Summer Concerts this season – and in seasons to come
The Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil will kick off its 25th season with an outdoor concert on August 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parc de la Cité in Saint-Hubert – a site able to accommodate up to 20,000 audience members! The concert, led by OSL music director Marc David, will feature tenor Marc Hervieux [...]
Good News From Winnipeg
23 July 2010
At its Annual General Meeting on July 15, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) announced a surplus of $3,500 for the 2009/2010 season. “This is a credit to our hard working and dedicated team including our musicians, our board and our management,” said Board Chair and President Dorothy Dobbie. “The musicians and the maestro receive [...]
People
23 July 2010
Congratulations to Canadian composers Richard Gibson, Eileen Padgett, Suzanne Hébert Tremblay, John Palmer and Arsenio Girón, each of whom had substantial new works read by the National Arts Centre Orchestra (conducted by Gary Kulesha) in public performances at the NAC earlier this month. Mme. Thérèse Boutin, Directrice generale of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivieres, has been [...]
What are you reading?
23 July 2010
If you’d like to sharpen your ability to manage finances in tough times… Thanks to the MetLife Foundation, The League of American Orchestras has announced a new partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, a US-based organization with significant expertise in the area of non-profi finance. Webinars and print materials are already available via the League’s [...]
Orchestra News Summer Publication Schedule
09 July 2010
Orchestra News/Info Orchestres will appear every two weeks this summer, more or less. We’ll be posting updates today (July 9), July 23, August 6, August 20 – and will return to a regular weekly schedule after Labour Day.
Summer Concerts
09 July 2010
We admit it: in the transition to our summer publication schedule, we missed listing some summer concerts offered by member orchestras and others. Our apologies to the Winnipeg Symphony (which presented a series of free concerts in Winnipeg and Kenora, June 25 to July 4 – culminating in a performance for Her Majesty the Queen, with [...]
Update from Orchestras Canada
09 July 2010
The second of Orchestras Canada’s two summer students officially started work this week, thanks to the Ontario Ministry of Culture’s Summer Experience Program. OC welcomes Mike Romaniak, a composition and saxophone student at the University of Toronto, who will be with us for a total of seven weeks this summer. Mike’s task? To turn [...]
People
09 July 2010
M. Guy Morneau, Chair of the board of Les Violons du Roy, has announced the retirement of Mme Louise Labelle, who has served as the orchestra’s Directrice generale since 2007, effective June 14. She will be succeeded by Mme Astrid Chouinard. The Sudbury Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Aman-Hume as the [...]
What are you reading?
09 July 2010
Ketchum Canada has released the latest in its quarterly Philanthropic Trends e-newsletter, with the most recent issue dedicated to new technology use by Canadian charities. You can find it here. Charitable organizations in BC and Ontario wrestling with the implications of the new Harmonized Sales Tax now have access to new resources developed by the Canada Revenue Agency. They [...]
A Love Letter to Winnipeg
25 June 2010
Earlier this week, orchestra people from across Canada met in Winnipeg, MB at Orchestras Canada’s annual national meetings, co-hosted by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. It was an action packed few days, as over 50 delegates at the meeting took part in expert presentations on working better with data, collaborations with First [...]
Orchestras Canada’s Annual General Meeting 2009-10
25 June 2010
On Tuesday, June 22, Orchestras Canada’s chair Ann Lewis-Luppino (President and CEO of the Calgary Philharmonic) presided over our Annual General Meeting for the 2009-10 fiscal year during our national meetings in Winnipeg. Members heard reports and updates from a number of people – and here are some highlights! The Money Treasurer Cathryn Gregor (Chief Operating Officer of [...]
What are you reading?
25 June 2010
It’s the season for annual convenings of arts service organizations – and, earlier this month, the League of American Orchestras hosted its annual conference in Atlanta, GA. To prepare constituents for the conference, to engage a broad audience of non-attenders, and to document the discussions at the conference, the League is hosting a highly [...]
Bravo Yannick!
18 June 2010
Last Sunday, the Philadelphia Orchestra announced the appointment of its eighth music director, Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Maestro Nézet-Séguin, currently music director of both Orchestre Métropolitain du grand Montréal and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic, will formally assume music director duties with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2012. As reported [...]
Winnipeg Symphony’s 2nd annual Indigenous Festival
18 June 2010
The Winnipeg Symphony presents its 2nd annual Indigenous Festival in a range of venues from June 21 to 24. “This year’s Indigenous Festival celebrates music from across the four directions, creating new traditions, new friendships and new music,” says Festival Manager Vince Fontaine, also a member of Juno Award-winning group Eagle & Hawk. [...]
Orchestre symphonique de Laval Kicks Off Its 25th Season in Style
18 June 2010
The Orchestre symphonique de Laval will be giving three performances at Mondial Choral – an international celebration of the choral arts in all their variety – tonight (June 18) through June 21. The orchestra will give two concerts under the leadership of Music Director Alain Trudel, June 18 (in a program that features excerpts [...]
People
18 June 2010
The Pacific Baroque Orchestra has announced the appointment of Melissa Ratcliff to the position of General Manager, effective early June. Ms Ratcliff succeeds Nancy Cottingham Powell, who is now working for Festival Vancouver. Dr. Murray Frum, chair of the Ontario Arts Foundation, has announced the appointment of Alan Walker as the Foundation’s new Executive Director. [...]
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