Ottawa's Lucas Haneman Express is paying tribute to the men and women who built the Blues during the past century in a Concert by the Canal at Southminster United Church on Bank Street. The show is Saturday April 8 at 7 p.m. More information can
Many classical artists have a musical signature: pieces they have played for so long, so often and with such consummate mastery that their name becomes forever associated with the work. What’s more rare is when a musician decides to retire those same compositions that made
They may sing tunefully and love their ma like crazy, but you wouldn’t want to mess with the Donnelly boys. They’re a potentially dangerous crew with a vigorous sense of survival, and in southern Ontario’s Biddulph Township circa the mid-19th century, that means one for
Most Canadians first encountered Sandra Perron in 1996 in a leaked, four-year-old photograph on the front pages of their daily newspapers showing the then soldier tied to a tree at CFB Gagetown after being beaten and forced to stand four hours barefoot in the snow. As
Visual artists dominate as finalists for Ottawa’s annual arts awards, announced during an event Thursday night. The finalists for the Ottawa Arts Council’s Mid-Career Artist Award are visual artists Maura Doyle and Andrew Wright, and music and visual artist Jesse Stewart. Finalists for the RBC Emerging Artist
It must be something in the Baltic air: when it comes to churning out extraordinary conducting talent out of all proportion to its population, Estonia has become the new Finland. Tallinn native Olari Elts is part of a generation of superb Estonian maestros that includes brothers
You wouldn't think three minutes of music would be that hard to write. Not so. How much work is it Alain Trudel? "So much," says the artistic advisor and principal guest conductor of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra when talking about his piece Birth which will open the OSO's
Pembroke, Ontario native Joshua Hopkins has been busy since he was last in Ottawa, so ARTSFILE thought it was time for an update from the busy baritone. Here are his answers to emailed questions from Peter Robb. Q. We haven't spoken since you appeared in The
The way Daniel Taylor looks at it: Win or lose this weekend, he's still way ahead. The well-known countertenor, choir director and educator from Ottawa has his fourth JUNO nomination for the recording Four Thousand Winter (Sony Classical), which was put together by Taylor and his Trinity
When David Johnston assumed the office of governor general of Canada he signaled right away that his time at Rideau Hall would be fully packed. One of the main priorities he outlined in 2010 was a purposeful desire to help build an innovation culture in the country.
