| Colin Eatock |
| Writing About Music |
| I began writing about music
professionally in 1988, as Editor of Publications for
Toronto's Canadian Opera Company. Since then I have
written articles and program notes for several other
musical organizations, including the Cincinnati Opera,
the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Marquis Classics
records. From 1991 to 1994 I was the editor and publisher
of a small journal about Canadian contemporary music
called SoundNotes. As well, I have contributed
many articles on music to Toronto’s Globe and
Mail newspaper, and to The New York Times, The
Houston Chronicle, American Record Guide, Early Music
America, Strings, The Strad, BBC Music, Opera,
International Piano, Musical Opinion, Opus, Opera Canada,
Queen’s Quarterly, and Words and Music.
In addition to my freelance writing, I recently completed a PhD in musicology at the University of Toronto. In 2009, a book derived from my dissertation, entitlted Mendelssohn and Victorian England, was published by Ashgate Press in the UK. To read a short excerpt from my book, click here. Also in 2009, I was appointed Managing Editor of The WholeNote magazine, Toronto and Southern Ontario's source for news and information about classical, jazz, folk and world musics. Below are samples of my writing (interviews, articles, reviews, program notes) for various publications and musical organizations.(All works are Copyright Colin Eatock, and may not be used without my permission.) |
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| Sample Music Review |
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