Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its primary concert venue is the Centennial Concert Hall, and the orchestra also performs throughout the province of Manitoba. The WSO gives an average of 80 concerts per year. The WSO also provides orchestral accompaniment to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the Manitoba Opera. The orchestra's current executive director is Trudy Schroeder, since July 2008. Established in 1947, the WSO played its first concert on December 16, 1948 in the Civic Auditorium. Walter Kaufmann was the WSO's first music director, from 1948 to 1958.
HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) In January 2016, she made port visits to Penang, the first Royal Canadian Navy ship to do so, and Singapore. "Winnipeg" returned to Esquimalt on 23 February. "Winnipeg" and sister ship sailed from Esquimalt on 6 March 2017 for six-month deployment visiting several nations around the Pacific, including Malaysia, India, China and Japan among others, returning on 8 August. HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338) HMCS "Winnipeg" is a that has served in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1996. "Winnipeg" is the ninth ship in her class, whose design emerged from the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second Canadian warship