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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Editorial"
date = "2014-12-19T13:44:00-05:00"
lastmod = "2015-04-13T17:35:00-04:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1428960881324/BSSpic-1.jpg.jpg"
primary_image_credit = "Broken Social Scene."
publishDate = "2014-12-19T13:44:00-05:00"
related_companies = ["scene/companies/canadian-opera-company.md"]
short_description = "&quot;Mark down 2014 as the year the Canadian Opera Company put out an album with Broken Social Scene and Fucked Up. No, really.&quot;\nThat&#039;s right. With The Globe and Mail and recording label Arts &amp; Crafts, the COC is a presenting partner of Broadsheet Music: A Year in Review, a new (and free!) album full of songs about the stories and issues of 2014 that affected Canadians. "
slug = "the-cocs-unexpected-collaboration"
title = "The COC&#039;s unexpected collaboration"
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"Mark down 2014 as the year the Canadian Opera Company put out an album with Broken Social Scene and Fucked Up. <a href="http://www.coc.ca/ExploreAndLearn/NewToOpera/OnlineLearningCentre/ParlandoTheCOCBlog.aspx?EntryID=46874" target="_blank">No, really.</a>"<p></p><p>That's right. With&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/broadsheet-music-a-year-in-review/article22120572/" target="_blank"><em>The Globe and Mail</em> </a>and&nbsp;recording label <a href="http://www.arts-crafts.ca/" target="_blank">Arts &amp; Crafts</a>, the COC is a presenting partner of&nbsp;<em>Broadsheet Music: A Year in Review</em>, a new (and free!) album full of songs about the stories and issues of 2014 that affected Canadians. <em>Broadsheet Music</em> features original songs by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.brokensocialscene.ca/" target="_blank">Broken Social Scene</a>, <a href="http://fuckedup.cc/" target="_blank">Fucked Up</a>, <a href="http://reubenandthedark.com/" target="_blank">Reuben and the Dark</a>, and<a href="http://music.cbc.ca/#!/artists/TAMARA-WILLIAMSON" target="_blank"> Tamara Williamson</a>. You can also hear the voices of COC Ensemble Studio members Owen McCausland and Karine Boucher, on Fucked Up's "Voce Rubata", their short opera.</p><p>Super cool. Click here to visit the COC's blog,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.coc.ca/ExploreAndLearn/NewToOpera/OnlineLearningCentre/ParlandoTheCOCBlog?EntryID=46874" target="_blank"><em>Parlando</em></a>, and read more about it. Below is a teaser video to get you even more interested.</p><p><figure data-type="video"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Hz6tPL-s44E" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></figure></p>
