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21-604: The WSO was established in 1947 and played its first concert on December 16, 1948 at the Civic Auditorium . Walter Kaufmann was the WSO's first music director from 1948 to 1958. Victor Feldbrill, the WSO's only Canadian music director to date, succeeded Kaufmann in 1958. The WSO initially performed out of the Civic Auditorium until April 1968, when the WSO moved to its present home in the 2,300-seat Centennial Concert Hall . During

42-604: A building or structure in Manitoba is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Canadian ice hockey arena is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shea%27s Amphitheatre Shea's Amphitheatre , also known as the Winnipeg Amphitheatre , was an indoor arena located in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada. It seated 6,000 spectators. Constructed between 1908-1909 for horse shows ,

63-512: A stretch remains in use as a driveway at Balmoral Street, marked in the sidewalk by its newer name. It was an east-west street connecting Colony with Osborne and running parallel to Mostyn Place. At the north end of the amphitheatre was another east-west street that no longer exists: Brydges Avenue. North of Brydges and south of Broadway was Shea's Brewery. According to archives of the Granite Curling Club : A massive wooden structure,

84-852: The Centennial Concert Hall 1968, with the Manitoba Museum moving in 1970. When the Winnipeg Art Gallery moved across the street to their own building (300 Memorial Blvd.) in 1971 the Winnipeg Auditorium was re-purposed as the provincial Manitoba Archives. The Winnipeg Auditorium officially opened October 15, 1932, with the Canadian Industrial Exhibition of the North-West Commercial Travellers Association. This article about

105-688: The Manitoba Museum , and perform music from the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra . It also functioned as a convention centre until the current stand-alone Winnipeg Convention Centre (375 York Ave.) was built in the 1970s. It was constructed in 1932 by Carter-Halls-Aldinger as a make-work project during the Canadian Depression decade and largely paid for with funds from the Canadian federal government. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra moved to

126-780: The Memorial Cup tournament numerous times, the last of which was in 1953. Junior championship games were also held at the Amphitheatre, drawing in local teams like the Elmwood Millionaires , St. Boniface Seals , Portage Terriers , and the Brandon Wheat Kings . For several years, it was also the venue of the Shrine Circus . Big-name celebrities also visited the Amphitheatre, such as Bob Hope in 1952. In 1943, Winnipeg City Council members flagged fire safety concerns with

147-447: The 1970s, the orchestra was conducted by former child protegy and Decca Records -recording artist Piero Gamba , who invited Mstislav Rostropovich , Vladimir Ashkenazy , Itzhak Perlman , and others to perform with the orchestra. Gamba's tenure was followed by Kazuhiro Koizumi , who conducted the orchestra through much of the 1980, including a number of recording sessions with CBC records. In 1992, then-music director Bramwell Tovey and

168-487: The 2018–2019 season. Winnipeg Auditorium The Winnipeg Auditorium was an indoor arena in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada . It was the premier site for ice hockey in Winnipeg from the time of its construction in 1898. The Auditorium rink hosted several Stanley Cup championship series. It was located at the intersection of Garry Street and York Avenue. It was destroyed by fire in 1926. Another building, also called

189-523: The Amphitheatre doubled as the arena for summer horse shows and an exhibition hall, and as an indoor skating rink in the winter. Somewhat later, the property that is now the older Great West Life Building was for decades Osborne Stadium , until Winnipeg Stadium in St. James was built in the mid-1950s. The area, therefore, formed a disjointed sports complex , with good access to the street-car lines and considerable public profile... Constructed between 1908-1909 for

210-565: The Amphitheatre was also used as an indoor ice rink during the winter, with an ice surface measuring 67 by 26 metres (220 ft × 86 ft). It was, for a time, the only artificial ice surface between Toronto and Vancouver . Today, the headquarters of The Great-West Life Assurance Company occupy the site. The Amphitheatre was situated on the northeast corner of Whitehall Avenue (subsequently renamed Osborne Place) and Colony Street, some distance west of Osborne Street. Neither Whitehall Avenue nor Osborne Place exists today, although

231-486: The WSO's composer-in-residence Glenn Buhr, along with others, created the WSO's New Music Festival . In the 2011–2012 season, the WSO began the 'Sistema Winnipeg' programme, modelled after Venezuela's El Sistema , to provide music education to disadvantaged children in Winnipeg. Andrey Boreyko was the WSO's music director from 2001 to 2006. During his tenure, the musicians experienced a labour lockout in December 2001, and

