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INTERVIEW WITH COLIN MACK
Ottawa-based composer Colin Mack’s evocative pieces for piano, chamber ensemble, orchestra and voice have been broadcast and distributed by CBC Radio, Radio-Canada, Galaxie and the National Film Board. On July 11, 2011, a concert dedicated to his work was held … Continue reading
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Tagged A Canadian Gallery, Andre Prevost, Ariaworks, Canadian composer, Colin Mack, Douglas Voice, Isis and Osiris, Jean-Paul Sevilla, Julian Armour, Lauren Harris, Maligne Lake, Michel Longtin, Music and Beyond, Opera in Concert, Ottawa composer, Serge Garant, Starry Night, Steven Gellman, Winterseen
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INTERVIEW WITH PAULINE OLIVEROS
Composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros has been experimenting with sound for more than six decades. She made her name in the 1960s as a pioneering electronic music composer and member of the San Francisco Tape Music Centre. Since then, she … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s electronic music, 1960s tape music, Ann Hamilton, Bye Bye Butterfly, deep listening, Deep Listening Institute, digital accordion, electronic music, Electronic music pioneers, female composers, Improvisation Across Abilities, Michigan Women's Music Festival, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Oliver Ranch, Pauline Oliveros, San Francisco Tape Music Centre, sonic meditation, Tower Ring, women composers
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INTERVIEW WITH HARRI STOJKA
One of Austria’s best-known jazz musicians, guitarist Harri Stojka began performing in 1970 and has since released more than 15 LPs and CDs. Playing in Viennese rock bands as a young teen, he formed his own jazz-rock band at 17, and at … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Court Ottawa, Austrian Cultural Forum, Austrian guitarist, Back to the Roots, Chaka Khan, Django Reinhardt, Garude Apsa, gypsy guitarist, gypsy jazz, gypsy music, Gypsy Soul, Gypsy swing, Harri Stoika, Harri Stojka, Harri Stojka Express, Harri Stoyka, Harry Stoika, Harry Stoyka, Jano Stojka, jazz guitar, Melinda Stoika, Montreux, Off the Bone, Pat Martino, Roma guitarist, Roma music, Stojka and Stoika, Vienna Jazz Festival
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INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SHOWMAN
Classically trained fiddle-player John Showman is the co-founder of two thriving and stylistically contrasting Toronto-based bands – the Foggy Hogtown Boys (bluegrass) and the Creaking Tree String Quartet, whose latest CD, a hybrid of roots, bluegrass, jazz and classical music, has been nominated … Continue reading
