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By Peter Goddard on June 28, 2019
The international recording industry is in panic catch-up mode in response to raves for Lang Lang’s performance of Beethoven’s Für Elise.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on June 15, 2019
Prominent venture capitalist Vinod Khosla states that the groundwork for the AI generated music revolution is well underway, and we will be listening to custom made song equivalents build to match our mood.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 22, 2019
Cultural appropriation is making headlines in Canada again from a source that comes as unexpected to many. The Arnaqquasaaq Collective, a group of Inuit women artists, took to social media to call out the Indigenous Music Awards (IMA,) and one of its nominees earlier this month for appropriating Inuit throat singing.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on February 25, 2019
Studies show that, out of all professions, musicians report the highest job satisfaction. At the same time, it’s one of the top five professions likely to report mental illnesses.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 20, 2019
The idea of weaponizing classical music as a deterrent against loitering and crime may be a painful one for music aficionados, but does it work?
(Continue reading)By Benjamin Stein on November 6, 2018
In the age of #metoo, a musician questions whether the current employment model of choir musicians is partially to blame for the problems of alleged abuse of choral singers the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Elora Festival Singers, by conductor Noel Edison.
(Continue reading)By Joseph Glaser on October 29, 2018
Montreal-based composer Joseph Glaser pens an open letter about the COC’s staging of Hadrian and anti-Semitic sentiment in line with the Pittsburgh attack.
(Continue reading)By Colin Eatock on April 19, 2018
Among the many “breakthroughs” that have followed in the wake of Kendrick Lamar’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize for the album Damn is the fact that a hip-hop artist is now being discussed in classical music circles.
(Continue reading)By Brian Chang on March 12, 2018
Interview and commentary from choral conductor William Weinart (Eastman) and Don Mclean (U of T) on the vacancy created by Hilary Apfelstadt's departure as Director of Choral Activities at the University of Toronto.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on March 8, 2018
Strong female musicians abound in this city, and the increased emphasis on the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement continues to expose and inspire female leadership and much-needed change in the arts.
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