LILA PALMER, HISTORIAN, CHILDREN’S BOOK EDITOR, DIRECTOR AND . . . LIBRETTIST!
By Yazmeen Kanji Lila Palmer has worked as a historian, a children’s book editor, a singer, a director, a social justice advocate and a librettist. […]
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IAN CUSSON, LIBLAB 2018 COMPOSER
By Yazmeen Kanji An established composer of opera, orchestra and song, Ian Cusson was one of 8 participants in Tapestry’s 2018 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB) where […]
RENE ORTH, LIBLAB 2018 COMPOSER
BY SHARON SAVUNTHARARAJAH Composer Rene Orth didn’t always want to compose for opera. In fact, she didn’t always want to compose at all. It was […]
SPEAKING WITH BENTON ROARK ABOUT LIBLAB 2018
By Sharon Savunthararajah “I wouldn’t say I began composing for opera because of a deep love for traditional opera. I was pulled into the sphere […]
CHALLENGING AND HONEST STORYTELLING: KANIKA AMBROSE’S TASTING SHORTS
By Yazmeen Kanji Kanika Ambrose is a Toronto based playwright and a 2018 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB) participant with 3 works featured in Tapestry Briefs: Tasting […]
DANIEL SOLON – LIBLAB LIBRETTIST
By Yazmeen Kanji Librettist Daniel Solon wishes that there were more opportunities to collaborate. Outside of this year’s LIBLAB, he doesn’t often get to engage […]
COLLEEN MURPHY: ON LIBLAB AND LIVING OPERA
By Sharon Savunthararajah Thirteen years ago, Colleen Murphy was coming out a period of frustration with theatre and film. She wanted something more, but did […]
JAVID JAH: A PROFILE OF YOUTH INSIDE OPERA’S GRAPHIC ARTS FACILITATOR
By Sharon Savunthararajah “Graffiti artists are writers, just like how scientists are artists,” says street artist and designer Javid Jah, to the kids at Youth […]
SPOTLIGHT ON PATRICK HUNTER
Inspired by tradition, Patrick Hunter’s passion for art and community has taken him from a small village in the Red Lake District of northwestern Ontario […]
HUSSEIN JANMOHAMED, YOUTH INSIDE OPERA MUSIC FACILITATOR
By Yazmeen Kanji Tapestry Opera is thrilled to have Motivational Speaker, Choral Director and Choral Conductor Hussein Janmohamed as this year’s Youth Inside Opera Music […]