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 This recording, released through Centredisques, features beloved favourites as well as works that had remained unpublished until very recently.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...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Sep 25, 2019 | Blog, Industry News
I have been thinking a lot about Indigenous story and music in Canada following the release of the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in December of 2018 (http://www.trc.ca/). Since then I have challenged myself to learn more about the experiences of...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Jun 4, 2019 | Blog, current project, Recordings
We have been in the studio for a new recording project focussing on the works for voice and piano by Vancouver-based composer Jeffrey Ryan. This month we have been recording our 2018 commission, Miss Carr in Seven Scenes with mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó and pianist...
