University of Sherbrooke: Versatility and Creativity
With major renovations to its facilities now complete and following an overhaul of its teaching programs, Université de Sherbrooke’s music school has devised a whole…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Alexandre Da Costa and the OSDL: New Restrictions Are Like a Punch in the Guts
At a press conference on Sept. 28, the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil (OSDL) presented its new season of concerts. Artistic director Alexandre Da Costa was…
LMMC: See you in December
Hope springs eternal,” Constance Pathy said a few days after Premier François Legault extended the performing-arts shutdown in Quebec to Nov. 23. Having been forced…
Music Schools and Faculties: Meet a new reality
Nobody was expecting what is happening at the moment. Like all organizations, schools and universities had to adapt. Masks and hand sanitizer are required in…
Did you know?
A new column of fascinating but little-known musical trivia collected by Robert Markow, formerly a horn player in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, now a music…
Marc-Antoine D’Aragon: The Perspective of Versatility
Once active on the opera stage, baritone Marc-Antoine D’Aragon now enjoys the pleasure of singing in the Bohème group along with his friends Nadia Monczak…
Through Hardship to the Stars Brott Music Adapts to the Pandemic
In a world shaken by COVID-19, Brott Music has responded with courage and an inventive spirit. “When faced with the possibility of closing its doors…
OCM Presents As One: Authenticity Above All
The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) is deeply invested in projects, as it has demonstrated in the past by promoting Canadian and Indigenous artists and…
National Youth Orchestra Launches Online Training Institute
The National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada) enjoys an iconic reputation as Canada’s orchestral finishing school, providing in-depth training for the country’s top young…
I Musici de Montréal: The Benefits of an Online Season
It’s a season for discovering things,” says I Musici de Montréal artistic director Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Among the potential discoveries: whether six concerts streamed online from…
