Talented students from across Manitoba will share the stage with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

This concert connects aspiring musicians with their professional idols, giving them a chance not only to meet these expert performers, but also to play alongside them.
The WSO is featuring more than 200 student guest performers. The young musicians range from Grades 7 to 12 and are from schools across the province.

For this event, the WSO partners with the Manitoba Band Association (MBA), who has gathered this talented group through their Provincial Honour Band program. All Manitoban students who are members of the MBA, or whose band instructor or private teacher is a member of the MBA, are eligible to audition for an Honour Band. Applicants are judged on the quality of a recorded audition, which consists of several scales and two etudes. The students are then divided by grade level and experience into the Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Bands.

The performance will feature a solo by Senior Band member JongJu Park, winner of the WSO’s Rising Stars Student Competition. Park, a Grade 12 student from Vincent Massey Collegiate, will perform the first movement of Ferdinand David’s Concertino for Trombone with the WSO.