{"id":22684,"date":"2014-11-03T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=22684"},"modified":"2017-01-09T21:41:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:41:24","slug":"qa-20-questions-for-james-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/11\/03\/qa-20-questions-for-james-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A | 20 Questions for James Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James Parker, pianist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every so often, MT poses 60 questions to a local or visiting artist in Toronto who has made our classical music community that much more interesting. They pick and choose. The minimum response is 20 answers. A kind of Rorschach personality test, if you will.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

James Parker<\/a> is one of Toronto\u2019s musical gems. He is at once a soloist, a chamber musician, and pianist with an incredible facility for both contemporary and traditional repertoire. He is a founding member of Canada\u2019s premiere ensemble, the Gryphon Trio<\/a>. He has performed with nearly every major orchestra in Canada, including, the Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Quebec City, Edmonton, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He has won a total of three JUNO Recording Awards, and is an Associate Professor, and Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Q&A:<\/h3>\n

What are three things that Toronto doesn\u2019t have but should?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A good hockey team. A good mayor. A good subway system (not just [subway] lines \u20181\u2019 and \u20182\u2019)<\/p>\n

Name the musical equivalent to junk food.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

AC\/DC, Van Halen, and Loverboy.<\/p>\n

Default drink\/cocktail of choice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mad Tom IPA from Muskoka Brewery.<\/p>\n

Your role models?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Beethoven, Neil Peart, and Horace Mann \u201cBe ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your favourite smells?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bacon, eggs & bacon, pancakes & bacon.<\/p>\n

What are the three things you\u2019d like to change about Toronto?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Get a good hockey team, get a good mayor, get a good subway system.<\/p>\n

If you could board a plane this afternoon, where would it be taking you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Home, Borobudur, or Antarctica.<\/p>\n

What is your biggest phobia?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Zombie apocalypse, Harper reelected (but not politicophobia in general), and if Rogers Communications takes over Bell Canada (or vice versa).<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

UBC, Banff Centre, and Juilliard.<\/p>\n

What did you major in as an undergraduate?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hockey, beer, and piano.<\/p>\n

Shoe of choice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mephisto, New Balance, and Okabashi sandals.<\/p>\n

The different career path that you could have gone on?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Doctor, energy medicine healer, or graphic novel writer.<\/p>\n

Television show that you could tolerate re-runs of?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Star Trek, The X-Files, and The Twilight Zone.<\/p>\n

The character flaw in others that you can\u2019t abide?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Religious fundamentalism\/fanaticism of any denomination<\/p>\n

How do you know when you can trust someone?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

They’ve got your back on stage.<\/p>\n

What musical instruments do you secretly long to play?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Viola \u00a0(JUST KIDDING), theremin, rock drummer.<\/p>\n

What sport did you give up and why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ice hockey \u2013 I can\u2019t skate (oh the irony!).<\/p>\n

The strangest road you\u2019ve ever travelled?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Ice Highway from Inuvik to Tuktyoyaktuk.<\/p>\n

The first three things that you do every morning?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Make doppio espresso. Make another one. Drink quad espresso.<\/p>\n

The piece of music you want played at your funeral?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 132 iii) Molto Adagio \u2013 Andante \u2013 Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio \u2013 Neue Kraft f\u00fchlend. Andante \u2013 Molto adagio \u2013 Andante\u2013Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung, Spinal Tap: Sex Farm, and Dolores Claman: The Hockey Theme, from Hockey Night in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Parker is a one of Toronto\u2019s true musical gems. He is at once a soloist, a chamber musician, and pianist with an incredible facility for both chamber music and solo performance. He is a founding member of Canada\u2019s premiere ensemble, the Gryphon Trio. He has performed with nearly every major orchestra in Canada, including, the Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Quebec City, Edmonton, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He has won a total of three JUNO Recording Awards, and is an Associate Professor, and Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[117,4968,5009],"tags":[1492,4556],"yst_prominent_words":[7729,7732,7731,7070,7034,7726,7702,7727,7728,7701,7708,7705,7707,7730,7700,6616,6735,6613,7703,6741],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/Jamie_Parker_2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-5TS","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22684"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41441,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22684\/revisions\/41441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22684"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=22684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}