Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1947.

Presidents

Period	President
1969-1971	Ernest John Smith (1919-2004)
?-?	William Donald Hurst (1908-2000)
?-?	Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)
?-?	Hugh Hamilton Saunderson (1904-1984)
?-?	Joseph Thomas Beaubien (1886-1957)
?-?	David Slater (1895-1978)

Music Director

Period	Music Director
1971-1980	Piero Gamba (1936-2022)

Concertmasters

Period	Concertmaster
1948-1956	Walter Kaufmann (1907-1984)
1958-1968	Victor Feldbrill (1924-2020)
1968-1986	Arthur Polson (1934-2003)

Artistic Directors

Period	Artistic Director
1989-2001	Bramwell Bernard Tovey (1953-2022)

Sources:

“Tributes to Feldbrill at farewell concert,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1968, page 27.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 October 2023