By Michael Vincent on April 2, 2015
Training academies are becoming an increasingly popular choice for summer classical music festivals. Le Domaine Forget, Toronto Summer Music, Brott Music Festival, Tanglewood, Ravina, Glimmerglass, Santa Fe, all offer apprentice programs aimed at providing training for up and coming musicians during the summer festival season. Now we can add Stratford Summer Music to the list...
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By Michael Vincent on April 1, 2015
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra are currently in negotiations with the popular Loblaws supermarket chain to rename themselves, “President’s Choice Symphony Orchestra”, effective 2016.
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By Michael Vincent on March 27, 2015
Starting this Sunday, March 29, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will be live-on-air, at The New Classical FM, for a weekly radio show and podcast titled Sunday Night with the TSO...
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By Michael Vincent on March 25, 2015
It wasn’t so long ago that the contemporary thing in music is the thing which didn't make enough of a difference to accept or reject. New music was something weird and strange – a musical anomaly merely tolerated by most of the worlds leading soloist, orchestras and arts presenters. But I think people have realized now that all music is contemporary, if it's alive. If it were not alive, then what would be the point?...
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By Michael Vincent on March 24, 2015
This is how Toronto Pearson International Airport handles 'Fragile' equipment...
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By Michael Vincent on March 24, 2015
We just received word that German contralto Maria Radner along with her husband and baby, were among the 150 victims of the plane crash in the French Alps...
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By Michael Vincent on March 5, 2015
This June, the Luminato Festival will present Apocalypsis, a truly epic sized oratorio written by Canadian composer and prolific author R. Murray Schafer...
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By Michael Vincent on February 23, 2015
Today the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall announced the launch of Phase 1 of its seven-year Massey Hall Revitalization project. The rebirth of one of Canada's flagship arts venues will be completed in two phases, and will cost a total of $135M...
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By Michael Vincent on February 17, 2015
With one GRAMMY® and two Juno Award nominations under their belts, The Elora Festival Singers have established themselves as one of the finest professional choirs in Canada...
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By Michael Vincent on February 8, 2015
The 57th Grammy Awards, honouring the best in music, handed out 83 golden gramophones today. In the 10 classical music categories, the winners are...
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