"One facet of the classical musical scene Torontonians can be most proud of is Toronto’s wave of indie opera companies. And some of the best news on this Women’s Day? Many of the leaders of these groups are female.
"Toronto musician Owen Pallett has a very clear idea of the relationship of music to politics. To him, they are one and the same thing. Pallett is one of the most interesting musical forces of his generation, equally at home in pop music and in whatever we call that other kind of music the symphony presents – most...
"...The fest also features the debut of The Overcoat: an Opera, with music by Canadian composer James Rolfe and libretto and direction by Morris Panych, a coproduction with The Canadian Stage Company and Tapestry Opera of Toronto (April 28 to May 12, 2018). The production reunites the key creative team from the...
"Founded in 1968 by Ruby Mercer and Lloyd Bradshaw, the Canadian Children’s Opera Company (resident children’s chorus for the Canadian Opera Company), possesses a prolific history of commissioning and performing new operatic works written for children, including The Hobbit (Dean Burry, 2004), A Dickens of a...
(Toronto, ON), February 28, 2017 - Continuum Contemporary Music continues its season March 25, 2017 at The Music Gallery, with PIVOT, in collaboration with the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre. PIVOT features new works created during a six-month national...
"On Sunday night, British composer, producer, and singer-songwriter Mica Levi lost the Oscar for Best Original Score to Justin Hurwitz's La La Land score. While few Vegas oddsmakers would have picked the former's (arguably more adventurous) music for the 2016 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis biopic, Jackie, to take home...
"Victoria, BC – The Victoria Symphony celebrates the diverse beauty of Canada’s spectacular soundscapes and landscapes in the 2017 New Music Festival. Featuring a wide variety of spatialized orchestral and choral works including music from Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer John Luther Adams, the...
