One sad fact about the orchestra business is that sooner or later, practically every orchestra is going to face a life-or-death struggle. Take a look around Canada – Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Kitchener, Toronto, Montreal – they’ve all dealt with significant financial crises in the past decade. The stories are usually remarkably similar. Expenses … More A Death in the Family
“I love criticism just so long as it is unqualified praise.” -Noel Coward “I have always been very fond of them (drama critics)…I think it is so frightfully clever of them to go night after night to the theatre and know so little about it” -Noel Coward I came across a couple of entertaining reviews … More Criticize This
Here are a few tunes that seem to be constantly playing on my iPod / iTunes these days: Take Me to the Riot – Stars Reckoner – Radiohead Leave – Glen Hansard Lay Me Down – The Frames Mutiny, I Promise You – The New Pornographers Statue – Immaculate Machine Hymn of the Medical Oddity … More My Recent Playlist
I’m a pretty avid newspaper reader, and I try to keep current on things like movie reviews. That’s why I was pretty surprised when I read a bunch of year-end top 10 lists and saw a movie popping up that I had never heard about. I finally got around to renting Once, and I can’t … More Once
I was listening to the tail end of The Vinyl Café a couple of weeks ago, and the last song was a rather haunting piece for solo violin. It stayed with me for a few days, and I eventually felt compelled to look it up on the CBC website. This led me to a pretty … More Camino
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