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Saturday, August 9th, 2008CANON FIRE: RADIO WARS
Why the show may, in fact, go on
In the last of a three-part series, critic Robert-Everett Green talks to the Montreal venture capitalist determined to save the CBC Radio Orchestra - and explains why it may not be the only CBC venture to survive a death foretold
By Robert Everett-Green
*All three articles can […]
Remake Radio 2 or watch it die - Globe and Mail
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008CANON FIRE: PUSHING THE MUSICAL ENVELOPE
In the second instalment of a three-part series, critic Robert Everett-Green lauds CBC’s decision to devote more airtime to innovative, non-classical Canadian music. The alternative? The decimation of Radio 2’s audience within a decade
By Robert Everett-Green
Earlier this week, I attended a lecture by composer R. Murray Schafer, who once wrote […]
Yuel Yawney on the Axing of CBCRO and demise of CBC Radio 2
Friday, August 1st, 2008A Changing Classical Landscape
The Axing of the CBC Orchestra and Demise of CBC Radio Two
By Yuel Yawney
[from Borealis String Quartet Spring 2008 Newsletter, April 2008]
As many of you have heard, the CBC has decided to cut the CBC Radio Orchestra from the Canadian musical landscape. For musicians, composers, and audiences alike, this is an assault […]
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 are excited to be putting more money […]
CBC Radio widens its net - Globe and Mail
Thursday, June 26th, 2008CBC Radio widens its net
Guy Dixon, The Globe and Mail
June 26, 2008
A higher-profile morning time slot for host Jian Ghomeshi and a youthful-sounding current-affairs program in the afternoon on Radio One are two of the major changes coming to CBC Radio this fall.
In a festive presentation - one part public announcement of the changes and […]
CBC Radio Orchestra producer Denise Ball honoured
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008I attended Vancouver’s first Mayor’s Arts Awards Ceremony last night (Vancouver Playhouse Theatre). After awards to Yulanda Faris for philanthropy, to Odlum Brown Limited for Business Support, and to Rob O’Dea for volunteerism, the rest honoured those who have achieved great things for our city, and then invited them to choose an emerging artist in […]
Heritage committee asks CBC to reconsider orchestra’s demise - The Georgia Straight
Monday, June 23rd, 2008By Jessica Werb
The House of Commons standing committee on Canadian heritage has concluded in a June 18 report that the CBC’s management and board of directors “should review the decision to disband the CBC Radio Orchestra”.
“Even though it’s in kind of gentle language, it’s quite a slap on the wrist to the board and […]
CBC/Radio-Canada’s Strategy undermined by Feds
Friday, June 20th, 2008CBC/Radio-Canada’s Strategic Direction Undermined
from Broadcastermagazine.com, June 20, 2008
The Government’s decision late yesterday not to endorse the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage’s report on CBC/Radio-Canada is a missed opportunity to enhance the accountability and transparency of Canada’s national public broadcaster, the CBC says.
The report, CBC/Radio-Canada: Defining Distinctiveness in the Changing Media Landscape contains recommendations linking CBC/Radio-Canada’s […]
Letter to the BC Choral Federation from the Canadian Music Centre
Monday, June 16th, 2008“The struggle of people against power,” wrote Milan Kundera, ” is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”
People who compose, perform and listen to choral music remember. In remembering, we bring to life a living heritage of great richness and complexity expressed in the glorious sound of voices lifted together in song. Whether singing or […]
CBC’s driving New Brunswick blogger batty - The Northern Light
Friday, June 6th, 2008Northern Light site here
Guest blog below sent to me by a friend. Interesting take on some recent CBC stances. There’s been a few stories lately at CBC where I’ve been concerned they’ve been taking a stance as opposed to reporting the news and letting the listener decide. I see I’m not the only one thinking […]