Arts & Culture

This Sunday, February 11th at 3:00pm at The Lutheran Church of the Cross, the Winnipeg Wind Ensemble will be presenting their second concert of the 2023-24 season.

Called Light and Shadow, this concert explores the joys and darker moments of the human experience; everything from deep emotional loss to the blisses of experiencing the simple things in life.

This weekend, Saturday, February 10 and Sunday, February 11, 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 35th year. The main purpose is to raise money for music programs for disadvantaged youth and give back to the Winnipeg community.

Canada's biggest names in music are set to make their way to Halifax for the 53rd annual Juno Awards. 

The 2024 nominees were announced Tuesday morning. Juno week runs from Thursday, March 21 through Sunday, March 24, culminating with The JUNO Awards Broadcast hosted by Nelly Furtado at the Scotiabank Centre. 

Find the list of classical and jazz nominees below! 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)

The University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra dives headfirst into a program of fiery, forceful and exciting German repertoire paired alongside a brand-new work by a student composer.  

“This whole program ties itself together in, what I termed, ‘Forward unto Dawn,’ the title of the program” says UMSO Music Director Chen. “Going from some very dark places (musically)... but really going forwards toward a more optimistic ending.”  

The “power of music” will be on full display this weekend as Sistema Winnipeg presents a concert in support of the program.  

In partnership with the Seven Oaks and Winnipeg School Divisions, the afterschool initiative aims to help youth make a difference in their world and communities through the skills and connections developed through music.  

Throughout this month of February on Thursday nights at 7:00pm, the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts is offering a four week vocal workshop that explores music from the Caribbean.

The course will cover various repertoire from reggae to calypso, to music from the more modern eras. The course will also feature the impact that such legends as Harry Belafonte, Jackie Opel, and Bob Marley had on music from the Caribbean.

February is Black History Month and throughout the month, in the 1:00 p.m. hour, Classic 107 will be featuring music written by Black composers. Tune in throughout the first complete week of February (Feb. 5 to 9) as we will feature the marvelous, and gorgeous music of English composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Starting on Monday the 5th we will be putting to air his romantic and beautifully Dvorak-influenced 'Piano Quintet in G minor.'

It proved to be a historic night on Sunday, as the 66th Grammy Awards were handed out at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. 

Taylor Swift took home "Album of Year" for her tenth studio album, "Midnights." In doing so, she became the first artist to win Grammys’ top prize four times, beating a trio of male legends — Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon — who had three.

Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, SZA and indie supergroup boygenius were also winners, marking a night in which women took home many of the top prizes. 

This weekend the Manitoba Choral Association (MCA) is celebrating 40 years of a truly unique flagship program. “Manitoba Sings” is a program that regularly draws 300 singers of all skill levels from youth to adults from all over Manitoba. The participants take part in a weekend of singing, fun and community building. The weekend choral celebration concludes with a performance on Sunday February 4th at 3:00pm at Portage Avenue Church.

Where better to start off "I Love to Read Month" than a bookstore? 

Classic 107 is live on location at McNally Robinson Booksellers Friday, February 2nd for the latest edition of "What to Read" with Chris Hall and Kathleen Friesen.

Don't forget to enter the "I Love to Read" contest -- a wonderful prize package put together by the folks at McNally for K-6 readers. We'll be visiting three lucky winning classrooms February 9, 16 and 23rd!

Learn more by listing to the conversation with Chris Hall!