arts and culture
Gustavo Dudamel and his friends are in complete harmony – The Globe and Mail
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Gustavo Dudamel and his friends are in complete harmony – The Globe and Mail In Canada, we give the Glenn Gould Prize to a man who embraces classical music for the good of society and the poor, while we support governments at all levels that are closing down orchestras, closing down music programs in schools, [...]
New non-profit dedicated to quality non-pop programming
Thursday, August 6th, 2009The Stand On Guard for CBC Coalition has been contacted by a new non-profit entity called “Music and Society” whose goals are dear to the hearts of many of our supporters. As stated on their web site – musoc.org – they exist to: §1 To repudiate cultural relativism in music §2 To provide a cultural oasis in the [...]
Media watchdog: Conservatives plan to cut CBC funding by $200 million
Friday, December 5th, 2008By Jessica Werb, The Georgis Straight Publish Date: December 5, 2008 The Conservative party wants to cut $200 million from the CBC’s parliamentary grant, claims an independent watchdog of Canadian programming. In an e-mail sent out yesterday (December 4) by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, spokesperson Ian Morrison claimed that a confidential source had alerted the [...]
Julian Lloyd Webber applauds the UK Government’s injection of £332 million into music-making
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008[excerpts from this source.] [EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is posted as one of numerous examples of how governments around the world invest in their arts and culture because they have seen how it makes sense on every level, especially for the social and economic health of the nation.] Yesterday was a red-letter day for British [...]
Investment in art pays off for the Houston economy
Monday, November 17th, 2008The city of Houston invests $10 million public investment in the arts, the state of Texas invest $3.9 million. Result: the citizens of Houston are getting a fifty-four percent rate of return on their tax investment. Public money invested in the arts is profitable for society.
The arts minister of the iPod generation
Sunday, November 9th, 2008STEVEN CHASE Globe and Mail Update [source] November 9, 2008 at 9:57 AM EST — Should you have trouble concentrating, newly minted federal Heritage Minister and iPod junkie James Moore has just the prescription for you: baroque music. The 32-year-old British Columbia MP – who’s just made history in becoming Canada’s youngest-ever federal cabinet minister [...]
What makes classical Classical?
Sunday, September 21st, 2008The term “classical music” – once so clear in meaning – has become murky. On the one hand, it is invoked in a positive sense, to suggest “bestness”; on the other hand it has acquired (in some circles) negative connotations of stuffy over-formality and pretentiousness.
Harper Plays Populist Tune on Arts Cuts
Saturday, September 20th, 2008No Point Funding Programs ‘People Actually Don’t Want’. James Bradshaw, Globe and Mail, September 11, 2008 TORONTO — In his first detailed defence of $45-million in controversial cuts to arts and culture funding, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper called his party’s decisions good governance and said the government must walk “a fine line” between providing financial [...]