Opera + Hardcore Punk

Congrats to Toronto's Tapestry Opera on making the CBC Arts list of 10 artists reshaping Canada's artistic landscape for their rec...

Madama Butterfly In Under Three Minutes

Opera 5 's latest irreverent synopsis looks at Puccini's masterpiece: Opera 5 have a show coming up : Reynaldo Hahn's L’île du ...

Free Tickets and CD Giveaway: Jonathan Estabrooks CD Launch at Toronto's Drake Hotel on April 4

Last July I mentioned University of Toronto and Juilliard graduate  Jonathan Estabrooks' Kickstarter campaign to create a crossover fir...

Jason Doell is the Recipient of the 2014 Toronto Emerging Composer Award

Congratulations go to Jason Doell, who has just won the Canadian Music Centre's 2014 Toronto Emerging Composer Award  (full press releas...

Cheryl Duvall at the Canadian Music Centre's A Composer's Canvas

This was a solo recital I was very sorry to have missed - Cheryl Duvall at the Canadian Music Centre  on March 13. The full program is below...

Call for Pianists: Tapestry Opera's New Opera 101 Workshop + Tapestry Songbook on Jan 31-Feb 1 in Toronto

At the end of the month, I'm excited to be joining mezzo soprano Krisztina Szabó in coaching at Tapestry Opera's New Opera 101 work...

2013 in Review

With Anne Marie Page and Thomas Green working on the syllabus revision. Oh my goodness, do I ever enjoy playing Steingraebers! Regular Colla...

Recitals in Rosedale: A New Series in Toronto

One of the genuine gaps in Toronto musical life has been the lack of voice and piano recitals at the professional level (especially after th...