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Tag: Music

Kazuyoshi Akiyama

Kazuyoshi Akiyama has had long-standing relationships with the leading orchestras of Japan and now serves as Principal Conductor of the Hiroshima Symphony and also the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. The Tokyo Symphony has honored him with the title of Conductor Laureate. He has also been Music Director of the Syracuse Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony Maestro Akiyama is…
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Bryan Adams

Website Bryan Adams is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians whose career has spanned more than three decades.  Constantly in demand, the celebrated rocker is on the road over 150 days a year playing rock n’ roll favorites (“Summer of 69”, “Run To You”, “18 ‘Til I Die”, “It’s Only Love”, “Somebody”, “The…
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Tom Harrison

Tom Harrison’s name is synonymous with rock music in Vancouver. Since the mid-1970s, he has written about pop and rock, first for the Georgia Straight, then with the Province. In addition, he hosted a longstanding radio show on CFOX and volunteered for countless events. To varying degrees, he has written songs, recorded, toured, and appeared…
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Nardwuar

Nardwuar’s Website Nardwuar the Human Serviette is a media personality, music journalist, and musician born and raised in Vancouver, BC. The Georgia Straight calls him “a Vancouver icon, a genius, and one of the world’s most idiosyncratic interviewers”. You would be hard pressed to find a Vancouver entertainer who shows off his hometown pride on…
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Bob Buckley

Bob Buckley is the most published orchestral composer in Canadian history. His work is heard worldwide. He has a diverse career as a composer, arranger, performer, producer, recording artist and conductor. Bob won a gold record for “Letting Go”. He has worked with artists like Michael Bublé, Brian Adams, Celine Dion, Our Lady Peace, Simple…
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