what I am dancing sundays
Please watch, and circulate, this video documentation of Ziyian Kwan’s ‘what i am dancing sundays’, created by Filmmaker Peg Campbell. Peg captures the performance advocacy of her colleagues in music Continue Reading →
Please watch, and circulate, this video documentation of Ziyian Kwan’s ‘what i am dancing sundays’, created by Filmmaker Peg Campbell. Peg captures the performance advocacy of her colleagues in music Continue Reading →
Here is a copy of the keynote address from the Arts Summit 2010 hosted by the Alliance for Arts and Culture. This year’s keynote speaker was Arlene Goldbard. As we Continue Reading →
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it. Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when Continue Reading →
Remarks made by Bramwell Tovey, Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to the Vancouver School Board (VSB)Trustees at a public meeting at Mount Pleasant Elementary, Vancouver April 20th 2010. Continue Reading →
“Just Do It” – sounds like an over used corporate slogan, but then again the road to becoming an great artist or a great “anything at all” for that matter Continue Reading →
Individuals gave about $101 million to arts and culture organizations in 2007, but these donors represent a very small percentage of Canadians who make charitable donations, according to a new Continue Reading →
From “The Tyee” article by Mark Lieren-Young. An excellent opinion piece about the current state-of-affairs. As k.d. lang mesmerized the world with her magical rendition of “Hallelujah,” I couldn’t shake the image Continue Reading →
From the League of Orchestras’ Audience Demographic Research Review, an alarming graph that shows a comprehensive downward trend in generational participation in classical music. It uses data from the National Endowment Continue Reading →
Probably the most amazing music education project in the world today is the youth orchestra program in Venezuela. Known as El Sistema or “the system” the world’s attention in the Continue Reading →
Recently released Statistics Canada data regarding government spending on culture in 2006-07 reveals some very interesting analysis. In BC Cities and municipalities are responsible for a greater share of the Continue Reading →