Boo!
Hector Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique is the classical music equivalent of a modern day horror movie. It has it all: bucolic pastoral...
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B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Jun 11, 20222 min read
When listening becomes sacred.... Between Friends, 2022
While compiling the program notes for QSCM's Between Friends III concert, June 11 I came across this statement by Leonidas Kavakos upon...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Jun 6, 20223 min read
FEELINGFUL * PRESENT * LIVE! Between Friends III - June 11, 2022
Saturday June 11, QSCM's "Between Friends III" event, live at St Paul's United Church, Stirling ON (7 pm) celebrates connection and...
Cynthia Young
Feb 6, 20223 min read
Fingering: A trigger of imagination?
For the uninitiated, "fingering" refers to the numbers written above or below notes corresponding to the fingers of the hand with thumbs...
Cynthia Young
Nov 1, 20212 min read
My Pandemic Repertoire
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) was a contemporary of the notorious "Russian Five", composers Shostakovitch, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov,...
Cynthia Young
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Alexander Glazunov: the most influential composer you may never have heard of
Alexander Glazunov was born in Russia in 1865. He grew up steeped in the late romantic tradition of Russian music. The music of...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Sep 7, 20211 min read
"A Story, A Song, A Dance and A Party!"
The four movements of Haydn's "Lark Quartet" are aptly described by composer and musicologist, Paul Epstein, in these words: "a story,...
Tamara Best
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Music (and History!) at the Mill
This coming Saturday I will be welcoming visitors to one of my favourite places: the historic O’Hara’s Mill & Homestead just north of...
Cynthia Young
Jun 18, 20214 min read
Page Turners:A necessary evil or unsung heroes of chamber music?
The piano is a prominent instrument in the genre of chamber music, either as a collaborative instrument accompanying a soloist or as a...
Cynthia Young
May 19, 20212 min read
Piano Lessons in a Pandemic
For the past few years I have been taking weekly piano lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Music in downtown Toronto. March 12, 2020 was...
Cynthia Young
Apr 30, 20213 min read
The Three B's
Music historians often refer to the three B's of classical music: Bach, Beethoven and, Brahms. Their compositional lives cover 250 years...
Tamara Best
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Our trip to the Stirling MILL
Hello everyone, The “kids” of QSCM’s new Kid’s Page went on a field trip to the Stirling Musical Instrument Lending Library (Stirling...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Feb 19, 20218 min read
A Career in the Making! Petya Stavreva, Pianist
A QSCM interview with pianist, Petya Stavreva. Feb.13,2021 Pianist Petya Stavreva is currently completing the final requirements towards...
Tamara Best
Feb 10, 20213 min read
A Talk with Amahl
Three years ago, my youngest and I went to a children’s concert in Stirling, Ontario. This was our first experience with QSCM and his...
Tamara Best
Jan 8, 20213 min read
On Inspiring the Next Generation…
When my eldest was born there was a a popular craze marketing classical music for babies and children. These products boasted hyperbolic...
Cynthia Young
Dec 21, 20202 min read
Happy Birthday Ludwig!
Beethoven was an urban guy. He was born in the city of Bonn, Germany and spent his professional career in Vienna. However, he loved...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Dec 17, 20201 min read
Beethoven, More Beethoven!
Celebrating the birthday of a great composer is always a joy if only because we all find ourselves playing or listening to great music!...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Nov 28, 20201 min read
Music: Daily Bread
Read here to discover Gregorian Chant in all its aspects. An excellent introduction to a timeless and timely art form....
Cynthia Young
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Music as Crime
A few years ago, as part of my Master's degree, I took a course entitled "Art and Crime". Besides the obvious connotations of theft and...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Beethoven was hard to listen to once too....
Listen to this excellent talk by the great musicologist and critic Charles Rosen to discover why modern music is challenging, and well...
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