Yes – you read correctly :Violin, cathedral organ and DANCE! And its all happening at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Belleville. Francine Nguyen-Savaria, Director of music at Saint Thomas’ Anglican Church, has sent us a…
On a September evening in 1960, Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten were seated together at the Royal Festival Theatre where both composers were having their works performed. It was the British premiere of Shostakovich’s Sonata…
No No NOOOO!! I said SONATA. But what is a sonata? I asked Cynthia Young, local piano and theory instructor to fill us in. Here’s what she had to say. Now listen up : there…
QSCM happily announces a Master Class for local students of piano and strings. Petya Stavreva and Amahl Arunlanandam have kindly agreed to conduct master classes for local piano and string students as part of QSCM’s…
We choose the title “Between Friends” for our SONATA series because the duo sonata is probably the most intimate in this most intimate of classical musical forms. With only two players involved the give and…
The devil is in the details they say, and as all serious musicians know, so is the art! QSCM is about to make a provactive addition to our events page that refers to a CHILD…
There is something about the organ, well played, that is deeply moving, and even when the music is exuberant and huge, still soothing. It’s rather like watching elephants at play. The organ is a colossal…
Romsai the blind Elephant has excellent taste. Watch her reaction to the second selection (The theme from Bach’s Goldberg variations. I invite you to spend some time with Romsai here. There is something utterly sublime…
Hello all, Welcome to QSCM 2019. We are looking forward to an amazing year with lots of new initiatives and more wonderful music for us all. We’ll be talking about all of those over the…