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ALEX PANGMAN – WHAT’S HAPPENING? … “I HAVE NOW SUNG THIS UNRECORDED CONNEE BOSWELL SONG INTO A MICROPHONE, RECORDED FOR POSTERITY. IT WAS RECORDED IN ONE ROOM WITH NO BAFFLES, IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT CONNIE WOULD HAVE RECORDED. IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR TO PLUCK UP THE NERVE TO RECORD THIS SONG: I WANTED IT TO BE JUST PERFECT.”

Posted on September 8, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us what you want the public to know about your recent completed project or the one you are actively working on. What is it, why is it, and how was/is it done? ALEX PANGMAN: My upcoming … Continue reading →

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GIULIA MILLANTA – WHAT’S NEXT? …MULTI-LANGUAGE SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST ABOUT TO TOUR EUROPE AND NORTH EAST UNITED STATES, WORKING ON A NEW RECORD TO BE RELEASED IN 2020, AND STILL TOURING BEHIND 6TH RECORD RELEASED IN JUNE OF 2018.

Posted on September 5, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us what you want the public to know about your recent completed project or the one you are actively working on. What is it, why is it, and how was/is it done? GIULIA MILLANTA: My 6th … Continue reading →

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STACIE DUNLOP – WHAT’S NEXT? SOPRANO’S WORK IN PROGRESS REIMAGINES VIVIER’S ICONIC LONELY CHILD FOR ENSEMBLE OF 8 PLAYERS, 2 CIRCUS ARTISTS AND HERSELF WEAVING STORY AND CHOREOGRAPHY BOTH ‘ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR,’ PLUS ON SEPTEMBER 21 WITH THE HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC SINGING ABBY RICHARDSON-SCHULTE AND THE SIBELIUS LUONNOTAR

Posted on August 28, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us what you want the public to know about your recent completed projects or the ones you are actively working on. What is each one, why is it, and how was/is it done? STACIE DUNLOP: This … Continue reading →

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VINCE HO: CHINESE-CANADIAN COMPOSER, DESCRIBED AS “BRILLIANT AND COMPELLING” (NEW YORK TIMES), EXPLAINS, “BEING THAT I AM BICULTURAL, I’VE BEEN EXPLORING THE DICHOTOMIES BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN CREATIVE PROCESSES AND THEIR ART FORMS. FROM THIS JOURNEY, MY MUSICAL LANGUAGE HAS EVOLVED INTO BECOMING A CONFLUENCE OF THE TWO WORLDS. THUS, MY CONCERTO FOR ZHONGRUAN AND CHINESE ORCHESTRA IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE MY JOURNEY IN FINDING NEW WAYS OF EXPLORING AND EXPRESSING MY BICULTURAL IDENTITY IN MUSICAL FORM.” … A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on August 19, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? VINCE HO: The works I’ve recently … Continue reading →

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ELLEN S. JAFFE: POET, WRITER, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, TEACHER, DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, HAS NEW BOOK ‘THE DAY I MET WILLIE MAYS AND OTHER POEMS,’ AND STATES, “WRITING THE POEMS ABOUT MY DIAGNOSIS AND ILLNESS, AND THE FEARS OF DYING IT INEVITABLY EVOKED, HELPED ME COPE BETTER WITH THE SITUATION, BY PUTTING IT INTO WORDS”… A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on August 3, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? ELLEN S. JAFFE: I have just … Continue reading →

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ALLISON ELIZABETH BURNS: CHOREOGRAPHER-DANCER BRINGS “THE KEY TO TIME TRAVEL” TO DANCE: MADE IN CANADA / FAIT AU CANADA (AUGUST 14–18, 2019 AT THE BETTY OLIPHANT THEATRE) AND EXPLAINS “I MAKE DANCES TO EXPLORE AND EXPRESS COMPLICATED IDEAS AND FEELINGS IN A VISCERAL WAY. JUST BECAUSE WORDS FALL SHORT DOESN’T MEAN WE CAN’T ACCESS THESE PLACES INSIDE EACH OTHER AND OURSELVES”…A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on July 29, 2019 by strecker

Photo by Pat Holloway “The Key to Time Travel (Toronto Premiere) is a theatrical duet inspired by the groove, strength, and shape of breakdance. It treads the brilliant borderland between reality and magic, as the dancers travel through time by … Continue reading →

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RIHAB CHAIEB: CANADIAN-TUNISIAN MEZZO – AUGUST 1 AT THE TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL – DECLARES, “HUMANITY WANTS TO BE MOVED AND TOUCHED, EVEN DURING A TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION, WHEN EVEN OUR EMOTIONS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT DIGITALIZED. READING ON AN IPAD IS GREAT, BUT THE FEELING OF READING A REAL BOOK WITH REAL PAGES IS MUCH BETTER, ISN’T IT? THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS IS NOT THE DEATH OF ITS ANCESTORS” …A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on July 25, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? RIHAB CHAIEB: I am happy to … Continue reading →

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ANGELA HEWITT: JULY 30 AT TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL, ‘THE PIANIST WHO WILL DEFINE BACH PERFORMANCE ON THE PIANO FOR YEARS TO COME’ EXPLAINS, “I NEVER STOP. PEOPLE PROBABLY THINK, ‘OH HEWITT AND BACH: SHE MUST KNOW THAT BY NOW!’ BUT I DON’T TAKE ONE NOTE FOR GRANTED, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN I’VE PLAYED A PIECE IN THE PAST.” …A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on July 24, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? ANGELA HEWITT: Since September 2016 I … Continue reading →

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DANIEL TAYLOR: JULY 18 AT TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL, ACCLAIMED COUNTERTENOR (“BEAUTY OF HIS VOICE WILL STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS.”) CROSSES NATIONAL BORDERS AND SPANS CENTURIES & DECLARES “ACCEPTANCE OF VULNERABILITY AND OF NOT KNOWING IS ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH.”… A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on July 16, 2019 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? DANIEL TAYLOR: Jean Vanier reminds us … Continue reading →

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ABLAYE CISSOKO: WEST AFRICAN STORYTELLER – JULY 15 AT TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH MIDDLE EASTERN/EARLY MUSIC GROUP, CONSTANTINOPLE – STATES “SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYING THE KORA, THE TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT I INHERITED, MAKES ME HAPPY AND GIVES ME HOPE THAT THE TRADITION WILL CONTINUE AND THAT THE CHAIN WILL NOT BE BROKEN.”

Posted on July 12, 2019 by strecker

  1) Please tell us about one or more projects you have worked on or recently completed. Why are they important to you and why should they be important to us? One of my recent projects is Mane mane, which … Continue reading →

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