Arts & Culture

A musical phenom who made his orchestral debut at 11, Blake Pouliot has been impressing audiences for nearly two decades. 

Which is really saying something, given that the Toronto-born, New York-based violinist just turned 30.  

After a Winnipeg debut in 2021 performing the Samuel Barber violin concerto, Pouliot returns to town to perform Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor alongside the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in their latest Thursday Classics concert.  

The show begins at 7 p.m. on March 7, 2024 with a pre-concert performance at 6:15.  

This Wednesday and Thursday, Winnipeg’s GroundSwell will be featuring a true Canadian piano phenom, pianist Corey Hamm.

For those unfamiliar with Corey Hamm, he is currently on faculty at University of British Columbia’s School of Music where he teaches piano and chamber music. He has commissioned more than 400 works for the piano, and has performed and taught all over the world, championing works by composers such as Henri Dutilleux, and Frederic Rzewski.

The Village Conservatory for Music Theatre – or the ViC for short – provides high-quality post-secondary performing arts training to aspiring actors and singers. 

This week, they present Inhibition Exhibition: A Community Celebration. In its fourth offering, what began as a year-end student showcase has grown into a full-blown, 5-day festival. 

“This year, our theme is ‘untethered,’” says artistic director Simon Miron. “It’s really about releasing the bonds that are holding us together.”  

This Wednesday, March 6th at 1:30 at the Gwen Sector Creative Living Centre at 1588 Main Street, the Music and Maven’s Concert and lecture series is presenting the amazing  Argentinian-Canadian singer-song writer Onna Lou in a concert called Onna Lou Sings Songs of Latin America

Fusing Latin pop rock with Latin-American folk rhythms, tango and flamenco, Onna Lou has been described as a complete artist who sings, writes, performs and records her own music with warmth, intimacy and immense talent.

Expect a little bit of everything at an upcoming Music ‘N’ Mavens concert at the Rady JCC.  

In a highly diverse program, The Luminous String Quartet runs the gamut in “From Bach to AC/DC.” 

“We really have to change the way that we’re playing,” explains Barg when asked about the variety of repertoire. 

“When it comes down to AC/DC we just rock out... but with Bach, you have to be absolutely specific and particular.”  

This Thursday, March 7th at 7:00pm, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is performing a rarely heard symphony by the fantastic Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, his Symphony in C minor.  As we lead up to the WSO’s performance of this fresh youthful work, Classic 107 will explore Grieg’s other orchestral writing in the 1:00pm hour all this week on Intermezzo. Tune in as we put to air some of his most well-known and beloved music.

Monday, March 4: Lyric Suite (1891, 1904)

After a busy, monthlong celebration of literature in all of its forms -- which saw Classic 107 in partnership with McNally Robinson Booksellers visit three classrooms, bringing the gift of reading! -- a new month has arrived. Though, simply because "I Love to Read Month" has ended doesn't mean your love of literature has to stop! 

Chris Hall of McNally Robinson Booksellers returned to the Classic 107 studio with his latest picks in the ongoing feature "What to Read."

Praised for their “effortlessly rich, enveloping, and lyrical baritone voice,” Two-Spirit, Cree-Metis singer Jonathon Adams is a voice that needs to be listened to and heard.  

It is a voice informed by historical practice, and one that gives voice to those historically silenced. One that mediates between cultures and locales, fostering connections and encouraging conversation.  

This Sunday, March 3rd at 7:00pm, The Fort Garry Hotel in collaboration with Jazz Winnipeg will be presenting the fabulous Icelandic vocalist, pianist and composer Sigurdís.

Sigurdís grew up in northern Iceland and in 2013 she moved to Reykjavik to pursue jazz studies. Eventually she relocated to Denmark where she completed a Master’s in Composition and Jazz Performance, from the Danish Academy of Music.

This Saturday, March 2nd at 7:30 at the Winnipeg Arts Gallery’s Main Hall, the Virtuosi Concert Series is putting on a concert called With Sick and Famished Eyes. Featuring the otherworldly, gorgeous voice of Canadian baritone Jonathan Adams, this is going to be fantastic concert that features 17th century song, traditional Indigenous music, and their own poetry.

Opening up the concert will be a string trio that consists of three of the finest young string players in Winnipeg today.