Music Album was a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 music television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 from 1970 to 1971.

Premise

This series featured Canadian musical performers in the popular, light classic and show tune genres. Toronto-produced episodes featured Lucio Agostini

Lucio Agostini

Lucio Agostini was an Italian-born composer, arranger, and conductor who established his career in Canada.-Life:...

 conducting the show orchestra while the conductor for the Vancouver-produced episodes was Ricky Hyslop

Ricky Hyslop

Ricky Hyslop was a Canadian violinist, conductor, composer, and arranger. He was commissioned to write worksby the Buffalo Philharmonic , clarinetist Avrahm Galper , and guitarist Gregory Alliston...

. Wally Koster was a frequent guest artist and Howard Cable

Howard Cable

Howard Reid Cable is a conductor, arranger, music director, composer, and radio and television producer.-Biography:...

was a guest conductor.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from its debut on 17 September 1970. On 4 February 1971, Music Album moved to a Thursday 10:00 p.m. time slot, then finally a Monday 7:30 p.m. time slot from 24 May until its concluding episode on 28 June 1971.