As you may have read, I enjoyed a terrific first concert at the Kensington Sinfonia past Sunday. One of the program pieces featured the 6th winner of the KS Annual Student Concerto Competition, oboist Cameron Wong playing Albinoni’s Concerto for Oboe in D minor, Op.9, No. 2. Having only played the oboe for 4 years,…
On a sunny Tuesday morning, four enthusiastic students sat down for an interview about WHOLE Churchill. WHOLE Churchill is a community created by Haroon M., Megan C., Rahul A., and Sidharth S., to promote awareness of mental health for all youth, starting with the students of Sir Winston Churchill High School. Shruti: What is…
A combination of great food and tasteful music can brighten anyone’s day or simply fulfill a craving for some yummy handmade foods. Calgary’s Cornerstone Music Café offers this great experience to all who step foot inside. The cozy, laid back atmosphere an attraction for young hipsters and elderly couples alike, and aside from the affordable food items, the café also serves customers…
We all love fairy tales and their amazing happy endings, especially the Disney ones! The songs are so joyful and they don’t seem to have a care in the world. Or so we think! The endings of fairytales have been twisted by Disney, so that the movies would be a huge hit with the viewers…
I grew up watching cartoons on Cartoon Network, and I loved most of the cartoons that came on. However, there are just some cartoons that I absolutely despised, and I have listed three of the worst cartoons (in my opinion of course) here: 1. Dexter’s Laboratory Dexter’s laboratory was quite a thrilling experience for me.…
March 15: Grade 7 You’d thought of your wedding day once or twice before, but it had always been a pleasant thought. All the people would be celebrating, your friends would be crying and so would your parents. You would walk down the aisle, majestic music filling an old cathedral and light trickling through old…
This is usually the time of the year when I go back and re-watch all my favourite movies (Christmas-themed or not)…and I came across some that I still watch from my childhood days, so much so that I know most of the lines by heart. So, here are a few of my childhood Christmas movies…
Exceptionally talented and gifted musicians from all across Canada, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, is on their national tour and performed yesterday at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. A great bill included Wagner’s Overture to the Flying Dutchman, Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes and Debussy’s La Mer. I’ll interviewed two great local talents after…
Yogi Bear is known to know no boundaries, to invade and essentially to disrupt lives of others. (Wow. That makes him sound really hateful, doesn’t it?) So what sets deer and the Yogi bear apart? Apparently the “summer snow” comprised of residue from trees, weeds and grass aren’t the only things strong- growing. If you…