I’ve recently emerged from a rich period of work: stacking all the kinds of music on top of each other in a mash of practice,...

suddenlyLISTEN is evolving. For 23 years I have run sL almost solo. I always had highly valued administrative help, but I was terrible at...

This time of year seems to roll around faster and faster each year, but it is always a welcome mini-break from the busy season. And it's...

Hi from PEI. We’ve settled here over the past week or so, for our usual (first time in 2 years!) summer work at the Charlottetown...

What a time it continues to be! We’ve all had the discussion (“what’s going to happen?” “What a world we live in”). We’ve asked the...

It is completely outside our experience to look out our windows into an international crisis, feeling the disruption, discomfort and...

These are the strangest of times. By Friday, March 13 we at suddenlyLISTEN knew things were shifting quickly for us, our work, our...

So time has flown. I'm actually back in Halifax now, in normal life, with echoes of this tour and these concerts ringing in my ears! But...

We have now been in Italy for 2 days. I've had a couple of chances to look around a bit,  eaten some food, and had numerous (very small)...

Things have been busy! So I'm bit behind on posts. Here's the final Scottish post. It's warmer here in Bologna..... I’m writing now from...

Wow that was an intense 2 days! It started with an early rise, a 9am fast train that turned slow, a 3 hour late arrival, a sudden meal of...

I guess you don't really need to write much about The Colourscape Music Festival in London...a picture, (especially here) is worth a...

I'm such terrible picture taker! I apologize for this blog's freedom from photographs! I am so busy looking around, it just doesn't occur...

It's amazing how two cellists can travel from distant points on the globe and manage to meet up, on time, in Kings Cross Station in the...

Introduction: Summer ended yesterday. They say in PEI that the weather changes after the Gold Cup and Saucer Harness Race. With global...

suddenlyLISTEN and I are so happy to announce that A:B, my duo with my friend Italian cellist, Nicola Baroni of Bologna, will undertake a...

It's been a great season for suddenlyLISTEN travels, and with this exciting announcement, we can tell you about more to come! 2017/18 saw...

It was 2007 when suddenlyLISTEN first brought Lori Freedman to Halifax. This was by no means her first trip east, she’d been here many...

I don’t mind getting to the airport early, it gives me a chance to reflect a bit on the trip that is ending, and people watch…. The past...

The past two days have been fascinating. Nick and I continue to confront questions about our piece and imagine new possibilities! Each...