News from the national head office of the Canadian Music Centre.
The 43rd Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) for the performance of Canadian and contemporary music is pleased to announce its 2020 prize winners.
Personal note from John Reid, Prairie Regional Director, Canadian Music Centre.
Available now - The Music Library is now open online!
The Canadian League of Composers (CLC), in partnership with the Canadian Music Centre and Continuum Contemporary Music, is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2020-2021 PIVOT Mentorship Program.
Medici TV to livestream the performance with works by 2020 Azrieli Music Prize-Winners Keiko Devaux, Yotam Haber and Yitzhak Yedid Performers include Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne led by Lorraine Vaillancourt, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó and soprano Sharon Azrieli
“I’ve been more prolific since March this year than at any other time in my life, because I no longer have those constant interruptions. I’ve actually been inspired by the pandemic.”
"From childhood on, all he ever wanted to do was make music. Something of a prodigy, Victor Feldbrill first conducted the Toronto Symphony at the age of 18 in 1943, and went on to have an association with that orchestra over seven decades. He was an enthusiastic and tireless promoter of Canadian composers such as [...]
Congratulations to CMC Associate Composer Ana Sokolović for winning the 2020 JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the Year for her work "Evta". junoawards.ca
Congratulations to CMC Associate Composer Dean Burry and librettist Yvette Nolan for winning a 2020 Dora Award for 'Outstanding New Opera' for "Shanawdithit." tapa.ca
Congratulations to Centrediscs and CMC associate composers Carmen Braden and Vincent Ho on their Western Canadian Music Awards nominations! And a big shout out to the other nominated CMC associate composers, Stephen Chatman, Dorothy Chang, and Marcus Goddard!