This week SongTalk welcomed Donna Linklater to our studio. Soprano and composer/songwriter Donna Linklater studied opera with Sylvia Richardson at Brandon University. Toward the end of her studies, she began to focus on new music and was especially taken with the aleatoric music of John Cage which gave her greater freedom of creative expression. Her …
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Matthew Reid: Music Composition – Live, recorded and improvisational
This week SongTalk welcomed Matthew Reid to our studio. Matthew is a critically acclaimed, award winning composer for film, television, games and theatre. His funny songs have delighted almost a million people during his tenure as composer for Toronto’s world famous Second City comedy theatre. His comedic musical, The Second City Guide to the Symphony …
Composing with multiple influences with Martin Van de Ven
Multi-Instrumentalist and composer Martin Van De Ven talks about counterpoint with numerous simultaneous melodies and different influences in constructing his complex instrumental pieces. Beyond The Pale Jumblies Theatre Martin on Soundcloud