Concerts for the City
Offering beauty in the midst of real life. Concerts featuring classical music shared by talented musicians.
Music for its own sake
We are musicians because we love the expression that these sounds give to our hearts, our souls, our bodies, our relationships, our humanity. We make music for our city to share our gratitude and joy that this art exists. We make music for our city in hope that it brings a moment of beauty into the midst of a day. We make music because music wants to be made.Admission to our concerts is free, with donations gratefully received.
A Sanctuary of Sound
We perform in beautiful Holy Trinity Anglican Church, a Sanctuary for the City, right in the heart of downtown Winnipeg.
Songs and Dances of Death
Sunday, November 10 at 7:00 PM
Ashley Boychuk and Sandra Bender (sopranos) with Michael Oike (piano) and Michael Cutler (organ) present a Halloween concert of spooky music. Matthew Komus, local historian, will appear with ghost stories that will leave you questioning every bump in the night.
Tickets are $25 at the door | Holy Trinity Anglican Church, corner of Donald and Graham
Ashley
Boychuk
Canadian coloratura soprano ASHLEY BOYCHUK is passionate about sharing music with the community. This passion led her to create Concerts for the City. She coordinates the program and occasionally performs. For more information on Ashley's performance career, please visit her website.
Matthew Komus
MATTHEW KOMUS has developed and delivered supernatural themed tours, presentations and
events for over fifteen years. He is the author of the bestselling Haunted Winnipeg and Haunted
Manitoba (Great Plains Press) and operates Winnipeg Ghost Walk, the city’s first walking tour
on haunted buildings. He has appeared on CBC, CJOB, Global TV, CTV, APTN and Bell TV’s series Ghost Kitchens.
Sandra
Bender
Dramatic soprano Sandra Bender completed her Master of Music at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in 2009 and has sung such roles and excepts as Lady Billows in Albert Herring (Britten), the title roles in Turandot and Tosca (Puccini), Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin (Wagner), 3rd Norn in Götterdämmerung (Wagner), Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte (Mozart), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Verdi), Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmélites. A seasoned recitalist, Sandra has performed over twenty solo concerts, and has been a finalist and semi-finalist in the George London Foundation Competition, the Liederkranz Competition (Wagner division), the Gerda Lissner Opera Competition (Wagner division), and the Canadian Music Competition. Most notably, Sandra has twice won the District of North Dakota with the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She is currently the Music Ministry Coordinator at Holy Trinity Anglican Church and teaches private voice lessons.
