The flight and following daze was as disorienting as usual! I took the tube into central London as usual, and made the short walk to the flat in Southwark. It’s a neat neighborhood, very renovated, with cool s hops, restaurants and Read More …
Last year at this time, I was was feeling pretty burned out, by an unrelenting schedule of orchestra, administration, suddenlyLISTEN shows and other projects. I promised myself that I’d take some time this year. At the time I thought it Read More …
I am especially excited about presenting the music of Jean Derome on this concert. Jean is one of Canada’s most active and eclectic voices, and he’s a great guy! The Province of Quebec has declared 2015 L’annee Jean Derome in Read More …
This is the second in a series of three posts outlining the composers and works featured on suddenlyLISTEN’s Bozzini + 4 concert at 8pm on Tuesday, November 17 at St. Matthew’s United Church in Halifax. More information on this exciting Read More …
This is the first in my series of articles about the composers we are performing on suddenlyLISTEN’s Bozzini + 4 concert. First: Cornelius Cardew! The first of the pieces to be performed is Paragraph 6 of The Great Learning by Read More …
On Tuesday, November 17, the Bozzini Quartet of Montreal and friends Suzanne Lemieux, Dominic Desautels, Susan Sayle and Norman Adams will be presented in concert by suddenlyLISTEN Music. Quatuor Bozzini is in Halifax to perform on the suddenlyLISTEN Series, at Read More …
“So what am I doing? Why do I do this? What is the &%#8@ point??” That question comes up pretty frequently with me these days. I’ve been playing, producing, thinking about, listening to, presenting, and just trying to help, improvised Read More …
The concert this weekend is one that’s very special to me. Mostly because I’m the biggest fan of Craig Pedersen…. Craig is a young musician that is doing creative music right. He’s made a careful study of his craft (which Read More …
The other day I saw a listing online, of the guest artists at the Vision Festival in New York City. The Vision Fest is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its week’s worth of concerts, and visual arts (and there’s even Read More …
It’s nice to look back, especially in the arts and arts organization business, where we spend so much time looking forward. In fact if I learned anything this season, it was that looking forward often prevents us from looking back Read More …