Behind the Scenes: Live Stream Concerts
Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte wears many hats at the HPO, from community and education programming to mentoring our Composer Fellows and of course, her most obvious hat, composing! …
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Get to Know HPO 21-22 Composer Fellow Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins Ā Ā
Read MoreMaria Eduarda Mendes Martins is a composer, conductor and arts administrator living in Toronto, and one of the HPO 21-22 Composer Fellows. Her newest piece Echoing Mendelssohn, created during her time…
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Getting to Know Composer Felix Mendelssohn
Read MoreāMusical prodigies ā¦ are probably no longer so rare; but what this little man can do in extemporizing and playing at sight borders the miraculous, and I could not have believed it possible at so e…
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Getting to know Canadian actor R. H. Thomson
Read MoreCanadian stage and screen actor and director R. H. Thomson joins the HPO at our Hometown Holidays concert as a narrator on the pieceĀ Making Light, written by HPO Composer-in-Residence AbigailĀ Richar…
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Making Light Celebrates Holiday Traditions from Around the World
Read MoreThisĀ winterĀ holiday season, the HPO performsĀ Making Light,Ā a festive composition by HPO Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte with accompanying text by Canadian playwright, librettist a…
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Orchestra 101: What to know for your first concert experience
Read MoreAre you about to attend your first live orchestra performance? Here are answers to a few questions you may find yourself wondering from your seat in the concert hall! Symphony, Philharmonic or Orchest…