Public Speeches
« Previous EntriesCam Trowsdale’s CBCR2 National Response Bibliography
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008If you prefer to download a single document that contains much of the information found on our web site, why not download the CBCR2 National Response Bibliography! Cam Trowsdale, (of CBC Vancouver Orchestra and Vancouver Opera Orchestra fame) has been collecting public commentary on changes at CBC Radio 2 since the announcement of the elimination [...]
Richard Kurth’s Heritage Committee notes
Saturday, June 7th, 2008To: The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) From: Richard Kurth, Professor and Director, UBC School of Music Re: The CBC Radio Orchestra (CBCRO) and Radio 2 programming changes. Date: May 29, 2008 Honourable Members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the recent and unfortunate decision [...]
May 24 Toronto Rally — An Attendee’s Overview
Thursday, May 29th, 2008[DISCLAIMER: If you see a name incorrectly spelled, please contact standonguardforcbc [at] earsay [dot] com] The Toronto rally beside the CBC Broadcast Centre was an important reminder of who we are and what we’re fighting for. The speakers — over 35 of them — represented several generations, all career stages, and widely varied aspects of [...]
Measha Brueggergosman, May 24th speech
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“It’s called the CANADIAN Broadcasting Corporation. They are the sole media representative for Canadian culture TO CANADIANS. They’re the last organization I would have expected to sell out. But instead of creating innovative programming to bring in NEW audiences for classical music and giving airtime to NON-pop musicians WITHOUT huge record labels or massive PR [...]
Larry Beckwith speech
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008“Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below” I stand here today as a professional musician and loyal CBC Radio 2 listener, with 4 decades worth of special memories of musical events across the country at which CBC Radio was at the centre…..I stand here as a concerned citizen, [...]
Zimfira Poloz, conductor of Hamilton Children’s Choir (CBC prize winners)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel it important and high responsibility to speak to you! I am an Artistic Director of High Park Choirs, Hamilton Children’s Choir and I teach at University of Toronto. I came from Kazakhstan ( Soviet Union) where I had special Choirs School and my best choir Koktem was a prize [...]
An Athenian CBC speech
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008by Bob Anderson Speech given May 24, 2008, Toronto rally in front of CBC building Some of these words are my own, but much of what I am saying today draws on the work of an American visionary, Neil Postman. SPEECH I want to tell you about two groups of people who lived many years [...]
Alain Trudel’s Rally Speech
Monday, May 26th, 2008May 24, 2008 Good afternoon to all of you, My name is Alain Trudel, I am the conductor of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and I have been asked to say a few words to you about the work we do. Over the years the CRO has been one of the main physical entities that connect [...]
Ivars Taurins’ Rally Speech
Sunday, May 25th, 2008CBC Rally Speech, May 24, 2008 I’m here today because I have a passion for the things I believe in. That passion runs deeper than logic can rationalize or explain. Time and time again the old debate of the relevance of western European art and music in our modern North American society rears its head. [...]
Bramwell Tovey’s Rally Speech
Saturday, May 24th, 2008Saturday 24th May, 2008 To Whom It May Concern: For the last twenty years I have served as music director of two Canadian orchestras: the Winnipeg Symphony (from 1989 to 2001) and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestras (from 2000 onwards.) I was co-founder (with composer Glenn Buhr) of the Winnipeg Symphony’s New Music Festival which has [...]
« Previous Entries