New normal, old pleasures at Bourgie Hall
Bar and coat check are closed. Keep a safe distance. Gatherings are forbidden. Face coverings are required when moving about. Then, for old times’ sake:…
Yearly Archives: 2020
SMCQ: More ambitious projects than ever
Like other presenters, the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) has had to adjust to the new realities surrounding concert life. In addition to…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Nostalgia – The Sea of Memories (Accent)
So much nonsense is being spouted these days about ‘decolonising’ western music that we’ve forgotten it’s not western at all. It’s southern and eastern, arising…
Netrebko tests positive for the coronavirus
Russia Today reports that Anna Netrebko has been hospitalized with pneumonia caused by COVID-19. The Russian soprano is presumed to have caught the coronavirus at…
ATMA announces new concert series in partnership with Bourgie Hall
The team at ATMA Classique is thrilled to be partnering with Bourgie Hall at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal this fall to launch a new…
COC Unveils Reimagined Fall Season
Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company is gearing up for a reimagined fall season of physically distanced programming, called Opera Everywhere. This new slate of…
La Scena Musicale Online Favorites
If you’re a music lover with a computer, or even just a smart phone, the chances are that you have spent some serious time online…
Isolde Lagacé on reopening Bourgie Hall: “My public is different.”
“One hundred percent positive” is how Isolde Lagacé, general and artistic director of Bourgie Hall, describes the reaction of the performers she contacted with offers…
2020 Recipients of Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Grants and Fellowship in Conducting
OTTAWA, September 17, 2020 — Eight young performing arts students will receive grants this year from The Hnatyshyn Foundation, supporting their studies for the 2020–21…
Years like these
Timeline 2020 As the pandemic still rages, it’s been tough sledding for the arts. Performing arts in particular have been hard hit and the outlook…
