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Coming of Age In The 1990s – Part 2

It was 3:40 in the morning. The forest was in absolute stillness, the canoe slipping into the water, barely making a sound. It was a cool September morning on Wildcat Lake in the Haliburton Forest in 1997. My cargo – two condenser microphones and a portable digital recorder – and I were heading out to … Read more

Hornist Olivia Esther & Composer David Jaeger Talk About The Horn Speaks

David Jaeger: The Horn Speaks New Release on Navona Records On September 29, 2026, The Toronto classical blog, Ludwig Van published an interview in which

The Studio That Helped Reinvent Music

Long before synthesizers went mainstream, musicians at U of T were creating sounds that challenged the idea of what music could be On a spring

The CEE Book Party & Performance

Musicologist Alexa Woloshyn writes, in the prologue to her book, An Orchestra at my Fingertips, “I first heard about the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) during

The Inside Story: David Jaeger and CHAMBER WORKS FOR VIOLA

CHAMBER WORKS FOR VIOLA from composer David Jaeger gathers together some of Jaeger’s most defiantly creative compositions and demonstrates the vast possibilities of the viola

The Rocking Horse Winner and Other Tales

Of late, the topic of mentoring has been on my mind. Your Dictionary defines a mentor as “someone who guides another to greater success,” but

Lessons Learned from the CEE’s – COVID-Era Experiences

A significant event in the history of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) took place during the last week of February, 2020: the nearly 50-year-old ensemble

Personal POV on the Pandemic

The consequences of a pandemic are, as we have all experienced, incredibly far- reaching. The near complete closing down of life as we had known

Fertile Ground for Thoughts and Dreams: NMC Then and Now

Now in its 49th season,Toronto’s New Music Concerts (NMC) remains one of the main presenters of contemporary concert music in Toronto, with a long and

Turning Points | Cheryl Duvall: From Harbour Launch to Innermost Songs

On Sunday evening, December 8 at 8:30, pianist, impresario and all-around creative spark plug, Cheryl Duvall, is doing something at the Tranzac Club she’s never

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