Volume 26 Issue 3 - November 2020

BLUE PAGES 2020/21
SECTION II: ARTS SERVICES
BLUE PAGES
SECTION II:
ARTS
SERVICES
●●Big Picture Communications
Luisa Trisi’s lifelong love
of arts and culture led
her to launch Big Picture
Communications in
1999. Passionate about
city-building, community,
and creativity, Luisa
thrives on connecting
people and ideas. She has worked with many
of North America’s leading figures in classical
music, dance, and theatre, and has produced
publicity campaigns and panel discussions for
major arts hubs, cultural initiatives, national festivals,
and conferences.
Luisa provides an array of strategic communications
services including writing, media relations,
content creation, and editorial planning for
a broad range of individual clients and cultural
organizations. Throughout her twenty-plus years
of experience, she has established an extensive
network of industry and media contacts.
Prior to launching Big Picture Communications,
Luisa held positions with the Toronto Symphony
Orchestra, Dance Umbrella of Ontario, and
Theatre Columbus. As Director of Communications
and an instructor at Ryerson Theatre School
for almost a decade, Luisa designed and taught
courses on entrepreneurship to students pursuing
Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees.
Luisa Trisi
416-456-0499
luisa@luisatrisi.com
www.luisatrisi.com
●●Bobolink Agency, The
Robert Missen, the Burlington-based proprietor
of The Bobolink Agency,
celebrates 35 years
representing some of
Canada’s most distinguished
classical and
jazz performing artists,
ensembles and attractions.
His two artist
management companies, Robert Missen Artists
(1990 to 2005) and The Bobolink Agency (2010 to
present), have arranged and promoted tours of
such artists as Ben Heppner, Maureen Forrester,
Veronica Tennant, Sylvia Tyson, Michael Burgess,
Elmer Iseler Singers and The Men of the Deeps.
In the upcoming seasons Bobolink will be undertaking
tours with RH Thomson (A Christmas
Carol), Heather Bambrick and The Canadian
Jazz All Stars, and musical theatre star Chilina
Kennedy among others. Black Artists Matter, a
special new roster, will feature attractions celebrating
such esteemed Black Canadian artists
as Joe Sealy and Jackie Richardson (“Africville
Stories”), Thom Allison in “Unforgettable - The
Nat King Cole Story”, Diana Braithwaite and Chris
Whiteley in “Sugar and Gold - The Underground
Railroad Story”, and special programs from the
Nathaniel Dett Chorale and Toronto Mass Choir.
Stay tuned for a new Toronto venture entitled
“Words and Music”, which celebrates cabaret,
Bach cantatas, and art song recitals.
Robert Missen
905-632-6047
rmissen@sympatico.ca
www.bobolinkagency.com
●●International Resource Centre
for Performing Artists (IRCPA)
The International
Resource Centre for Performing
Artists (IRCPA)
is a service organization
for musicians, providing
resources needed to
bridge the gap between
training and employment.
Encounters with nationally and internationally
experienced artists keep skills sharpened and
provide savvy information about the industry, how
it currently functions, and who’s who in the business.
Resources are also offered for mid-career
artists who may need to change direction.
Membership is without cost. Sign-up forms
are on our website. Paid public performances
are live-streamed and can be used as auditions.
IRCPA proposes a new Centre for Music
by converting an unused heritage building. If we
are successful, there will be practice/rehearsal
studios, meeting rooms, recording studio, two
performance venues, and office space for arts
organizations such as the IRCPA. There is also
space for an affordable residential building for
the music community in perpetuity. The main
floor includes a Community Centre, box offices,
instrument repair shops, cafe/restaurant. We
welcome volunteers to help with this new Centre
for Musicians to meet, exchange ideas, create
and collaborate. A great opportunity for artists to
live, work and perform in Toronto.
Ann Summers Dossena
416-362-1422
info@ircpa.net
www.ircpa.net
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