Music

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

Pitocin, labour progresses. Dan and I listen to music, and we’re laughing together over something I can … circus- themed music box that operated with a crank, a gift from Elyse’s grandparents. The music box played … her skill set. I wanted badly for her to use the music box the way it was meant to be used. Her chubby … her mouth. The only sound was the clang of the music box dropping to the floor. I wanted desperately … pink pastel wall, Elyse finally got hold of her music box. Without my noticing, her thumb and pointer …

A collection of memories chronicling love, grief, and a life lived on and off stage Raised on a farm and educated in a prairie Bible school, Layne Coleman escapes the …

out ‘baby’ when they come, why it’s such sweet music when you’re lost in something unpredictable.An ACTOR …

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

became steeped in nostalgia by the background music. We hummed along to classic songs we knew practically … Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. For an artist and a musi- cian like Camille, it … California was spending hours listening to the music links Camille pro- vided on SoundCloud. The day … each accolade. Who knew the Royal Conservatory of Music gave out gold awards? I almost deleted the email … paper. For an extended family filled with former music students, it was quite the achievement. As ever- …

Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …

of John Beckwith (1927–2022) composer, Canadian music scholar, teacher, colleague, and friendContents … by the exceptional staff of the Marvin Duchow Music Library at McGill University, especially that provided … approach. Professor Neidhöfer generously very early music from the 1950s available to me. He also co-hosted … which actors read excerpts of these letters and music by both Somers and Beecroft was performed. Several … Beckwith (1927– 2022), the eminent composer, Canadian music scholar, and educator, who played such an important …

A guide from bestselling author Alice Kuipers on how to write for children and young adults—from igniting an initial idea to creating a finished draft In Spark, acclaimed children’s and …

to be able to hear the words in your head like music. The best way to do this is to read your work aloud …

Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …

Swedish physical culture instructors, Ita- lian music teachers, English nurses and white-capped French …

Slings & Arrows, starring Susan Coyne, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, and Mark McKinney as members of the New Burbage Theatre Festival, was heralded by television critics as one of the …

lifeless world that he inhabits, hence the vapid organ music and the comic, yet unnerv- ingly counterfeit sensitivity … the show’s opening scenes translate the tempest-music (chaos-order) opposition that runs through Shakespeare’s …

Vancouver, British Columbia, now reports “no religion” as its leading religious identity, putting it in the vanguard of a trend happening across North America. What does this mean for the …

sermon/message) lasted, order of the worship service, music, main focus of the teaching time, summary of prayer …

Through detailed analyses of nineteenth-century spirit photography, horror films, ghost-hunting reality television, and the viral internet phenomenon “Slender Man,” Poetics of the Paranormal shows how the figure of the ghost …

analysis of mise-en-scène, cinematogra- phy, editing, music, and sound design in order to discern how colour … Paint- ing and a Sculpture developing in Time, as in music and poetry, whichTHE DIAbOLICAL IMAGE | 41 realise … rhythm, movement, and duration align film with music, distinguishing the medium from the stillness of … province of music alone.36 In 1919, Marcel Gro- maire declared that cinema, “like music, is an autonomous … work.38 These com- parisons between cinema and music all highlight the importance of temporality, movement …

“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren …

sinister, and certainly criminal, was the case of music teacher Michael Crombie, whose behaviour was gossiped … 31 ESSEX BOYsophisticated than the Top Twenty music most of the class was listening to. Emerson, Lake … required actual lessons and the ability to read music. That lasted for a year or so, but I never came … became bored of that, too. My music career, though not my love of music, came to an end. These days, … AC/DC turned up loud on the radio. As I abandoned music, I became interested in politics. I’m not sure …