(photo credit: Tim Matheson)

You cheat yourself if you attend a Vancouver Opera performance without first taking in the pre-performance talk by Doug Tuck. Always insightful, the brief lectures are packed full of intriguing details about the performance, the history of the opera, the composer, and context in which the w...

Canadian musicians were captivated by the story of the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra last fall when a documentary about the orchestra won the “VIFF Impact: International Audience Award” at the Vancouver International Film Fest. The youth orchestra spotlighted in the film comes from Cateura Paraguay. The parents of these young musicians eke out a living by sorting through garbage at the local landfill. Their instruments are made from recycled garbage. From these instruments, t...

If your business has been struggling to get exposure on social media and you'd love to see your name in the news, this opportunity is for you!

We're working with musicians across the country to promote their crowdfunding campaigns.The musicians are planning to tour and are engaging fans in their home towns as well as fans in the cities where they will be touring. Several of them are offering press release packages as rewards for contributing to their campaigns. Businesses contributing $...