Flush with another JUNO nomination, this time for the two CD package The Bounds of Our Dreams (Analekta), the NAC Orchestra's music director is continuing to push the record button on his ensemble. Alexander Shelley and NACO are building a box set of Romantic music featuring
Eric Friesen was raised in a Mennonite home and at supper, the family would sing grace. It was an introduction to music for Friesen; something that has been a guiding part of his life. He's a broadcaster and has worked for the CBC and National Public
Charles Richard-Hamelin has built an international reputation as a solo pianist but he's not a one-dimensional musician. The young Quebecer splashed onto the world scene when he won the silver medal and the Krystian Zimerman prize at the 17th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.
Dan Tepfer has a BA in physics, and training in classical music. But that doesn't explain his musical project Natural Machines. Perhaps this will help. Tepfer is also an experienced self-taught computer coder who is capable of writing algorithms for games, graphics and much, much more. And
Alessia Cara is the runaway leader in JUNO nominations this year with six, but Ottawa is also represented on the list released on Thursday. The NAC Orchestra has been on a recording binge in the past few years and has picked up nominations and wins in
Daniel Levitin can remember the very first record he ever bought. That might not seem to be much of anything but really it is an example the brain's ability to recall even the most mundane things. Pretty unremarkable really but for some reason there has been
The Cree word for the stars is acākosīk. It's also the title of the Winnipeg-born iskwē's latest album. She's coming to Ottawa for a performance of the music on acākosīk, which has been nominated for a JUNO, at the National Arts Centre on Feb 1. "With
Joel Frahm's saxophone can be found in a lot of other people's ventures. And he's always had his own projects too. Two of those will be at the Ottawa Winter Jazz weekend — his duo with Toronto's Adrean Farrugia and his trio with Dan Loomis and
It's hard to imagine Jim Cuddy ever being out of sorts and uncertain. His easy going confident demeanour has helped define the iconic band Blue Rodeo. But some two decades ago, he was nervous. His partner in music Greg Keelor had decided to take some time
It’s a show about the critical importance of imagination in life, but Jake Runeckles and Andrew Iles need to do a little less imagining than other actors might. The two play, respectively, the main characters Bastian and Atreyu in the family-friendly The Neverending Story, opening
