What is the Banff program about?
My dad started it as a summer festival in the 1960’s. I believe it was 1979 when my parents developed it into a year-round program, called “Music and Sound,” which is still its focus. It’s hugely successful and musicians from all over the world come for weeks or months to work on specific projects. In addition to visiting artists, it has a fairly intimate group of fifty or sixty musicians, as well as artists from other disciplines. Just imagine the daily inspiration I had while growing up in such an environment! My childhood was pretty amazing. My dad likes to say that when I turned left, I had my Banff high school experience, where I enjoyed the idyllic Banff mountain life of skiing, hiking, and friends. When I turned right, my life was about the Arts and the Banff Center. Your bio mentions that you were considered a child prodigy. That term was applied to me early on, which opened a lot of doors. The media took notice of me and I did a number of television appearances. My parents wer
