The Canadian Music Centre (CMC) was established in 1959, in the context of violent state policies targeting Indigenous communities including the Potlatch ban, the 60s scoop, and residential schools. These policies were not part of some dark chapter, ended and in the past, as injustice and violence against Indigenous people are ongoing.
Enter Phil Nimmons, the first jazzman in Canada to reach that milestone. To feature him on the cover of this publication is all the more timely, as this issue makes its way to his Toronto homestead on his birthday this month, June 3 to be exact. Hailing from Kamloops, B.C., Nimmons headed east in 1944 [...]
The Indigenous Advisory Council (IAC) serves at arm's length from the CMC on matters related to cultural appropriation and misuse of Indigenous songs, story, and culture. The IAC is a group of Indigenous folks from across Canada with a broad range of expertise in music, curation, museology, performance, and repatriation. Its mandate is to provide recommendations to CMC for appropriately redressing instances of misuse in compositions on an ongoing, case-by-case basis. This work is made possible with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and Canadian Heritage to support thinking about these issues in a large-scale policy basis.
Continuum is seeking two passionate, imaginative, and collaborative early-career artists to join our team as Artistic Producers through the 22-23 and 23-24 Seasons as part of our inaugural Mentorship in Artistic Production (MAP) project.
The 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were handed out in front of an enthusiastic audience tonight at The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre in the Elgin Theatre.
The Azrieli Music Prize offers composers the highest prize among Canadian competitions, and a gala showcase with one of Canada’s premier orchestras. The Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music awards a prize of $50,000 CAD for a composer’s proposal to write a piece that answers the question “What is Jewish music?” The Azrieli Commision for Canadian Music awards a prize [...]
French article only Le premier est un compositeur canadien. Le second est saxophoniste et professeur d’enseignement artistique au Conservatoire de Brest. Entre ces deux-là, une longue complicité qui trouve son apogée dans sept très courtes pièces pour saxophone alto... [continue l'article]
