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by Abigail Richardson-Schulte I started off university in science. I wanted to be smart and I was sure that smart people went into science. I felt a bit unsettled in those first few weeks but assumed …

Meet William Peltier by Abigail Richardson-Schulte More musicians and artists are moving to our city every day. Many of them keep their previous professional lives pretty intact and sometimes don&#…

Liam Ritz: Light Fragments with poetry by Julie Joosten May 27 at the HPO’s What Next Festival: the Rock on Locke by Abigail Richardson-Schulte In my first year as Composer-in-Residence with the…

An Unbelievable Story: Canada’s Musical Hero, Sir Ernest MacMillan by Abigail Richardson-Schulte   On May 23rd 2017, the HPO will be performing a string orchestra concert as the first conce…

Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has been described as “something of a phenomenon” and a “high-powered soloist.” HPO sat down with this world-renowned artist to learn what inspires her cr…

Petrouchka (revised 1947) – Igor Stravinsky Born June 17, 1882 in Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov), Russia Died April 6, 1971 in New York This work premiered on June 13, 1911 in Paris at the Théâtre du…