The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, in collaboration with the West End Cultural Centre, will present three concerts showcasing the skills of about seventy young fiddlers from across the province, May 26 and 27. The MCO has been working with the Frontier School Division Fiddle program over the past five years, visiting schools and offering workshops and mini concerts. This year, the Orchestra began offering a similar program in the Seven Oaks School Division, supporting the efforts of that Division’s committed, innovative instructors and their students.
The program features a wide range of fiddle styles, as espoused by Manitoba soloists Claudine St. Arnaud (French-Canadian), Susan Israel (Celtic) and Chris Anstey (Newfoundland). Their solo performances will be intermixed with presentations by the MCO’s own outreach ensemble and with those from fiddle students from Frontier School Division on the first day and from the Seven Oaks School Division for two concerts on the second day.
