Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra 2018, the WSO announced the appointment of Raiskin as its next music director, effective with the 2018-2019 season. 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
The Winnipeg Singers Concert of Podium 2004, the national biennial convention of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors, held in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Singers traveled to Taiwan and Japan in July 2005 where the choir was honoured to represent Canada at the 6th Taipei International Choral Festival and the 7th World Symposium on Choral Music in Kyoto. While in Japan, the choir performed in Setagaya, a sister-city of Winnipeg, in Tokyo at the Canadian Embassy and in Kobe for a Symposium sponsored satellite concert. The Winnipeg Singers The Winnipeg Singers are a 24 voice chamber choir from Canada led by director Yuri Klaz.