Canadian Heritage committee  I do, if I may. It's a lovely idea, but it can't go anywhere because there is no basis for an orchestra series in Surrey yet. There's no structure, there's no federal funding, there's no board of directors. You can go out and hire an orchestra anywhere you want. You can hire an

Canadian Heritage committee  I would like to inject the following idea. It seems to me that the CBC is desperately in need of artistic direction. They have nobody there who has any view of the future. It's ironic that in the spoken word, on Radio One, there is a great deal of radio intelligence. There are

Canadian Heritage committee  But believe it or not, many people still do not have computers or access to that kind of programming, and obviously not in cars. But equally so, in many instances in rural Canada you do not have fast Internet connections in every location and you can't always count on that opport

Canadian Heritage committee  It just seems to me that the committee has curatorial responsibility to observe that the CBC has literally abdicated its responsibility to Canadian music, and that is sufficient cause to override whatever reservations you may have about suggesting or recommending changes within t

Canadian Heritage committee  May I respond to that? There is a radio orchestra in Tirana, Albania. There is a radio orchestra in Seoul, Korea. Obviously there are many. Every country that claims to have a civilized tradition of music background has had a radio orchestra. Australia had three radio orchestra

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, friends. As they say in opera, Coraggio, the end is near. For over 50 years I have enjoyed a modest international solo career. Before branching out as a soloist, I was for many years a member of the Vancouver Symphony and the CBC Radio Orchestra. In my spare time