Articles of Interest

Musings on making music with anyone: A blog of games, exercises and thoughts on music creativity

Submitter: 
Louise Campbell

Making music with untrained musicians (aka ‘amateurs’) is a long-time passion of mine. It started over twenty years ago when I walked in to a dance studio with a terrible sound system, a piano that was beautifully twangy and out of tune, and twenty hyper 8-year-olds who had just eaten copious amounts of chocolate during their lunch break. Teaching them how to read quarter notes was clearly going to be excruciating, and not my cup of tea at the best of times. Helping them to become a multi-headed monster chatting away in an invented language – now that was fun!

70% of adults report improved mental health from listening to orchestral music

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

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Ahead of World Mental Health Day (10 October), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has released key findings from recent research into music and mental health. 

Asking a nationally representative sample of 2,110 adults, the survey found that:

Nomination d’Angela Elster, membre du conseil d’administration du RCAA, au poste de présidente et chef de la direction de l’Orchestre symphonique de Vancouver (VSO) et de l’École de musique du VSO

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

Le Réseau pour les arts et l’apprentissage tient à féliciter Angela Elster, qui siège au sein de son CA, pour sa nomination au poste de présidente et chef de la direction de l’Orchestre symphonique de Vancouver et de l’École de musique du VSO.  

CNAL Board Member Angela Elster appointed President & CEO of The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and VSO School of Music

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning congratulates Board Member Angela Elster on her appointment to President & CEO of The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the VSO School of Music.

The appointment follows an extensive international six-month search process led by VSO Chair Etienne Bruson, the VSO Board of Directors, and executive search firm Korn Ferry. Elster, who is currently Vice-President of the VSO School of Music & Community Programs, succeeds Kelly Tweeddale who left the VSO to become the Executive Director of the San Francisco Ballet in the summer of 2019.

The Network to spearhead a digital strategy for arts and learning across Canada

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning will embark on a three-year project to promote equitable access and engagement in arts and learning thanks to a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts’ Digital Strategy Fund. For the past three years, The Network has been constructing a national digital map, which now features more than 8500 arts and learning organizations, schools and practitioners.