United by a metronome, Toronto Symphony Orchestra brings Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring to life

Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra have found a way to maintain social distancing and still play together, performing an excerpt from Aaron Copland's uplifting Appalachian Spring, which was originally commissioned in 1942 with a world deep at war. Last week, home-bound TSO members recorded the calming melody of the excerpt inspired by the traditional Shaker song, Simple Gifts.

"This is like a musical hug": How the Toronto Symphony Orchestra created one stunning performance from 29 separate locations

I'm the principal double bass for Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and on March 13-Friday the 13th-we got an email telling us that the TSO had shuttered. Like most people, I felt inertia and shock at first. Like, what does this mean? I'm a news junkie and I was glued to the news, but I was still trying to practise my craft.

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Perspective | Zoom has become the movie of our lives, boxed for an occasion we didn't know was coming

Some cinematic languages are ahead of their eras. Others arrive just in time. Eons ago - also known as January - Zoom was a semi-obscure service known mostly as a business-based videoconferencing tool.