Rosemary Mountain's life has been characterized by exploration – geographical, cultural, scholarly, and creative. Her musical output is varied in style and ensemble, including electroacoustics and mixed works as well as occasional collaborations with other art forms (film, dance, theatre), and has been performed in Canada & Europe. Early exposure to Indian music led her [...]
“Symphony Nova Scotia made sweet music with Sarah Slean, which has earned the orchestra a Juno nomination for 2021 Classical Album of the Year:Vocal and Choral. The album Ecstasy also grabbed an East Coast Music Award nomination for Classical Recording of the Year. Slean says CBC producer Jeff Reily was the mastermind behind the collaboration, [...]
Newfoundland and Labrador-based composer Andrew Staniland tells us about his latest work, Ramadan 20 vs. Covid 19, commissioned for the 2021 NYC songSLAM Festival by Sparks & Wiry Cries. The work premiered on January 22 to great acclaim, and here Andrew and pianist Erika Switzer reflect on the process of creating this new art [...]
Essential Opera has announced the digital premiere of their original holiday piece, December. The short film goes live on Monday, December 21 at 8:00 p.m. AST during a hosted YouTube event. CMC Atlantic caught up with composer Monica Pearce about her new one-act opera for three sopranos and string quartet, soprano Erin Bardua and Essential [...]
Atlantic composer Bob Bauer is looking forward to the recorded performance of his new work Tears in the fragile web of memory, premiering on Saturday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m. on YouTube and Facebook. This online event is free but donations are welcome to presenter Musique Royale. This virtual concert from St. John’s Anglican [...]
Jeremy VanSlyke is just the kind of guy you love reading about, following his classical music dreams, running his own business and juggling family life. We’re not going to repeat all his successes with Leaf Music Inc., the only classical music label east of Quebec; he’s already been profiled in La Scena Musicale (link: https://myscena.org/wah-keung-chan/leaf-music-the-independant-label-that-could/) [...]
From Japan, composer Daryl Jamieson has created is nowhere free of bad tidings? It’s a setting of Japanese texts from the middle ages, specifically addressing plague, natural disasters and war, and how to respond to them by withdrawing from the world. The piece also won the 3rd Toshi Ichiyanagi Contemporary Prize. Read more here and [...]
From Michael B. MacDonald Films, "Living Flame of Love" follows Peter Togni, Michael Zaugg, and Pro Coro Canada as they prepare for the world premiere of Togni's new choral work "Living Flame of Love"
L. Christopher Palmer was born in Holland of Canadian parents, and grew up in London, England. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London, and later at the University of Ottawa. He lives in Halifax, and works as a professional bassoonist with Symphony Nova Scotia. He also plays piano and organ, and has been active in the community as a teacher, coach, conductor and organizer of musical events.