Monthly Archives: August 2019

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

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

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

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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