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The Audience Angle: Jennifer Bone on Making Time for Live Music
As a young child, Jennifer Bone, our featured audience member, received her first introduction to classical music through her grandmother and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) itself. “My…
Meet the Musician: Violinist Erin Burkholder
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming eight new musicians this 2018/2019 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to…
CPO Assistant Principal Trumpet Miranda Canonico on showcasing trumpet in Verdi’s Requiem
This Remembrance Day weekend, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) will perform Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, the colossal liturgical work for chorus and orchestra. The nearly 90-minute piece will…
Maestras from Heaven: Conductor JoAnn Falletta
JoAnn FallettaPhoto by David dam Beloff Calgary. November. Think hot! Barcelona! Spain! Guitars! A warm evening full of luscious talent and incredible beauty! Welcome to the Jack Singer,…
Maestras from Heaven: Gemma New
Gemma New Photo by Roy Cox I had the pleasure of attending Maestra Gemma New’s fabulous “Greatest Classical Hits” concert on 27 October — and it was a…
A Little Night Music
Photo: Fred Stucker We’ve started the season off with a wonderful selection of music and now, just in time for Halloween, comes the appropriately titled “A Little Night…
CPO Introduces Sensory-Friendly Concert Experience
Col Cseke from Inside Out Theatre + Karl Hirzer Associate Conductor The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) believes that music is for everyone, and one of their recent concerts…
CPO Principal Timpani Alex Cohen on Developing a New Generation of Music Lovers
Alex Cohen, Principal Timpani of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), has been listening to music his entire life — literally. Cohen says he and his sister Diana Cohen,…
CPO Principal Tuba Tom McCaslin on combining organ with orchestra
The tuba is the youngest instrument in the orchestra, and it also happens to be one of the loudest. But this week, according to Tom McCaslin, Principal Tuba…