Orchestra Members
Out of Tune – Vancouver Courier
Friday, May 23rd, 2008CBC’s closure of the Vancouver-based CBC Radio Orchestra–the last of its kind in North America–has created a wave of protest from listeners and musicians who say the broadcaster has abandoned its purpose Susan Hollis, Vancouver Courier Published: Friday, May 23, 2008 Imagine this scenario: The Vancouver Art Gallery decides it can no longer house the [...]
CBC’s programming changes disunifying and dismal -Letter from Gene Ramsbottom, The Hill Times
Monday, May 19th, 2008Letter to Editor May 19, 2008 Re: “CBC’s struggle with its mandate disheartening, surprising,” (The Hill Times, Letters to the Editor, May 12, p. 8). How curious that musicians of the CBC Radio Orchestra are akin to Roman legionnaires stuck in pre-Arthurian Britain when Rome decided to pull its resources back to Rome: stranded and [...]
Open letter from Alain Trudel, CBC Radio Orchestra – www.thewholenote.com
Friday, May 16th, 2008An Open Letter – April 1st, 2008 Dear members of my orchestra, colleagues, and music lovers across the country, over the past few days I have received your many communications concerning the untimely demise of the CBC Radio Orchestra (CRO). I want to thank you so much for your concern and love for the Orchestra. [...]
April 20th rally speech by Andrew Brown, Member of CBC Radio Orchestra
Monday, May 12th, 2008Andrew Brown, Member of the CBC Radio Orchestra Speech for Rally April 20, 2008, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts I’ve played with this orchestra for almost 20 years now, and some might think that my coming up here to address this issue would be self-serving. But I’m not here to talk about jobs or [...]
Alain Trudel wins Heinz Unger Award
Friday, May 9th, 2008Toronto, May 9, 2008 – Alain Trudel is the latest recipient of the Heinz Unger Award. FACTS · Alain Trudel is Principal Conductor and Musical Director of l’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Principal Conductor of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. · The purpose of the Heinz Unger Award is [...]
The truth about CBCRO expenses
Thursday, May 8th, 2008from a member of the orchestra The CBC Radio Orchestra should and needs to be a thriving ensemble that records in the studio instead of giving concerts. Many more on-air broadcasts could be made for the same money if the orchestra recorded in the studio [Editor's note: which it has done for all but the [...]
Open letter to PM Stephen Harper, Parliamentarians, H. Lacroix and CBC Board of Directors
Saturday, April 26th, 2008In 1938 a child was born unto the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was a difficult birth. The child was named the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, later renamed the CBC Radio Orchestra. Like parents throughout all history the parent was proud and took delight in the child. The child grew quickly under the incredible nurturing it [...]