Gemma New Conducts the HPO
Gemma New conductsPhoto by Fred Stucker By David Fawcett We went last night (Sat. Feb. 6/16) to hear the Hamilton…
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David Fawcett Interviews Gemma New, Music Director of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Gemma New is the Music Director for the Hamilton Philharmonic OrchestraCBC photo DSF: You played violin and piano from an…
Totally Mozart at the HPO – Review by David Fawcett
By David Fawcett [Originally published on Fawcett’s Composer’s Notebook website] Recently, I had a phone call from the Hamilton Philharmonic…
Brilliance: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto at the HPO – November 29, 2014 Review
Pouliot is but 20 years old, as young or younger than the McMaster footballers whom we watched play in the Vanier Cup.
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A Conversation With HPO Conductor Candidate Stilian Kirov
"It’s almost like when you start [examining] a blueprint. First you look at the whole picture and then, progressively, you begin to fill in the details."
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Conversation With Vox Metropolis
By David Fawcett
...They’ll each wear headphones and have a separate audio feed from the one the audience hears.
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HPO Conductor Candidate Interview: Gregory Vajda from Budapest
By David S Fawcett
I had a very interesting talk with Gregory Vajda, the second aspiring Hamilton Philharmonic conductor with whom I have spoken.
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A Conversation with Alastair Willis by David S. Fawcett
By David S Fawcett
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On the Value of Vocal Music in the Public Schools
by David Fawcett Each of us lives with music every day. Be it incidentally, as in a grocery store or…