Nominees for the 2025 JUNO Awards were announced on Tuesday, February 11, with several CMC Associate Composers and Centrediscs Recording Artists featured among this year’s nominees. The JUNO Awards continue to highlight the exceptional talent within Canada’s music community, recognizing a wide range of accomplishments in various genres and categories. Congratulations to all the nominees!

The 2025 JUNO Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 30, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The event promises to be a major celebration of Canadian music, showcasing the diverse and vibrant sounds that shape the country’s cultural landscape.

Click here for the full list of nominees.

See below for a list of all nominations that feature CMC Associate Composers, Centrediscs artists, and CMC performance series alumni:

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR SOLO ARTIST | ALBUM CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE (SOLO)

freezing – Emily D’Angelo

• features compositions by associate composer Cecilia Livingston

Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth – India Gailey

• composed and performed by associate composer India Gailey, with Symphony Nova Scotia

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE) | ALBUM CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE (PETIT ENSEMBLE)

Known To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song – Canadian Art Song Project

• Centrediscs release featuring compositions by associate composers Maria Thompson Corley, Larry Strachan, James Rolfe, and Robert Fleming

Rituæls – collectif9

• features compositions by associate composers Nicole Lizée and Jocelyn Morlock

Marie Hubert : Fille du Roy – Karina Gauvin

• features compositions by associate composers Charles-Émile Gadbois, Oscar O’Brien, and Pierre Brault

Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars – St. John–Mercer–Park Trio

• composed by associate composer Kevin Lau

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE) | ALBUM CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE (GRAND ENSEMBLE)

Ispiciwin – Luminous Voices 

• features compositions by associate composers Andrew Balfour, Carmen Braden, Stuart Beatch, Laura Hawley, Arthur Bachmann, and Friends of Canadian Music award winner Sherryl Sewepagaham

Alikeness – Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia, conducted by/dirigé par Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer 

• features compositions by associate composer Serge Arcuri and CMC Presents alum Matt Brubeck

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO) | ALBUM JAZZ DE L’ANNÉE (SOLO)

Portrait of Right Now – Jocelyn Gould

• features Jazz at the Centre alum Jocelyn Gould

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP) | ALBUM JAZZ DE L’ANNÉE (GROUPE)

Reverence – Carn Davidson 9

• features Jazz at the Centre alum Tara Davidson and Ernesto Cervini

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR | COMPOSITION CLASSIQUE DE L’ANNÉE

the fog in our poise – Gabriel Dharmoo

• released on Centrediscs album Vestiges d’une fable by associate composer Gabriel Dharmoo

L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées » – Keiko Devaux, associate composer

Dark Flower – Linda Catlin Smith, associate composer

String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” – Vivian Fung, associate composer