Youth 2025-2026: A Season of Programs for the Younger Set
Montreal Jeunesses Musicales Jeunesses Musicales’ 2025-26 season is full of original children’s programming. Opéra Bon-Bon, an operatic retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel,…
Heather Weinreb
Heather Weinreb
Heather Weinreb is a writer and violin teacher from Montreal, Quebec. She completed a Bachelor of Music at McGill in 2018, where she minored in Baroque Performance. Most recently, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas, Houston. Aside from her music reviews and journalism with La Scena Musicale, Heather's essays and children's poems have been published in Dappled Things and The Dirigible Ballon.
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CD Review | Songs of Hope Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra
Songs of Hope Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra; Danielle MacMillan, mezzo-soprano; Maghan McPhee, soprano; composers Shreya Jha, Elienna Wang, Ted Runcie, Leela Gilday, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Rachel McFarlane,…
Festival Les Printemps Slaves: An (Almost) Baroque Slavic Spring
The 12th edition of Les Printemps Slaves, Montreal’s only Slavic music festival, takes place May 6-30. Every year, Artistic Director Irina Krasnyanskaya comes up with…
CD Review | Canadian Mosaic, Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Players
Canadian Mosaic Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Players, Ronald Royer, conductor; Stephen Tam, flute; Kaye Royer, clarinet; Kristin Day, bassoon; Joyce Lai and Alain Bouvier, violins; Ian…
Prix d’Europe: Quebec’s Oldest Career-Launching Competition
Prix d’Europe—the prestigious $50,000 scholarship that offers artists the chance to study at their choice of the world’s greatest music schools—is turning 113. “This is…
Lucas Debargue: When Music Becomes Conversation
On April 13, renowned French pianist and composer Lucas Debargue will be coming to Montreal’s Salle Pierre Mercure to perform as part of Pro Musica’s…
Festival Classica 2025: From Keith Jarret to Abbey Road
Marc Boucher, founder and artistic director of Festival Classica, is a man with wide open ears. “An artistic director,” he says, “should listen to a…
Review | Roberta Mameli Breathes New Life Into Hamlet’s Ghosts
On March 8 and 9, French Baroque orchestra Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu and Italian soprano Roberta Mameli were invited by Arion Baroque Orchestra to…
Review | OCM Unable to Swing for Stellar Jazz Soloists
On Feb. 25, Orchestre Classique de Montréal (OCM) presented Jazz & Jeans in Montreal’s Pierre Mercure Hall. A program of great symphonic jazz repertoire—from Gershwin…
Alliance Chorale du Québec: Round-Table Discussion on Choir Conducting
On February 19, Alliance Chorale du Québec hosted a round-table discussion on choir conducting. Marc-Antoine d’Aragon moderated the discussion between choir conductors Roseline Blain, François…
