Founded by the guitarist and musicologist Simon Wynberg in 2003, the ensemble’s core group is comprised of senior faculty from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School.

Botstein’s program of the Orchestra Now (TŌN)   at Carnegie Hall   Perhaps, as maestro Leon Botstein mentioned in his thoughtful remarks at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium on October 13, music is indeed our last frontier, “the last of our personal islands,” to retreat to as an individual, amidst a world divided by politics rampant with aggression, propaganda, and war. As such, context matters more than ever. Botstein’s programs have always eagerly disclosed music’s con