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- ↑ "Accordion Champ to Conductor: Hamilton Man Leads Cuban Orchestra". CBC News Headlines, 5/5/13.
- ↑ "Canadian Conductor Charles Cozens Cuban Adventure a Revelation of Kinship and Love". Ludwig Van Toronto, 7/3/13, John Terauds.
- ↑ "Dwight Bennett". Canadian Encyclopedia 6/5/07 by Robin Elliot.
- ↑ "Accordion Champ to Conductor: Hamilton Man Leads Cuban Orchestra". CBC News Headlines, 5/5/13.
- ↑ "Canadian Conductor Charles Cozens Cuban Adventure a Revelation of Kinship and Love". Ludwig Van Toronto, 7/3/13, John Terauds.
- ↑ "Randy Bachman Still Taking Care of Business at a Frantic Pace". The Hamilton Spectator, 10/14/14, Graham Rockingham.
- ↑ "Randy Bachman Kicks Off Another Season of Orchestras Red Hot Weekends Series". The London Free Press, 10/10/14, James Stewart Reaney.
- ↑ ["Eagle And Hawk To Play With WSO At Indigenous Festival"]. Manitoba Music News, 5/2/2008.
- ↑ "Song of the Stars". The Orpheus Choir of Toronto