Music teachers taught me the importance of learning well for public performance, and here are a few of the favorites.
My top 5 lessons
Taverner, Tallis, and Christopher
For the last week I've been conducting Camerata Nova through some really good music - Taverner's Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas and Tallis's Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater.
A Manitoba Upbringing
We spent the last month or so in Manitoba, and now that I've had enough time to think about it, I'm struck again by where I grew up. I'm really lucky.I grew up in a fantastic musical environment. From my earliest memories as a chorister to when I left, I got the best that Manitoba … Continue reading A Manitoba Upbringing
John Wiens, Conductor 