Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesEverett-Green: 1 of 3 on CBC R2 changes – CANON FIRE
Sunday, July 27th, 2008The Globe and Mail has commissioned their music critic, Robert Everett-Green, to write a three-part series on the planned changes at Radio 2. The first installment was published Saturday July 26 and can be found here. The second installment (August 2) discusses the question “How did we ever get the idea that “public radio” means [...]
NPR tries hip show on air, cancels it, and is rumoured to take it online
Sunday, July 27th, 2008A recent attempt by NPR to launch a new hip show aimed at an under-40 audience failed on-air and may now move online, a home deemed more suitable to the demographic. The Globe and Mail covered the story on July 21. You can read it here.
Ed Martin says BBC a good model for CBC Radio
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Subject: Classical Music in Canada Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:20:30 -0700 Dear Ms. Verner, Mr.Casgrain, Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Lacroix: I write as a dedicated listener of the CBC Radio Orchestra and of CBC Radio 2. As I am sure you are all aware, CBC recently announced some very dramatic, and I believe ill [...]
Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra President letter
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Hubert T. Lacroix President and CEO, CBC PO Box 3220, Station C Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 1E4 On behalf of the 275 musicians, their families, conductors, board of directors and staff of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra (VYSO), I write to protest the loss of the CBC Radio Orchestra and to voice our objection to the [...]
Queen’s Quarterly article by Colin Eatock
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Writer and composer Colin Eatock has published a review of our April-May protest in the Canadian publication The Queen’s Quarterly. You can read the entire article here.
CBC destroying Canada’s autonomy
Thursday, July 17th, 2008July 14, 2008 Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC/Radio Canada Dear Mr. Lacroix: Being somewhat hard of hearing, I find much of the rock and pop music to be anchored by heavy, overly repetitive drum beats. This is offensive to my ears so I quickly turn this music off. The promises of the CBC [...]
I’m crying as I write this to you
Thursday, July 17th, 2008To: kathleen.martin [at] cbc.ca Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 7:46 AM Subject: CONCERTS ON DEMAND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CBC CLASSICAL RADIO Dear Ms. Martin, Please be so kind as to forward my letter to each individual member of the CBC Board of Directors. I have already emailed my message to Mr. LaCroix and [...]
Stursberg and Boyce: an agenda of destruction?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008July 7th, 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Hubert.T.Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC Tim Casgrain, Chair, Board of Directors, CBC Richard Stursberg, English Radio and television Chris Boyce, Programming Director, CBC English Radio Bill Stunt, Production Manager, Radio Music, CBC Re: Destructive Changes to CBC2 We are so upset, angered and sad over your destruction of [...]
CBCRO and Vancouver Chamber Choir: 33 years of Collaboration
Thursday, July 17th, 2008CBC RADIO ORCHESTRA COLLABORATIONS
with the Vancouver Chamber choir
1975-2008: 98 performances of 83 programmes over 33 years
CBC Radio increases its support for Canadian composers – CBC press release
Monday, July 14th, 2008Attention News Editors: CBC Radio increases its support for Canadian composers TORONTO, July 14 /CNW/ – CBC Radio is building on its legacy of commissioning original works from some of Canada’s most talented musicians and orchestras with today’s announcement of a $50,000 increase in its commissionsbudget, bringing 2008′s allocation up to $170,000 in total. “We [...]
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