On the Road (yet) Again: Tafelmusik Debuts in Orford then heads to Europe
Toronto’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has had a busy summer – making its first-ever appearance at the Orford Festival in early August, traveling to Italy for Maestro Kent Nagano’s Reate Festival in Italy in late August, and then making its 18th annual appearance as orchestra-in-residence at the Klang und Raum Festival in Germany in early September. [...]
New Seasons
As Labour Day approaches, the excitement of new seasons starts to build. This week, three launch announcements: The Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra in Scarborough ON has announced its 25th anniversary season. Music Director Norman-Illis Reintamm will lead an 8-concert season that includes such highlights as the Finale of the Clifford Poole Piano Competition, a [...]
From the desk of Katherine Carleton
31 August 2010
In late March of this year, I was asked to give a presentation on Canadian orchestras’ use of interns for the Music Training Advisory Committee of the Cultural Human Resources Council. This group – made up of music industry representatives, educators and professional musicians – meets annually to discuss CHRC research priorities, and update one [...]
A New CD for Violons du Roy
20 August 2010
On August 31, Quebec’s Les Violons du Roy will release a new CD under the direction of Principal Guest Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni . The new release (on the ATMA Classique Label) explores the music of Benjamin Britten, and features stellar Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin in Les Illuminations, along with two of the composer’s major [...]
Web Sitings
20 August 2010
The Canadian Arts Coalition has launched a new website, a next step in the Coalition’s efforts to put forward a strong and united voice for the arts in Canada. The new site was masterminded by the same bright people who worked on Orchestras Canada’s website – and we salute Corktown Design for their work! [...]
A Silver Lining in Longueuil
20 August 2010
Earlier this summer, we advised readers of Orchestra News of a wonderful outdoor concert program planned for August 5 by the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil. Entitled “Les Francosymphonies”, the program (led by OSDL music director Marc David) featured Marc Hervieux and a host of other wonderful singers in a varied French repertoire, ranging from [...]
If You Remember the Early Seventies, Maybe You Weren’t Really There
20 August 2010
On November 9, the Edmonton Symphony is reliving its storied youth and inviting British prog rock band Procol Harum to join them for one last performance, almost 40 years after their first joint performance. Their first collaboration in 1971 turned into the best-selling album “Procol Harum Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra”, [...]
Tasty Fundraiser in Kingston
20 August 2010
By popular demand, the Kingston Symphony is presenting its 2nd annual Whisky Cruise on September 24. Taking place aboard the Kingston 1000 Islands Cruises dining ship, the Island Star, the evening includes a three course dinner and a tasting of three different single malt whiskies. Music is prominently featured, with members of the [...]
Competitions and Awards
20 August 2010
2010 John Hobday Awards The Canada Council has announced the deadline for the 2010 John Hobday Awards in Arts Management, awards created to recognize excellence and accomplishment in arts management, contribute to the professional development and revitalization of experienced managers, and contribute to the transfer of knowledge and experience from established and mid-career managers to the [...]
Learning and Networking
20 August 2010
CCI – Ontario Presenting Network is presenting a Touring Workshop at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, September 20-22, with Canadian touring mavens and workshop facilitators extraordinaire Judy Harquail and Lendre Kearns. Here’s how CCI describes the event: “This three-day intensive will provide practical tools and strategies for touring performance in the current context. With [...]
People
20 August 2010
The Canadian Dance Assembly, one of Orchestras Canada’s valued partners in the Performing Arts Alliance, has just appointed Nathalie Fave as its new Executive Director, succeeding Shannon Litzenberger. Ms Fave is a published poet and has a strong background in arts and community organizing. The Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra has announced the appointment of Yariv [...]
A New and Improved Strategic Plan for Orchestras Canada
06 August 2010
In June 2008, the board of Orchestras Canada approved a strategic plan intended to guide our national association’s activities from 2008-09 to 2010-11. In the fall of 2009, OC board chair Ann Lewis-Luppino suggested that we re-visit the plan with a view to considering our progress to date, and revising the plan to [...]
New Resources on the OC Website
06 August 2010
We’ve recently added a fresh collection of sold service contract templates from a range of member orchestras. You can find them on our website, here.
Calling All Bloggers!
06 August 2010
One of the actions outlined in OC’s new Strategic Plan is to “use our newsletter and the blogging capacity on our website to feature in-depth stories about members’ successes and challenges”. It’s time to admit the truth: while we sincerely strive to make Orchestra News as fresh and interesting as possible (46 times [...]
A Report and an Action Plan from OC’s Professional and Leadership Development Task Force
06 August 2010
As regular readers of Orchestra News may recall, OC was fortunate to receive grant support from both the Canada Council’s Flying Squad program and the Ontario Arts Council’s Compass program last fall to commission a report from consultants Angela Birdsell and Cathy Smalley on the professional and leadership development needs of current and future Canadian [...]
Work Permits for Non-Canadian Musicians and Music Directors
06 August 2010
Orchestras Canada/Orchestres Canada has been made aware of challenges that certain orchestras are facing in getting or renewing work permits for non-Canadian contracted musicians and music directors. To help us better understand the nature and extent of the issue – and discern the most useful role we might play in it – we would sincerely appreciate [...]
Charitable and Not-for-Profit Community Response to the Long Form Census Debate
06 August 2010
Both Imagine Canada and the Canadian Conference of the Arts have written to Industry Minister Tony Clement to express their concern about the Government of Canada’s decision to replace the mandatory long form census with a voluntary household survey. You can read Imagine Canada’s letter here and the Canadian Conference of the Arts’ letter here.
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