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252-466: The Winnipeg Auditorium (or the Winnipeg Civic Auditorium ), was constructed in the early 1930s and located at the corner of Memorial Boulevard and St. Mary Avenue. Its purpose was to hold concerts, display art, hold conventions. By 1898, the sport of ice hockey had become popular as both a participation sport and spectator sport in Winnipeg. Until this time, most ice hockey had been played on

273-559: The Winnipeg Horse Show Company's horse shows , the Amphitheatre was designed by Winnipeg architects Ralph Benjamin Pratt and Donald Aynsley Ross . By 1910, it was also used as an indoor ice rink for skating and hockey, with an ice surface measuring 67 by 26 metres (220 ft × 86 ft). After doubling its seating capacity to around 6,000 in 1914, it became the major venue for hockey games in Winnipeg. It hosted

294-567: The building, citing overcrowding as the main issue. Alderman Scott called the Amphitheatre "one of the most flammable buildings in Winnipeg." The Amphitheatre was made redundant by the construction of the Winnipeg Arena in 1955 and was demolished the summer after, hosting its last event on May 31. The artificial ice plant was purchased by the owners of the Winnipeg Warriors and relocated to Winnipeg's Olympic Rink . Currently occupying

315-495: The mass resignation of the orchestra's board in the winter of 2003. The musicians took a 20% pay cut and Boreyko donated a portion of his salary to the orchestra during the financially troubled 2002–2003 season. The orchestra musicians took an additional pay cut for the 2003–2004 season. The orchestra retired its accumulated debt in September 2005. In his final season as music director, Boreyko led six weeks of concerts, in contrast to 12

336-425: The orchestra through the 2012 season. His Winnipeg contract was further extended through the 2015–2016 season. In May 2017, the orchestra announced that Mickelthwate would conclude his music directorship of the orchestra after the close of the 2017–2018 season. In 2015, Daniel Raiskin first guest-conducted the WSO. In February 2018, the WSO announced the appointment of Raiskin as its next music director, effective with

357-551: The regulation size of the Victoria Rink in Montreal . The Auditorium could seat about 2000 spectators for hockey, plus standing room. Over the years it was renovated and expanded to hold over 3500. The facility also contained a coat check room, a ladies' room and four or five dressing rooms. In the basement, under the ice, were four bowling alleys. The arena was used primarily for ice hockey but also hosted professional boxing until it

378-551: The rinks of curling clubs in Winnipeg. The Auditorium was built at a cost of about $ 20,000. Construction was financed by a group of very prominent businessmen, among them E. L. Drewry, proprietor of the Redwood and Empire Brewery, F. W. Stobart of Stobart and Sons (dry goods), J. H. Ashdown of Ashdown's Hardware, and A. M. Nanton, partner in the financial firm of Osler, Hammond, and Nanton. The wood structure held an ice surface measuring 200 feet (61 m) by 80 feet (24 m), following

399-416: The season before. Overall, Boreyko received praise for his musicianship, but also criticism for a lack of community outreach, and not fulfilling an intention to establish residency in Winnipeg. In February 2006, Alexander Mickelthwate was named the WSO's eighth music director. He took up the post in September 2006, with an initial contract of 3 years. In December 2008, Mickelthwate extended his contract with

420-595: Was destroyed by fire on March 14, 1926. In 1931, a new "Winnipeg Civic Auditorium" was constructed. This was not a sports venue, but a music and theatre space. The Shea's Amphitheatre , constructed in 1909, seating 5000, served Winnipeg until the construction of the Winnipeg Arena in the 1950s. The arena was used by the Manitoba Hockey Association , as the home rink of the Winnipeg Victorias , Winnipeg Hockey Club and Winnipeg Rowing Club . The rink

441-747: Was used in 1902 for a Stanley Cup challenge series between the Victorias and the Toronto Wellingtons . In 1907, it was used for the Stanley Cup challenge series between the Kenora Thistles and the Montreal Wanderers . The other Winnipeg Auditorium (also known as the Civic Auditorium ) was built in the 1930s. Its purpose was to display the art collections of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and

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