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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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-10-19T16:42:25-06:00October 19th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-10-06T09:10:30-06:00October 5th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-10-01T09:23:23-06:00September 27th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-07-19T18:26:37-06:00July 19th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog, Partner Post|

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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-06-15T09:06:31-06:00June 10th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog, Partner Post|

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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-06-08T14:42:34-06:00June 7th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

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 [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-05-28T11:42:36-06:00May 27th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

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, [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-05-27T09:53:42-06:00May 25th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

Tim Onyett and Allison Onyett: Finding Strength in Dedication

Tim and Allison at the Core Shopping Centre Partner Post Tim and his daughter Allison are much alike: committed, focused, and wonderfully straightforward. Their Calgary Philharmonic story reflects who they are [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-05-11T15:45:49-06:00May 11th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog, Partner Post|

Music, Art, and Science at the Spark Science Centre

The Spark Science Centre enjoyed an illustrious history and a range of names in Calgary before moving to its current location in the Nose Creek Valley in Renfrew, just north of the Calgary [...]

Megan Beaudoin2021-05-14T12:33:13-06:00May 10th, 2021|Calgary Phil Blog|

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