A Bass Story

CPO Bass Player Patricia Bereti-Reid told us the very cool back story behind her 1879 double bass. Montreal, Juilliard, and New York all played a part. In 1988, I had just finished school at Indiana [...]

2014-10-15T22:48:25-06:00October 15th, 2014|CPO Blog|

Meeting the Conductor of Fantasia 2000!

It's Thanksgiving weekend, and we're excited to perform highlights from Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 at our Disney's Fantasia: Live in Concert performances! Here's a neat story, courtesy of CPO Bass Player Matt Heller, about meeting the [...]

2021-02-22T12:29:41-07:00October 10th, 2014|CPO Blog|

A Polish Spectacular at the CPO

Only one day until Polish Week at the CPO begins! Our Friday and Saturday concerts, Polish Spectacular: Chopin, Górecki and Other Masters, feature world-renowned pianist Krzysztof Jablonski who performs Chopin's Piano Concertos No. 1 (Friday, September [...]

2021-02-22T12:24:36-07:00September 26th, 2014|CPO Blog|

Preparing a Musical Feast

"...I’m excited about every concert I’m performing. Whatever I am conducting that day is my favourite." - CPO Music Director Roberto Minczuk The CPO’s 2014/2015 Season is in full swing! We sat down with our [...]

2021-02-22T12:23:54-07:00September 24th, 2014|CPO Blog|

Quirky Instruments

The start of the Season is only 10 days away with A Taste of the CPO! We headed down to our storage room to check out some of our instruments. There were tonnes of neat instruments [...]

2014-09-04T17:29:53-06:00September 4th, 2014|CPO Blog|

Resident Composer Reflects on GlobalFest

A look back on GlobalFest with the Resident Composer…the CPO’s own Assistant Concertmaster, Donovan Seidle! This year, Donovan composed the required piece for all the international teams to use in their fireworks displays. He tells [...]

2014-08-26T20:41:43-06:00August 26th, 2014|CPO Blog|

Classical Music Crash Course

We have something for every musical taste in our 2014/2015 Season – including classical concerts, such as our performance on October 3 and 4 with Calgary’s own Jan Lisiecki! Sometimes, classical music can seem intimidating [...]

2021-02-22T12:18:46-07:00August 12th, 2014|CPO Blog|

Welcome to the Wild West!

There’s a new chamber group in town, and it has some familiar faces! Several local musicians (many from our own Orchestra) have teamed up with the CPO’s former Associate Conductor Mélanie Léonard to form [...]

2021-02-22T11:54:16-07:00July 30th, 2014|CPO Blog|
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