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 CASP Editor | Dec 5, 2021 | Commissions, Industry News
December 5, 2021 Canadian Art Song Project is very pleased to announce the commissioning of Maria Thompson Corley. She will be composing a group of songs for soprano Jonelle Sills (jonellesills.com), setting commissioned texts by Kanika Ambrose (kanikaambrose.com),...
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 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...
