COOL STUFF #13 | The 1953 Keaton Music Typewriter
By Ludwig Van on February 27, 2016
Ever wonder how they used to print music?
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By Ludwig Van on February 27, 2016
Ever wonder how they used to print music?
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 26, 2016
"Langrée rose to the occasion, as did the TSO, who matched Hamelin's shifting focus between heart-melting melodies and sweeping rambles across the keyboard."
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 25, 2016
It's no secret brick and mortar music stores are having a tough time staying alive in our increasingly digital age. Announced yesterday, the HMV location at 50 Bloor St. will be shutting its doors for good at the end of March 2016.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 25, 2016
After premiering A Little Too Cozy in Banff last summer, Against the Grain Theatre have announced today that they will be bringing their modern-day adaptation of Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" to Toronto this May 12 to 21, 2016.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on February 25, 2016
One enterprising soul (Giovanni Dettori) has taken counterpoint to the next level by using the main themes from songs by Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Nirvana, and Miley Cyrus and setting them as fugues on the piano.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 24, 2016
Toronto-based Toy Piano Composers have announced today their inaugural The Curiosity Festival, which will take place over five days from April 1-9, 2016.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 24, 2016
The varieties of wines, whiskies and cognacs that inspired (and inebriated) some of the world's greatest composers.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on February 23, 2016
The Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio takes a crack at The Marriage of Figaro on the main stage of the Four Seasons Centre.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on February 23, 2016
Tenor fail for the win.
(Continue reading)By Stephan Bonfield on February 23, 2016
To know dabke, a joyous, celebratory dance of richly traditional Levantine Middle Eastern origins is to know a wonderfully vibrant living culture but to know the show Badke, is to truly get to know its heart and soul.
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