Epic Passion: WMC Scholarship Winner River Sawchyn Performs the Music of Bruch

On Wednesday, December 29th the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg will presenting their annual scholarship winner's recital. The concert takes place at Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church at 7:30pm.

There are six wonderful young scholarship winners who will be performing on Wednesday the 29th. The recital will be continuing the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg’s long legacy of promoting young up-an-coming Manitoba musicians through both financial support and performance opportunities.

Taking Flight with WMC Holtby Scholarship Winner: Clarinetist Simon Proulx

On Wednesday, December 29th the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg will presenting their annual scholarship winners recital. The concert takes place at Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church at 7:30pm.

This year’s six winners consist of two singers, one violinist, one violist, a cellist and a clarinetist. These six young Manitoba musicians will present a recital that will showcase the best in up-and-coming Manitoba talent. Something the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg had been specializing in for more than 125 years.

Of All Joys: Reveling in the Beauty of Playing Music Together

The Grammy Award winning Attacca Quartet is one of the most adventurous chamber music ensembles around. Equally at home playing the standard quartet literature such as Haydn, Beethoven and Ravel, they also have established themselves as being fore-runners of exploring new music and interpreting music not originally written for string quartet.

Singing Happiness! Women’s Choir Esprit De Choeur Performs Saturday Night

This Saturday Night December 4th, 2021 at 7:00pm at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church, the ethereal, beautiful sounds of Winnipeg’s premiere women’s choir Esprit de Choeur will be heard performing their holiday concert that they are calling “So Many Angels.”

Since their founding in 2012, the choir has travelled to Iceland had works composed for them, and have become a gem on the Winnipeg choral scene.

https://www.espritdechoeur.com/

5 'keep-it-affordable' gift giving tips for families

Mind, Body, and Soul is sponsored content from Fresh Ground Financial.

Christmas can be such a great time. Good food, friends, music and gifts, but it also costs money.

Does your family have a habit of overspending at Christmas? or do you want to be more intentional about the gifts you give?

If so, here are my 5 tips for affordable and intentional gift giving this Christmas. Follow these, and avoid the financial stress, and debt that often comes this time of year. 

Claudette Sorel Rediscovered: Remembering the Legacy of a Pianist, Advocate and Trailblazer for Women in Classical Music

Claudette Sorel is a name many are probably not familiar with, but that is more an indictment of the time that she was living and working in, as an active as a concert pianist. Throughout the 1950’s through to the early 1970s she was a force of nature at the piano. She performed throughout the United States, making more than 2000 concert, recital and festival appearances.