CBC Radio Orchestra to disband after 70 years (CBC)
From CBC News:
The last notes of the Vancouver-based CBC Radio Orchestra will be heard at the end of the fall concert season in November.
CBC sites dollars and sense, and claims that it will continue to promote classical music - especially Canadian composers elsewhere.
But Colin Miles, regional director of the Canadian Music Centre, said disbanding the orchestra downgrades CBC's role as a public broadcaster.
"What they're interested in doing is downgrading CBC from a public broadcaster into a commercial broadcaster … to make it easier to compete with the private sector," Miles said.
Jane Coop, a concert pianist with CBC Radio Orchestra, said Canadian music will be the big loser. The orchestra's mandate has always been to showcase Canadian talent.
"We won't get that with other orchestras. They can't really do that with as much commitment and as much verve," she said.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/03/27/bc-cbc-radio-orchestra.html?ref=rss
The last notes of the Vancouver-based CBC Radio Orchestra will be heard at the end of the fall concert season in November.
CBC sites dollars and sense, and claims that it will continue to promote classical music - especially Canadian composers elsewhere.
But Colin Miles, regional director of the Canadian Music Centre, said disbanding the orchestra downgrades CBC's role as a public broadcaster.
"What they're interested in doing is downgrading CBC from a public broadcaster into a commercial broadcaster … to make it easier to compete with the private sector," Miles said.
Jane Coop, a concert pianist with CBC Radio Orchestra, said Canadian music will be the big loser. The orchestra's mandate has always been to showcase Canadian talent.
"We won't get that with other orchestras. They can't really do that with as much commitment and as much verve," she said.
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/03/27/bc-cbc-radio-orchestra.html?ref=rss
posted by eric model | 3:38 PM
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