Montreal-based electric bassist Marc Decho has been a sideman on many recordings over his career, but with his debut album AAAAUM, it’s his time to finally step into the spotlight.
For its first concert of the year, the Orchestre Classique de Montréal is featuring the violinist Tara-Louise Montour in a program entitled Phoenix.
(Charlottetown, PE) – The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is thrilled to announce the 2024 nominees for the 36th annual East Coast Music Awards, set to take place in Charlottetown, PE, May 1-5, 2024. Prince Edward Island’s own, The East Pointers lead with an impressive seven nominations, bringing them to a grand total of 29 nominations since 2015. Followed closely by Jenn Grant (NS) and Tim Baker (NL) with six nominations each, and Jimmy Rankin (CB) and Neon Dreams (NS) with four nominations each. AWARDS BREAKDOWN BY REGION Cape Breton: 18 New Brunswick: 24 Newfoundland & Labrador: 52 Nova Scotia:…
Yair Klartag, Josef Bardanashvili, Jordan Nobles, and Juan Trigos are this year’s Azrieli Music Prize Laureates.
In September 2022, City Opera Vancouver broke new ground with the world première of Chinatown. The commission remains one of the only operas in existence to be sung in Hoisan, a Chinese dialect, and the first opera to be written about one of Canada’s many Chinatown districts. Now, one year later, Chinatown is set to reach a wider audience with the release of its original cast recording, on Halifax-based record label Leaf Music. Chinatown is the fourth commission by City Opera Vancouver in its 17-year history. The company is committed to the creation of purposeful works that showcase Canadian themes…
This section is an advertising supplement. To announce here, contact [email protected]. Etiquette Maureen Batt and Erin Bardua, soprano; Lucy Hayes Davis, mezzo-soprano; Tara Scott, piano; Brad Reid, clarinet Leaf Music, September 2023 Etiquette by composer Monica Pearce, with libretto by John Terauds, offers a glimpse of 1920s icons by diving into the lives of Dorothy Parker, Emily Post, and Nancy Astor. Inspired by Parker’s sharp critique of Post’s “Etiquette” from 1927, the opera offers a window into their era. Commissioned by Essential Opera in 2013, this première recording blends traditional themes, echoing the timeless practice of revisiting history to shed…
Inuktitut Elisapie Bonsound, September 2023 Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, Going to California by Led Zeppelin, Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones, The Unforgiven by Metallica, I Want to Break Free by Queen, Heart of Glass by Blondie, Born to Be Alive by Patrick Hernandez. These are just some of the classics reinterpreted in Inuktitut by Quebec native artist Elisapie on her new album, produced by Joe Grass. The 10 chosen hits, translated and adapted into Elisapie’s mother tongue, evoke emotionally-charged moments from her youth in her community of Salluit, Nunavik. The result is a highly personalized artistic…
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) Led by conductor Rafael Payare, the OSM celebrates the orchestra’s 90th anniversary this season, along with the 10th anniversary of the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique. The orchestra will start the year with an electric performance of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (Sept. 12-14). Payare and OSM concertmaster Andrew Wan will later take the stage to interpret Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Webern’s Passacaglia, and Mozart’s “Haffner’’ Symphony (Oct. 25, 26). Come November, Christoph Eschenbach will conduct Alban Berg’s Concerto “To the Memory of an Angel” and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 (Nov. 8, 9). The orchestra will get in the…
Jeunesses Musicales Canada Jeunesses Musicales Canada is back with another action-packed season of programming for a wide variety of ages. The holiday season kicks off the concerts this year with Bal de L’Halloween. Children can enjoy a costume party and magnificent ball full of witches, animals, and unique creatures, all while dancing to traditional Halloween music (Oct. 22, 29). Soon after Halloween, young ones and their families can return for the Christmas show, Un Monde pour Noël. This show, a co-production with the Ensemble Alkemia, follows the journey of a mischievous little girl in search of her presents. Along her…
Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season has something for everyone, with their Masterworks series, Pops concerts, special events, and youth programming. To start off the season, conductor Gustavo Gimeno will lead the orchestra in performances of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, programmed alongside Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring (Sept. 20, 21). Seong-Jin Cho will then join the orchestra at the piano in a performance of works by Ravel (Sept. 28-30). Trevor Wilson, the TSO’s RBC Resident Conductor,will take the podium for a program of English favourites,…
