Arts & Culture

The Manitoba Choral Association has partnered with Musica Singers to host a workshop with a celebrated choir during a stop in town.  

Founded in 1963 and based out of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, the award-winning Philippine Madrigal Singers – or “Madz” as they are often called – are the first two-time winners of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing and have been recognized by UNESCO as Artists of Peace.  

“(Madz) has toured extensively throughout the world,” says Oscar Pantaleon, music director of Musica Singers. 

A musical retrospective highlights the Jewish individuals and personalities that helped shape the vibrant classical music scene in Winnipeg and beyond. 

The Winnipeg Boys’ Choir is on the eve of turning 100 years young.  

Founded in 1925, the ensemble is one of the longest, if not the longest, continually operating boys’ choirs in Canada and they close out their 99th season in "Crescendo! Rising Towards a Century of Song."  

It's official.

April 30 is International Jazz Day across the province of Manitoba. 

In a press release, Jazz Winnipeg announced the proclamation, recognizing the role the province's “vibrant community of talented and award-winning professional jazz artists have [played] to help shape our province’s dynamic cultural community and represent the province all over the world.”

UNESCO declared the same day as the world's largest celebration of jazz back in 2011, to "highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe."

Commissions blossom into world premieres at the upcoming Esprit Singers concert.  

“Songs of Spring” is a brand new work by internationally renowned Canadian composer Sarah Quartel. 

Tune in at 1:00pm as we celebrate the 152nd birthday of the Swedish violinist, conductor and composer Hugo Alfvén.

Considered to be one of Sweden’s pre-eminent composers right up until his death in 1960, Alfvén wrote a considerable amount of orchestral music. Five Symphonies, three what he called Swedish Rhapsodies, and a large amount of program music. Much of Alfvén’s orchestral music depicts the Swedish countryside and myths and is heavily influenced by late Austro-German Romanticism.

This Sunday, April 28 at 7:00pm The Fort Garry Hotel in Collaboration with Jazz Winnipeg, will be presenting the East Side Jazz Band.

Founded in 2007 by trumpet player and music educator Dan Steinhilber, the East Side Jazz Band is made up of musicians who want to play in a big band but don’t have the time to gig full time.

The MCO is encouraging audiences to "Live the Music" in their upcoming season. 

Featuring "local heroes, returning faves, and bold innovators," the eight concerts should challenge, delight, engage, and entertain audiences and the music-loving community. 

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s latest production features a double bill: the return of Carmina Burana and the world premiere of T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods by choreographer in residence Cameron Fraser-Monroe. 

In the pit will be longtime artistic partners, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of RWB Music Director and Principal Conductor Julian Pellicano. Joining them will be cellist and composer Cris Derksen, whose music is used in the new work.  

This Sunday, April 28th at 3:00pm at the Lutheran Church of the Cross, The Winnipeg Wind Ensemble (WWE) will be holding their third concert in the 2023-24 season.

Called Fire and Ice this concert will feature music of Stravinsky, Pierre Dubois, and David Maslanka, amongst others as performed by one of the premier Wind Ensembles here on the prairies.