April 26th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/a-guide-to-contemporary-classical-music
I’m supposed to be a new music expert here in Canada, but I’ve been learning amazing things just by following this guide to contemporary music from the Guardian.
Still waiting for the Jim Tenney and Claude Vivier articles…
April 25th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink
In this interview with Trish Crawford, I sound a bit dunce-like, but in the accompanying video, I gotta say, I get some serious camera time! If only I had asked for the camera-person’s phone number…
April 24th, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink
Life can be tough in the post-classical world, so it is extra nice when the shoutouts happen. David Macfarlane wrote a really nice article about the Frances-Marie Uitti show that I curated at the Music Gallery, and also about the value of spaces like the MG.
April 24th, 2013 § 1 comment § permalink
Did I really claim to have gone to “hundreds of thousands of concerts”? Sheesh. Do I really have a hirsute-Brobdignagian-dancer fetish? No way! (IT’S ALL TRUE).
April 22nd, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink
This is a link to my Open Ears blog post about my long time quest to buy 100 metronomes in order to perform Gyorgy Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique. IT’S ALL TRUE.
April 22nd, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink
Sometimes we gig for the money and sometimes for fun or to play cool repertoire, and sometimes you get those really special performances that change you and sustain you. The recent tour I did with Fujii Percussion and Ryan Scott was one of the great musical experiences of my life, and I’ll treasure it forever. Lessons learned just by watching Mutsuko and Rika-Fujii and Haruka play are still teaching me to be a better musician. Hanging out with Michael Oesterle inspired me to keep striving for greater things. Rehearsing with Ryan and Haruka and Rika-Fujii was about as good as it gets. There is full video of the concert here: http://www.soundstreams.ca/fujii-percussion-and-voices-concert
April 22nd, 2013 § 0 comments § permalink
Just spent a weekend or two updating the new website for Open Ears, and it’s now live at openears.ca. I used squarespace, which works wonderfully for us. We’re coming up to our first mini-festival, which is also my first event as the new artistic director. May 31 & June 1 in Kitchener – check it out if you can!
