CMC Ontario Interim Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with emerging composer and co-recipient of the 2021 Friends of Canadian Music Award, Maria-Eduarda Mendes Martins to discuss her participation in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Composer Fellowship program.
BY LISA CONWAY Banner Photo: Sabrina Schroeder performing at Tidal ~ Signal. Credit, Alistair Henning. My first introduction to Sabrina Schroeder’s work was via a Vimeo video from the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE, New York chapter). The video featured a live performance at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. The stage lighting is mysterious and blue, [...]
By Frank Horvat On December 6, 1989, I was 15 years old—a grade 10 student at Nepean High School. Growing up under the care of two loving parents in a quiet, upper middle class neighborhood in Ottawa, life was predictable and somewhat sheltered. Watching the news with my parents on that fateful night shattered all [...]
The third in a series of avant-garde performances, in this instance showcasing young Canadian filmmakers and composers, Synesthesia III was a captivating event that worked to redefine how we perceive film and music. Presented by FAWN Opera and New Music, in collaboration with The Seventh Art, the performance illustrated some of the innovative and ambitious minds at work in Toronto’s contemporary art scene.