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 CASP Editor | Oct 6, 2020 | Blog, Industry News
Maria Thompson Corley, a Jamaican-born Canadian and professional Julliard-trained pianist, is among the first class of mentees as part of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Mentoring Program for composers. Maria, who was raised in Alberta and has...
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 CASP Editor | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog, Industry News
CASP can do better. Black Lives Matter. Canadian Art Song Project was founded in 2011 by myself and Steven Philcox – two white guys, a tenor and a collaborative pianist at the beginning of our careers hoping to give the Canadian composers of art song repertoire a...
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...
