CMC National News
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.
Congratulations to all CMC Associate Composers and Centrediscs artists nominated for 2024 WCMAs!
Nominees for the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, May 14, and they included CMC Associate Composers Dorothy Chang, Emilie Cecilia LeBel, Farshid Samandari, Jeffrey Ryan, and Vincent Ho, as well as Centrediscs artists Allegra Chamber Orchestra (performing music by AC Alice Ping Yee Ho), Suzie LeBlanc (performing music by AC Jérôme [...]