Joan Harrison is a cellist who has played her instrument around the world with ensembles such as the NAC Orchestra and the New York City Opera Company. But she has another passion and that's education. As the public school system retreats from arts education generally, those who
Every year the CityFolk music festival celebrates local music with a free festival of talent in unconventional venues up and down Bank Street in the Glebe. Inspired by the South by Southwest takeover of Austin, Texas, Marvest has booked 70 bands from the Ottawa-area for a weekend
The Roman empire collapsed, overextended and sclerotic, badly led by men who had lost touch with reality. The Romanov dynasty disappeared under the weight of its own delusions influenced by the teachings a mad monk. And when the Soviet Union collapsed the society was beset
Life is pretty sweet on Sunny Ritter's side of the street. She lives with her mother in Vienna, Austria, one of the most exciting cities in the world. She's got friends and she has music. She especially has the piano. Sunny calls the instrument her
Donnie Deacon knows all about that old saw 'When one door closes, another opens'. He's lived it. Deacon started his professional life in music as a talented violinist firmly ensconced in the NAC Orchestra as principal second chair. Today he is the music director of the
Alexander and Zoe Shelley are basking in the glow of the arrival of their son. The music director of the NAC Orchestra announced the birth in an Instagram post. "A few short hours ago this beautiful little boy came into our lives. He and his mother, who
For Tanya Evanson, hip hop falls under the umbrella of the art form known as spoken word. The Antiguan-Canadian writer, performer, producer and educator presents her form of spoken word performance internationally, so she knows quite a bit about what she speaks. Both forms are possessed by
About 80,000 people have visited the new Ottawa Art Gallery in its inaugural summer, drawn to see the opening exhibition of the work of about 190 artists from this region called Àdisòkàmagan / Nous connaître un peu nous-mêmes / We'll all become stories, which starts to
The Gladstone Theatre turns 10 years old this fall. That may make it a mere stripling in the arts world, but in the past decade it’s taken on a very adult role in Ottawa’s theatre scene. And if its upcoming, jam-packed season – 24 shows by
Think of a great violin or cello solo. It is a marriage of two things: a well-made instrument and a talented musician. That synergy matters. This has been the purpose of the Canada Council's Musical Instrument Bank since it was founded in 1985. At the time, says
