Global Music Awards Winners: Joanna Estelle & Afarin Mansouri
Global Music Awards has three special honors, each awarded annually to a musician or a group of musicians. Our goal is to say thank you to very special musicians who make the world a better place through their music.
2023 Awards for Digital Excellence
OPERA America announced the winners of the second annual Awards for Digital Excellence in Opera in a ceremony on the evening of December 4, 2023. Congratulations to Ana Sokolović and Rebecca Gray!
Composer, Musician & Educator Adam Scime Talks About Electric Messiah
Every year, Soundstreams Electric Messiah has taken a traditional holiday classic and turned it into inspiration for a new age. Music director and sound designer Adam Scime assembles a cast of collaborators to create something new out of something venerable.
Composer Frank Horvat dedicated himself to environmental activism through music. Now, he’s busier than ever
2023 has been especially fruitful, with the release of 4 new albums of Horvat’s environmentally themed music
Metcalf Foundation announces winners of the inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prizes
Congratulations to CMC Associate Composers John Kameel Farah and Roydon Tse
Cree composer’s work honours Indigenous soldiers
Manitoba’s Andrew Balfour is a Juno-nominated Indigenous composer who was Brandon University’s artist-in-residence last week. His piece, War Oratorio Nôtinikêw, (Going to War), tells the stories of forgotten Indigenous soldiers through music.
Gryphon Trio provides triumphant overview of 30-year career with Calgary concert
The Gryphon Trio returned to Calgary last weekend to perform two well-attended concerts in the Calgary Pro Musica Society’s main series. The concerts were part of the Trio’s 30th anniversary tour.
PIVOT 2023-24 Announcement
The Canadian League of Composers, in partnership with Continuum Contemporary Music and the Canadian Music Centre, is thrilled to announce the five composers taking part in the 2023-24 edition of our PIVOT Mentorship Program.
Vahram Sarkissian wins Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
Awarded annually, the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music is a competition for composers from Canada, designed to encourage the creation of new chamber music.
New Musings on New Music
We had a fun conversation with Erin Bardua and Maureen Batt of Essential Opera. Erin and Maureen are full of energy and passion for storytelling through opera, both old and new.
