The Bel Canto Chorus is celebrating its 40th season and will be hosting a black-tie evening of music this Friday, February 26th at the Holiday Inn on Regent Street. Funds from the gala will help support the Bel Canto Chorus share their music through free mini concerts at seniors’ residences and other pro bono engagements, as well as sponsoring music awards and bursaries. The Bel Canto Chorus is in their 40th season – what have been some highlights from the past 40 years? Bel Canto has roots that go back over forty years to the Sudbury Philharmonic Society. In......
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February 17, 2016
Treble Thinking of Something New to Try? Let SSO Orchestrate the Perfect Evening Out
Did you know that the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra played for her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburg, or that the symphony is composed of lawyers, doctors, teachers, and more? Read on to find out all about the SSO! Tell us a little bit about the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra! Sure! The Sudbury Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was originally founded, along with the Bel Canto Chorus in 1953, as the Sudbury Philharmonic. It became a registered charitable organization in 1975, making the 2015/16 Season our 40th Anniversary.We’ve also been able to have some pretty remarkable guest artists join us,......
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It’s February, which means that there’s some unwritten rule that everything must be love themed, and I’m not enough of a free thinker to break trend. Also, everyone loves a good love song. Whether or not you’re in a relationship, everyone feels this ridiculous pressure to experience romance on Valentine’s Day, and inevitability those expectations are rarely met and make everyone feel down as hell. This year I propose that you do what I usually end up doing on Valentines Day: get drunk by myself and dance and sing along to music in the ~romantic~ ambiance of candlelight and......
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Welcome to the first Our Crater playlist! Since 2015 is over and done with (R.I.P.), I set out to make you an hour-long Top Canadian 2015 playlist. 59 songs later I realized that all hope for short and sweet was lost. Despite my best intentions, Top Canadian 2015 basically just became Artists That Are Cool And Also Canadian And Released A Good Album In 2015 (AKA Canada 2k15). Either my commitment issues run deeper than I thought, I’m very indecisive, or Canadians released a hell of a lot of good music this year. Let’s go with the latter. But......
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