Émergences (f. pl.) – Five New Experimental Works by Canadian Women Composers Date: Friday, August 2, 2019 Time: Doors 7:30 pm, Concert 8:00 pm Admission: PWYC, suggested $10 students/arts workers, $15 general, no one turned away Canadian musicians Sara Constant (flutist) and An-Laurence Higgins (guitarist), with the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC), Innovations en [...]
Femmelody Chamber Music Collective is a NYC-based group of women and non-binary musicians performing music by women and non-binary composers of the past and present. Through our concerts and events, we intend to awaken an awareness of the contributions of women across artistic and professional disciplines that have been historically dismissed. Femmelody CMC had its debut [...]
The BC Region of the Canadian Music Centre hosts the fourth and final concert in the Class Axe 2019 series! The CMC has been working with a nation-wide group of composers and guitarists to present seven new works across Canada. On September 1, audiences in Vancouver will have the chance to experience these far-ranging pieces [...]
Come celebrate the upcoming Centrediscs album and Women's History Month with an album preview concert by the Mercer Duo. Akemi Mercer-Niewöhner (violin) and Rachel Mercer (cello) will perform pieces from their upcoming Centrediscs release Our Strength, Our Song, an album which celebrates sisterhood and 40 years of duos by Canadian women composers. What better [...]
Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:00 pm CMC Presents: Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition Winner Winner of the 2019 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, Bryn Blackwood brings Canadian piano music to audiences, including works from legendary composers Jean Coulthard and Jacques Hétu, as well as composers active today such as Brian Current. CMC is proud to be the [...]
Postponed until February or March 2020. Friday, November 8, 2019 7 PM "THEY SHOT, HE SCORED": A BOOK LAUNCH AND JAZZ CELEBRATION OF THE GENIUS OF ELDON RATHBURN Featuring: James Wright (author, They Shot, He Scored: The Life and Music of Eldon Rathburn, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019), Petr Cancura (saxophones), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Marianne Trudel [...]
Pamelia Stickney leads a theremin composition workshop as part of the instrument's 100th anniversary
Monday, November 18, 2019 Doors at 7:00 PM Centrediscs Album Launch: Carmen Braden – Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars Join us on Monday, November 18 to celebrate the launch of composer Carmen Braden's second album, SONGS OF THE INVISIBLE SUMMER STARS. Recent winner of the WCMA for Classical Composer of the Year, Carmen will [...]
With his talk at the CMC, Darcy Spidle will attempt to explain the evolution of his work as both a jaw harp player and field recordist.
Thursday, November 21, 2019 Doors at 7 pm / Concert at 7:30 pm CMC Presents: Chik White & Gayle Young East coast experimental jaw-harp virtuoso and sound artist meets stalwart instrumental builder and composer to create a special aural environment. White’s harp explorations aim to conjure visceral experiences. Young’s tonal soundscapes link natural sound with [...]
