To create and perform chamber orchestra repertoire at the highest artistic level possible for Manitobans, for Canadians, and for international audiences.
the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra’s artistic mission statement
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Board of Directors & Staff
- Honorary Patron
- Her Honour, The Honourable
Janice C. Filmon, C.M., O.M.
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba - Music Director Emeritus
- Simon Streatfeild†
- President Emeritus
- J.F. Reeh Taylor, Q.C.†
- Directors Emeriti
- Jeffrey Anderson†
- William S. Gange, LL.B.
- Roy Halstead
- Marilyn Huband†
- Elaine Levack†
- John Loewen
- Elaine Margolis
- Joan Passey†
- Nicola Schaefer
- William S. Stewart
- Paul Walsh, Q.C.
- Sonya Wright
- President
- Florence Carey
- Vice-President
- Nick Slonosky
- Second Vice-President
- Alison Thiessen
- Treasurer
- Michael Li
- Members
- Pascale Altes
- Robert Giesbrecht
- Gila Isaacs
- Crystal Kolt
- Surafel Kuchem
- Yvan Larocque
- Alice MacKenzie
- Alyson Shane
- Walter Silicz
- Eldene Spencer
- Suzanne Ullyot
- Sarah Yates-Howorth
Administration
- Music Director
- Anne Manson
- Managing Director
- Vicki Young
- Director of Marketing & Communications
- Conrad Sweatman
- Director of Development
- Heidi Ouellette
- Director of Education and Community Engagement
- Suzu Enns
- Office Manager & Front-of-house Manager
- Elise Anderson
- Bookkeeper
- Pat Ireton
- Systems & Design
- Jon Snidal
- Concertmaster
- Karl Stobbe
- Concert Manager
- Boyd MacKenzie
- Music Librarian
- Michaela Kleer
- Program Advertising
- Brian Chipney
† deceased
Past Presidents
- J.F.R. Taylor†
- Founding President
- Marilyn Huband†
- 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79
- William S. Stewart
- 1979/80, 1980/81, 1981/82
- Roy E. Halstead
- 1982/83, 1986/87, 1987/88
- Wesley M. Stevens
- 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86
- Ted Harland
- 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91
- Paul V. Walsh
- 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94
- John Loewen
- 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97
- William Gange
- 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000
- Elaine Margolis
- 2000/01, 2001/02
- David Mann†
- 2002/03, 2003/04
- Sandi Mielitz
- 2004/05, 2005/06
- Ted Bock
- 2006/07, 2007/08
- Adrian Frost
- 2008/09, 2009/10
- Ingrid Moehlmann
- 2010/11, 2011/12
- Jesús Ángel Miguel Garcia
- 2012/13
- William Neville
- 2013/14
- Judith Hall
- 2014/15, 2015/16
- Faye Warren
- 2016/17, 2017/18
- Beryl Peters
- 2018/19, 2019/20
- David Rew
- 2020/21 (through April 2021)
- Florence Carey
- 2021/22
† deceased