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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

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”, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]