Review | ArtChoral’s Messiah Preserves its Original Freshness
Every holiday season, Handel’s Messiah comes to town. Not once, not twice, but many times. With all the options, how can an audience member decide…
Heather Weinreb
Heather Weinreb
Heather Weinreb is a writer and violin teacher from Montreal, Quebec. She completed a Bachelor of Music at McGill in 2018, where she minored in Baroque Performance. Most recently, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas, Houston. Aside from her music reviews and journalism with La Scena Musicale, Heather's essays and children's poems have been published in Dappled Things and The Dirigible Ballon.
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Review | Orchestre symphonique de Laval’s Holiday Program is in Tune with the Season
Putting on a Christmas concert is a challenge. The concert must feature enough time-worn classics to foster the holiday spirit; at the same time, every…
Review | OM’s Staged Little Prince Produces Mixed Results
The magic of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s classic children’s story, can be largely ascribed to the synesthetic nature of the work itself.…
Review | Medieval meets folk with Les Idées heureuses
On Nov. 12, Les Idées heureuses presented their second concert of the season at Bourgie Hall. Jamais je ne t’oublierai : échos du Moyen Âge…
SMAM: Sustainable Development in Early Music
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal’s (SMAM’s) commitment to music-making is matched by a similar care for the environment. This is manifested in their attention…
Upcoming Concerts: Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, West of Canada
On Tour Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou Photo: Luciano Romano Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou In celebration of their recent “Messaien” album release, Juno and…
Bourgie Hall: A Home for Early Music in Canada
One of the most exciting things the founding figures of Bourgie Hall—Bernard Lamarre, former chairman of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and Pierre Bourgie,…
Frédéric Lambert: Teaching Students how to Teach Themselves
The ancient Chinese proverb—“Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you can feed…
Ensemble Scholastica: Illuminating Montreal’s Medieval Manuscripts
A medieval musical manuscript has a long way to travel before reaching our ears. On Nov. 10, Montreal audiences have the opportunity to travel through…
Review | Musica Pacifica – Rockstars of Early Flemish Music
On October 23, 2024, the stage of Bourgie Hall was graced with the presence of one of America’s premiere baroque ensembles, Musica Pacifica, which presented…
