Michael Scholz is in his 15th season as a violist in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) and his 10th year as a Teaching Artist at Sistema Winnipeg, an after-school program that promotes social change through music.
Before coming to Manitoba, Michael completed undergraduate degrees in Music Performance and Political Science at the University of Calgary. While in Calgary he played in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. He also spent a year as an Artist-in-Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity.
While playing in the WSO, Michael completed a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg, and had the opportunity to work for two years in the Manitoba provincial government’s Agriculture Department in policy and administration.
He’d like to delve deeper into how arts organizations serve their communities through the intersection of public, private and individual giving and participation.
