Orchestras Canada

Late last month, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec presented its second annual Cadeaux au Château event at the Château Frontenac, this year featuring singer/cellist  Jorane and host Jacques Leblanc.  In the process, the orchestra raised a remarkable $220,000. Honorary chair of the event was M. René Hamel, CEO of SSQ Groupe financier.  Other highlights of [...]

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The Skinny on the Stretch Tax Credit On Wednesday, December 2, OC staff member Jennifer Caines took part in a SectorCast given by Imagine Canada regarding their proposal for a new Stretch Tax Credit—a recommendation that Orchestras Canada supported at the federal Standing Committee on Finance during this year’s pre-budget consultation process. Here’s what Jennifer [...]

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If you’re interested in either general trends around arts participation and attendance – or if you’d like some more specific insights into how these trends are playing out in the orchestral world – then this week’s recommendations are for you. In June 2009, the (U.S.) National Endowment for the Arts published Arts Participation 2008:  Highlights [...]

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CINARS, the Conference Internationale des Arts de la Scene/International Exchange for the Performing Arts is presenting five separate workshops in Montreal on the steps needed to successfully tour internationally , in December and in February.  The December 15 and 16 workshops are devoted to Market Development and Promotion; the February 3, 4 and 5 workshops [...]

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Congratulations to Leslie Dala, music director of the Prince George Symphony, who was recently appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Bach Choir, effective July 2010.   Speaking about his appointment, Mr. Dala said “I am thrilled to be chosen as the new Music Director of the Vancouver Bach Choir. This is one of Canada’s most acclaimed choirs and [...]

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Earlier this week, we were tickled to receive pictures of Music Director Kent Nagano and members of the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal in their debut appearance “on-stage” at their new concert hall.  Well, actually, they’re in the midst of a construction site, they’re wearing safety boots and hard hats…but work on the new building is [...]

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On January 2, Winnipeg will celebrate its recognition as a Cultural Capital of Canada for 2010 by presenting a great big concert at the Centennial Concert Hall, featuring the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and a host of other performers.  The event, presented by The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada 2010, and Manitoba [...]

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A tantalizing glimpse of what’s to come at the Winnipeg Symphony’s New Music Festival 2010 was revealed yesterday, with the announcement that the WSO will debut a a new work by Darren Miller, the Saskatchewan composer who won the 2010 Emerging Composer Competition of the Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region. Miller’s work will be premiered [...]

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Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Late last week, the Edmonton Symphony Society held its Annual General Meeting for 2009, during which Managing Director Annemarie Petrov and Chair of the Board of Directors Steven LePoole reviewed highlights of the Edmonton Symphony’s 2008/2009 fiscal year.  The bottom line?  Good news, with Ms Petrov noting that “while we were faced [...]

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On December 11, Orchestra London is teaming up with the Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness and CBC Radio 1 to present a lively dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Centennial Hall.  Admission is by donation and the proceeds will be shared by the Unity Project and Orchestra London.  Among other celebrity [...]

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