VOLUME 5, ISSUE 6 - JUNE 4, 2010
MAROONED ON A DESERT ISLAND:
WHAT MUSIC WOULD YOU TAKE?
Summer Reading Special!Roy Plomley was a freelance broadcaster with contacts at the BBC, working mostly as an interviewer and quizmaster on shows now long forgotten. One night in 1942, he woke up shivering, as his coal fire had gone out - a not unusual occurrence during the coal rationing of the Second World War. Unable to go back to sleep, he idly thought of ideas to propose to the BBC, hitting on one which was ingeniously simple....more
YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO PREMIERE WORK BY TEEN TRUMPETER
A year and a half ago, when young composer Conor Corrigan started to write the piece that would become his Blue Mountains Symphony, there was no way that he could envisage that Gordon Craig, conductor of the Kingston Youth Orchestra, would suggest that it be premiered on their Spring Spectacular concert on June 4 at the Kingston Gospel Temple and that he would be part of the performance as a trumpet player in the orchestra...moreMAESTRO'S MUSINGS: BLOGGING, RUNNING, CELEBRATING
The Kingston Symphony has just finished updating the website and there are a number of new features. I urge you to check it out at www.kingstonsymphony.on.ca. You'll see featured on the home page a new blog called 'Maestro's Musings'...moreVOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CELEBRATES ANOTHER YEAR OF RECORD FUNDRAISING
A whole year has slipped by since I became president of the Volunteer Committee (VC-KSA). Very likely, the second year of my tenure will be just as swift. Great things have happened, and there is a sense that a lot of our activities practically run themselves...moreTHE KSA IS BLESSED WITH FOLKS WHO GIVE LAVISHLY, LIVE ABUNDANTLY!
The Volunteer Committee's Music Lovers' House Tour is a springtime fixture on the Kingston social calendar. Recently, I attended the reception hosted by Marion and Hans Westenberg for those who are opening their homes for this year's tour...more
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