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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nicole and Michael Lipnicki: Pianos start playing here
Nicole and Michael Lipnicki Partner Post Behind the story of Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos is 55 years of experience. That story begins with legendary piano dealer Irene Besse, known by many [...]
Discovering the colorful history of Calgary’s grand Fairmont Palliser
Located in the heart of Calgary’s downtown for more than 100 years, the Fairmont Palliser is a picture of elegance, with an equally impressive history. Construction of what was originally called The Palliser [...]