CBC helps to recast defunct orchestra
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail November 19, 2008 at 2:17 AM EST The CBC stopped paying the bills for its last in-house orchestra on Sunday, but it says it is willing to help a free-standing successor ensemble with broadcasts, commissions and rehearsal space. Mark Steinmetz, the CBC Radio executive who announced the end [...]
CBC Radio Orchestra to live on with new name and mandate
Thursday, October 30th, 2008ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN October 30, 2008, Globe and Mail [source] The CBC Radio Orchestra’s final concert is less than a month away, and music director Alain Trudel is planning lots of encores – several years’ worth, in fact. Trudel and Montreal businessman Philippe Labelle say the CBC’s 70-year-old Vancouver orchestra will carry on after its official [...]
April 28th interview with Mark Steinmetz & Chris Boyce
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Interview: Changes to CBC Radio 2 and Orchestra Disbanding There has been lots of talk recently about the forthcoming changes to CBC Radio 2, the dismantling of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and more. So last week, I sat down (via phone) with Chris Boyce, CBC Radio’s director of programming, and Mark Steinmetz, director of music, [...]