Philip Glass

So last week I was lucky enough to see Philip Glass a few times here in Calgary, and holy, so amazing. He spoke at ACAD last Thursday, and the lecture hall at ACAD was packed, I've never seen such a crazy turnout. And he definitely did not disappoint, his lecture was funny, entertaining, inspirational and very captivating. The range of projects and collaborations he has worked on is unbelievable.
I was also very very privileged in being able to attend the Cantos interactive tour with Philip Glass and it was definitely an experience I will ever forget. Philip Glass and Michael Riesman (his conductor) gave an amazing tour along with the Cantos staff, and played on several of the historic instruments in the collection. My personal favorite was the Ondes Martenot, and instrument I had seen in a Radiohead video once, and never knew what it was. The theremin and all the synths were pretty amazing too, they have a crazy Moog collection. We are so lucky in Calgary to have such an extensive collection of instruments, including some really famous ones ( the piano Elton John wrote Tiny Dancer on!), it's too bad no one in Calgary knows this little treasure is right under there nose!
On Friday I was spoiled once again, and was fortunately able to attend the Dracula performance with the Kronos Quartet and Philip Glass, where they played the score to the Bela Lugosi's Dracula, it was so beautiful, and I have never gotten the opportunity to see the Kronos Quartet before.
We were so lucky last week to have such an amazing influential composer such as Philip Glass in town, many thanks to the One Yellow Rabbit and the High Performance Rodeo for bringing such incredible acts. Seeing a composer such as Philip Glass talk about his creative process and his ways of composition was so exciting, and definitely shows a world of possibility within the realm of music composition and production.