musicians, publishers, engineers, promoters and more, the Brill Building was a one-stop-shop music shop that helped shape the sound of pop music.  

“Anybody who was anybody in American pop music was associated with the Brill Building,” says Phil Corrin.  

This Saturday, March 4th, at 8:00pm the West End Cultural Centre will be welcoming to the stage, Juno nominated singer-songwriter vocalist Barbra Lica.

Known for her fun, thoughtful lyrics and beautiful, unique voice, Barbra Lica has established herself as a fixture on the North American jazz circuit. She has performed in New York at the iconic Birdland, and Toronto’s’ Koerner Hall. Lica has headlined at Jazz festivals throughout the world such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Vancouver Jazz Festival and Tokyo International Jazz Festival.

This weekend, the Esprit Vocal Ensemble welcomes the Ron Paley Quartet in a program of contemporary and jazz standards.  

Manitoba Opera fetes 50 years this weekend with an anniversary concert at the Centennial Concert Hall. 

Featuring a stellar roster of internationally acclaimed artists, the evening promises to be a spectacular celebration of the grandest of art forms.  

A beloved and integral part of any opera is the chorus. The group of singers that commit to many roles and emotions – often reflecting, enhancing and heightening the drama taking place on stage.  

Two accomplished musicians, who happen to share the same first name, come together in a performance celebrating their love of the rich Ukrainian and Jewish music traditions.