The much-loved instrument maker George Stoppani died over Christmas. Aside from making instruments he created a brand of ‘Real Guts Strings’ and was an international authority on instrumental acoustics.
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Taking its lead from the Spain football team, whose teenaged star gets sent to bed before full-time, the Vancouver Symphony has chosen Julin Cheung as its Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo after an international audition. Julin is […]
Dear Alma, I flew to Europe for a concertmaster audition at a major international orchestra. Half a dozen of us waited our turn. To my astonishment, two were called forward and left. We were told […]
The passing of the passionate Elgar researcher Jerrold Northrop Moore lays to rest a glorious adventurer in self-fired musical research. Jerry, whom I knew well some years back, came to England for the Three Choirs […]
