Calgary, Canada (24/9/2024) – Heather Wootton, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s Assistant Principal Horn is the winner of the Orchestras Canada Betty Webster Award for 2024. 🎥 Watch the Award Announcement Video on YouTube! Heather Wootton was nominated by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. The award celebrates Heather’s contribution to Canadian orchestras through her career-long commitment and outstanding […]
Now in its second year, the Canadian Orchestra Repertoire Report explores how we are programming female, non-binary, and IBPOC composers in 2024. This year’s report dives into the data with updates on the trends we saw in last year’s report. The research, led by Rich Coburn, meticulously analyzes over 24,000 from 51 Canadian orchestras from every budget […]
An interview with expert orchestra photographer Tam Lan Truong By Boran Zaza If you attended our last Rendez-vous des orchestres du Québec, then you will have seen an energetic, enthusiastic, friendly photographer roaming around the room smiling to everyone, capturing different moments of the event with great discretion and professionalism (some shared below). Tam Lan Truong has […]
By Rheena Suter* No matter the size, location, or mission of your orchestra, auditions are critical for finding the best talent available to you. Not only do you gain an understanding of each prospective performer’s musical abilities, but they also get a taste of what it’ll be like to play in your orchestra, which will […]
By Boran Zaza, Director of Communications & Development at Orchestras Canada. It’s been three months since I returned from Berlin, where I attended Classical:NEXT (C:N), the world’s largest global gathering of art music professionals. I went to many conference sessions focused on orchestras, mainly on the topics of Innovative Leadership Models, Environmental Sustainability in Orchestras, and […]
By Boran Zaza, Director of Communications & Development at Orchestras Canada. From May 13 to 17, 2024, I attended Classical:NEXT in Berlin, Germany. This is part 2 of a series of 3 blog posts titled “What I learned at Classical:NEXT” You can read part 1 here: Innovative leadership models in Orchestras Small Changes: Great Impact […]
By Boran Zaza, Director of Communications & Development at Orchestras Canada. Classical:NEXT (C:N) is the largest global gathering of art music professionals. Traditionally, it has taken place in different European cities each year — as of 2024, C:N has made Berlin, Germany its permanent home. C:N features conference sessions, showcases, meetups and project pitches. Over 1400 […]
By Jerry Tsai* If you’re an operations director or personnel manager of an orchestra, you know that the digital age has influenced your organization in many ways. In addition to changing the way you connect with audiences and opening up different opportunities for your musicians, the shift to more digital work has also shaped the […]
By Katherine Carleton, Executive Director of Orchestras Canada In mid-August, a small group of orchestra management folks and I attended the annual conference of the Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians (OCSM) in Kitchener, Ontario. OCSM describes itself as “a conference of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) representing approximately […]
As is our custom, Orchestras Canada recently submitted recommendations to the Federal Standing Committee on Finance as part of that group’s pre-budget consultation process. In our brief, we make the case for: An additional, permanent investment of $270 million per year in the arts, culture, and heritage sectors, via $140 million to the Canada Council […]