Marc Chagall’s La Tour Eiffel is a wonderful little painting, I trust. I don’t recall seeing it on any of my many visits to the National Gallery of Canada over the years, so if I have seen it, it never struck me as unforgettable or,
Composers write the music and the musicians play it. That's the standard formula, but musicians take on another role more often that you think by commissioning new work and advancing the art form. One such commissioning musician is Rachel Mercer who sits in the principal cello
The Motown legend Diana Ross will be performing at this fall's NAC Gala on behalf of the National Youth and Education Trust which provides youth and education programming across the country. It also supports masterclasses, online activities and youth programming for dance and theatre, as well
By Jordan Omstead A young Ottawa band is looking to bring new life to a timeless genre, and their biggest stage to date will come this summer at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. Joe McDonald and the Walkin’ Hawks will debut as a blues trio on July 14 at
Ottawa is finally, formally, on the road toward becoming a "a global music city." The impetus is a report prepared by the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition that was developed with financial support from the City of Ottawa and was passed unanimously by council's finance committee on
Margaret Maria Tobolowska is a respected cellist, teacher and co-founder of Ottawa's OrKidstra. Since leaving the National Arts Centre Orchestra in 2011, along with teaching, she has embarked on a flurry of different projects including composing music and recording CDs. Her latest is an homage
Canada has a prominent place in the heart of pianist Beatrice Rana. The young Italian (she's 24) burst onto the international scene with a win at the Montreal International Music Competition in 2011. She is today hailed as a keyboard star, but then she wasn't as
You might not instinctively make a connection between hosting an early morning radio show and a romantic comedy at The Gladstone, but Teri Loretto sees one. Loretto, who stands in for CBC’s local weather guru Ian Black, is also occasional host of the popular 6-9 Saturday
Library and Archives Canada is displaying some of the treasures from its many collections in a show at the Museum of History called A Little History, which will run until Jan. 27, 2019. It offers a view of the country's past through the eyes of children
That place of quiet contemplation inside the National Gallery of Canada that is known now as the Fred & Elizabeth Fountain Garden Court will be open to the public starting on Saturday after a renovation and replanting under the keen eye of landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. Working with Vancouver’s
