Donner la note (Setting the Tone): Savoir Média and the OSM Unlock the Secrets of Orchestral Music
by Benjamin Goron Where does one find the soul of a symphony orchestra? Savoir Média in collaboration with the OSM explores this question in a series of video clips entitled Donner la note. The series features OSM musicians who hail from various professional backgrounds, like different parts of a musical score, but they take on... Read more »
The OSM and Ariane Moffatt bring singing to Quebec schools
The OSM is proud to be partnering this year with Culture pour tous on the project Une chanson à l’école. This inclusive initiative enables children in primary schools across Quebec to discover an original song written especially for them. This year features Ariane Moffatt’s Ensemble, sensibles, a rhythm-filled, upbeat and cheerful song which she performs... Read more »
Birdsong, Unending Source of Inspiration
by Benjamin Goron Since time immemorial, humans have been fascinated by birdsong and its immeasurable variety of timbres, pitches, and melodic and rhythmic motifs. Composers have reserved a place of distinction for birds in the repertoire, imitating, parodying, directly transcribing or even integrating recordings of their sounds into compositions. The work by Andrea Tarrodi performed... Read more »
An “Afro-American” Symphony in Search of Openness
by Benjamin Goron During the 1930s, a handful of black American artists rose to the top of their art despite a profoundly adverse social system. Their courage, commitment and perseverance turned them into role models for later generations, but they also opened new avenues on the broader musical horizon. As the next OSM concert highlights... Read more »
THE OSM IN THE RUNNING FOR ONE OF THE INDUSTRY’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS PRIZES!
The OSM is proud to be nominated for Gramophone magazine’s Orchestra of the Year Award and to be the only Canadian organization among an outstanding shortlist of international orchestras. Gramophone’s Orchestra of the Year Award is one of the most prestigious awards in the industry and the only one determined by public vote.
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