Blog

This image is of REM Island, a platform off the coast of Holland. It was taken over for use as a “pirate” radio station in 1964. “Pirate Radio” refers to radio stations broadcasting without a…

QSCM’s ALL TERRAIN TOUR just keeps getting better! QSCM’s ALL TERRRAIN TOUR 2024 features the Madoc Quartet: 4 outstanding Canadian string players presenting traditional and new music for string quartet. Led by Madoc’s own Sebastian…

Volunteers are what make QSCM go. June and July is one of our busiest times for catching up on paper work, and this year more than ever. June is all about the AGM where we…

The post that follows is from 2019: RE-Sharing this early experience of bringing Chamber Music to Hazzards Corners Church as we prepare for All Terrain Tour 2024. Join me in remembering this amazing evening as…

QSCM’s Joyful Muse Event features works created entirely by women. Jocelyn Morlock, Chen Yi, Jesse Montgomery,  and Rebecca Clarke: four women composers of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Read, listen, discover! Rebecca Clarke(1886-1979):Lullaby and Grotesque…

PART I: DUO THALIA: Women in Music Violinist Xueao Yang and cellist Kendra Grittani created Duo Thalia  in 2019. Called after the Greek Muse whose name means joyous and flourishing, the duo has chosen  to…

QSCM is excited to announce that we have been awarded an Ontario Arts Council grant to assist us with presenting “The Joyful Muse” featuring Duo Thalia (cello and violin). The program features music by women…

In 1698 the world was changed forever: Bartolomeo Christofori invented the fortepiano. It was totally unlike the two keyboard concert instruments in use at the time. The pipe organ is actually a wind instrument and…

On the making of the virtuoso pianist: Leon Fleisher, brilliant and celebrated pianist and mentor-teacher of the last century, said of pianists: “We are athletes, but we’re athletes with small muscles.” To be a virtuoso…