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Laurie Matiation on retiring from the horn section after 36 years with the CPO

Greg MacKay2020-03-10T20:31:58-06:00August 13th, 2019|Guest Blog, Written by Jill Girgulis|

In 1983, horn player Laurie Matiation found herself living every professional musician’s nightmare — abrupt unemployment. After five years of working with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (ASO), an ensemble that she’d joined before [...]

Game-Changing Moments

Greg MacKay2020-03-10T20:32:38-06:00July 30th, 2019|CPO Blog, Prelude Article|

RUNE BERGMANN MUSIC DIRECTOR "As we put together this Season, the Orchestra musicians and I reflected on our game-changing musical moments. In my early childhood I spent time listening to my father play [...]

Meet the Musician: Season highlights from the strings

Greg MacKay2020-03-10T20:33:20-06:00July 23rd, 2019|Guest Blog, Meet the Musician, Written by Jill Girgulis|

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) welcomed seven new musicians to the strings sections this 2018/2019 Season — four violinists, two cellists, and one bassist. Over the last few months, they’ve been introduced to Calgary [...]

Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists Part 4

Greg MacKay2019-07-16T09:00:53-06:00July 16th, 2019|2019/2020 guests, CPO Blog|

We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll be sharing the stage with the [...]

Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists Part 3

Greg MacKay2019-07-08T14:10:43-06:00July 8th, 2019|2019/2020 guests, CPO Blog|

We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll be sharing the stage with the [...]

Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists Part 2

Greg MacKay2019-07-02T10:50:51-06:00July 2nd, 2019|2019/2020 guests, CPO Blog|

We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll be sharing the stage with the [...]

Meet the Musician: Season highlights from the woodwinds

Greg MacKay2020-03-10T20:34:21-06:00June 27th, 2019|Guest Blog, Meet the Musician, Written by Jill Girgulis|

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming 10 new musicians this 2018/2019 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to get to know your CPO! [...]

Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists

Greg MacKay2019-06-25T10:00:32-06:00June 25th, 2019|2019/2020 guests, CPO Blog|

We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll be sharing the stage with the [...]

CPO Principal Clarinet Slavko Popovic wraps up his first year with a favourite classic

Greg MacKay2020-03-10T20:35:51-06:00May 30th, 2019|Guest Blog, Written by Jill Girgulis|

Slavko Popovic, Principal Clarinet of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), has a number of reasons to be excited for Prokofiev + Mahler with Yefim Bronfman on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1. [...]

Measha sings what she wants

Greg MacKay2020-03-10T20:36:32-06:00May 27th, 2019|Prelude Article|

Don’t try and hem Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman into any one musical category — she bridges the worlds of classical, operatic, and popular music on a regular basis, and that’s just how she [...]

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