Simeon Rusnak

The adored quintet Canadian Brass have added another Canadian back onto their roster: Winnipegger Keith Dyrda. “I'm so excited,” says Dyrda.

An idyllic, riverside setting will play host to “A Late Summer Night’s Dream.” Two beloved Winnipeg musicians, soprano Christina Thanisch-Smith and pianist Lisa Rumpel, perform together in an intimate house concert presented by the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg in partnership with Flipside Opera and Art Song Collective. “It was a really nice marriage for us to work together,” says Flipside’s General Manager Lisa Rumpel about the partnership between the organizations. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/clc_ros_bb', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1620416761870-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1620416761870]) s.addService(googletag.pu

The stage is (nearly) set. Next month, a brand new, state-of-the-art performance facility opens at the University of Manitoba – the grand finale in the ambitious multi-year Taché Arts Project. “The curtains are being installed as we speak,” says Mel Braun, Voice Area Head at the Desautels Faculty of Music. A project decades in the making – Braun first heard rumblings of a new concert hall being built when he joined the faculty in 1987 – the work began in earnest when faculty benefactor and namesake Dr. Marcel Desautels generously gifted $20 million to the university, with half that amount specifically allocated to a premier performance arts space.

Over the past five days, Winnipeggers have been encouraged to swap four wheels for two and embrace an alternative form of transport during Bike Week Winnipeg. For one musician in the city, biking around – and outside – the town happens all 52 weeks of the year. “I like to say that Bike Week and Bike to Work Day are one of my favourite holidays of the year,” says WSO Assistant Principal Double Bassist and Bike Winnipeg Board member Daniel Perry. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } The youngest of five children, Perry was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to musical parents: a trumpet-playing father – who served as the longtime principal of the Indianapolis Symphony – and a French horn-playing mother, who was born in Norway and encouraged the kids to get outside and embrace all the sea

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra closes out their Saturday Classic series with a program of French and French-inspired music. Conducted by maestro Daniel Raiskin, the acclaimed American pianist Claire Huangci makes her belated WSO debut. Originally scheduled for a performance in 2021, the award-winning pianist introduces herself to the Winnipeg audience with two 20th Century piano concerti: one by Maurice Ravel and the other by George Gershwin. Penned in 1931, the Ravel Concerto is a

According to legend, there’s a wild man who kidnaps children from a village after dark, never to be seen again. And he’s the subject of a brand new work presented by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. “T’əl is something that is familiar to many different cultures and many different peoples but specifically to the West Coast,” says RWB Choreographer in Residence Cameron Fraser-Monroe. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/clc_ros_bb', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1620416761870-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1620416761870]) s.addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().refresh([s], {changeCorrelator: false}); } }); Pronounced “tall,” t

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet recently announced their milestone 85th season. The 2024/25 program celebrates the company’s storied history through iconic classics and anticipates its exciting future through newer works and a Canadian premiere. “It’s always fun to share with everybody what we’re planning,” says Vanessa Léonard, the Anna McCowan-Johnson Aspirant Program Director. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/clc_ros_bb', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1620416761870-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1620416761870]) s.addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().refresh([s], {changeCorrelator: false}); } }); The longtime principal da

On Friday morning, we visited Ms. Lovetri's Grade 1 / 2 class at Princess Margaret School and brought with us a wonderful collection of books specially prepared by McNally Robinson Booksellers! With the students help, Simeon read:

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This week, you’ll have not one but two opportunities to hear the guzheng – a beautiful and ancient instrument played by a celebrated virtuoso. Wu Fei is in Winnipeg to perform as part of the Winnipeg New Music Festival on Wednesday evening with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra followed by a solo recital presented by Virtuosi Concerts the following night. A classically trained triple threat, Wu is a renowned master of her instrument, a celebrated composer and captivating vocalist whose music and programming takes inspiration from timeworn traditional pieces and combines them with modern sensibilities. Dating back millennia and known as the Chinese zither, the most common iteration of the large instrument features 21 strings, plucked while being played horizontally. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/clc_ros_bb', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1620416761870-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [16204167