Classic 107: Curtains rise on a new era: Desautels Concert Hall is Winnipeg’s newest concert venue

The stage is (nearly) set.  

Next month, a brand new, state-of-the-art performance facility opens at the University of Manitoba – the grand finale in the ambitious multi-year Taché Arts Project.  

“The curtains are being installed as we speak,” says Mel Braun, Voice Area Head at the Desautels Faculty of Music. 

A project decades in the making – Braun first heard rumblings of a new concert hall being built when he joined the faculty in 1987 – the work began in earnest when faculty benefactor and namesake Dr. Marcel Desautels generously gifted $20 million to the university, with half that amount specifically allocated to a premier performance arts space. 

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