Reverberation. Why are its effects so pleasing to our ears and how is reverberation designed and controlled?
The Sanderson Centre has many incredible performers headlining shows this season. BE A PART OF IT! Mixed in with our headlining shows you will find some of this country’s best performers in exciting concerts, family and school programming, matinees, holiday classics and even shows that bring our own community onto the stage.
Their lobby series continues this season with three fascinating artists in conversation and two musical performances that you will be talking about for days afterward. Find out more by clicking on the 2018 2019 SEASON image to the right.
Supplemental- The warm history behind last year’s 100 Year Sanderson Centre Anniversary.
The Chopra Center has just announced that the 2015 Global Meditation for Compassion will be held on Saturday, July 11 at 9 a.m. PT In Carlsbad, CA at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa and meditation will be accessible worldwide for free via livestream in both English and Spanish [see link below DE]. Gabrielle Bernstein, best-selling author and motivational speaker, will lead a conversation around meditation and compassion with Deepak Chopra, M.D., founder of The Chopra Center and best-selling author, and Ismael Cala, acclaimed CNN en Español anchor, best-selling author and speaker.
A 15-minute guided meditation led by Chopra will follow the discussion. In addition, the event will include videos and questions contributed from the global livestreamed audience along with inspiring musical performances and special guest appearances. The Chopra Center 2014 Global Meditation for Peace currently holds the Guinness Book of World Record title for the largest global meditation worldwide with 140,000 in attendance from nearly every country. This will be their second annual global meditation and they are expecting to unite more than 500,000 people worldwide – breaking 2014’s record by nearly four times.
The second annual global movement will also host 1,500 guests at the live event and unite individuals, families and groups across the world for the largest meditation gathering in history. In addition, the event will include videos and questions contributed from the global livestreamed audience along with inspiring musical performances and special guest appearances.
“The Chopra Center’s mission is to serve as the global source for balance, healing, transformation and the expansion of awareness. By creating an opportunity for the world to be a part of the largest guided meditation, we hope to create a more compassionate world,” said Chopra. “It is time to rediscover our common truth – that we are all one.” This year’s meditation aims to increase compassion worldwide, creating a movement towards a kinder, more connected culture. For more information on how to sign up or to learn more, please visit: http://www.chopra.com/globalmeditation.html or email: marketingdirector@thesilo.ca Tickets to the live event are currently available for purchase for 49$USD+service fee at: https://tickets.brightstarevents.com/event/GlobalMeditation
FOR GOD SAKES!
dear journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva,
even in the age of the short attention span internet article, it’s still hard to believe you
are STILL writing about this:
wow. classy.
seems like there’s a new rule number one for up and coming journalists: dont let the facts get in the way of click bait.
at the risk of incurring even more of this hoo haa (and i’ve definitely turned my cheek more than once lately) and even
though our management sent out a letter to clarify this, and since
this seems to be all anyone can ask me about lately,
here’s the real deal, and hopefully it’ll explain this nonsensical scenario and we can move on with our lives. (or what have you).
first off, this is none of your business, but i have no specific demands in my dressing room. i know i could ask for lots of
things but i actually dont ask for ANYTHING. i take with me what i need,
and that aint much.
anything on the rider is for the band and the crew.
this “guacamole recipe” is my hilarious tour managers inside
joke with the local promoters, it’s his recipe, not mine. it’s just something to break
up the boredom, seeing who can make it best. though i wouldn’t
know because i’ve never had it. i can’t even make kool aid
let alone cook any real food enough to have a “recipe”. sorry, i dont have that talent.
bananas: did it occur to anyone someone on the tour
might have an allergy to them? no? hmmm. one day some fantasy journalist out
there will call someone in the biz and actually have a rider explained to them, maybe
none of them have ever been on tour. oh well, let’s move on,
first amendment issues: i fully believe in the freedom of the press (though
the supposed search for truth from the press requires microscopes and some morton salt), and i also defend anyone’s right
to free speech (just look at my lack of respect for grammar in this letter and tell me i’m not for communicating freely)
and i defend the right to free information in regards to public funds, but never in my 20 years of playing
shows has my contract and tour rider been published in the paper that i recall.
do you know why we dont do that or want that? a hundred articles about bananas, free speech, and guacamole is why;
it’s because people dont understand what a rider is or what the terms of a contract are. they’re out of their element,
and you can’t blame them for it. and people who write about that know this. people WANT a rider to be a list of demands that
a diva insists occur lest he or she refuse to play a note of music.
but in reality, it’s just some food and drinks backstage for the
hundred workers and guests who have to live in a concrete
bunker for 15 hours. some people bring thier own living rooms on tour,
some people ask for a huge spread. who cares? what you’r looking for
is someone throwing a tantrum because they didn’t get their brown m and m’s,
sorry to dissappoint.
someone printed that i’m never going to oklahoma again?
not true. i love oklahoma, that’s why i booked this show instead
of playing chicago or atlanta for four times as much money.
