(North)west Coast Jazz
Finishing off last night was Vancouver's Hard Rubber Orchestra, which came at the audience like a speedball freight train. Together almost 20 years, these guys were as tight as an
Canadian Quartets
I doubt New York – or any other North American city – could lay claim to an all-world-premiere program of string quartets last night. But, that's exactly what I heard
Sky As Ceiling
Among the many magical moments encountered along this afternoon's Soundwalk – a flutist duetting with the birds, a clarinetist accompanying a poem about canoeing on the Grand River – the
Quotable
"Living in large cities, we've lost the ability to identify with the sounds of nature – and, by extension, the relationship of music to the natural world. All the sounds
Soundwalk
I'm on a school bus, on my way to the Rare Forest for a "Soundwalk" hosted by Canadian composer/acoustic ecologist R. Murray Schaefer. We've been told that the performance begins
Open Borders
I'll be making my way to Kitchener, Ontario this weekend for the biennial Open Ears Festival of music and sound, featuring an array of performances and sound installations throughout this
Ring Wrap
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera "Every now and then the creative impulse of man suddenly erupts and produces something so extraordinary, so incalculable, that from the moment it comes into being
