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Singing for Seniors
The Winnipeg Singers were guests of the Canoe Club Retirement Home on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
Winnipeg Free Press: IN FINE VOICE
The Winnipeg Singers will celebrate their 50th anniversary at the Crescent Arts Centre and offer musical highlights that have taken them from small school auditoriums in Manitoba all the way to Sagrada Familia, Antonio Gaudi’s famous basilica in Barcelona. The concert will feature conductors and singers from its past, including Bill Baerg, who founded the company in 1972, Mel Braun and Vic Pankratz, who teamed up to lead the Singers from 1995-99, as well as present-day maestro Yuri Klaz, who has conducted the choir since 2003.
Reviews from the past
In celebrating our 50th Anniversary…
Thank you to William Baerg for providing these clippings of concert reviews from the Winnipeg Free Press when The Winnipeg Singers were under his direction.
Winnipeg Free Press: Grateful Chorus
Groups such as the Winnipeg Singers, the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, the Winnipeg Boys Choir and others across the city have been silenced by the COVID-19 pandemic since their last Christmas performances in the winter of 2019.
REVIEW: Kelowna - Lessons & Carols
Kelowna, BC, Nov 27, 2022 …the singers suddenly transformed into handbells with a billowing undercurrent of running "dugga doo's". The laser-exact ictus signalled the basses to end with a single "mm" which warmed the hearts of the crowd. "Wow!" and "Beautiful!" were being said all over the house throughout the afternoon, it was nearly impossible for the audience to keep their exclamations to themselves, the Winnipeg Singers are just that good.
50th Anniversary Gala Success
The Concert Hall of Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Hotel provided the perfect atmosphere for this momentous occasion. The evening was filled with good food, displays of memorabilia, singing by the choir and ended with dancing to the sounds of The Ron Paley Quintet.
Community Service Award Presented to the Winnipeg Singers
On October 18, 2022, Mayor Brian Bowman presented the award to The Winnipeg Singers for excellent leadership in the field of community service.
National Day For Truth & Reconciliation
At our first rehearsal for the season, we wore orange shirts in recognition of Canada’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.
Winnipeg Singers Perform With MCO
Lutheran Mass in F Major, BWV 233 (c. 1738-39)
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord/leader
October 26, 2022, at Westminster United Church, Winnipeg
50/50 Raffle March 2022
The Pot reached $1,960.00
Congratulations To The Winner: Jolene Zeghers
Spring Season Changes 2022
We are actively working to revise our Spring offerings. Stay tuned, we are not done yet!
John Martens (Oct. 15, 1935 - Feb. 4, 2022)
Dr. Martens was the artistic director of The Winnipeg Singers from 1983 - 1993. He was a consummate musician, mentor, teacher and friend.
50/50 Raffle (2021)
The Jackpot reached $3,455.00.
Congratulations to Monica Hultin for winning the prize of $1,727.50.
The Making Of "From Our Homes To Yours"
Watch the trailer and mark your calendars for the Premiere Showing on Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 2:00 pm at www.winnipegsingers.com/video
A Year of, “Planning, planning and cancelling”
Classic 107’s Simeon Rusnak interviews Yuri Klaz.
When asked about how he chose the music to be performed, Klaz remarked that this was “probably the biggest challenge.” In narrowing down the process he “looked through many programs and tossed many titles around [his] brain” before settling on two pieces.
Virtual Video Launch
The half-hour Presentation Features The Premiere of 2 Works:
Sid Robinovitch - The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23)
Ola Gjeilo - The Rose