ask around in tulsa. i’ve been
there at least three times on these last two albums. i love it there.
our booking agent warned the college that other artists might
not book shows there? of course they did, it’s bad business
what that school paper did and really rude. of course they are going to tell them to wise up.
am i pissed at the students at oklahoma university? absolutely not. am i dissappointed in young journalists at their school paper?
absolutely. but i forgive them, they’re young and have learned
thier lesson about truth and ethics hopefully. all they have to do is
google this to know that it’s not worth it. look for real problems instead
next time. look for the truth, not fake drama. i got pissed during my show and berated
the crowd? no. sorry, didn’t happen.
i made jokes about the paper publishing that info, so which of us is thin skinned?
they have freedom of speech but i dont? at my show? ok. i guess the rules change for different
people. the crowd were amazing and we played for 2 and a half hours that night.
people were told to delete
photos on their camera? : i dont know much about that but it must
be a miscommunication about what was
public property at the college and the contract we had with the university to
let us do our work in peace; but i’ll give you an example,
if someone working at a theater we played at started taking pictures of all of
our workers and our gear they’d probably get fired by their theater or promoter.
sorry to the student paper budding press papparazi on that one, but is this a tmz assignment or can
you give us some peace while we try to put on a show for the students? give us a break man.
i know it’s a fun thing for people to try to turn me into a jerk and a diva, but in
this case it’s pretty ridiculous and has almost nothing to do with me. my relationship
with the fans at that show and how we got to a new place together through music remains intact
and i’d love to do it again with them.
i think that’s everything, can i go back to making music now? no? ok. crochet it is.
jack white
III
Supplemental- It might get loud
During the Federal elections [circa 2011 Ed], it became clear that the Canadian public interest in an arts and cultural policy had declined since 2008, in fact the majority responded that this policy was unimportant to them in comparison to other policies. This leads me to question the degree of concerns Canadians do have with other policies. Perhaps the overall concerns are too great to allow a focus on more fun or abstract facets of their Canadian lifestyle such as arts and culture, or it may simply be that Canadians overall would rather engage with more mainstream topics.
It is interesting yet disconcerting to see that it is mainly the younger population, ages 18-30, that are the least interested in the arts and culture policy. If the younger generation doesn’t fuel the arts and keep them flourishing who will? In their (or our) defense though, little awareness about the policy and its impact is made known. Personally, I had never heard of an arts and cultural policy before reading the article critiquing the different Government parties’ role in the policy as discussed in The Arts Advocate publication.
The policy involves the government allotted a specific percentage of taxes that go towards varying sectors within the arts, for example advantages for artists or funding for different organizations. Each federal party has their different views on appropriate expenditure in the arts and culture sector, and specifically our Conservatives’ main commitment is to the children’s artistic activity tax credit, support to the Royal Conservatory of Music for a national examination program, and support to the Canadian Periodical Fund (Used to subsidize newspapers not including The Silo. Check the info box found on the bottom of page 2 in most papers to see if you are subsidizing their bottom line- CP).
With the Conservative party now being back in power, it is hard to say if the policy will see any positive growth. Although I understand and admire Harper’s plan to stabilize and improve the markets in the depths of a global recession, I feel it necessary to include arts and culture as a part of this. Canada has such a unique combination of cultures throughout its provinces and these are the people who create and work at the jobs Harper is trying to develop or advance.
So, should not this rich arts and culture naturally be showcased as it is echoed throughout the Canadian business world Harper is focused on? I believe Canadians on the whole would appreciate more recognition for their creative efforts that make our country special. Yes we need economic growth, but there needs to be a balance in the funding between businesses and the arts in order to make for a balanced country and to account for or showcase the people who inhabit it.
It is positive to note that the 2011 Ontario budget indicated spending at Tourism and Culture would grow $76 million.
The estimates confirm that $47 million of this is to continue support of the Community Cultural Fund (used to support local ‘big crowd’ draws such as last year’s Port Dover Marine Festival- http://www.ocaf.on.ca/en/project.aspx?ProjectUID=985 or 2005’s Norfolk County Fall Festival- http://www.ocaf.on.ca/en/project.aspx?ProjectUID=884 -CP), the small-scale (!) capital program administered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation to support diverse cultural organizations. As well, the Ontario Media Development Corporation will be permanently funded, showcasing the province’s commitment to the film sector of the policy and estimates show an increase of $8 million to $25.8 million. Although the Conservative platform for the policy is the most bleak of the Bloc Quebecois, Liberal, and NDP, perhaps a strengthened economy will help to account for areas our country’s arts and culture are struggling in.
In their platform it is stated that our “Government believes that a vibrant cultural, media, and sporting sector is crucial for our well-being and quality of life,” however many artists and cultural advocates still feel that the re-elected Conservatives will fall short in fulfilling the essential aspects of the policy and hearing the voices of those affected. For the Silo, Jennifer Waslowski.
