by Lawrence Wiliford | Dec 19, 2022 | Blog
John Beckwith composer, educator, writer (March 9, 1927 – December 5, 2022) Canadian music lost one of its great champions with the passing of John Beckwith. CBC Music posted an announcement of his death on Monday, December 6, and CBC Radio’s Metro Morning...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog, featured projects
October 4, 2022 We have been quietly working on a number of projects over the last several months. One of these has been the recording and filming of Christos Hatzis’ new work, Three Songs on Poems of Anne Michaels, commissioned by CASP in celebration of our...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Sep 23, 2021 | Blog, Industry News
Updated September 23, 2021 Recognizing that Canadian Art Song Project has not programmed, commissioned or recorded any works by Black Canadian composers since our founding in 2011, I took time to explore some of the song repertoire that we have overlooked. I thought...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog, Industry News
In the fall of 2019 Canadian Art Song Project released our podcast discussion with composer Ian Cusson and mezzo-soprano Marion Newman about the appropriation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis songs and stories in Canadian art song and chamber music. At the time, I...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Nov 14, 2019 | Recordings
We are very excited to announce the release of the very first recording devoted to the art song of Healey Willan. This recording, released through Centredisques, features beloved favourites as well as works that had remained unpublished until very recently. A terrific...