UPDATE: Federal government extends the wage subsidy program until December
Update July 14: For the second time since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Federal government has announced that it is extending the Canada Emergency Wage…
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COVID-19: The Canada Emergency Business Account program is now available to a greater number of businesses
May 20th Update: The Canada Emergency Business Account program is now available to a greater number of businesses. The CEBA will now be available to businesses with…
COVID-19: Opéra de Montréal Cancels Magic Flute
Posted to the Opéra de Montréal’s website yesterday, the company has cancelled Mozart’s Magic Flute, its last production of its 2019-20 season, which was to…
MSO and Kent Nagano Saddened by Death of Krzysztof Penderecki
In a press release, Kent Nagano offered a homage to the late Krzysztof Penderecki, with whom he and the MSO have had a special relationship.…
Krzysztof Penderecki (23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020)
The Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki died on Sunday, March 29 at the age of 86 in his hometown of Krakow. According to media in the…
Canadian Opera Company Cancels Rest of 2019/2020 Season
March 27, 2020, Toronto – Following the recent state of emergency declared in Ontario and the ongoing public closures due to precautions around the spread of COVID-19,…
Editorial
Cover, February 2000 issue Twenty years ago, La Scena Musicale’s February 2000 issue featured on the cover the young and relatively unknown Montreal conductor Yannick…
The First December 6 Memorial Concert
[Originally published on Dec. 6, 2014] How a performance of Mozart’s Requiem marked my musical passage By Wah Keung Chan Last Sunday (November 30, 2014),…
Leaf Music: The Independant Label That Could
In 2012, Jeremy VanSlyke was part-way through a master’s in sound recording at McGill’s Schulich School of Music when he started Leaf Music. “Having grown…
