Performances and lectures

Our University of Manitoba ensembles perform throughout the year. Ensembles cover a range genres and size from an 80-piece concert band to small chamber groups. 

Learn more about our ensembles

Each year, Desautels Faculty of Music faculty members and students host midday lectures, presentations, and performances. This midday series introduces students and community members to novel and innovative practices in music. Events take place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — review the schedule for the location and details of each event.

Midday events schedule

Indigenous Intersections performance and lecture series

Indigenous Intersections is a week of midday presentations and performances that includes discussions of the decolonization of university music programs, collaborations promoting Indigenous artists. Previous presentations have included a lecture from Osani Balkaran (The O.B.) on the creation of Indigenous hip-hop, and representations of Louis Riel in music.

Wellness in Music series

This series is the result of work by the Desautels Faculty of Music Students’ Association and faculty members to promote wellness in mind, body, and spirit within the faculty.

Workshop topics have included salsa dancing, Feldenkrais techniques, self-defence, stress management, healthy practice techniques, yoga and career planning.

Guest lecturers and performers

Each year, the Desautels Faculty of Music brings in a number of esteemed professional musicians and music educators to enrich the university experience for our students through lectures, performances, and masterclasses.

In recent years, the Faculty has brought in renowned composers, ethnomusicologists, musicians and ensembles to instruct, share, and collaborate.