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Music for a While with Brian Finley / Westben's Podcast

As a response to COVID-19, Artistic and Managing Director Brian Finley began this podcast journey to explore the life and work of some of the greatest composers in history with music historian and friend Barb Hobart. This podcast has grown into a vehicle for musicians who record Digital Concerts at Westben, to express their trials and successes as performers during a global pandemic. Listen today to hear from Canadian artists like harpist Valerie Milot, singer/songwriter Barbra Lica, cellist Brian Manker, songwriter Jordan Mowatt and many more!

  1. Ep. 18 Amy Hillis for a While

    2021-11-19

    Ep. 18 Amy Hillis for a While

    This podcast is sponsored by Finley & Associates: www.finleyandassociates.com  Its mission is to inspire leaders, co-create solutions, & deliver impact. Based in Calgary, Canada, Finley, and Associates serve clients across Canada’s major cities. We are so grateful for your continued support.   Joining Westben’s Artistic & Managing Director Brian Finley today is violinist, Amy Hillis. Hillis completed her Masters of Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her Bachelors of Music at McGill. Amy now collaborates with performers and composers around the world to explore new approaches to classical and contemporary music.   We are delighted to be premiering Amy’s Digital Concert from The Barn on November 20th. If you have found this podcast later, not to worry! This concert will be available for the rest of the year at our digital venue. Visit www.westbendigitalvenue.ca today to see all of our digital concerts and content!

    20 min
  2. Ep. 17 Good Lovelies for a While with Kerri Ough

    2021-06-02

    Ep. 17 Good Lovelies for a While with Kerri Ough

    Thank you to our episode sponsors Finley & Associates, (https://finleyandassociates.com/) and metaphorhome, (https://metaphorhome.ca/).   Kerri Ough https://www.kerriough.com/Kerri is a musician, writer, speaker & artist currently located in Port Hope Ontario. Kerri has lived in Newfoundland, London, Toronto and toured the world with The Good Lovelies for over 15 years. February 2019, Kerri released her first solo album One Day Soon.  Good Lovelies With nine critically acclaimed releases, a #1 single, a JUNO Award, and a devoted fanbase blanketing the globe, roots-pop combo the Good Lovelies are among Canada’s brightest musical lights. The hardworking trio of Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough, and Susan Passmore, are guitar-wielding songwriters all, and queens of the goosebump–raising three-part harmony.  Download their NEW album ‘B Sides’ on Bandcamp: https://goodlovelies.bandcamp.com/ Digital Concert at The Barn - Saturday, June 5th, 2021 @ 8:00 pm As refreshing as a summer breeze and as colourful as a brilliant autumn day! Recorded at The Barn in September 2020, this digital concert features the ever-colourful Good Lovelies amidst the beauty of one of the most colourful Northumberland autumns in memory. Three guitar-wielding songwriters and goose-bump-raising three-part harmony at The Barn – Colour it with a smile! Concert Details: https://www.westben.ca/dcatb-good-lovelies Watch the Premiere here on YouTube on June 5th!   #westbenpodcast #digitalconcerts #goodlovelies

    27 min
  3. Ep.16 Beethoven for a While with Brian Manker & Brian Finley

    2021-04-10

    Ep.16 Beethoven for a While with Brian Manker & Brian Finley

    Visit www.westben.ca for details on everything discussed in this episode!

    29 min
  4. Ep. 15 Barbra Lica for a While

    2021-02-05

    Ep. 15 Barbra Lica for a While

    Internationally acclaimed Toronto-based singer-songwriter Barbra Lica visited Campbellford this past summer to record a Digital Concert at The Barn safely onstage at The Barn. After filming, Westben's Artistic & Managing Director Brian Finley sat down with Barbra to talk about her experience as a musician during this pandemic year & recording a digital concert in such a uniquely Westben way. Barbra Lica's Digital Concert at The Barn will premiere on February 13th at 8:00 pm on YouTube & at The Westben Digital Venue. Thank you to our Episode sponsor: MacLaren IDA Pharmacy & our Galaxy Sponsor: Finley & Associates.  Visit www.westben.ca for more details on anything mentioned in this episode!

    19 min
  5. Ep. 14 Christopher Cameron for a While

    2020-12-08

    Ep. 14 Christopher Cameron for a While

    You’re listening to Music for a While, Westben’s podcast devoted to exploring the wonderful world of music. If you have found our podcast on iTunes, Spotify or any other podcast platform a really quick and free way to show your support is to leave a review or to subscribe to the podcast. If you have found us on YouTube, you may be seeing my silly face for the first time. In that case, hello my name is Samantha and I am so glad you are joining us! Click the subscribe button here on YouTube and help Westben reach our goal of 500 subscribers by Christmas time! On this episode, Brian Finley is joined by the author of Tree of Light which is the inspiration for our upcoming Digital Concert at The Barn. This guest is a veteran writer and editor. He spent much of his life as a professional opera singer, his memoir Dr. Barolo’s Umbrella was published in 2017 and combines all of his many disciplines. Long time friend of Westben we have with us today, author/opera singer and all-around fascinating human being - Christopher Cameron. Chris also brings his passion for the arts and his respect for the beauty and power of the written word to his new editing portfolio at Watershed Magazine. Cozy up with your household bubble on December 12th for the free digital premiere of Tree of Light. In this Digital Concert, Frank Moore narrates the original story by Chris Cameron, with music by Donna Bennett, Brian Finley, Dave Mowat, Dan Foster and the Westben Choruses, along with Christmas Wishes and Memories supplied by the Westben community! This episode is made possible through the support of our episode sponsors Canadian Tire Campbellford, Warkworth Community Service Club, Rotary Club of Campbellford & our galaxy sponsor Finley & Associates. Be sure to visit westben.ca/sponsors to learn all about our other community partners. And now please enjoy a conversation between Christoper Cameron & Westben’s Artistic Director & Director of the Tree of Light, Brain Finley.

