SOCAN Foundation announces winners of 2024 Young Canadian Composer Awards
The SOCAN Foundation is proud to announce that this year, 22 honors, totaling more than $45,000, are being awarded to SOCAN member composers aged 30 and under who’ve distinguished themselves through their composition talent in the Young Canadian Composer Awards.
Friends of Canadian Music Award 2024: Call for Nominations
Jointly administered by the Canadian League of Composers (CLC) and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), this award hands out a total of $4000: $2000 for the recipient, and $2000 for an early-career composer/sound artist/creator of the recipient’s choice.
Remembering Rachel
. . . a tribute to the extraordinary Canadian composer and performer, Rachel Laurin (1961-2023).
Violinist Gillian Smith And Pianist Jennifer King Bring Nova Scotia To Toronto
Halifax musicians Gillian Smith (violin) and Jennifer King (piano) will bring an all-Canadian program titled From Sea to Sky to Toronto as part of a three-city tour. Along with Halifax, where the tour kicks off on September 12, and Toronto (September 25), they’ll be traveling north to Yellowknife, NWT (September 28).
BBC Sounds: The last ever Olympic art competition
From 1912 until 1948, you could win medals in art at the Olympic Games, in categories such as architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture. At the London Games in 1948, Canadian composer John Weinzweig won a silver medal for his composition, Divertimento for Flute and Strings. Rachel Naylor speaks to his son, Daniel Weinzweig.
The Canadian Music Centre announces new Director for CMC Prairie Region
CMC Canada is delighted to announce the appointment of Janna Sailor to the senior management team of the Canadian Music Centre as the new Director of CMC Prairie Region, effective August 19th, 2024.
Congratulations to the 2024 MusicNL Award Nominees!
The awards will be handed out as part of Music Celebration Week, taking place in St. John’s from September 4-7, 2024
30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2024 edition
Meet the young musicians burning up Canada's classical scene
UBC Professor Dr. Robert Pritchard retires from the UBC School of Music
Dr. Robert Pritchard has filled many roles at the School of Music as a educator, composer and advocate for music technology.
The Canadian Music Centre announces 2024 Harry Freedman Award winner
The Canadian Music Centre is thrilled to announce Heather Hindman's work "Don't Say a Word" has won the 2024 Harry Freedman Award!
