Since the middle of October I am the new Dean of Music of the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts.
Oldest Flute
Oldest flute found is now 50,000 years old – I knew Neanderthals had good taste!
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/flute/worlds-oldest-instrument-neanderthal-flute/?fbclid=IwAR2uxZCUNbzyV1n6aPt87EoebwzQgRrSRxQFjZlP5t9OLBYy5NOMROcy_sI
CYBER MEW FLUTES
Announcing Cyber MEW Sunday Flute Travels
Arts Nova Scotia
A big THANK YOU to Arts Nova Scotia for funding my travels with Trio d’Argento this season! Couldn’t have done it without you and hope that we can hit the road soon again, after Covid-19 times have passed.
Teaser video Trio d’Argento
And here’s the link to our teaser video from Trio d’Argento’s tour to Vancouver Island January 2020:
Excerpts from Trio d'Argento's tour to Vancouver Island January 2020
Our little teaser video with excerpts from Beethoven op.11, Alice Ho's Cothurnus and the trio by Bohuslav Martinū.
Posted by Trio D'Argento on Monday, March 2, 2020
Performances coming up:
February 27th: Concerts in Care at Melville Lodge with Jennifer King/Argento Collective
March 1st: J.S.Bach Magnificat at the Round Church with Garth McPhee https://www.facebook.com/events/191341495313014/
March 2nd: extended flute techniques and Barbara Croall’s work “Noodin” for Dalhousie University.
March 23rd: Concert in Care at Sagewood with Jennifer King/Argento Collective
April 5th: J.S.Bach St.John Passion with Paul Halley https://ukings.ca/events/st-john-passion/
April 18th: Trio d’Argento, Caledon Chamber Concerts http://caledonchamberconcerts.com/schedule/
April 23rd: Concerts in Care Shoreham Village with Jennifer King/Argento Collective
May 17th: Suddenly Listen, Tim Crofts Music for Quartet http://www.suddenlylisten.com/event-listing/tim-crofts/
Busy times
Loads of examining and adjudicating coming up:
Examined in Ontario in January, will be adjudications for the North York Music Festival in April and then for the Canadian Music Competition in May.
RCM Examinatins look like this:
BC Tour with Trio d’Argento
And the trio is off to BC again, great concert today at the Silverpurse Arts Centre in Vancouver and a ferry ride to Nanaimo. And who would have thought that there’s already a table reserved for me? Concerts: 25th Port Alberni, 26th Tofino, 27th Chemainus.
Saturne @ concert October 25th
Saturne for flute solo by Denis Gougeon, October 25th Mount Allison University:
Maritime Ensemble Week Video 2019
Check out the new video of our 2019 MEW.
New dates for 2020 are July 5th-11th – hope to see you there!