    24 min
  6. Ep. 13 Jordan Mowat for A While

    2020-11-16

    Ep. 13 Jordan Mowat for A While

    You’re listening to Music for a While, Westben’s podcast devoted to exploring the wonderful world of music. This podcast began in March of this year at the beginning of the pandemic with in-depth and fresh looks at music history and has evolved into a vehicle through which the artists performing in Westben’s Digital Concerts at The Barn series can respond to the pandemic’s effect on their life as artists. Would you like to support the podcast? A quick and free way to show your support is to leave a review on iTunes or to share this podcast with fellow music enthusiasts! Follow or Subscribe wherever you are listening to join our Westben community.  On this episode, Brian Finley is joined onstage at The Barn (from a safe distance of course) by our upcoming Digital Concert at The Barn artist singer-songwriter and Ojibwe drummer Jordan Mowat! Tune in to YouTube or our Digital Venue https://westbendigitalvenue.ca/ on November 21st at 7:00 pm to enjoy the premiere of Jordan’s Digital Concert!   Click HERE for more details: https://www.westben.ca/dcatb-jordan-mowat Enjoy music from Jordan, his father Dave Mowat & the Smoke Trail Singers throughout this wonderful chat all about Jordan’s relationship to music.   This episode is made possible through the support of  Episode sponsors Bennetts Furniture & Mattresses: https://www.bennetts.ca/  & Galaxy Sponsor Finley & Associates:  https://finleyandassociates.com/ Be sure to visit https://www.westben.ca/2020-sponsors to learn all about our other community partners.  MORE PODCAST: https://www.westben.ca/podcastMORE CONCERTS: https://westbendigitalvenue.ca/MORE WESTBEN: https://www.westben.ca/ #podcast

    26 min
  7. Ep. 12 Brian Manker for A While

    2020-10-09

    Ep. 12 Brian Manker for A While

    You’re listening to Music for a While, Westben’s podcast devoted to exploring the wonderful world of music. Today we have a very special episode with our upcoming Digital Concert at The Barn - Brian Manker! Brian Manker is the principal cellist from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, a member of The New Orford Quartet & a professor at McGill University.   Donate to Westben: https://bit.ly/DonateToWestbenThe Digital Concert at The Barn series is FREE due to support from our sponsors and from generous donations from viewers. Your donations help to allow Westben to continue creating meaningful performances in new innovative ways. All of the previous concerts and all of the other Digital Programming Westben has created this year is still available on our Digital Venue & on our YouTube page. We invite you to have a visit to either place today to enjoy more Westben!   THANK YOU SPONSORS Clark Consulting Services - www.clarkcs.com CCS is a family run business with offices in Port Hope & Kingston, Ontario. The CCS  team of urban planners, policy and development planners and agricultural specialists is committed to finding innovative and practical land use solutions while maintaining sound design principles.  Finley & Associates - https://finleyandassociates.com/At Finley & Associates, a Management Consulting firm in Calgary, Alberta, we spark collaborative results, transforming organizations and their leaders for growth and sustainability. Their services include strategic renewal, governance, best practices and training, leadership team development, mentoring, and data-driven decision making.   Visit www.westben.ca/2020-sponsors for more information on all of our generous sponsors!   If you are listening to today’s episode on YouTube please Like, Comment & Subscribe to let us know you are here. If you have found us on iTunes, Spotify, or any other platform please follow the podcast to be notified when future episodes are released.  As always we invite you to reach out to Westben by e-mail at westben@westben.ca with any thoughts or comments you might have or to contact us directly through social media.   #podcast

    31 min
  8. Ep. 11 Deb, Colin, Chick & Tom for a While

    2020-09-11

    Ep. 11 Deb, Colin, Chick & Tom for a While

    You’re listening to Music for a While, Westben’s podcast devoted to exploring the wonderful world of performance. Today’s episode is a very special one. Brian Finley sits down, virtually, with the actors from our upcoming Digital Concert at The Barn, For The Birds! Live from their homes, we are so grateful to have Chick Reid & Tom McCammus, of the Stratford & Shaw festival theatre and so much more, Deb McGrath of Little Mosque on the Prairie, & Colin Mochrie of whose line is it anyway. This episode is sponsored by Kinch Eddie Litigation and Finley & Associates. To learn all about our generous sponsors please explore the description below or visit our website! While you’re listening we invite you to engage with the podcast by subscribing or following wherever you may be listening from. Now please enjoy this fun and thoughtful chat with Brian Finley about how four brilliant actors have had to create new understandings of what an audience can look like. www.westben.ca

    30 min
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    As a response to COVID-19, Artistic and Managing Director Brian Finley began this podcast journey to explore the life and work of some of the greatest composers in history with music historian and friend Barb Hobart. This podcast has grown into a vehicle for musicians who record Digital Concerts at Westben, to express their trials and successes as performers during a global pandemic. Listen today to hear from Canadian artists like harpist Valerie Milot, singer/songwriter Barbra Lica, cellist Brian Manker, songwriter Jordan Mowatt and many more!

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