Banff Opera Colloquium
The schedule and registration link for this year’s Banff Opera Colloquium, August 19-21st, 2011 Leadership in a Changed World, will be available 1 June. For those looking to book their travel, the first session will take place on August 19 at 1pm and the last session will wrap up on August 21 at 11:30am. If you have any questions, please contact us. We look forwarding to seeing you in Banff!
Culture Days Launches
On Monday, May 9, Culture Days officially launched at media events across the country in Vancouver, Regina, Winnipeg and Charlottetown. It was announced that the Culture Days weekend will take place in every province and territory from September 30 until October 2. It is expected that hundreds of communities will take part. So far over 300 activity organizers in 122 cities and towns across the country have already pre-registered. The Culture Days website remains the central hub for communications and information. Visit it to find out more.
Focus on Canadian Opera Creation
Queen of Puddings Music Theatre will present the world premiere of Svadba – Wedding, an opera written by Ana Sokolovic. The opera is inspired by Stravinsky’s Les Noces. Sokolovic draws on her rich Balkan heritage of folk music and literature to tell the story of girlfriends preparing a bride-to-be the night before her wedding. Svadba – Wedding is an opera for six female voices, a capella and sung in Serbian, with English surtitles. The opera will star Laura Albino, Carla Huhtanen, Andrea Ludwig, Shannon Mercer, Krisztina Szabó and Jacqueline Woodley and opens at the Canadian Stage, Berkeley Street Theatre on June 24th, 2011. See here for ticket info.
Svadba – Wedding received a Development and Production grant from the Canadian Opera Creation Fund.
Member News
The Vancouver Opera Foundation has received a 1 million dollar contribution from the family of Yulanda Faris. The gift will support Vancouver Opera’s new Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program, slated to begin during the 2012-2013 season.
Opera Hamilton has announced details about their new season and their new home, The Dofasco Centre for the Arts.
On April 29th, University of Chicago held its 2nd Emerging Practice Seminar called CultureLab, a concerted effort to bring forward promising new practices in the cultural sector and transmit them to the field. The 2011 seminar focused on:
- Uses of technology in audience engagement
- Revenue management and dynamic pricing
The discussion of each topic featured several case studies drawn from arts organizations from Chicago to Sydney. The day also included a lunchtime debate about the role of technology devices in theaters and concert halls, featuring Martha Lavey, Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Alan Brown, Principal at WolfBrown.
A series of presentation slides, podcasts and videos from the session are available here.
People
Jeff Melanson has been appointed as President of The Banff Centre for the Arts effective January 1, 2012.
Job Listings
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