Getting to Know Composer Felix Mendelssohn
“Musical prodigies … are probably no longer so rare; but what this little man can do in extemporizing and playing at sight borders the miraculous, and I could not have believed it possible at so e…
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Getting to know Canadian actor R. H. Thomson
Read MoreCanadian stage and screen actor and director R. H. Thomson joins the HPO at our Hometown Holidays concert as a narrator on the piece Making Light, written by HPO Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richar…
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Making Light Celebrates Holiday Traditions from Around the World
Read MoreThis winter holiday season, the HPO performs Making Light, a festive composition by HPO Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte with accompanying text by Canadian playwright, librettist a…
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Orchestra 101: What to know for your first concert experience
Read MoreAre you about to attend your first live orchestra performance? Here are answers to a few questions you may find yourself wondering from your seat in the concert hall! Symphony, Philharmonic or Orchest…
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Get to know HPO 20-21 Composer Fellow Arie Verheul van de Ven
Read MoreHPO 20-21 Composer Fellow Arie Verheul van de Ven went through a self-described “instrumental identity crisis” in his youth. He started playing the violin as a young child, learning through the Su…
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The Power of Music: The Self, Community and Wellbeing
Read MoreThis past year was one of self-reflection, reorientation and grounding. It was a time to step back and adapt as we all faced the ongoing and evolving difficulties of the pandemic. In the absence o…