Links
Orchestras that I’m currently writing for:
Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra (Texas, USA) www.abilenephilharmonic.org
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (USA) www.arkansassymphony.org
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (Alberta, Canada) www.cpo-live.com
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) www.manitobachamberorchestra.org
Mobile Symphony (Alabama, USA) www.mobilesymphony.org
Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada) www.okanagansymphony.com
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (New York, USA) www.rpo.org
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Ontario, Canada) www.tso.ca
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (British Columbia, Canada) www.vancouversymphony.ca
Other orchestras, chamber ensembles and organizations that I’ve written for:
Corporation of Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (Alberta, Canada)
Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra (California, USA)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (Ontario, Canada)
Livent, Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Modesto Symphony Orchestra (California, USA)
Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey (USA)
Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
The Schubert Club (Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA)
Toronto Summer Music Festival (Ontario, Canada)
Vermont Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Via Salzburg (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (Manitoba, Canada)
I’ve been teaching courses in music appreciation regularly since 2003. Most of them have taken place at the Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts. www.mcma.ca/art_appreciation-art.html
Courses given:
Orchestral Music and Great Composers
Beethoven’s World
Instruments of the Orchestra
Triumphs and Tears: Russian Music from Glinka to Shostakovich
Amadeus: A Mozart Celebration
Shostakovich Centenary Seminar
Gems of Chamber Music
Global Festival of Music
Mahler’s World
William Walton Seminar
Rachmaninoff Revealed
Great Canadian Musicians
60 Years of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Grieg and Sibelius
Opera 101
Best of Friends: Brahms and Dvořák
Great Conductors
Visions of Music: The Films of Tony Palmer (with special guest, Tony Palmer)
The Passions of Puccini
Nine Odes to Joy: The Beethoven Symphonies
The Heart of Tchaikovsky
A Mendelssohn Celebration
C’est Magnifique: French Opera from Rameau to Ravel
Baroque Masterpieces
Respighi: Rome and Beyond
Tony Introduces Palmer (with special guest, Tony Palmer)
Legendary Musicians
The Golden Ages of Chamber Orchestras
Inspired by Shakespeare
For information on upcoming courses, please see the News section.
I’ve been teaching for the University of Winnipeg, Division of Continuing Education since 2006. www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/dce-55_plus
Courses given:
Great Composers
Mozart and Beethoven
Triumphs and Tears: Russian Music from Glinka to Shostakovich
Chamber Music Classics
Opera 101
Beethoven and Brahms Symphonies
Information on upcoming courses will be posted in the News section.
I recommend:
Tony Palmer is the world’s leading director of music documentaries, classical and popular alike. You can check out the full extent of his extraordinary talent at his wonderful website:
www.tonypalmer.org
You can order many of his films on DVD from www.tonypalmerdvd.com
A new book about him is now available. You can order your copy of All My Loving? The Films of Tony Palmer, by John Tibbetts, at www.tonypalmerbook.com
I’m a big fan of Rainer Hersch, the brilliantly inventive British classical music comedian.
rainerhersch.com.
My favourite internet source for purchasing classical music on CD is www.arkivmusic.com. They stock everything that’s available in North America, plus thousands of recordings that are available exclusively from this company.
My favourite conductors, in alphabetical order: Sir Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber and Sir Charles Mackerras.
