The Banff Centre: Communications

BCLocalNews.com: “A wealth of artistic talent could lead Salt Spring towards becoming a “Banff-on-the-Sea,” where arts professionals from across Canada and around the world come to improve their skills.”

Annapolis [Nova Scotia] County Spectator: “Now that Team Annapolis has opened the toolshed on discussions like how to developing [sic] a Banff Centre for the Arts-like education institution in Annapolis Royal, we can roll up our sleeves and get down to the nitty gritty of building the creative rural economy. “

San Jose [California] Mercury News: “John Adams’s highly anticipated String Quartet received its West Coast premiere Sunday afternoon at Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium, and it is a stunner. Performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, with Adams on hand to introduce it, the piece emerged one of his most brilliant and inventive masterworks.… Commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts, the Juilliard School and Banff Centre, String Quartet is Adams’s first full-size quartet without electronics.”