Students love the excitement
of live chamber music!
Whether it’s a school band or choir, Orff group, recorder ensemble, or private lessons, children learn through music! There are many reasons to bring the young people in your life to an MCO event — they won’t hear anything like this anywhere else.
Help them create a cultural and musical framework for themselves. Show them where their music studies can lead — they can become an audience member, composer, conductor, musician, board member, donor, educator or CD purchaser. Have fun sharing music with them and with other avid music fans.
School visits — the MCO comes to you
We enthusiastically support the wonderful work being done in the Frontier School Division fiddling program! A roaming troupe of MCO string players offers workshops and mini-concerts in schools throughout the province and in the Seven Oaks School Division.
Open dress rehearsals — you come to the MCO!
Bring your school group to our home at Westminster United Church for a special 50-minute open dress rehearsal. Learn about the work that goes into presenting a professional orchestral performance. Watch musicians and conductor rehearse and be the first to hear what audiences will hear that night! Tickets $5.25, including GST. Click here for newsletter and order form. Available dates:
10 am, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 / Taurins, Winnipeg Singers / a lively sampling of Handel hits — ideal for junior and senior high school students
10 am, Wednesday, 23 November 2011 / Manson, Goodyear / a major new work written and performed by pianist wunderkind Stewart Goodyear — great for piano students from junior high and up
10 am, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 / Yoo, MCO / some of Scott Yoo's favorites — ideal for junior high and older
10 am, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 / Theatre of Early Music / famous baroque opera performed by the experts in the field — suitable for junior high and older
10 am, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 / Manson, Polo / this amazing Spanish cellist joins us for Boccherini and Haydn — suitable for all ages
10 am, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 / Manson, Glennie / internationally renowned percussionist performs a major new work by Canadian Michael Oesterle — great for all ages
10 am, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 / Evelyn Glennie talk / an inspirational talk by someone who overcame profound odds
10 am, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 / Amigo, Faus / Music with full Spanish flavours performed by musicians steeped in that tradition — suitable for junior high and older
MCO Pizza Club
Come at 6 pm for pizza and information on the music you’re about to hear at the concert. Space is limited, so register early by phone: call the MCO office at 783-7377 at least two days before the concert to purchase tickets and book your spot in pizza club. Pizza is free with your concert tickets; parents, grandparents, teachers and children welcome! Concerts begin at 7:30 pm.Dates:
November 1 / The Winnipeg Singers perform a Handel extravaganza under the direction of Ivars Taurins
November 23 / pianist Stewart Goodyear will perform his one new concerto, Eclipse.
January 10 / An orchestral concert that introduces a violin concerto by Quebecois composer Serge Arcuri ODR/PC
February 7, 8 / Countertenor Daniel Taylor returns to MCO with his Theatre of Early Music for a semi-staged production of Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas
February 28 / Spanish cellist Asier Polo performs works by Boccherini and Haydn, and a new work by Serge Arcuri
April 10 / An evening of baroque inspiration featuring the international percussion star, Dame Evelyn Glennie with the MCO
April 25 / Maestro Jesús Amigo and soprano Cristina Faus perform works by Rodrigo, Turina, Albeniz and de Falla
Note: special pre-concert programs may be designed
for large groups with advance notice. Call 783-7377 for info
on any of the above activities. Space is limited — don’t delay!
Anne Manson / Music Director and Conductor
MCO’s 2011/12 season is sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company. Support has been received from Media sponsors Winnipeg Free Press, CBC Radio One 990, CBC Radio 2 98.3, Espace musique 89,9 and Golden West Radio. Heartstrings gala sponsor: Mann Financial Assurance Limited. Sponsor of open dress rehearsals: Canadian Bridge Federation. Arts Accessibility Program: Sun Life Financial Touring support: Travel Manitoba.
© 2011 Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
