Canada’s Next Great Art Song Vies for $100k Aviva Community Fund
Editor’s Note: La Scena’s project Canada’s Next Great Art Song is in competition for a $100,000 grant from the Aviva Community Fund. Read below about…
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Three Essential Lieder Recordings
It all started in 1985, during dinner. Ted Perry, founder of the British independent label Hyperion Records, asked the celebrated collaborative pianist Graham Johnson what…
20th Century British Art Song: An Introduction
At the turn of the 20th century, the tradition of the drawing-room ballad still held sway. Songs of little literary value by Liza Lehmann, Maude…
Seminar on Song Recitals: Looking Forward to an Artful Future
On May 5, various stakeholders in the art of song in Canada – teachers, singers, pianists, presenters, scholars – met in Walter Hall at the…
Art song organizations
Canadian Art Song Project Canadian Art Song Project was founded in 2011 by tenor Lawrence Wiliford and pianist Steven Philcox. Its mission is to build…
The Record Roundup
ECM festival fare… Maciej Obara Quartet – Unloved ECM 2573 Entering the ECM fold is an honour for any artist, and more so for those little known…
Quebec Festivals
MCMF’s Classical Series June 1 to 17 The Montreal Chamber Music Festival launches its Classical Series on June 12 with the remarkable Rolston String Quartet.…
CD Reviews
Quatuor Bozzini Gyula Csapó : Déjà ? Kojâ ? Label : Collection QB Catalogue number : CQB 1821 ★★★✩✩ In recent years the Bozzini Quartet has added to its discography…
Joséphine Bacon: A Linguistic Legacy
Joséphine Bacon is a major ambassador for Innu culture and a committed author, narrator and producer on the Indigenous arts scene. She gives a tremendous…
Industry News – April/May 2018
Radio-Canada destroys CD collection The French service of the CBC is destroying part of its CD collection. The reason is an expection of moving in…
