My guests today are Nadia Francavilla and Norm Adams, two of the organizers and performers of the upcoming annual edition of the Contemporary Music Festival. The theme for 2024 for is “Echoes”, and they reflect on what the pieces chosen challenge them to do, how they highlight the composers working today, and the thrill of live performance.
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Saxophonist-composer-bandleader Joel Miller stopped by to talk about his upcoming show, Epic Fantasy. He’s seeking to innovate, by merging elements of classical and jazz composition, following a lifelong fascination with music.
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My guest today is Nadia Francavilla, Musician-in-Residence at UNB, to talk about an upcoming performance of works featuring Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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My guest today is Quinn Bonnell, a New Brunswick guitar-and-voice-based singer/songwriter working on his first EP.
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Lynn Miles our guest today on Rosie Morning. Lynn Miles is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has received multiple awards including the Juno Award and three Canadian Folk Music Award. Lynn’s website: http://www.lynnmilesmusic.com Catch Lynn performing at ‘Corked Wine Bar’ in Fredericton tonight at 8PM (July 20, 2016). Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS |
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Sarah Beth Shiplett from Music On The Hill joins me to talk about the upcoming master class and performance by Bogdan Dulu. Music today by Jon McKiel, Faith Healer and Old Man Leudecke.
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Andy Brown drops by to talk to guest host Mark the Encaffeinated ONE about the new album, touring the world and traffic circles.
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Guest host Chris Waddell talks to TNB Artistic Director Thomas Morgan Jones about his new upcoming play, “You Play Beautifully”. Music by The Standfields, Natalie MacMaster, Alert The Medic, Carla Bonnell and Little You Little Me.
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A guest interview where Matt Baxter talks to Tina Sipp, an Event Coordinator for the African Children’s Choir. Music from Patrick Watson and the African Children’s Choir.
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Sarah Beth Shiplett of Music On The Hill joins me and (“Hi, I’m”) Fred to talk about Cléo Palacio-Quintin’s Hyper-Flute her upcoming free performance, and the growing change as electronics integrate with traditional instruments.
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Have you every had to stop doing something you love, because life circumstances change? I think a lot of people go through this, especially when they are in their twenties. But, if we’re lucky, we’ll get a chance to get back to it. All it takes is heart. Chris Waddell joins me on the show
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Traditional theatre follows a process (I imagine) something like this: Playwright writes a play. Director gets play, casts play. Actors perform play. But what if you took that process and compressed it to: People get together, write the script, act in the script and direct each other. That the process behind the Creative Collaboration series
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Movies have soundtracks. It’s something we often take for granted these days, but as a soundtrack collector, I’m still immediately aware of the dramatic effect a good soundtrack can have — and the detrimental distraction a missing or bad soundtrack can create. But once upon a time, moving pictures and music were just getting to know
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Ah, the power of the stage! We are surrounded by drama, but most of it is disconnected, flat, prerecorded, editted, pre-processed and, in a way, dead. Give me the stage, with performers mere feet away, real humans who are dressing up in clothes and emotions, delivering speech and movement to convey a story far bigger than what
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Most think of classical music as stuck in the past, but several artists want to show you just how contemporary it is. I spoke with Greg and Alex, two of the performers for the alternative classical music festival-within-a-festival, FUZE. FUZE is contained within the umbrella of the NB Summer Music Festival. We talked composition and
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Music is often said to be universal, but when it comes to live music performances, those who are younger than 19 often have a hard time finding a venue — either to play in, or to go to. Station Manager Tim and younger member Sigur join me as we talk about the strength of the
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The legacy continues with Tyrone Reveen taking up the mantle of Master Mesmerist from his esteemed father. Reveen joined Tim and I on the phone the day before his performance to tell us the deeply personal tale that is both his father’s journey to the stage as well as his own. Podcast: Play in new
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