Arts & Culture

For more than 100 years the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association (MRMTA) has been providing Manitobans with the best in private music education.

This week, in the 1 o'clock hour of Intermezzo, hear the music of French composer Ernest Chausson in honour of his would-be 169th birthday.  

Amédée-Ernest Chausson was born into an affluent bourgeois family in Paris on January 20, 1855. As the youngest and only surviving of three sons, he grew up interested in the arts, spending formative years moving amongst artistic elite in Parisian salons.  

This weekend, Virtuosi Concerts presents their latest mentorship concert program.  

In its second year, "Roots and Branches" pairs established artists with budding performers, providing them the opportunity to learn, collaborate and grow in a nurturing, professional environment.  

Music 'N’ Mavens daytime concert and lecture series is officially underway at the Rady JCC.

The first musical offering is a real treat: a front-to-back performance of one the best-selling albums of all time, Carole King’s Tapestry, played by a five-piece ensemble led by singer Mal Magorel.  

The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq has removed the name of former director Ferdinand Eckhardt from the gallery’s main entrance hall, website and promotional materials.  

Born in Vienna in 1902, Eckhardt studied art history, obtaining a doctorate from the University of Vienna before moving to Berlin. He was conscripted into the German army and served from 1942 to 1944 before immigrating to Canada in 1953. Shortly after arriving in Winnipeg, he was appointed director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, serving in the role until 1974.  

Winnipeg’s foremost daytime concert and lecture series is set to return with the 2024 edition.  

For over 25 years, Music 'N’ Mavens has been delighting and engaging afternoon audiences at the Rady JCC Asper Campus.

Start 2024 off right, with a batch of new reads queued up by McNally Robinson Booksellers' Chris Hall. 

As always, visit one of the physical stores at Grant Park Mall or the Forks Market to pick up your own copy, or find them (and plenty else!) online anytime at: www.mcnallyrobinson.com 

Tonight at 7:30 at St. Andrews River Heights United Church the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg (WMC) will be holding their annual scholarship winners recital.

Six marvelous Manitoba musicians have won more than 11 thousand dollars in prizes and tonight they will have the opportunity to show what set them apart from the rest.

Over the past couple of weeks we have been inviting choirs from around Winnipeg to perform in our Classic 107 Studio. Christmas is a time for singing and with Manitoba’s proud Choral tradition there is no better way to celebrate the holiday season with the sounds of the voices rejoicing in the merriment of the season.

In the lead-up to the winter break, students from various schools have popped by the Classic 107 studio to help get us all into the holiday spirit. 

On Thursday morning, the vocal jazz group "In the Heights" from Sturgeon Heights Collegiate in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division performed a pair of peppy numbers.