In this age of broadcast lives, when newborns may later look back and find their every moment shared and chronicled on social media, it’s fitting that the birth of a new Arts Court has been lovingly, publicly documented. For two years the Cultural Engineering project has
There are many artists hard at work in our community. Today ARTSFILE begins an occasional series of profiles about these creators starting with an enthusiastic twenty-something percussionist named Zac Pulak, who is making his own way as a performer and as an impresario. • Zac Pulak started
Wednesday’s Chamberfest lineup highlighted the talents of several Ottawa-area musicians. Kelly-Marie Murphy’s composition Oblique Light received its local premiere at the Penderecki Quartet concert at Dominion-Chalmers. Earlier in the afternoon, NACO principal cellist Rachel Mercer performed with her Ensemble Made in Canada colleagues at the
Anyone who was in the lobby of the National Arts Centre in after June 15 has experienced the CLOUD. The interactive sculpture made of light bulbs and dangling power cords was an object of fascination for people of all ages. It was so popular the NAC
Music in a community isn't always about professional performers. There are folks who enjoy the musical experience as a pastime. That's where CAMMAC comes in. Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs du Canada is a non-profit organization supporting amateur music making in cities such as Toronto, Montreal, Quebec
Kinan Azmeh has not been able to go home to Syria for six years. It is an "impossibility." So like most of the world, he has watched the unfolding tragedy from afar. Azmeh is an internationally respected clarinetist and an acclaimed composer and soloist who has worked around
Montreal-based violinist Marc Djokic is often in Ottawa in performance including at Chamberfest this week. He regularly joins with the percussionist Beverley Johnston in a duo that displays a range of styles and sounds. Included in their show this week is a Canadian premiere of
Stanley Kubrick had some of the surest instincts for music of anyone in the history of film. The director understood better than most music’s power to elevate a scene to iconic status. Without the majestic pedal C opening of Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra, it
It's been 20 years since a version of the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge performed at Chamberfest. But in the history of the ensemble that is but a blink of time. Choirs were singing in Trinity College in the 14th century. A more formal organization was
Talking to Cris Derksen about the music she plays is a walk through many different doors. As she tells it she plays "sounds that are contemporary, indigenous, electro, new wave, classical. It's genre undefined. It's a little bit of everything. It fits into lots of boxes but
