Stopping Time is a radio documentary produced in Vancouver, B.C. It explores the idea that music can transcend time, and it looks into the consequences of that idea for people who make classical music today. It features several of Vancouver’s most passionate and expert musical voices, in order of appearance:
Bramwell Tovey, the music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
David Metzer, music history professor at the University of British Columbia
Nathan Hesselink, UBC ethnomusicology professor
Jonathan Girard, music director of the UBC Symphony Orchestra
Jocelyn Morlock, composer
David Pay, director of the Music on Main concert series
Julia Nolan, saxophonist and UBC saxophone instructor
Larry Knopp, principal trumpet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Jeremy Berkman, trombonist and co-founder of the Turning Point Ensemble