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Chalmers Performance Space Artist is Residence Program
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The CMC Short-term creative residencies are a rolling residency program for composers, ensembles, and production companies involved in the production or researching of Canadian Music in CMC’s Chalmers Performance Space in downtown Toronto. These self-directed residencies provide you or your organization with space and time in which to experiment and cultivate new works or research new avenues for creativity. Residencies take place during work hours, 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Residencies may range from a few days up to 4 weeks (excluding weekends) and may take place at any time of the year subject to availability of the performance space. 

Resident artists and ensembles benefit from access to CMC’s production facilities and knowledgeable staff who are available to provide technical support and assistance. In addition, you will have the opportunity to build connections, create networks, and share your work with the broader CMC community through artist talks, publications and/or livestreaming.   

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Artist-in-Residence Program
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The Canadian Music Centre in BC (CMC BC) is pleased to launch a new Artist in Residence program for the upcoming 2022/2023 season. Select artists (composers, performers, small ensembles) will be chosen as ‘Artists in Residence’ in CMC BC’s Murray Adaskin Salon.

These residencies are offered to artists involved in the production or researching of Canadian Music. The Canadian Music Centre in BC has always tried to support and encourage artists in our community and continues to do so with this investment in a private, creative working space to focus on your goals.

The AiR program is a flexible model to encourage experimentation and creativity. Basically you decide what you need to work on and we give you the space and time within which to do it.

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CMC Ontario – Concert Series
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Starting in 2023,  The Ontario Region of the Canadian Music Centre is offering up to six $1,000 sponsorships each year, available to Associate Composers and new music performers, ensembles, and presenters, to produce a concert featuring at least 50% of music by Ontario Associate composers, allocated regionally in the following areas:

  • Eastern Ontario (Ottawa, Kingston)
  • Southern Ontario (Hamilton, Kitchener, Niagara)
  • Western Ontario (London, Windsor)
  • Central Ontario (Peterborough, Barrie, Owen Sound)
  • Northern Ontario (North Bay, Sudbury, Manitoulin)
  • Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay, Sault-Ste-Marie, Kenora)

CMC ON will promote the concerts via the CMC Ontario eBlast, our website, and social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). In return we ask that the concerts are billed as co-presentations providing equal billing to CMC ON on programs, website page about the concert, and any promotional materials using our logo. After the event, CMC ON will solicit a statement about the benefit of the support. Where possible, someone from CMC ON will attend.

While offering a source of new funds to areas historically deprived of new music performances and our help promoting concerts under this umbrella, this new paradigm of working has the potential to increase the number of concerts CMC ON presents each year, broaden our presence across the province, help us meet new people doing creative things, and help us better fulfill our provincial mandate and mission.

A specific number of sponsorships will be allocated to each area annually. Applications will be reviewed by staff as they are received until the funds for each area are committed.

9e Concours international de composition du Quatuor MolinariDate limite / 1er avril, 2024
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Le Quatuor Molinari veut par son Concours encourager les jeunes compositeurs à écrire pour la formation de quatuor à cordes. Au cours des siècles, le quatuor à cordes est devenu grâce aux chefs-d’oeuvre écrits pour cette formation, une forme prisée mais aussi redoutée par les compositeurs. Seulement au cours des 25 dernières années, une quantité et une qualité extraordinaire d’oeuvres ont été écrites pour cette formation pourtant vieille de plus de 250 ans!

Le Quatuor Molinari contribue à l’essor de cette forme en encourageant les compositeurs à lui envoyer des partitions inédites pour son Concours.

Vous trouverez ci-bas, les lignes directrices et les règlements du Concours international de composition du Quatuor Molinari.

Prix Virginia-ParkerDate limite / 2 avril 2024
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Le prix Virginia-Parker est remis à une ou un interprète, instrumentiste ou chef d’orchestre de musique classique de moins de 32 ans qui fait preuve d’un talent, d’une musicalité et d’un mérite artistique exceptionnels, et qui contribue brillamment à la vie artistique au Canada et à l’étranger.

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ARCADY-RBC EMERGING COMPOSER COMPETITIONDeadline / April 6, 2024
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Arcady is pleased to present the eighth annual Arcady-RBC Emerging Composer Competition for new works for voice and piano

The award: The winner of Arcady’s 2024 Emerging Composer Competition will have their work premiered during the 2024/25 season by members of Arcady’s professional ensemble. They will receive a recording and if desired, one-on-one sessions with esteemed Canadian composer and Arcady’s Resident Composer and Artistic Director Ronald Beckett (via Skype or in-person). Please note: Travel expenses to the premiere are the responsibility of the prize recipient (though composers’ attendance is not required at the premiere).

