COFFEE BREAK | What Composer Personality Are You? (The Quiz!)

By Michael Vincent on November 21, 2014

What are you waiting for - discover your untapped musical potential, thanks to our state-of-the-art composer matchmaker game!

WHO'S WHO | Art of Time Ensemble

By Member on November 20, 2014

Led by Artistic Director Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble transforms the way you experience music. The Ensemble fuses high art and popular culture in concerts that juxtapose the best of each genre. Art of Time entertains as it enlightens, revealing the universal qualities that lie at the heart of all great music, with the goal of attracting new and diverse audiences to the performing arts.

THE CLASSICAL TRAVELER | A Fresh Take on Verdi at Austin Opera

By Paul E. Robinson on November 19, 2014

COFFEE BREAK | Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (the game!)

By Michael Vincent on November 19, 2014

When you think about Tchaikovsky's bombastic 1812 Overture, you might think US Independence Day celebrations with fireworks and cannons galore! But have you ever wanted to be the percussionist during the last few final measures of the score? We here at the Musial Toronto office have been obsessed with this game from Us vs Th3m for a little over a week. It's not fair that we hoard all the fun for ourselves, so give it a try.

JOHN TERAUDS | A Veteran Virtuoso Continues to Climb High

By John Terauds on November 18, 2014

CRITIC’S PICKS | 10 Musical Outings You Absolutely Must Do This Week

By Michael Vincent on November 18, 2014

THE CLASSICAL TRAVELER | Gounod: Faust (DVD Review)

By Paul E. Robinson on November 17, 2014

One might be forgiven for thinking that the strong Canadian presence in this performance is the key to its success. Baritone Russell Braun and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin are both in top form. And director Des McAnuff, formerly the artistic director of the Stratford Festival, has produced a fresh and powerful interpretation of Gounod’s perennial favourite.

THE MORNING AFTER | Is she a swine?

By Lev Bratishenko on November 17, 2014

It is a mystery why Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is performed so rarely. This wild opera was written in 1932 and it only premiered at the Met in 1994 with a production by Graham Vick that returned last Monday. The production remains silly, the opera magnificent.

ROUNDUP | Eight Posts You May Have Missed This Week

By Michael Vincent on November 16, 2014

This week on musicaltoronto.org, we recount some of the weeks most compelling reviews, news, and events...

Q&A | 21 Questions for Jonathan Crow

By Michael Vincent on November 15, 2014

Hailing from Prince George, BC, Jonathan Crow has become one of Canada's leading violinists. After his studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, he moved to Montreal to attend McGill University. At age nineteen he graduated, and was made Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - making history as the youngest concertmaster of a major North American orchestra. He joined the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster in 2011.