With so many talented artists at the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, it should come as no surprise to see them featured throughout the New Music Festival, which kicks off tomorrow and runs until February 4.
Professors, students, graduates, and sessional instructors from our Faculty can be seen and heard in nearly every concert. Premiere […]

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Music and science intertwine as the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra presents John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1 – a piece inspired by the composer’s personal response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic during the 1980s.
This captivating performance will take place January 29, Opening Night of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival. It is in collaboration with the University […]

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University of Manitoba researchers and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra have teamed up for the first time to bring a night of new music and new science to the stage.
In July of 2007 Professor David Barber, Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science, began the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System (CFL) study. Involving 300 researchers from around […]

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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence, Dr. Vincent Ho, has started documenting his experiences in the Arctic and his endeavor to translate that experience into music with video blogs.
The University of Manitoba is hosting Ho on the Canadian research icebreaker Amundsen as part of the Artists on Board program, a component of the U of M’s Circumpolar […]

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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence Vincent Ho has been commissioned to compose a 30-minute symphony based on his upcoming trip aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen, which is in the Beaufort Sea.
Ho’s journey is being watched by Lucette Barber, co-ordinator of the Schools on Board outreach program based at the University of Manitoba.
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