As executive director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), Trudy Schroeder is an arts administrator extraordinaire who succeeded in making the once-struggling WSO profitable for 11 consecutive years. She is the past chair of Orchestras Canada and the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, and a member of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Council Task Force on Arts and Culture. Schroeder has received the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Award for Distinguished Service. She initiated, and now manages, the development of the Pantages Project, soon to be a major community centre for the arts.
