- Dre Pao
- 02 Jun 2017
Artists Rising Together
Creating a community and connecting local artists By Dre Pao Hamilton continues to gain momentum as one of the major players in the Canadian music scene. Ontario is now considered to be the top ranked...
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- Olga Kwak
- 12 Dec 2016
Ambitious City 2016: The Music City
Hamilton Can Become A Better Music City By Getting Out Of Its Own Way On an early November evening, members of Hamilton’s arts and business community met at the Lincoln Alexander Theatre to discuss ...
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- Olga Kwak
- 18 Nov 2016
Festival of Friends: “We’re Coming Home”
Your Friends are Coming Back to Town Fans of the yearly Festival of Friends were upset when organizers announced in 2011 it would no longer call Gage Park its home. It was packing up its three-day mus...
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- Erin Dunham
- 04 Aug 2016
One Artist At A Time: Ashley MacIsaac
Windsor-Based, Waterdown-Bound Fiddle phenom Ashley MacIsaac has a show coming up at ArtsFest in Waterdown later this month, but he found some time for a quick chat. I loved him and how awesome his wh...
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- Jeff Martin
- 05 Jul 2016
The Musical City
A conversation with Hamilton’s music strategy team Hamilton’s music strategy was created in 2014 after extensive consultation with the city’s music community and several public forums. An ad...
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- Jeff Martin
- 03 Jul 2016
Alyssa LeClair
From the Hamilton Children’s Choir to New York City A newly-minted Master of Music from New York University (NYU) Steinhardt’s Vocal Performance Program, Alyssa LeClair applauds her eight year...
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- Erin Dunham
- 09 Apr 2016
One Artist at a Time: Rita Chiarelli
I had the privilege of meeting with Rita Chiarelli at the Cannon for a chat over hot beverages at 8:30am, (too early for both of us). She is from Rita Chiarelli and Sweet Loretta; there are sev...
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- Dev Team
- 09 Apr 2016
Cocktails with KB | Carol Kehoe
There is a special place in my heart for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. The degree from Redeemer University College reminds me every day that my love for music is deep-seated. When I had the opp...
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- Dev Team
- 21 Mar 2016
In Conversation with Abigail Richardson-Schulte
Tell me about your background and how you came to be composer-in-residence at the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Sure, well I studied composition. I did my undergraduate degree at the University of ...
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- Erin Dunham
- 10 Feb 2016
One Artist at a Time | Lori Yates
Lori Yates moved here from Toronto in 2002. She relocated for real estate reasons (a more common reason for why people move here from Toronto now). She has a remarkably positive attitude about this fi...
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