CMC National News
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Members of the Canadian Music Centre to be held VIRTUALLY via Zoom on Saturday, June 15, 2024
University of Toronto Faculty of Music Commissions New Opera
The University of Toronto Faculty of Music is pleased to announce the commissioning of a new opera, Fall River, the legend of Lizzie Borden, slated for premiere in November 2026 by U of T Opera. The new work will be composed by Cecilia Livingston with libretto by Michael Patrick Albano.
Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Stories of the Land spotlights Indigenous composers, June 8
World premieres by Andrew Balfour and T. Patrick Carrabré will be performed at UBC’s First Nations Longhouse.
Arcady concert a tribute to Ontario composers
A concert celebrating the works of Ontario’s legacy and new generation composers is coming to Central Presbyterian Church in Brantford on June 1.
John Weinzweig’s Olympics: How a Canadian composer hit the right note and won a silver medal
Toronto composer John Weinzweig, a 1948 Olympic silver medalist who did not look the part, had a small joke for people who asked if it was true that he’d won such a thing. “Yes,” he would say. “I ran the 100-yard dash with a piano on my back.”
Justin Saulnier wins 47th E-Gré National Music Competition in Strings
The 47th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) for the performance of Canadian and contemporary music is pleased to announce its 2024 prize winners.