Whoa! Our new season is really shaping up!
TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON
The Ocean in a Drop
October 29, 2025
7:30 pm
Desautels Concert Hall
A flagship concert in the Agassiz Chamber Music International Cello Festival
A unique program situating cello soloists from the International Cello Festival amongst the Dead of Winter choir in imaginative explorations of Renaissance choral polyphony, chants of Hildegaard von Bingen, and contemporary composers including Andrew Balfour, Sarah Quartal and Jocelyn Morlock and Robert Honstein. Co-curated by Leanne Zacharias and Andrew Balfour.
WinterSing!
November 23, 2025
3:00 pm
Crescent Arts Centre
Free – bring a tin for the bin!
This year, Dead of Winter is thrilled to collaborate with Musica Singers, a vibrant, top-quality vocal ensemble of dedicated Filipino singers. As always, the music will be fun and eclectic, featuring ethnic and holiday music, works by Philip Lapatha and our own Andrew Balfour and Mel Braun plus seasonal singalongs to spread the holiday spirit. Curated and conducted by Vic Pankratz, this free concert is a perfect way to enjoy the warmth of community and culture. Are you ready to sing-along in Tagalog?
This is who I am
February 22, 2026
3:00 pm
Desautels Arts Centre
Choral depictions of culture, migration, identity and belonging
Join guest conductor, Dr. Melissa Morgan on a musical journey as she traces the history of her West Indian ancestry. Featuring sounds and songs of the 1950’s Windrush Generation migration to the UK, as well as music of Canada and specifically, the Prairies, this concert includes spirituals, Caribbean folk songs, traditional choral art song, and new music by black Canadian composers. A special way to celebrate Black History Month!
First Words, Then Music!
April 12, 2026
3:00 pm
Venue TBD
Dead of Winter at the Winnipeg Baroque Festival featuring Fidem in Fidibus
Music’s world order underwent a seismic change in early 17th C. Italy. Gone was the complex choral polyphony of the last 150 years, replaced by a new approach, where composers worked to convey the visceral drama of the text. Whole new musical forms were developed and opera was born. Monteverdi was the first great master of this new style. Along with contemporaries like Francesca Caccini and Salamono de Rossi, he forever changed the way music would reach audiences. The power of storytelling, grounded in dramatic text, was the new world order. First words, then music!
