Review: Les Concerts Populaires (July 8 and 12)
Established from an initiative by Mayor Jean Drapeau 52 years ago, Les Concerts Populaires de Montreal strives to present high-quality classical music to Montreal citizens.…
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Daily News Roundup: 12 July 2016
+ Marc Chénard’s account of the 2016 Cartel New Music Conference presented June 1–5 at le Vivier. “In the wake of its most recent meetings,…
This Day in Music – 1895: Oscar Hammerstein II is born
Librettist Oscar Hammerstein II formed an iconic partnership with Richard Rogers on musicals such as The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, and Carousel. The duo won…
Video of the Day – Caroline Shaw & Vanessa Goodman
Youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Caroline Shaw is primarily a violinist, but composes primarily for contemporary, cutting edge chorale, drawing on eclectic forms of…
Daily News Roundup: 8 July 2016
+ Canadian violinist and winner of the OSM’s Manulife Competition in 2004, Nikki Chooi has been named the new concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera. +…
This Day in Music – 1943: First RIAA Gold Album Award goes to Oklahoma!
The RIAA Gold Record certification now means 500,000 album units sold. However, in the early stages of RIAA certifications, it meant $1 million in sales.…
Daily News Roundup: 7 July 2016
+ The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble is coming to Cinéma du Parc on July 29. The movie will be…
Daily News Roundup: 21 June 2016
+ R.E.M’s Mike Mills Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra with the TSO was quite the hit with younger audiences. + A miniseries…
This Week in Montreal (June 20–26)
Montréal Baroque, June 23–26 On June 24, the first of four grand concerts, Prospero’s Tempest, combines theatrical music by Purcell and Blow with great lines from…
Daily News Roundup: 17 June 2016
+ From The Guardian’s archive: A collaboration between Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli. + The 2018 World Choir Games will be held in Gauteng Province…