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TSO Affiliate Composer ApplicationDeadline / April 8, 2024
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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is inviting applications for the position of Affiliate Composer, to begin during the 2024-25 season. The Affiliate Composer will work closely with Music Director Gustavo Gimeno, TSO Composer Advisor Emilie LeBel, the artistic staff, and the musicians of the TSO. This two-year position includes opportunities to write works for the full orchestra, to interact with Canadian and international visiting composers and to participate in the TSO’s extensive education programs. Critical training in program planning, orchestra operations, marketing, public relations, education, and development activities will be provided to the Affiliate Composer to enhance understanding of a professional orchestra. In addition to involvement with the selection and programming of contemporary music, the Affiliate Composer will also have a role in promoting and advocating for the creation and performance of Canadian and contemporary music. While no age requirement is mandated, it is expected that this position will be filled by an emerging composer who has already demonstrated substantial accomplishment in the Canadian orchestral world.

Bourses du Nouvel Ensemble Moderne en interprétation de la musique nouvelleDate limite / 15 avril 2024
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Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne et la Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal invitent les interprètes de la relève québécoise et canadienne à participer à la prochaine édition du concours des Bourses du NEM en interprétation de la musique nouvelle. L’objectif du fonds de bourses est de valoriser la connaissance de la musique nouvelle et de favoriser la diffusion du répertoire en soutenant les jeunes interprètes.

Ce concours est ouvert à tous les jeunes interprètes de niveau collégial et universitaire jouant l’un des instruments suivants : flûte, hautbois, clarinette, basson, cor, trompette, trombone, piano, percussion, violon, alto, violoncelle, contrebasse.

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Henri Lazarof International Commission PrizeDeadline / April 15, 2024
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Henri Lazarof once said, “The world is big enough for all kinds of composers. … I try to always write for new instrumental forces — to search out the limits of the performer and one’s own limits as a composer.” The Henri Lazarof International Commission Prize will provide support to composers attempting to do the same today.

The winner of the annual prize will receive a commission for an original work for select instruments. The specific instrumentation will change each year to complement an existing work by Henri Lazarof, and the commissioned piece will be performed alongside Lazarof’s work.

Instrumentation for the 2024 prize is string trio (violin, viola, cello). Electronic music components and/or multimedia may also be included. The winner will be awarded a $15,000 commission prize, and the winning composition will be performed at Brandeis University in the spring of 2025.

Prix Betty-Webster d’Orchestres CanadaDate limite / 1er mai 2024
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Orchestres Canada vient de lancer son appel de candidatures pour le prix Betty-Webster 2024, notre façon de reconnaître des contributions exceptionnelles à la communauté orchestrale canadienne.      

Le soutien et le maintien d’un orchestre canadien au 21e siècle constituent une démarche collective et de collaboration à laquelle participent des dirigeants artistiques de prestige et un nombre considérable de personnes qui œuvrent sur la scène et en coulisse pour créer les conditions propices à l’épanouissement des orchestres au Canada.    

Le prix honore spécifiquement une personne qui a apporté une contribution sous-estimée mais soutenue et significative à la communauté des orchestres canadiens par son travail, qu’il soit rémunéré ou bénévole. En 2024, le prix récompensera une personne qui a eu un impact important et durable sur l’éducation musicale par le biais d’activités orchestrales – que ce soit dans les écoles, les conservatoires, les ensembles amateurs ou les orchestres professionnels. Une nomination solide démontrera clairement le dévouement du candidat au service de la communauté par le biais de l’éducation, et son engagement envers les apprenants – qu’il s’agisse de spectateurs ou de musiciens actifs. 

Concours de compositeurs(trices) émergent(e)s 2025 du CMC, région des PrairiesDate limite / 1 juillet 2024
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Les compositeurs(trices) émergent(e)s ayant un lien avec la région des Prairies du Canada sont invités à soumettre leurs œuvres orchestrales à la 22e édition du Concours des compositeurs(trices) émergent(e)s de la région des Prairies du CMC pour orchestre, avec un prix en argent de 1 000 $.

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6th edition of the International Mauricio Kagel Composition CompetitionDeadline / September 20, 2024
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Since its first edition in 2010, the competition has been committed to promoting contemporary piano literature for children and young people. The task is to write a piano work in a contemporary tonal language that is easily realizable for piano lessons and thus provides young players with adequate artistic access to the music of the present.

The Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition is distinguished by its particularly transparent and fair selection process. The renowned international jury will publicly discuss the decision in a mulit-day judging process. The finalists will receive attractive prizes of €6,500, €4,500 and €3,500 as well as a publication of the work in cooperation with Universal Edition.