2021/22 SEASONSUBSCRIBE TODAY AND SAVE!

Manitoba Chamber OrchestraAnne Manson / Music Director

Nahre Sol

Raine Hamilton / Lizzy Hoyt / Larry Strachan

“Canada’s tiny, perfect, chamber orchestra”— Toronto Star

SAFETY + REJUVENATIONWe’re so excited to reveal our 2021/22 season, which features both online and in-person presenta- tions over 11 concert programs. To accommodate physical distancing, we’ll be operating at reduced capac- ity and offering TWO concert options per program, on back-to-back eve- nings at 7.30pm in Westminster Church.

Everyone will need to be masked and fully vaccinated; those under 12 must be accompanied by a fully- vaccinated adult. You’ll find more details about MCO’s COVID-related policies at themco.ca. We encour- age you to read this before placing your order!

SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITSSavings of roughly 15-30% compared to regular in-person ticket prices

Entitles you to buy extra in-person tickets at the highly discounted rate of $25 for adults and $24 for seniors

Invitation to attend pre-season Zoom chat with Anne Manson

Invitation to attend in-person or virtual event at end of season as we launch our 50th anniversary season

Free exchange of tickets within season for in-person attendance

Tax receipt for difference between cost of in-person and online tickets if a live event is cancelled OR if you ultimately decide to stay home and only attend online event

Includes the online pass, giving you free access to all 11 online concerts

ONLINE PASS BENEFITSSavings of nearly 50% compared to price for online casual tickets

The Online Pass entitles you to access to all remaining online concerts as of the date you purchase your pass

There are 11 online concerts in total, and each is available for access for two weeks after they premiere

Sharing of concert links with up to five other households

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11-concert adult subscriptions @ $275 ( including gst )

11-concert senior subscriptions @ $264 ( incl. gst )

6-concert adult subscriptions @ $186 ( incl. gst )

6-concert senior subscriptions @ $175 ( incl. gst )

All-concert online household pass @ $120 ( incl. gst )

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Flexible, diverse ticketing options!THE MCO IS OFFERING TWO CATEGORIES OF BUNDLE PACKAGES / 1 an online pass for all 11 online concerts and 2 a regular subscription for either 6 or 11 evening concerts at Westminster Church. Online concerts will generally occur roughly two weeks after the live event; all subscriptions also include the online pass, giving subscribers access to all 11 online concerts.

●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 21 & 22 September 2021 (online Oct 5) / Our season-opener highlights the wonderful musicians who make up the MCO, with solos aplenty in works by Stravinsky, Spohr, Barber, and Still. ●7.30pm, Wed & Thu, 20 & 21 October 2021 (online Nov 3) / A Canadian Folk Music Award winner, Raine Hamilton tells stories and jokes, plays the fiddle and guitar, and sings over her distinctive blend of folk and classical music. The orchestra will also play works by Pärt, Walton, Dvořák, and Piazzolla.●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 26 & 27 October 2021 (online Nov 9) / Tracy Dahl and Andriana Chuchman are both high-flying, international opera singers with roots in Peg City. At this concert, they perform a range of arias and duets. Pieces by Burge and Haydn also performed.●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 8 & 9 March 2022 (online Mar 25) / Another overdue concert celebration of Canadian music and musicians: Randolph Peters, Gabriel Dharmoo, Larry Strachan, and Caitlin Broms-Jacobs! Clarinettist Connie Gitlin features in our premiere of Peters’ Luminous.●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 22 & 23 March 2022 (online Apr 6) / In the brilliant Chooi brothers (Timothy & Nikki) we have Canada’s musical equivalent of NFL’s Manning bros. They team up to perform in a concert featuring Michael Oesterle, Vivaldi, Bach, & Geminiani.●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 12 & 13 April 2022 (online Apr 29) / The popular Pembina Trails Voices performs, and Bruce Sarbit narrates, this exciting premiere of a new oratorio by Sid Robinovitch based on the story of Jonah. We also play Copland’s Hoedown, Vaughan Williams’ Thomas Tallis Fantasia, and more!●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 26 & 27 April 2022 (online May 10) / We premiere Kevin Lau’s Prayer in a Green Cathedral, an exceptional new oboe concerto. The “always sublime” (Wpg Free Press) Caitlin Broms-Jacobs stars as the work’s soloist! We also introduce the celebrated British mezzo, Simone Ibbett-Brown in Four AfroCuban Poems, by Odaline de la Martinez, and perform works by Haydn and Vivaldi. ●7.30pm, Thu & Fri, 5 & 6 May 2022 (online May 19) / Nahre Sol is among the most popular and intriguing artists making music online today. At this concert, she performs in her new work, Pixels. Also: a live performance of Alexina Louie’s mind-blowing percussion concerto Waking the Lion, with Victoria Sparks in the starring role. Mezzo Lizzy Hoyt dazzles with baroque arias.●7.30pm, Wed & Thu, 25 & 26 May 2022 (online Jun 10) / The MCO’s Artist-in-Residence Aisslinn Nosky is one of Canada’s foremost baroque violinists. Here the charismatic performer will bring the house down play-conducting works by Bach, Handel, and Mozart. ●7.30pm, Tue & Wed, 31 May & 1 June 2022 (online Jun 14) / Eminent French hornist James Sommerville is back to play-conduct a concert that features the Canadian premiere of Kati Agócs’s Horn Concerto and Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3! Also: works by Brahms and Respighi.●7.30pm, Wed & Thu, 8 & 9 June 2022 (online Jun 22) / We urge you to see Lucie Horsch, “latest big thing in recorder playing” (The Guardian), as she virtuosically flutters and trills her way through works by Kulesha and Bach, with additional works from Michael Oesterle and Haydn.

Please note  /  if new social gathering restrictions abruptly reduce our venue capacity further, our priority will be to honour tickets on a first-come-first-serve basis. All concert programs in our 2021/22 season have two presenta-tions, and if capacity allows, we will encourage ticket-holders to switch from one performance to the other.

SELECT CONCERTS HERE / MIX + MATCH AS YOU WISH ( indicate quantities for each concert )

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MANITOBA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / Unit Y300, Portage Place, 393 Portage Ave, Winnipeg MB R3B 3H6 Telephone 204-783-7377 / Facsimile 204-783-7383 / info@themco.ca / themco.ca

PRICES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 JUNE 2022 / PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE / GST NO R119030187