Articles related to "Canadian Composers"

Though he died at the young age of 50, Glenn Gould left a remarkable legacy in classical recordings.

Halifax composer Scott Macmillan wrote a piece that tells the story of the sinking of HMCS Esquimalt. The piece embodies both patriotic and family history.

Singer Kathleen Shimeta was so inspired by a one-woman show about suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she wrote her own show about composer Gena Branscombe.

Canadian composer Alex Pauk's contributions to Canadian arts earned him the 2007 Molson Award.

These days everybody seems to be releasing CDs, and the market is flooded with new material almost every day.This CD, however, is well worth adding to your collection.

Oh Canada! was composed in 1880 in haste as a national song for an event, the lyrics written in French only. The poetic English lyrics were written twenty years later.

A brief look at the career of Canadian composer and conductor Gena Branscombe and her musical works.

Film music composition is perhaps the least known profession of the music industry, but for Alexander Doan it's a passion.

Canada said good-bye to one of its most distinctive fiddlers and composers when Oliver Schroer died on Thursday.

Miles Davis recorded many masterpieces aside from Kind of Blue. However, it remains as the largest selling jazz album of all time.