Thoughts
about music, concerts, the arts in Canada, and special presentations.
Oliver’s ideas appear in various places on the internet: his own blog about music composition and performance, as well as some social activism blogs.
Note that these blogs are all contained on other sites and are included within the John Oliver web site to allow you to return here easily.
On Music
On Music Composition and PerformancesoundaXis 2006 - reviews of concerts at the Xenakis festival in Toronto, 2006
Audio documentary
Oliver on His Music a special radio feature in which the composer explains the breadth of his music and the ideas behind several compositions; features excerpts from 12 compositions. Written, narrated, and produced by John Oliver in 2002.
On the Arts in Canada
Decimating the Arts in CanadaStand On Guard for CBC