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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

Voices in the Wilderness: Thinking about Murray Schafer in 2019

On a particularly sunny and warm May day in Belfast – one might even have called it summery – my thoughts turned to the coming

Marjan Mozetich in a Film by Jamie Day Fleck

A film titled Affairs of the Heart: The Music and Life of Marjan Mozetich, produced and directed by Jamie Day Fleck, and in which I

Norma Beecroft, Electronic Pioneer

Canadian composer Norma Beecroft (b. 1934) recently released her book, Conversations with Post World War II Pioneers of Electronic Music, containing an insightful and revealing

A Singular Recognition Seen in Context

I received a memorable phone call early this past June – one that surprised and delighted me. It was from the Chancellery of Honours, informing

How to Grow a Composer

World premieres are a gift at any time during a concert season, and there are a few that I’m looking forward to as the summer

Ana Sokolović: Evta Comes to Town

I remember the first time I heard Ana Sokolović’s music: I was in Paris, participating as CBC Radio’s delegate at the International Rostrum of Composers

Mysteries and Miracles of the Virtuoso Voice

After more than 50 years of music-making, composing, broadcasting and producing, I’m still truly amazed by what a single virtuoso voice can accomplish. And it

Twenty Years Later – Celebrating Elmer Iseler

Known as the dean of Canadian choral conductors and called a Canadian choral visionary, Elmer Iseler (1927–1998) will be celebrated in a concert titled “Joyful

Vocal Milestones: Giving Voice to New Musical Ideas

Contemporary music is acknowledged as a means of introducing fresh ideas. And contemporary vocal music offers a powerful artistic medium for the delivery of meaningful

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