A visual approach to concert ‘listening guides’ is attracting attention at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Mark Sinclair finds out more.
Hannah Chan-Hartley is the managing editor and musicologist at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). She oversees the production of the orchestra’s various printed programmes, from designing layouts and writing and editing content, to the creation of its intriguing ‘listening guides’ with graphic designer Gareth Fowler.
The guides have been a part of the TSO’s main house programme book, Key, since the beginning of the 2015/16 concert season, when the publication was redesigned in collaboration with agency Haft2 in Toronto. But they recently caused a flurry of interest online when percussionist Chester Englander tweeted an image of the listening guide for Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 38, while waiting to go on stage and perform with the TSO... Keep reading on Creative Review
Hannah Chan-Hartley is the managing editor and musicologist at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). She oversees the production of the orchestra’s various printed programmes, from designing layouts and writing and editing content, to the creation of its intriguing ‘listening guides’ with graphic designer Gareth Fowler.
The guides have been a part of the TSO’s main house programme book, Key, since the beginning of the 2015/16 concert season, when the publication was redesigned in collaboration with agency Haft2 in Toronto. But they recently caused a flurry of interest online when percussionist Chester Englander tweeted an image of the listening guide for Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 38, while waiting to go on stage and perform with the TSO... Keep reading on Creative Review