Historic music comes alive via new “Sounds Like History” podcast
Canada’s History Society and Library and Archives Canada team up to explore Canada’s musical legacy WINNIPEG, 7 July 2016 – From wartime marches to turn-of-the-century love songs,…
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Summer Arts 2016: Visual Arts And Museums
Horses, Dogs, and Cats at the Museum After Of Mice and Men, now there’s Of Horses and Men, an exhibition presented as an exclusive world…
Summer Reading: La carte des Mendelssohn
La carte des Mendelssohn Diane Meur Sabine Wespieser éditeur, 461 p. Diane Meur decided to investigate the ancestors of Felix Mendelssohn: his father Abraham Mendelssohn…
Book Review: River Music by Mary Sonderstrom
River Music Mary Soderstrom Cormorant Books, 276 pages River Music, the sixth novel from Montréaler Mary Soderstrom, follows the life of Gloria, a pianist who…
CAMMAC: 60 Years of Summer Music Camp for All
Flash version here. Many adults have fond childhood memories of summer camp. And some continue to create memories by coming back year after year. Since…
Sounds Unlikely: The Bohlen-Pierce System
The story of microtonality might be as old as music itself. In non-Western music traditions, e.g. Indian Carnatic music or Arabic melismas, its use…
