If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
REPORT | Variants & Variations: Returning To Music In A Post-Mandate World
By Robin Roger on July 25, 2022
Ask any two amateur musicians what it's like to go back to musical activities post-lockdown, and you will get two different answers.
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FEATURE | New Film Spotlights Stigma-Fighting Power Of The Me2/Orchestra
By Robin Roger on October 25, 2021
Classical Music Documentary wins the Austin Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media.
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FEATURE | Piano Duo Founded At Glenn Gould School Place Second In International ARD Competition
By Robin Roger on October 12, 2021
Launched in Toronto, piano duo La Fiammata takes the podium in Munich.
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COMMENTARY | Navigating The Reopening Roadmap For Amateur Musicians
By Robin Roger on August 11, 2021
As COVID-19 fluctuations toss amateur musicians back and forth between hope and fear, and even from euphoria to dysphoria, it’s impossible to arrive at a consistent musical modus operandi.
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FEATURE | Unlocked Or Locked Down, How Music Teachers Are Learning To Adapt To COVID-19
By Robin Roger on November 24, 2020
We checked in with music teachers to see how they’re adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FEATURE | Back To School Changes Post-COVID For Music Students In Professional Programs
By Robin Roger on October 19, 2020
Ludwig Van checked in with music students and educators at every level, from amateurs to elite performance programs, to see how the first full academic year since COVID began is going.
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Guide | A Musical Reading List For The Labour Day Weekend
By Robin Roger on September 4, 2020
Even for adults, the Labour Day Weekend has a “back to school” feeling, so we include a book about learning in this list in addition to others to offer some consolation for the onset of autumn.
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FEATURE | Opera And The Art Of Living With COVID
By Robin Roger on August 20, 2020
Opera scholars Linda and Michael Hutcheon talk about the art form’s rich encounter with our susceptibility to disease.
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GUIDE | A Musical Reading List For The August Civic Holiday
By Robin Roger on July 30, 2020
Here are five titles to occupy the month of August with reading in a musical theme.
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FEATURE | A Piano Retreat Moves Online
By Robin Roger on July 20, 2020
Author and amateur pianist Robin Roger revisits a summer piano retreat — this year via Zoom.
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