Issue 26 November 2011 1 DIG London Gerald & Marlene Fagan Dollirium 2 November, 2011 3 contents theatre November 2011 4 Tech Beat Chris Loblaw – DIGing London tech 6 Visual Arts Beth Stewart – A sense of place Bringing Music to Life! 8On Stage Carolyn Dolny-Guerin – Chicago 10 Q & A Daniela DiStefano – Q&A with Carey Toane music IN THE SHADOW OF MAHLER Masterwwoorrkks 1212 News & Views Phil McLeod – Test-driving public engagement udel November 12 - 8pm / Centennial Hall 1414 Words Herman Goodden – Th e birth of Wednesday’s Child in Tr 1616 Indie Dawn Lyons – Dollirium Ala Maestrro AAllaiain Trududele hoonouo rrss thehe grereaatt Mahhlleer with AdagieƩo froom ththe 5th Syymmpphhoony (the music froom ScSco 1818 Feature Nicole Laidler – Th e Fagans: A life in music Moir & Tessaa Virtutue’e s OOllyymmppicc-GGold performmannce); anndd morre 2020 Health Track Lisa Shackelton & David Fife – On track to family fi tness featturing SoSopranno Maarriaannnne Fisete . 22 Industry Mila Petkovic – Celebrating 30 years of CHRW 24 Sound Bites Bob Klanac – Alanna Gurr- It’s the voice artsvisual festivals a nz Classical Beat a 26 Nicole Laidler – November Notes L Catthhedral MUSIC & THE MONARCHY Art on the Arts Art Fidler – Th e power of community Joe 3030 November 16 - 8pm / St. Paul’s Cathedral 32 Pegg’s World Robert Pegg – Retromania at Th e Hyland Need more WWilll andd Kaattee? 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Th e conference also includes the Big Blue BubbleBub game design competition, an A scene from Dark Sector, developed by London’s Digital Extremes. interactiveinte space where participants can checkche out the latest in Canadian games, and a The Digital Interactive Game and Web creators under one roof to share knowledge, VIPVIP aft er party. Conference (DIG) is a two day event that MacKinnon says. brings web design and game development “While“W we have great fun at our event, the In his role with DIG, and as the London talent from across Canada together to share biggestbigg surprise at DIG 2011 will be the high Economic Development Corporation’s information, skills and experiences. qualityqua speakers from across Canada and director of business development and “Our two main focuses are on a great technology, MacKinnon recruits talent fromm internationalinte destinations. In the end, attendees learning and networking experience for our far and wide to participate in the conference. wantwan to learn something from the speakers that 300 industry attendees as well as a unique willwill help them improve their business success “Our challenge is to reach out to game and opportunity for about 600 Ontario college or,or, ifi they are students, improve their chances web developers across Ontario and Canada and university students to learn from and of g and to let them know about this great event. of getting a job in the industry when they network with many iconic game and web We will be the largest such event in Ontario graduate,”grad MacKinnon says. developers in a casual environment,” says DIG this year, one of the top three in Canada, andd London organizer, Larry MacKinnon. “We Th e speaker at the keynote dinner will be developers in other regions of Canada need too also have a half day of programming for local VolkerVol Hirsch, director business development hear more about DIG.” high school students with aspirations of a atat ResearchR In Motion (RIM). Given RIM’s career in the interactive digital media sector.” Th ere’s a large contingent of attendees who diffidiffi culties in the last six months, Hirsch’s don’t have to travel very far at all. Th e digital development industry has speechspee should provide a very interesting changed dramatically in the last fi ve years, London is home to several successful web perspectiveper on the mobile device development with the exploding popularity of the design and game development fi rms, as well process.pro smartphone. as a large group of interactive media students,, and the DIG conference brings these local ChrisChhr Loblaw is a fr eelance journalist and Th ough traditional game development assets together under one roof. author.auut He’s currently working on the sequel to requires large teams of skilled people to hishis novel WitchKids, which is available online produce the gaming equivalent of a movie “London is a great location for DIG because andannd at Oxford Books. blockbuster, the iPhone, Windows phone, we have an incredible interactive digital mediaa and Android marketplaces are fi lled with content development sector which works successful games designed and built by closely with Western and Fanshawe College ass What:W DIG 2011 very small, independent development well as the City through LEDC,” MacKinnonn WWhere: London Convention Centre (300 York St.) companies. And since so much of the notes. “It’s a real tribute to these London WWhen: November 16 & 17 gaming marketplace is web-based, it makes companies and institutions that we can hold CoContact: www.diglondon.ca sense to bring game builders and web site such a successful and growing trade event awayy thebeatmagazine.ca visualvisual arts arts pride 6 November, 2011 7 A sense of place By Beth Stewart Native Land, an installation of textiles and paintings, dealt with the intertwined themes of “Blueweed“ and Bees” (detail), 2011. immigration and identity. At Water’s Edge, a collection of 27 “Ink“Ink is an absolute must for me,” the artist watercolours painted on location inn continues.con London, Northern Ontario and onn the Island of Gotland, Sweden, is DolmanDol uses black ink to strengthen her by contrast a lighter more intimatee watercolourwat paintings. She is particularly show with a distinct Scandinavian entrancedentr by the sedimentary properties of the fl avour. inkink and its serendipitous results. “Gorgeous thingsthin happen with ink,” she says. Dolman has worked in the medium of water-colour intermit- AnotherAno oriental source of inspiration for tently and parallel to her acrylic DolmanDol is the poetry form of the haiku. “Point au Baril” by Agneta Dolman, watercolour and painting since 1990.