There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.

Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.

When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.