Orchestras Canada

Two of Montreal’s most innovative classical ensembles are working together on a joint performance at the end of May: on May 30, Appassionata and the Ensemble contemporain de Montreal are partnering on a program entitled L’Amour Sorcier. The concert will be jointly conducted by ECM+ artistic director Veronique Lacroix and Appassionata music director Daniel Myssyk, [...]

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From May 19-26, the members of I Musici de Montréal will embark on their third international tour of the season with a journey to Mexico for the Festival Cultural de Mayo. They’ll be led by Richard Lee (currently resident conductor with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra) and they’ll present a program of music by Tchaikovksy and [...]

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The Calgary Philharmonic has launched its 2012-13 season, its seventh under the leadership of music director Roberto Minczuk. It’s a big season, and here are some high points: a two-week genre-crossing festival entitled War and Peace that includes a massive new work, “Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation”, by Jeffrey Ryan with poet Suzanne Steele; Holst’s [...]

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The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the appointment of Aimé Dontigny as the Head of the Music Section, succeeding Russell Kelley, who retired in December. He is an accomplished electro-acoustic musician and administrator who’s been working at the Council since 2007, and he starts right away. Congratulations, Aimé! Congratulations to the gifted young [...]

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ADMINISTRATIVE / ADMINISTRATIFS National Arts Centre Orchestra / Orchestre du Centre national des arts Communication Officer / Agent(e) de communication Application deadline/Date limite : June 4 juin 2012   Goh Ballet Academy Business Administrative Associate & Student Affairs Coordinator Application deadline/Date limite : May 30 mai 2012

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The Saskatoon Symphony has announced its 2012-13 season, designed by music director Victor Sawa to show off the orchestra’s artistic capacities and show-case some of the relationships the organization has developed with its new neighbours in the 20th Street district. The line-up includes a six concert Masters Series, four POPS concerts, a chamber series, special [...]

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The Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil has launched a new fundraising event – and they’ve got some high-powered (if slow-moving) help along the way. The orchestra has recently announced that retired Montreal Alouette football star Bruno Heppell will be joining a team of runners led by music director Marc David and made up of board members, [...]

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Peterborough’s Kawartha Youth Orchestra celebrates both Mother’s Day and the final concert of its 10th anniversary season with what they’re describing as “a blow-out season finale…powered by the return of our fiercely-talented alumni from 10 years of marvelous music-making.” The program, led by Music Director Michael Newnham, includes everything from the Pink Panther theme to [...]

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Rob Teehan: a new work by this Toronto-based composer is being premiered Friday, 11 May by Sinfonia Toronto, led by Nurhan Arman. Tim Brady: his Short Stories/Courts métrages for electric guitar, video and orchestra, gets its world premiere on May 9 as part of a program devoted to film music, being performed by the Orchestre [...]

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It’s been a busy few weeks in Windsor, Ontario with the concluding concerts in John Morris Russell’s eleven-year tenure with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra – and a bit of a community celebration to send the Maestro on his way. We’d like to join in and wish JMR all the best in his new adventures with [...]

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