PREVIEW | The Hamilton International Contemporary Music Festival Spring Concert Showcase

By Anya Wassenberg on April 21, 2026

INTERVIEW | Recombining Music: Esprit Presents Composers Making A Difference — Chris Paul Harman & Ben Nobuto

By Anya Wassenberg on April 20, 2026

Canadian composer Chris Paul Harman and the young British songwriter Ben Nobuto talk about the music that Esprit Orchestra will perform at their next concert.

SCRUTINY | A Fever Dream Of Desire: Opera Atelier’s Production Of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande

By Anya Wassenberg on April 20, 2026

Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, is a symbolist work, given due diligence by Opera Atelier in a fever dream production.

PREVIEW | Composer Jana Skarecky & Poet Kate Marshall Flaherty Premiere Light And Shadow, A New Song Cycle

By Anya Wassenberg on April 17, 2026

A new art song cycle by Canadian composer Jana Skarecky titled Light and Shadow will see its premiere at Toronto's Heliconian Club on April 25, 2026.

INTERVIEW | Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico & Composer Alice Ping Yee Ho Talk About The Imagined

By Anya Wassenberg on April 15, 2026

The Imagined is the title of a new release by pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, featuring the music of composer Alice Ping Yee Ho.

PREVIEW | Orchestra Toronto Spotlights The Music Of Early 20th Century French & American Composers

By Anya Wassenberg on April 14, 2026

INTERVIEW | Librettist Hannah Moscovitch Talks About 10 Days In A Madhouse

By Anya Wassenberg on April 14, 2026

From a piece of investigative journalism that shocked the world to the stage, 10 Days in a Madhouse is a new opera composed by Rene Orth, with a libretto by Hannah Moscovitch.

PREVIEW | The Guitar Society Of Toronto Presents The 2026 Toronto Guitar Weekend

By Anya Wassenberg on April 9, 2026

The Guitar Society of Toronto celebrates their 70th anniversary at the 2026 Toronto Guitar Weekend, with two concerts and many other events from April 24 to 26.

INTERVIEW | HPO Executive Director Kim Varian & Music Director James Kahane Talk About The Centre For Musical Leadership

By Anya Wassenberg on April 8, 2026

The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra formalized the Centre for Musical Leadership late last year, with two brand new Conducting Fellowship opportunities taking applications now.

INTERVIEW | Soundstreams: I Want to Tell You Everything — Composer Nicole Lizée Talks About Karaoke & Karappo Okesutura

By Anya Wassenberg on April 7, 2026

Canadian composer Nicole Lizée talks about her work in Soundstreams’ next concert, titled I Want To Tell You Everything: An Anthology of Love Songs.