The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra showed off its jazzier side with , as part of its ongoing Thursday Classics series. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra showed off its jazzier side with , as part of its ongoing Thursday Classics series. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra showed off its jazzier side with , as part of its ongoing Thursday Classics series.
The 85-minute program welcomed back to the podium Foam Lake, Sask.-born maestro Tania Miller, who led the players through four eclectic works, including a trio of WSO premières. Miller’s gracious, warm presence onstage is like sunshine on an autumnal day.
The artist, who currently serves as artistic director/conductor of the Brott Music Festival of Canada, the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and Brott Opera, introduced each work with insightful commentary, establishing a rapport with both her audience and musicians. MATT DUBOFF PHOTO Thursday’s show also saw the return former Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra princial tuba Chris Lee. The evening also trumpeted the return of former WSO principal tuba Chris Lee, greeted with rousing cheers after taking centrestage for the local première of Wynton Marsalis’s (2021).
Lee performed 15 seasons with the WSO as one of its brass backbenchers before being named principal tuba for Ottawa’s National Arts Centre Orchestra in 2018..