Making Art, Making a Living
Metcalf Performing Arts Prize winners Alice Ping Yee Ho and James Rolfe, discuss making a living in the arts on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. https://youtu.be/aMViFiLVuY8
Metcalf Foundation announces winners of the inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes
FIVE WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE INAUGURAL JOHANNA METCALF PERFORMING ARTS PRIZES TORONTO, November 25, 2019 – Today, the ; playwright and theatre creator Sunny Drake; composer and classical pianist Alice Ping Yee Ho; composer James Rolfe; multidisciplinary artist Santee Smith; and world music performer and composer Maryem Tollar. On December 12, 2019, at Toronto’s Artscape [...]
Signalling a Musical Sea Change | Composer Alexina Louie and cellist Rachel Mercer
"The recent announcement of composer Alexina Louie as the winner of the 2019 Molson Prize in the Arts, the first time the $50,000 prize has been awarded to a female composer, signalled something of a sea change in the world of Canadian music that’s been developing gradually. The prize was presented to Louie by the [...]