Springbank Gardens Concert Series Partners with the Woodshed Concert Series
In the summer of 2018 the London Musicians Association partnered with The Wood Shed Concert Series to secure funding that would ensure the season’s full schedule of the popular Springbank Gardens Concert Series. The Wood Shed Concert...
Lara St. John “A High-Powered Soloist” – New York Times
www.larastjohn.com Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has been described as “something of a phenomenon” by The Strad and a “high-powered soloist” by the New York Times. She has performed as soloist with the orchestras of Cleveland,...
The White Swan
Photo by Katrina Thorn THE WHITE SWAN “Dirty sludge synth rock.” Not the way you’d expect to describe a band called The White Swan, but one listen to the Canadian trio’s debut EP, Anubis, and the muddy picture becomes clear. Launched by...
Jeans ‘n Classics
Peter Brennan’s Jeans ’n Classics is a winner! For almost 20 years the JnC approach to combining world class rock musicians and symphonies has been a game changer for orchestras in their quest to attract new and more expansive audiences. Jeans ’n Classics is a...
Basia Bulat: Latest Album – Good Advice
Good Advice is on Secret City Records secretcityrecords.com Good Advice is the fourth album by songwriter Basia Bulat, produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize. With an electrifying voice, lyrics like silver arrowheads,...IFM Tweets
"Through the work done at this latest conference there is now dialogue between the two performers’ unions, with a potential for the musicians to share in the royalty streams to which they are, by law, entitled."
https://internationalmusician.org/as-streaming-increases-the-rights-of-performers-internationally-is-making-progress/
Banjo player and writer @MilesBanjo of @local1000afm Performed in one-man show "From Senegal to Seeger" in January in Beacon, NY. This show benefits the @SloopClearwater, an environmental nonprofit founded in 1966 by the late folk singer Pete Seeger.
https://internationalmusician.org/one-man-show-benefits-the-hudson-river-and-pete-seegers-legacy/
"Okie" marks the 15th studio album for @nashmusicians member @VGcom. The album embraces Gill's roots in Oklahoma and explores some of the most important issues of our time, including sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, and race.
https://internationalmusician.org/okie/
The Ask Musicians for Music (AM-FM) Act of 2019, promoted by @The_AFM and @musicFIRST "gives creators control of their own content by requiring broadcasters to obtain permission before transmitting content owned by another person." Learn more:
https://internationalmusician.org/keeping-the-afms-promise-of-a-performance-right-in-terrestrial-radio/
The "Flute Concerto" by @AFMLocal47 member Peter Senchuk was commissioned as a gift for Pam Youngblood. The piece incorporates the "jazz and modal inspired harmonies, rhythmic syncopation, and playful elements" that Youngblood enjoys about Senchuk's work.
https://internationalmusician.org/flute-concerto-for-flute-and-wind-ensemble/