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2024-04-19 20:59:42
THE SCOOP | The Glenn Gould Foundation Receives $12 Million Funding In Federal Budget
The Glenn Gould Foundation has been allocated an additional $12 million in funding in the recently announced Canadian federal budget.
2024-04-17 06:11:00
A City Full of Stories: Anna Phillips on her work with Academy of St Martin in the Fields' SoundWalk
[…] of Music’s community and participation department. I was involved with the creation of a Soundwalk, an undertaking which not only marks 25 years of the ASMF working with the homeless community, but also part of the celebrations for the centenary of the orchestra’s founder, Sir Neville Marriner. The Soundwalk includes music composed by the clients from the centre, as well as the opportunity for incorporating lyrics or spoken word with the guidance of writer, Hazel Gould. This special project was recorded and will be available to listen to digitally while walking around St Martin in the Field’s and Covent Garden. Going into this experience, I was looking forward to meeting everyone involved. My hope was to make meaningful musical contributions to the group, as well as get to know each individual through musical explorations and improvisations together. My first session at The Connection was the third session of the term. As […]
2024-04-15 03:30:00
3 Shades of Blue/Kind of Blue (Book/CD Review)
[…] “on the music stand were pieces by Chopin, Ravel, and Scriabin, as well as Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier. When he practiced he loved to play classical and then modulate into improvised jazz. The tempo turning to idiosyncratic rhythm, the harmonies close cousins to those in the European music.” (An interesting fact not mentioned in Kaplan’s book is that at some point later in his career, Evans struck up a friendship with the legendary Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould; in fact, Evans recorded his famous overdubbed solo album Conversations with Myself using Gould’s piano.) As for Coltrane, Kaplan observes that “almost everyone associated with John Coltrane took note of his voracious appetite for learning about music in general and his instrument in particular… Like Charlie Parker, he made a point of learning to play in every key; also like Parker, and like Miles, he listened broadly and deeply, not just to jazz but to the modern […]
2024-03-22 13:43:15
SCRUTINY | The Glenn Gould School Spring Opera Presents A Superb Dialogues Des Carmélites
The GGS has put together a superb creative team and a very strong ensemble cast to create a memorable performance of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites.
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