Canada’s Musical Mosaic

Canada’s Musical Mosaic:  Podcast Launched 

Welcome to the podcast “Canada’s Musical Mosaic,” featuring interviews with incredible musicians who have contributed to the country’s rich and diverse cultural heritage!  I hope you will join me on this journey as we discover the cultural and stylistic influences of leading artists and what it means to them to be Canadian.

About the podcast:
Discover Canada's musical heritage and learn more about the musicians who have helped to make Canada one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, in the podcast “Canada’s Musical Mosaic” with host, pianist, composer and Canadian culture expert Rea Beaumont 

Thanks for listening, 
Rea



ABOUT THE HOST:

Dr. Rea Beaumont (RAY-ah BO-mont) is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, educator and scholar.  She is an expert in Canadian music and culture, and her book Composer Barbara Pentland: The Music and the Message was a finalist for an international award.   She is frequently invited as an artist-in-residence and a guest speaker, presenting lectures and lecture-recitals at leading institutions in North America and Europe.

Beaumont’s albums continue to be broadcast around the world and highlight important social issues to initiate change.  Her latest recording Timeless was chosen as ‘Album of the Week’ on CBC, Creating a Landscape has been streamed over 150,000 times, A Shrinking Planet was one of the first albums to highlight the influence of globalization in new music, and A Conversation Piece features her work “Shattered Ice” that protests against environmental destruction in the mythic Northwest Passage of the Canadian Arctic.   She has premiered many works in collaboration with leading composers such as R. Murray Schafer, including her own works and those commissioned for her by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 

Beaumont has received awards from The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, FACTOR, Toronto Arts Council, SOCAN, and is a recipient of the Ontario Arts Council’s prestigious Chalmers Arts Fellowship. Formerly faculty at the University of British Columbia, she is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto.

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*The music for Canada’s Musical Mosaic trailer is from Rea Beaumont’s "Aldeburgh - By the Sea" from her album Timeless


 

EPISODE #4 

Folk Music and Beyond:  Bruce Cockburn in Conversation with Rea Beaumont

Interview Part 1: 
Bruce Cockburn reflects on his tremendous career as a singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, in a compelling and humorous interview with host Rea Beaumont.  Topics include his planned 50th anniversary tour, his interest in political and social issues, and the world travels that sometimes took unexpected turns.

More coming soon with Part 2 in EPISODE #5
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BLOG POST:  Interviewing Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn has a global following as one of the world’s most prolific and highly respected musicians. He blends folk with world influences that are based on first-hand experience due to his extensive travels and collaborations with musicians from around the world. His music is both personal and universal, and often raises awareness of political events and social injustice.  One of the world’s leading guitarists, he performs at a tremendous level of virtuosity that is particularly evident on his most recent instrumental album “Crowing Ignites.”  Cockburn had planned to tour this Fall (2020) to celebrate 50 years of his career, however the tour is postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  You can still enjoy his music with the release of his multi-CD set from the label True North Records, available at  www.brucecockburn.com

Cockburn has written over 350 songs, recorded nearly forty albums, won 13 JUNO Awards, received the Governor-General’s Performing Arts Award, is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.  Although he is one of the leading musicians in the world and has received countless accolades, he is very humble and has a wonderful sense of humour.  His candid memoir “Rumours of Glory” provides insight into his life, career, travels, and his reflections on the situations he has witnessed, including refugee camps and war-torn areas throughout the world.  He is a musician of thought, generosity and introspection, and it was a tremendous pleasure interviewing Bruce Cockburn.     - Rea Beaumont

Click here for Bruce Cockburn’s official biography.

© 2020 Rea Beaumont

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To cite episode #3
B.  Beaumont, Rea.  “Folk Music and Beyond: Bruce Cockburn in Conversation with Rea Beaumont.” Canada's Musical Mosaic. 1 December 2020  http://www.canadasmusicalmosaic.com
F.   Rea Beaumont, “Folk Music and Beyond: Bruce Cockburn in Conversation with Rea Beaumont,” Canada's Musical Mosaic, 1 December 2020.   http://www.canadasmusicalmosaic.com