Grant applications are a critical part of building a sustainable career as a composer in Canada. They can also be intimidating, especially for first-time applicants, and while granting agencies may provide some guidance as to how best to approach the specific requirements of their individual granting programs, sometimes there’s nothing quite as helpful as seeing the real thing
When the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) and Orchestre symphonique de Québec join forces to take the Roy Thomson Hall stage on March 2nd, their performance will be a celebration of Canadian musical excellence, highlighting the homegrown talent of performers and composers alike.
The musical arts community of Quebec has thus lost one of its most illustrious and accomplished musicologists.
Robert "Bob" Erlendson of Calgary, AB, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at the age of 93 years.
The prize is awarded annually to a classical singer, instrumentalist or conductor from Canada under the age of 32. It recognizes outstanding talent, musicianship and artistic merit and valuable contributions to artistic life in Canada and overseas.
The Canadian Music Centre will present cellist India Gailey in performance on January 31. She’ll be playing pieces from her upcoming release Problematica, available on February 23
Congratulations to all #ECMA2024 nominees for Classical Composer of the Year! All CMC Associate Composers. All wonderful musicians.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), Board Chair Heather Pawsey is pleased to announce the appointment of Holly Nimmons
Dr. Jens Hanson, born in Raton, New Mexico in 1936. Died January 15, 2024, in Windsor.
The Canadian Music Centre (CMC), whose Quebec offices are located on Crescent Street in downtown Montreal, acts much like a publisher in that it prints scores for orchestras with a work by a Canadian composer registered with the CMC on their program and collects royalties for its public performance, which it redistributes to the rights holders.
