by CASP Editor | Sep 26, 2019 | press
The Canadian Art Song Project welcomes Marion Newman and Ian Cusson for a compelling discussion Robert Rowat · CBC Music · Posted: Sep 26, 2019 6:00 AM ET Mezzo-soprano Marion Newman performs with Gordon Gerrard at the piano. (Chris Graham)...
by CASP Editor | Sep 25, 2019 | Industry News, Podcast
Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano and Ian Cusson, composer Mezzo-soprano Marion Newman and composer Ian Cusson join host Lawrence Wiliford in a discussion about representing Indigenous song and story in Canadian art music and song. This is a conversation that is both...
by CASP Editor | Mar 1, 2019 | Commissions
Canadian Art Song Project is thrilled to announce that award-winning composer Afarin Mansouri has been commissioned to write a new set of songs for soprano and piano. This new work is being composed for soprano Miriam Khalil and will be premiered as part of the...
by CASP Editor | Jan 22, 2019 | Podcast
As we anticipate the premiere of our latest commission, Steven Philcox sat down with composer Dean Burry and tenor Michael Colvin for a discussion about the new work and its inception. Dean Burry is one of Canada’s most active composers, having...
by CASP Editor | Feb 23, 2018 | Commissions
My first encounter with art song, and song cycles, was in high school. I was taking music history lessons to prepare for an RCM exam, and our textbook included “Ich grolle nicht,” from Schumann’s Dichterliebe. Although classically-trained voices still sounded alien to...
