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Live Streaming – a statement that just makes me see RED!

This statement is trifle on your part: “Just like all recording technologies that have come before us, live-streaming is simply another way to capture and distribute an artistic experience. It does not capture the thrill of being physically present (you can’t feel the vibe in a room on a screen), nor can the recording capture the unspoken interactions between audiences and performers.” Where were…

GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENS IN 7 DAYS

The #GIFF2015 countdown is on! This incredible film festival begins in San Miguel de Allende on July 17, 2015.

Entrance to all film screenings is FREE.

Big note for all foreign language challenged film lovers: MOST OF THE FILMS ARE SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH.

Here is an important link, (for all the #GIFF2015 programming, music, activities in English), so bookmark it: http://www.giff.mx/?page_id=9350

#M…

Guanajuato International Film Festival Countdown 2015 – 8 days to opening

The #GIFF2015 countdown is on! This incredible film festival begins in San Miguel de Allende on July 17, 2015.

Big note for all foreign language challenged film lovers: MOST OF THE FILMS ARE SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH.

Here is an important link, (for all the #GIFF2015 programming, music, activities in English), so bookmark it: http://www.giff.mx/?page_id=9350

And, on another note, in San Miguel de…

GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 COUNTDOWN

The #GIFF2015 countdown is on! This incredible film festival begins in San Miguel de Allende on July 17, 2015. The invited country for #GIFF2015 is Turkey. Imagine, seeing films from this country, right here, in San Miguel de Allende!!!! Big note for all foreign language challenged film lovers: MOST OF THE FILMS ARE SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH. Here is an important link, (for all the…

Open letter to: Joseph O’Neill (President) ORCHESTRA LONDON

Sir,

I am, truly, dismayed, at the Orchestra London musicians call, (yet again), for the resignation of the Executive Director.

IMO, (and it is my right to express my opinion, here, on my Blog), this kind of action on the part of the Orchestra London musicians is a decades long, and an ongoing malaise, of which, I speak, here, from personal experience.

Here are some facts, not a rant.

At my first…

VSO New Music Festival is live!

This will be a fantastic event in Vancouver, Canada. Get you tickets soon!

VSO New Music Festival is live!.

VSO New Music Festival is live!

VSO New Music Festival is live!.

A Grade 12 BC Student’s questions to Premier Christy Clark

My most simple, and, direct question: Premier Christy Clark:

Have you responded to Justine Taylor, Grade 12 Student, Delta Secondary School questions?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=821472801199055&id=100000090293697

PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK FULLY FUND BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION NOW!

Premier Christy Clark, are you the problem, or, the solution?

  My take away from Premier Christy Clark’s “Mandate Letter” to BC Minister of Education, Peter Fassbender: (excerpts from: http://tomkertes.ca/does-christy-clark-want-to-break-teachers-union/ )

“Clark’s letter kicks off the next round in the education debate by attempting to frame collective bargaining as the issue, not adequate…

Creating more and better art rather than bigger and fancier buildings

Michael Kaiser,

I concur with the last sentence of your post http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5472397

“Wouldn’t the future of the arts in America be brighter if we dedicated our efforts to creating more and better art rather than bigger and fancier buildings?”

It is a burning question; and “build it, and, they will come”, IMO, is no longer relevant.

Adding to this, #IndieOpera is leading the way…

20th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

Join us on Sunday May 11th for this amazing live performance!

  http://www.clydefitchreport.com

Watch the event from NYC or Kigali or join in online: http://goo.gl/eDTxE4

CANADA CELEBRATES MUSIC MONDAY!

A Celebration of Music in Canada

This is such a wonderful celebration of music across our nation, Canada. To everyone participating let the music ring, and sing, sing, sing too!

The Webcast begins at 12:00 p.m. EDT (1:30 pm NDT, 1:00 ADT, 11:00 a.m. CDT, 10:00 MDT, 9:00 PDT), SO JOIN IN! http://www.musicmonday.ca/webcast/

UPDATE: Maestro Bramwell Tovey speaks below about the potential cuts of the…

SPEAKING UP FOR MUSIC EDUCATION! BRAMWELL TOVEY IN HIS OWN WORDS

To reinforce #NOMusicEducation cuts in SD #39, (or other school districts for that matter), I unequivocally support Maestro Bramwell Tovey’s apolitical and ardent advocacy for Vancouver SD#39 not cutting band and string programs at the Elementary School level.

  #NOMusicEducationCuts

  April 15, 2014, Maestro Bramwell Tovey, in his own words:

In April 2010 there was a similar public hearing when…

SPEAKING UP FOR MUSIC EDUCATION! IN THEIR OWN WORDS, PICTURES AND VIDEO

“Music is the only language understood by everyone in our wonderful diverse world.” Bramwell Tovey, Music Director, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

  Premier Christy Clark, here are some messages you might pay attention to and change your point of view regarding Education Fundingin British Columbia. Listen to your own Liberal team, in…