Interviews

Radio and Online (print) Interviews

Alan Neal of CBC Radio One ("All in a Day") interviews James Wright on Halloween Day (October 31, 2024): "Carleton music professor James Wright explains how music is used to create fear by breaking down some of his favourite horror movie scores."

Click: Music Professor composes string quartet as a unique gift between Carleton sweethearts (Interview with Nick Ward about String Quartet No. 1: "Ellen at Scattergood")

Interview with Alan Neal, CBC Radio One “All in a Day” (21 April 2016, 3:15 pm): Celebration of the 100th anniversary of Eldon Rathburn’s birth with the first recording session in preparation for the CD “The Romance of Improvisation in Canada: The Genius of Eldon Rathburn,” produced by Adrian Matte and Allyson Rogers and featuring an all-star lineup of Canadian jazz greats: Petr Cancura (saxophones), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet, flugelhorn), Marianne Trudel (piano), Adrian Vedady (bass) and Jim Doxas (drums). The CD was recorded in the NFB’s historic Chester Beachell studio in Montreal (Ville St-Laurent) and the recording was released on Montreal’s Justin Time label on November 2nd, 2018 (see http://www.justin-time.com/en/album/588 and http://www.justin-time.com/en/profilArtist/416):

“A Gallery of Song” – 30-minute interview with Mauro Bertoli, CHIN Radio, “Musica Classica” (June 4th, 2014), featuring 5 musical excerpts: MUSICA CLASSICA – JUNE 4 PART 1 and MUSICA CLASSICA – JUNE 4 PART 2
“To Young Canadians” (for youth choir, soloist and piano), was written in honour of the late Jack Layton, whose “letter to Canadians” is adapted as the choral text. An interview with Nick Ward is posted at: http://www2.carleton.ca/fass/2012/james-wright-composes-a-piece-for-an-event-commemorating-jack-layton
French-language Radio-Canada interview (note that the MP4 file may take 30-45 seconds to download): CBC Radio-Canada TV interview – James Wright & Jenna Glatt (22 August 2013)
Charles Enman’s July 27, 2012 Ottawa Citizen article, “Love and Ludwig Van” (Wright “Letters to the Immortal Beloved” project): A(2) – Ottawa Citizen Article (27 July 2012) – Wright LVB Immortal Beloved (Page E3)
“Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved” (Interview with Nick Ward): https://carleton.ca/fass/2012/interview-music-professor-james-wright-teams-up-with-julie-nesrallah

Interview with Giacomo Panico (CBC “All in a Day,” 28 July 2012): http://www2.carleton.ca/fass/ccms/wp-content/ccms-files/AIAD-July-27-2012-James-Wright-Immortal-Beloved.mp3
Interview with Moira Farr, “Confronting Asperger’s in the Classroom,” University Affairs, January 2012: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/confronting-aspergers-in-the-classroom.aspx
James Wright and Karen Kelly (CBC “All in a Day,” 12 Jan 2012)
Aspergers in the Classroom: CBC Radio – Aspergers In The Classroom Interview (12Feb2012) – All in a Day
James Wright and Kathleen Petty (CBC Ottawa Morning, March 28, 2011, 6:44)
Carleton University Launches Carillon Studies Program:
CarillonProgramLaunchInterviewKathleenPetty
(28March2011)CBCOttawaMorning
James Wright interviewed by Alan Neal on CBC’s “All in a Day” about his role in Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould. Several interviews with James Wright are featured in the recently-released film Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2009, Whitepines). See glenngouldmovie.com and www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/geniuswithintheinner. A must-see film for serious music fans” (Variety Magazine).

Interviews conducted during the Schoenberg Symposium, July 2007 (mp3 and wma files):

CBC Radio Interview, July 2007 (CBC “Q”: “Schoenberg Coalition Chess Project”): James Wright & Michel Paquette with Jian Ghomeshi & Kate Porter 02 Track 2
James Wright, Kathleen Petty, Ottawa Morning, “Schoenberg Symposium/Concerts,” July 2007

Eldon Rathburn, Lawrence Schoenberg, Ronald Schoenberg, Kathleen Petty, CBC Ottawa Morning, “Rathburn/Schoenberg Reunion,” July 2007