Tag: Early Music

  • What Is a Cantus Firmus? (and How to Write One) 

    What Is a Cantus Firmus? (and How to Write One) 

    This compositional form and tool was used emblematically throughout the Middle Ages, here’s how it works and how to write one.

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  • The COMPASS: Vancouver, BC

    The COMPASS: Vancouver, BC

    By Sarah Davachi Vancouver is Canada’s West Coast conglomerate, a unique mix of every convention you encounter as you cross the border and traverse south: rainy Pacific North West weather, insanely high rental prices, palm trees interspersed with Douglas firs, loads of concrete, and a fair amount of mid-century modernist masterpieces. Having grown up in Calgary,…

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