by Webmaster | Feb 23, 2018 | Podcast
Steven Philcox speaks with Jeffrey Ryan about his CASP-commissioned song cycle Miss Carr in Seven Scenes. Listen on your favourite podcast platform, and please subscribe to this podcast to get new episodes when they are released in the future. Click here to...
by Webmaster | Feb 18, 2018 | Podcast
Tenor Lawrence Wiliford and Pianist Steven Philcox engage in a wide ranging conversation with composer John Beckwith about his development as a composer and writing for the voice. Listen on your favourite podcast platform, and please subscribe to this podcast to get...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Feb 17, 2018 | Commissions, Industry News
Canadian composer Tawnie Olson was was awarded Second place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 2018 Art Song Composition Award competition for her composition, Three Songs on Poems by Lorri Neilsen Glenn. On this work Richard Pearson Thomas,...
by Webmaster | Nov 28, 2017 | press
Sing Me at Midnight: Songs by John GreerTracy Dahl; Kevin McMillan; Delores Ziegler; John Greer Written by Roger Knox Published: 28 November 2017Link to article Sing Me at Midnight – Songs by John GreerTracy Dahl; Kevin McMillan; Delores Ziegler; John...
by Webmaster | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Recordings
CASP is very pleased to be releasing its fifth recording, Sing Me At Midnight: Songs by John Greer. In this first recording exclusively devoted to the songs of Canadian composer John Greer, the composer / pianist is joined by world-class singers, offering definitive...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Jul 18, 2017 | Industry News
On Monday June 26, Canadian Bass-Baritone Gerald Finley gave the debut broadcast performance of Healey Willan’s unpublished song “The Garden of Passion” on BBC Radio 3 as part of the station’s weeklong celebration of Canadian art and music...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Jul 18, 2017 | Commissions, Recordings
Canadian John Greer is considered among the most active and prolific contemporary composers of song in our country. His works and individual songs have been performed widely across the Canada and internationally by students and professionals of the highest...
by Webmaster | Nov 19, 2016 | press
Posted Nov 2016 on definitelytheopera.wordpress.com Link to article Healey Willan Since I didn’t grow up in the Anglo tradition, the name Healey Willan was completely unknown to me before this concert. I’m told anybody who’s ever attended a protestant church...
by Webmaster | Jul 19, 2016 | press
The Canadian Art Song Project: Cloud Light By Rick MacMillan, Summer 2016 Opera Canada [Excerpt] Four prominent Canadian singers come together on this disc featuring three song collections and one short scene for vocal quartet by Norbert Palej, Associate Professor of...
by Webmaster | Mar 14, 2016 | press
The Canadian Art Song Project: Cloud Light By John Terauds on March 14, 2016 Cloud Light, a new release of art songs by Toronto-based composer Norbert Palej reflects the here and now in the Canadian Art Song Project. Cloud Light: Songs of Norbert Palej.Michele...
by Webmaster | Feb 23, 2016 | press
The Canadian Art Song Project: Cloud Light Written by Robert Tomas, Published: 23 February 2016Link to article Cloud Light – Songs of Norbert PalejBogdanowicz; McGillivray; Wiliford; Woodley; PhilcoxCentrediscs CMCCD 22315 The song or chanson or lied died with...
by Webmaster | Feb 20, 2016 | press
Phillip Addis and Emily Hamper By Leslie Barcza, Posted on barczablog.com February 20, 2016 Link to article “The Pilgrim Soul” was the name given to tonight’s collaboration between pianist Emily Hamper and baritone Phillip Addis for Canadian Art Song Project (aka...
by Webmaster | Feb 20, 2016 | press
by Robert HarrisSpecial to The Globe and Mail Link to articlePublished Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 Title The Pilgrim SoulVenue Enoch Turner SchoolhouseCity TorontoDate Reviewed Friday, February 19, 2016 Great art can break out anywhere, any time. As it did on Friday night...
by Webmaster | Feb 15, 2016 | press
The Canadian Art Song Project: Cloud Light Posted on operaramblings.blog on February 15, 2016Link to article Canadian Art Song Project has just issued its second CD; Cloud Light. It’s a collection of four contrasting works by Polish-Canadian composer Norbert...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Jan 28, 2016 | Commissions, Industry News, Performances
2015 was a big year for us, but 2016 is going to be EVEN BIGGER! In 2015 Canadian Art Song Project premiered three new works: Marjan Mozetich’s Enchantments of Gwendolyn, Peter Tiefenbach’s The Long Walk Home and Erik Ross’s The Living Spectacle. In...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Jan 6, 2016 | Commissions, Industry News, Performances
In this first recording exclusively devoted to the music of Polish-born Canadian composer Norbert Palej, CLOUD LIGHT immerses listeners in music that actively grapples with the modern understanding of art song and demonstrates that it is still a genre capable of the...
by Webmaster | Nov 19, 2015 | press
By Deirdre Kelly, Posted on CriticsatLarge.ca – Link to article Art song is a centuries-old musical practice that the Canadian Art Song Project has made avant-garde. The Living Spectacle, the first in a series of recitals that the Toronto-based organization is...
by Webmaster | Nov 8, 2015 | press
Clockwise: Huhtanen, Nichols, Braid and Philcox Published November 8, 2015 on definitelytheopera.wordpress.comLink to article CASP started its concert series auspiciously last night at the Extension Room, with the pieces by three living composers (two Canadian...
by Webmaster | Nov 8, 2015 | press
Posted on November 8, 2015 by Leslie Barcza – Link to article (The) Canadian Art Song Project aim to explore the art song in all its manifestations. Tonight CASP took a bold new step in the first in a new series of recitals. “The Living Spectacle”,...
by Lawrence Wiliford | Jun 11, 2015 | Commissions, Industry News, Performances
We are happy to announce that in the 2015-16 season CASP will begin a new series of concerts: The Canadian Art Song Project Recital Series. This, the first series of ticketed concerts presented by CASP, marks the next stage in our artistic development and mission of...
