About Us

Entering our 16th year, Prairie Debut can truly say “Been there!” Working right across the Prairies (and beyond!), we have forged partnerships with communities and are honoured to work with countless numbers of amazing people who take it upon themselves to bring great music to their audiences. We are grateful for your enthusiasm and contribution.

Assiniboia Arts Council, Assiniboia SK Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff AB Barrhead Arts Council, Barrhead AB Biggar & District Arts Council, Biggar SK Brandon University, Brandon MB Canadian University College, Lacombe AB Canora Arts Council, Canora SK Chautaqua Edson Arts Council, Edson AB City of Okotoks, Okotoks AB City of Thompson, Thompson MB Dow Centre for the Arts, Fort Saskatchewan AB Eastern Manitoba Concert Association, Pinawa MB Eleanor Pickup Arts Centre, Drayton Valley AB Estevan Arts Council, Estevan SK Festival Place, Sherwood Park AB Flin Flon Arts Council, Flin Flon MB Glesby Centre, Portage la Prairie MB Golden District Arts Council, Golden BC Golden Prairie Arts Council, Carman MB Grand Prairie Concerts, Grand Prairie AB Haines Performing Arts, Haines Junction, Yukon Horizon Stage, Spruce Grove AB Hudson Bay Allied Arts Council, Hudson Bay SK

Keyano Theatre, Fort McMurray AB Kindersley & District Arts Council, Kindersley SK Kinosoo Performing Arts, Cold Lake AB Kipling Arts Council, Kipling SK La Ronge Arts Council, La Ronge SK Langenburg Arts Council, Langenburg, SK Leader & District Arts Council, Leader SK Luseland Arts Council, Luseland SK MacLab Centre for the Performing Arts, Leduc, AB Melfort Arts Council, Melfort SK Melville Arts Council, Melville SK Minnedosa Concert Association, Minnedosa MB Moosomin Arts Council, Moosomin SK Morinville Community Cultural Ctr., Morinville AB Newell Concert Association, Brooks AB Outlook & District Arts Council, Outlook SK Prince Albert Arts Council, Prince Albert SK Quill Plains Arts Council, Quill Plains SK Ravna Concerts, Snow Lake MB Red Deer Concert Society, Red Deer AB Redvers & District Arts Council, Weyburn SK Redvers Arts Council, Redvers SK Regina Musical Club, Regina SK

Saville Theatre, Ravenscrag SK Shaunavon Arts Council, Shaunavon SK Southern Manitoba Concerts, Morden MB Station Arts Centre, Rosthern SK Steinbach Arts Council, Steinbach MB Stettler Variety Showcase, Stettler AB Strathclair Community Theatre, Strathclair MB Swift Current Allied Arts Council, Swift Current SK The Pas Arts Council, The Pas MB Tisdale Arts Council, Tisdale SK Tri-Lake Concert Assoc., Killarney MB Unity Council of the Arts Unity SK University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK Vic Juba Community Theatre, Lloydminster AB Virden Arts Council, Virden MB Virtuosi Concerts, Winnipeg MB Watrous Area Arts Council, Watrous SK Westlock Cultural Arts Theatre Series, Westlock AB Weyburn Concert Series, Weyburn SK Whitehorse Concerts, Whitehorse Yukon Wynyard Arts Council, Wynyard SK Yorkton Arts Council, Yorkton SK

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Prairie Debut at a Glance

Prairie Debut was initiated in 1995 by the Manitoba Arts Council as a collaborative project between community presenters and provincial arts funders in the three Prairie Provinces (MB, SK and AB); the CBC and the Canada Council for the Arts (in an advisory role). It was developed in response to a need for interprovincial touring opportunities for the musical arts in Western Canada.

Working with community presenters and existing provincial network organizations throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Prairie Debut develops concert tours for Canadian professional classical and world musicians. By doing so, the Prairie Debut organization contributes to the career development of the artists, both emerging and established, and enriches the cultural life the communities with which it works. Based in Manitoba and incorporated in MB, SK and AB, Prairie Debut is an organization with charitable status (Charitable No. 86799 3495 RR0001).

Mandate

Prairie Debut is an interprovincial touring network whose mandate is “to strengthen opportunities for the presentation of professional classical and world music in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.”

Goals

• To encourage community presenters to strive for artistic excellence in the presentation of professional classical and world music
• To strengthen the interprovincial relationship of community presenters
• To support existing independent provincial touring networks
• To contribute to the career development of professional Canadian classical and Canadian world music artists by creating touring opportunities
• To contribute to audience development in the selection and presentation of professional Canadian classical and Canadian world music artists in Western Canada

The 2011/12 season is Prairie Debut’s 15th Season of touring activity in western Canada. Prairie Debut annually offers 3 tours with artists/ensembles to western Canadian communities of all sizes. Each season averages approximately 30 – 45 concerts per year with additional school shows, workshops and masterclasses in the presenting communities.

Since 1997, Prairie Debut has presented 85 artists in 35 tours to 62 communities in the Prairie provinces and Yukon. These tours have totalled over 425 concerts and reached more than 50,000 people. This has had an incredible impact on Western Canada’s arts community.

Prairie Debut works with communities right across the Prairies. Without their local enthusiasm and contribution, concerts would not exist. Prairie Debut has forged partnerships with all these presenters and is honoured to work with countless numbers of amazing people who take it upon themselves to bring great music to their own communities. For this reason alone, we are grateful.

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Board of Directors – Prairie Debut Inc.

Officers

• Executive Director – Lynne Bailey
  Box 273, 55 Wildwood Bay
  Onanole, MB R0J 1N0
  (204) 848-7427

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