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By Joseph So on September 27, 2017
"Christopher Cameron’s book is pleasantly, surprisingly, and refreshingly different." A new memoir by Canadian bass-baritone Christopher Cameron offers a fascinating and often humorous inside look at Canada's Opera scene.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on January 4, 2017
Above Parr: Memoir of a Child Prodigy, Toronto pianist Patricia Parr struggles to convey her emotionally deprived but materially privileged upbringing despite a certain vacancy of memory that is the legacy of her childhood.
(Continue reading)By Will Pearson on October 31, 2016
Music has been a major theme in nearly all the novels of Haruki Murakami – you can even find playlists on the Internet based on the listening habits of his characters — and this is a reflection of the obsessive passion the Japanese writer has for music, especially jazz and classical.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on August 12, 2016
Toronto Summer Music Community Academy participant Robin Roger looks into a new book by the inventor of the 10,000-hour rule, which explains techniques for developing mastery of any skill.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on July 28, 2016
Summer vacation is a time to savour personal freedom and indulge in delayed gratifications. For music lovers, this includes not only listening to music but also reading about it. Here are two books on the theme of music well worth your while.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 19, 2016
Our picks for the top 6 non-fiction books about classical music.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on February 12, 2016
Over 245 pages, Seymour and Andrew explore debate, and banter about the a diverse and rich range of shared matters of urgent importance to them, including their personal histories, spiritual quests, notions of the divine, being learners and teachers and their feeling about creativity, solitude, relatedness to animals and more.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on November 20, 2015
Four Last Songs: Aging and Creativity in Verdi, Strauss, Messiaen, and Britten; By Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon; University of Chicago Press.
(Continue reading)By Robin Roger on July 14, 2015
Music has a forceful presence in Oliver Sack’s life, in good times and bad.
(Continue reading)By John Terauds on January 9, 2014
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