Orchestras Canada

Last week, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra announced that its patrons and “fans” can now purchase tickets directly from the CPO’s page on Facebook, through technology provided by ShoWare™ Social Media Connect. Not only can connected CPO patrons securely buy tickets directly from the CPO’s Facebook page (while the orchestra retains real-time inventory management), ticket buyers [...]

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Earlier this week, 75 representatives of national arts service organizations – including Orchestras Canada’s Board Chair Thérèse Boutin and Executive Director Katherine Carleton – took part in a meeting in Ottawa hosted by the Canada Council for the Arts. One of the highlights of the meeting was a presentation by Canada Council Director and CEO [...]

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Orchestras Canada, through our membership in Canada’s Performing Arts Alliance, is happy to announce that we’ve received funding to present two bilingual webinars with guest presenter Kelly Hill, devoted to audience and marketing trends in the performing arts in Canada. We are grateful to the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts [...]

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International Horn Day (Toronto edition) is set for February 10, 2012 at York University. The event, the brainchild of Canadian Opera Company Orchestra principal horn player Joan Watson, unites student, amateur and professional hornists from across Ontario for a day of masterclasses, ensemble playing and a gala concert – and all are welcome to register [...]

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Work in Culture, the Cultural Careers Council of Ontario is launching a survey of the professional development and training needs of artists. It’s a quick 10-minute survey, designed to better focus CCCO’s offerings for professional artists, and you can link to it, here.

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The Quebec Music Educators Association/Association des éducateurs de musique du Québec and the Fédération des associations de musiciens éducateurs du Québec are presenting a symposium on El Sistema on November 17, 2011 at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. You can view the program here.

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The Sudbury Symphony has just announced the appointment of Erika Nielsen as its new principal cellist and teacher at the SSO School of Music. She’s a graduate of both Queen’s & the Glenn Gould School, and she’s performed with chamber ensembles, orchestras AND Kanye West! The Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal has announced that Marie-Josée Desrochers [...]

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Last week, we reported on a new study on arts engagement, commissioned by the Ontario Arts Council. Net learnings? People involved in a spectrum of arts participation (roughly defined as “enjoy – do – make”) may have a more durable relationship with arts organizations. This week, we’re happy to share a new study by WolfBrown [...]

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AUDITIONS Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Assistant-timbalier et percussion / Assistant Timpani and Percussion Application deadline/Date limite : January 13 janvier 2012  

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On Tuesday, October 25, the Canadian Arts Coalition is presenting its 3rd Arts Day on Parliament Hill. On that day, over 90 arts leaders from across Canada – including artists, board members and administrators – will be formed into teams, get briefed on the Coalition’s key messages, and then head up to Parliament Hill to [...]

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