What’s Next? Music Educators Weigh in on the Future of Teaching
With a new academic year looming, schools everywhere have had to shift gears in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Music programs face the challenge of…
Browsing: VIRUS
Glimmers of hope
Fearing for the worst during the current crisis, our species yearns to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With the lockdowns now…
Blue moods
Gone but not forgotten If jazz is social music, as Miles Davis once put it, the current rule of social distancing has weighed heavily against…
If We Build It, Will They Come?
Field of Dreams, the deservedly classic 1989 film, generated my paraphrased title “If We Build It, Will They Come?” An Iowa farmer hears a voice…
COVID-19: A Concertgoer’s Guide
Although professional musicians and the music industry have followed workplace health and safety measures, people attending concerts and other activities need to follow them as…
Metropolitan Opera launches Met Stars Live in Concert pay-per-view series
New York, NY (July 11, 2020) – The Metropolitan Opera announced its entry into live pay-per-view concert events today, unveiling a lineup of 12 concerts…
COVID-19: Fear surrounding singing exaggerated, Canadian choir directors say
The dangers of choral singing has been in the news since the beginning of the pandemic. Arthur Kaptainis’s article Choral singing: a long road back…
Patrick Corrigan and the OdM: making Montreal sing again
It was one of the unkinder cuts of the season. The Magic Flute, a fixture on the international top-five opera hit list, in an eye-catching…
COVID-19: Cancellations Update
The coronavirus crisis has led many institutions to cancel their performances or postpone them over the next months. This list will be updated as new announcements…
Royal Conservatory of Music announces 2020-21 season
Live concerts begin on Sept. 26 Reduced capacity and distancing measures in effect TORONTO – Dr. Peter Simon, CEO of the Royal Conservatory of Music,…
