MEDIA RELEASE MEDIA CALL: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 7, 2014 2014 JUNO nominated Lindi Ortega premieres new 11:15 am - 12:00 pm country symphony show MEDIA: For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact: Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, at 204.949.3970 or [email protected].

Winnipeg, MB - February 4, 2014 - Canadian country Download the singer/songwriter Lindi Ortega is bringing her signature red 2013/2014 season boots and lipstick to the Centennial Concert Hall for three guide here. performances of her new symphony show with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) in the Air Canada Pops series The WSO is integral from February 7 to February 9. Just announced today, Lindi to Winnipeg's rich is nominated for a 2014 for best Roots & cultural life, delighting Traditional Album Of The Year: Solo for her album Tin Star. more than 100,000 audience members Influenced by Lindi's life in her newfound home of Nashville, each year with Tin Star was released in October 2013 produced by innovative Grammy award-nominated producer . programming and Entertainment Weekly hailed it as being one of the top 10 musical excellence. country albums of 2013, confirming her status as a country The WSO presents educational programs star. Lindi will perform songs from her JUNO nominated for more than 25,000 album at this weekend's concerts including Waitin' On My students annually and Luck to Change, Voodoo Mama and of course Tin Star. tours outside the city reaching out to Watch: Tin Star communities across Manitoba.

Lindi's new symphony show also includes performances of her original songs such as Little Red Boots, Little Lie and Jimmy Dean. She will also perform a rendition of Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind.

Conductor and arranger Charles Cozens has arranged Lindi's original songs especially for WSO concertgoers and will lead the orchestra this weekend.

The -born singer blends traditional country with a contemporary context that creates a fresh and imaginative sound. American Songwriter describes Lindi as being "the love child of and Nancy Sinatra."

Influenced by Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Nashville, Lindi Ortega is no stranger to the music scene. She has opened for ; Burton Cummings; Dierks Bentley; Noah & The Whale and k.d. lang. She has released five albums, including two EPs. Her album Little Red Boots was nominated in the Roots & Traditional Album: Solo category at the 2012 Juno Awards and was a long listed nominee for a 2012 Polaris Music Prize.

Country and classical music fans are in for an all-new experience this weekend!

For artist biographies click here to download Overture Issue 3.

Join us for Musicians In The Making, a pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile begins 45 minutes prior to concert.

Friday, February 7 - Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Chamber Singers Saturday, February 8 - Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Soloists Sunday, February 9 - Canadian Mennonite University School of Music

Lindi Ortega Friday, February 7 - 8:00 PM Saturday, February 8 - 8:00 PM Sunday, February 9 - 2:00 PM Centennial Concert Hall Charles Cozens, conductor and arranger Lindi Ortega, vocals and acoustic guitar James Robertson, electric guitar Ben Whitely, electric bass guitar Tristan Henderson, drums and backing vocals

Individual Concert Tickets start at $27.00 and are available through Ticketmaster: 1.855.985.ARTS or Ticketmaster.ca; or at the WSO Box Office: 204.949.3999 or wso.ca.

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