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Opening Windows: Confessions of a Canadian Vocal Coach by Stuart Hamilton: Used

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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. ...
Publication Date
2012-12-13
ISBN
9781459705128

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dundurn Press
ISBN-10
1459705122
ISBN-13
9781459705128
eBay Product ID (ePID)
124695702

Product Key Features

Book Title
Opening Windows : Confessions of a Canadian Vocal Coach
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Cultural Heritage, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Opera, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Stuart Hamilton
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
[Opening Windows], like Hamilton's much-missed weekly visits via the radio, is an entertaining way to spend a few short hours with a doer. There are belly-laugh-meets-terror moments (almost always at Hamilton's expense), such as when he turned pages for Arpad Sandor for an Elisabeth Schwarzkopf recital at Eaton Auditorium and, at one point in the second half, the pages went flying to the stage floor. There are moments that left me stupefied, such as when Hamilton talks himself into conducting a run of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore in Buffalo without ever having conducted an orchestra before., [Opening Windows], like Hamilton'?s much-missed weekly visits via the radio, is an entertaining way to spend a few short hours with a doer. There are belly-laugh-meets-terror moments (almost always at Hamilton'?s expense), such as when he turned pages for Arpad Sandor for an Elisabeth Schwarzkopf recital at Eaton Auditorium and, at one point in the second half, the pages went flying to the stage floor. There are moments that left me stupefied, such as when Hamilton talks himself into conducting a run of Gilbert and Sullivan'?s HMS Pinafore in Buffalo without ever having conducted an orchestra before.
Dewey Decimal
782.1092
Synopsis
A vocal coach who has been in the vanguard of classical music in Canada for more than six decades. Stuart Hamilton is a well-known Canadian musician who has been in the forefront of music in Canada for more than 60 years. Here, in this memoir, he recounts his sometimes hectic assault on the Canadian music world. Along the way, Hamilton encountered, as a vocal coach and accompanist, most of the great Canadian singers of the last half of the 20th century, and some international ones as well. For 27 years Hamilton was an erudite and funny personality on CBC's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera . He has appeared across Canada with such beloved artists as Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Richard Margison, and Isabel Bayrakdarian. In Opening Windows , Hamilton takes the reader into his confidence on numerous matters that have influenced musical life in Canada for decades., Stuart Hamilton, a well-known Canadian musician, has been in the forefront of music in Canada for more than 60 years. Along the way, he has encountered, as a vocal coach and accompanist, most of the great Canadian singers of the last half of the 20th century, and some international ones as well.

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