Finding a Voice in Music
by Heather Wootton, Lead Teaching Artist PhilKids, Assistant Principal Horn As long as I have been a professional musician, it has been important for me to find ways to [...]
Building a Firebird with Michael Hope, Assistant Principal Bassoon
One of my favourite hobbies is building plastic model kits. Knowing this, my son Kevin gave me a great Father’s Day gift last summer: a 1/32 scale model of [...]
Orchestral Manoeuvres
by David Sussman, Assistant Principal Oboe One of my earliest memories of playing in an orchestra was the sheer thrill of participating in something larger than just me. Dozens [...]
Q + A with Tom McCaslin, Principal Tuba
Q Thinking back to the beginnings of your musical journey, what drew you to the tuba as an instrument you would want to study? A I had [...]
Summer Series 2020
Our musicians usually spend their summers on the road, performing at festivals and teaching at workshops. This year, many will have some unexpected time on their hands as events are cancelled and [...]
Meet the Musician: Season highlights from the new musicians
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra welcomed five new musicians this 2019-2020 Season, and they’ve been introduced to Calgary audiences through the Meet the Musician series on this blog. Even though the Season was cut [...]
Meet the Musician: Violist Jesse Morrison
The newest member of the Calgary Philharmonic’s viola section, Jesse Morrison grew up playing the violin and attended an arts program at his Toronto high school. “For Grades 9 and 10, I was [...]
Meet the Musician: Assistant Principal Trumpet Matthew Ross
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming new musicians this 2019/2020 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to get to know your CPO! [...]
Meet the Musician: First Violin Maria van der Sloot
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming new musicians this 2019/2020 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to get to know your CPO! [...]
Meet the Musician: Violist Alisa Klebanov
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming new musicians this 2019/2020 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to get to know your CPO! [...]