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Bourgie Hall — New Season, New Directors

By Hassan Laghcha on 26 May 2023 Classical Music, Montreal

The new duo at the helm of Bourgie Hall—Caroline Louis, general director, and Olivier Godin, artistic director—have announced the 2023-24 program. The focus will be on new concepts that convey their vision for future development and the challenges to be met. More than 160 arts-related events are planned, including over 100 chamber music recitals, old and contemporary music, jazz and world music. “We’ll continue to respect the Bourgie hallmark by including baroque chamber music and presenting great international artists,” say the two directors. They will also give priority to vocal music, specifically lieder and art song with piano. We’ll look…

Concert Previews

By Eva Stone-Barney on 26 May 2023 Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

Author : (Eva Stone-Barney)

MontrealVoces Boreales This June, Voces Boreales invites listeners into an immersive installation at St. James United Church. Open from noon to 7 p.m., audience members will embark on an ”urban pilgrimage” to the sounds of Joby Talbot’s choral masterwork, Path of Miracles (2005), immersed in a colourful lightshow depiction of the Camino de Compostela. Listeners are invited to reflect on the piece, the context of the pilgrimage, and the beauty of the space, at their convenience during the installation’s opening hours (June 20-24). www.vocesboreales.org OSM The OSM is concluding yet another bombastic season with a performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony.…

Photo: Jerry Toth – Alto Saxophone; Roy Smith – Tenor Saxophone; Eddie Karam – Baritone Saxophone; Murray Lauder – Bass; Phil Nimmons -- Clarinet; Ed Bickert – Guitar; Erich Traugott – Trumpet (information courtesy Mike Cado) Broadcast Date: January 23, 1963 Photography Date: November 14, 1962.

Phil Nimmons – 100 Years in the Making

By Marc Chénard on 26 May 2023 Canadian Music, Mainstream Jazz, Toronto

This page also available in / Cette page également disponible en français The field of jazz has its share of stories about musicians who died young, but there are also those who lead long and productive lives, some fortunate enough to reach a ripe old age and receive due praise for their accomplishments. In this era of smoke-free clubs, more jazz figures than ever are pushing well into their 90s, a handful of them even shattering the centenary mark. In case you wondered, the oldest living jazzman today is Ray Anthony, the last of the swing era big-band leaders, now…

Tomson Highway (Credit: Sean Howard)

Tomson Highway: Music and Beyond Meets “Cree Bossa Nova”

By Zenith Wolfe on 26 May 2023 Indigenous, Ottawa, World Music

In the last two years, Cree composer and playwright Tomson Highway has published two books, recorded his newest album Cree Country, won the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for Theatre, and become an Order of Canada officer. With plenty of passion left, he’s now on a new mission: introducing the country to Cree bossa nova. On July 6, Highway will perform for his second season at Ottawa’s Music and Beyond festival. He last played at its summer 2018 concert, which he called a sign of the music industry’s post-pandemic “resuscitation.” He’s being accompanied by cellist and festival organizer Julian…

Jim and Owen Adams, an Indigenous father/son duo, keep exploring teachings from the Medicine Wheel in Real People Dancing, soon to be enjoyed again in Toronto's Seaton Village neighbourhood. Picture credit: Porch View Dances

Toronto’s Kaeja d’Dance: real life dances

By Nathalie de Han on 25 May 2023 Arts Industry, Dance, Indigenous, La Scena Online, La Scena Spotlight, Scena Arts, Theatre, Toronto

Toronto’s Kaeja d’Dance returns for its 12th year in Toronto’s historic Seaton Village with the award-winning Porch View Dances: Real People Dancing In Real Spaces. The idea behind the Porch View Dances project is to pair non-professional dancers with professional choreographers. After spending some time rehearsing, the new cast eventually invites neighbors to watch the result, paying what they can. People interested to perform have to answer a short questionnaire about themselves and why they want to be involved but no dance background is required: it’s about creating movement and pleasure. Porch View Dances mingle ordinary lives and artistic expression through dance and…

NAC Orchestra (Photo Credit: Curtis Perry, courtesy of the National Arts Centre)

Review | NAC Orchestra’s stellar performance of The Planets

By Zenith Wolfe on 23 May 2023 Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Ottawa

It was a phenomenal night of endings and new beginnings for the National Arts Centre (NAC): the orchestra capped off both 2023’s Mentorship program and the tenure of outgoing CEO Jayne Watson with a stellar concert featuring Gustav Holst’s famous composition The Planets, as well as the Canadian premiere of Catamorphosis by Icelandic symphonist Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. The May 18 concert began with a rendition of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin du printemps. It’s one of the last works written by the French composer before her death at the young age of 24, with the orchestral version posthumously finalized by her sister,…

Stella Musica Highlights Women’s Musical Achievements

By Kristine Berey on 16 May 2023 Montreal

Not so long ago, if it was suggested that a woman could never create a masterpiece or play Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata, no eyebrows would be raised. Clara Schumann (1819-1896) stopped composing at 36, having succumbed to such claims. She said: “I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea. A woman must not desire to compose—there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?” Things are changing, as evidenced by recent concerts featuring Clara Schumann as well as the performance of works by Florence Price (1887-1953),…

Photo: Bernard Fougère

Newswire | Salle Bourgie: A 13th season more surprising and captivating than ever

By Newswire on 10 May 2023 City, Classical Music, Montreal

Montreal, Tuesday May 9, 2023 – It is with great enthusiasm that Bourgie Hall unveils its 13th season, the very first crafted by its new directors, Artistic Director Olivier Godin and Executive Director Caroline Louis. In keeping with previous seasons that have contributed to the reputation of this concert hall popular among music lovers, but also with a strong desire to blaze new trails, the programming for 2023-2024 is intended to be unifying and aligned with today’s musical world. It stands out thanks to its wide range of concerts and events pertaining to various musical traditions. Featuring exciting projects as…

Photo: Brent Calis

Newswire | OCM Presents Its 84th Season: A “New Beginning” With Jacques Lacombe

By Newswire on 10 May 2023 City, Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, Orchestral

Montréal, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) is pleased and proud to present its 84th season, under the theme of A New Beginning, as it welcomes its new Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, Jacques Lacombe, CM, CQ. “Taking up the baton as a new Artistic Director always generates a considerable amount of excitement and anticipation,” says Maestro Lacombe. “For me, these feelings are now accompanied by a profound appreciation for the major cultural and artistic legacy I have been charged with, and it is therefore with gratitude and humility that I begin this new mandate. I…

Photo: Shelagh Howard

Newswire | Glenn Hodgins Appointed Executive Director of Tafelmusik

By Newswire on 10 May 2023 Newswire, Toronto

Toronto, May 9, 2023 … Dr. Christopher Paige, Chair of Tafelmusik’s Board of Directors, is delighted to announce that Glenn Hodgins has been appointed Executive Director. Currently President and CEO of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), Hodgins will join Tafelmusik starting June 21, 2023. He succeeds Daniela Nardi, who has served as Interim Executive Director since July 2022. “I am delighted that Glenn Hodgins will be joining Tafelmusik’s leadership team and would like to extend a warm welcome on behalf of the Board of Directors and search committee,” says Dr. Paige. “Glenn’s experience, wisdom, and passion for Tafelmusik will serve…

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