Dido & Aeneas With Opera After Hours

For the first time ever, and I hope it won’t be the last, I was able to saunter down Commercial … More

UBC Bands – Double Trilogy Plus One

I was a little disappointed that UBC hadn’t provided a budget for the Symphonic Winds to allow them to be … More

Schoenberg’s name has become sadly synonymous with padlocks on emergency exits in concert halls and the punchline for jokes about … More

If you’re trying to make some noise then it stands to reason that you could do with a bang of … More

I had the faintest of hopes that we would get through the night’s concert, a series of new works for … More

It’s a dark tale to be told, and what the Maestro may have left out in his opening remarks was … More

The foggy glaze that cozied up to the city was a nice accompaniment for the opening night of the VSO’s … More

I work in a music store and I’ve lost count of the number of times someone came in and eighty-sixed … More

It may be a courtesy to hold a door open for people but it’s subjectively fuzzy whether or not the … More

Solana desperately wants to believe that she’s the Jezebel she claims to be. The conflicted Dona Juan opens the show … More

I got to sit close enough to pinch Graeme Langager’s calves at the Phoenix concert tonight (Or as I’ve taken … More

Last night, I managed to slather on a tie and a generous helping of pants before getting out the door … More