Winnipeg Mandolin Orchestra -- Annual Concert

In its 104th year, the WMO is pleased to present its Annual Concert, Saturday May 10th, 7:30 PM, at the historic Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard Avenue.

The orchestra will play a variety of music including Ukrainian Suite by Zenon Dashak, who was a professor of viola and the long-time rector of the Lviv National Academy of Music and taught the celebrated violist Yuri Bashmet. Other music from Ukraine includes the Concerto for Accordion - 2nd Movement by Nikolai Chaikin, and Arkan, a traditional Ukrainian dance arranged by Slava Prysiazhniuk, a violist and assistant conductor with the orchestra.

A new piece for us this year is Zorba the Greek. The music from this 1964 award-winning film is well suited to mandolins as the mandolin and Greek bouzouki are closely related.

Compositions by Anthony Hopkins, Kuwahara, Piazzolla and Mosolov are present. We add a

taste of Americana with Minneapolis musician, Peter Ostroushko's Heart of the heartland.

Our guest this year is the Sam Baardman Trio. Sam, a musician and photographer,

is also an orchestra member.

The Winnipeg Mandolin Orchestra is conducted by Annis Kozub.

Wheelchair accessible.

Time/Date: 7:30 PM, May 10, 2025

Location: Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard Avenue

Tickets: Eventbrite: $20 +fees, $25 at the door

Website: https://ult-wpg.ca/2025/04/08/...