CANADA LIFE — At the Heart of the Community
Canada Life Team pictured just before March 2020 Canada Life has been a proud sponsor of Calgary Philharmonic since 2002 and their support is currently focused on our online Education Concerts. [...]
Collaboration with Making Treaty 7 tells traditional Blackfoot story through music and drama
A new online production combining drama and music is bringing a traditional Blackfoot story to life. Napi and the Rock, a collaboration between Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, [...]
Local company White Whale uses data analytics to support the arts
From left to right: Shounak Ray, Sarah Mihuc, Rachel Wilson, Jack Williams, Dennis Ajalie, Peter Guo, and James Raine. When the cofounders of an ambitious young tech company in Calgary offered [...]
David Morrissey on Citizenship and Being Back Onstage
Cellist David Morrissey has been a familiar face onstage since he joined the Calgary Philharmonic in the 2008/2009 Season. Before moving to Calgary, all he knew about the city was its proximity to the [...]
Q+A with Michael Hope
Michael Hope is no stranger to the Jack Singer Concert Hall stage. He is currently playing his 40th season as a bassoonist in the woodwind section of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and is [...]
Umberto Custom Tailors: A Different Kind of Maestro
With a reputation reaching far beyond Calgary, Umberto Custom Tailors is a bespoke tailor as well as a purveyor of fine menswear. It all started with a boy coming from a tiny [...]
Masters Gallery: The Art of Making Art Welcoming
Behind the doors of Masters Gallery is a tradition of knowledge and passion that goes back to its founding in 1976, a block away from its current downtown location on 4th Street [...]
Returning Home to the Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons
The Calgary Philharmonic has had the same home since 1985: the Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons on Eighth Avenue and First Street S.E. The hall seats up to 2,000 people, and [...]
Program Notes for City Spaces: Heritage Park
Думка: A XIXth century pastiche Written for me at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, this new commission by Canadian composer Claude Lapalme is called Думка: A XIXth century [...]
Music and History at Heritage Park
Surrounded on three sides by the Glenmore Reservoir, Heritage Park is located on a 127-acre peninsula of prime parkland in south Calgary. The Park first opened to the public on 1 July 1964, [...]