Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Sarah Svendsen [CBC Music]
I was responsible for producing this Hallowe’en content for CBC Music. It features Canadian organist Sarah Svendsen performing J.S. Bach.
Building a kinder, gentler piano competition [Maclean’s]
As published in Maclean’s Magazine: “At a time of peak piano contests, the Honens Piano Competition is showing the classical world a new way. Last month in Calgary, 22-year-old Italian pianist Luca Buratto was named laureate of the Honens Piano Competition. Instead of celebrating the prospects of an exciting career ahead, cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht…
Bluegrass virtuoso Mike Stevens taps the power of music in Canada’s north [CBC Music]
As published on CBC Music and in the CBC Music Magazine: “Harmonica virtuoso Mike Stevens might have became a millionaire as a member of the Grand Ole Opry, until he discovered something more valuable 30 kilometres north of Goose Bay. Mike Stevens is an unlikely star of the Grand Ole Opry. Before him, no petrochemical worker…
Tempo [CBC Radio 2]
As associate producer of Tempo, a national daily radio show on CBC Music (formerly called CBC Radio 2), I was responsible for the research and writing of host scripts and directing the show from behind the console. Tempo is one of Canada’s most-listened-to classical music radio shows.