Beethoven and the Immortal Beloved (by Cynthia Young)
Beethoven never married, but was often romantically attracted to unattainable (and often married) women well above his social class....
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B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Apr 26, 20191 min read
Shostakovich Revisited (by Cynthia Young)
The year 1934 began auspiciously for Dmitri Shostakovich. He was an established composer and respected conservatory teacher. His opera,...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Apr 16, 20191 min read
Improv for Strings with Amahl Arulanandam
QSCM: Between Friends Improvisation Workshop for Strings with Amahl Arulanandam BMus, MMus, ADP Fri. April 26, 5– 7 p.m St. John’s...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Apr 10, 20193 min read
The Neighbours: Violin, Organ and DANCE!
Yes - you read correctly :Violin, cathedral organ and DANCE! And its all happening at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Belleville. Francine...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Apr 2, 20191 min read
Shosty Meets Britten: A Sonata is born.
By Cynthia Young On a September evening in 1960, Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten were seated together at the Royal Festival...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Mar 15, 20192 min read
A Sona - what?
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...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Mar 4, 20194 min read
A Master What?
QSCM happily announces a Master Class for local students of piano and strings. Petya Stavreva and Amahl Arunlanandam have kindly agreed...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Why "Between Friends" ?
We choose the title “Between Friends” for our SONATA series because the duo sonata is probably the most intimate in this most intimate of...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Feb 12, 20193 min read
Details Details.....
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 ...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Feb 3, 201911 min read
The Elephant in my Heart: Recital Review, Matthieu Latreille, Organist.
There is something about the organ, well played, that is deeply moving, and even when the music is exuberant and huge, still soothing....
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Feb 2, 20191 min read
Elephants love music: They are the most civilized of creatures!
Romsai the blind Elephant has excellent taste. Watch her reaction to the second selection (The theme from Bach's Goldberg variations. I...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Jan 18, 20193 min read
Catching Up
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...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Nov 11, 20182 min read
Fresh Eyes, Fresh Faces, Old Friends
Hi All, You may be noticing that we’ve changed the look of our website and this blog. As a result many of our previous blog posts are...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Oct 29, 20185 min read
Pianist Petya Stavreva on Music and Happiness
The Quinte Society for Chamber Music Artist Interview: Petya Stavreva, Pianist Petya Stavreva, QSCM's Romantics and Rascals Pianist, is...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Oct 20, 20184 min read
#meToo and Don Giovanni
I asked our Women on the Verge artists, Elizabeth McDonald, Kathryn Tremills and Emily Martin, all professional performing and teaching...
B.Sallans, QSCM (Chair)
Oct 2, 20183 min read
Romantics and Rascals
September 1, 2018 / Bonnie Sallans, Chair of QSCM I am so excited! Tickets are available now for our fall concert featuring Baritone...
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