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2020 ECMAs CANCELLED AMID COVID-19 CONCERNS
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) announces the cancellation of 2020 East Coast Music Awards: Festival & Conference presented by TD due to growing concerns about COVID-19. The event was slated to take place in St. John’s, NL from April 29-May 03, 2020.
Juno Awards cancelled over coronavirus concerns
JUNOfest Classical Showcase scheduled for Saturday, March14th, is also cancelled
Women From Space offsets gender imbalance in experimental music
The second annual Toronto festival features pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, kulintang-pop group Pantayo, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan's Alaska B, members of Bernice and more
Congratulations to our Associate Composer Alcides Lanza for being appointed as Member of the Order of Canada, on December 28, 2019!
OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, today announces 120 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The new member list includes 5 Companions (C.C.), 38 Officers (O.C.), and 77 Members (C.M.). Recipients will be invited to accept their insignia at a ceremony to be held at a later date.
Alexina Louie announced as the recipient of the 2020 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement!
The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.
‘Never boring’: New book recounts life and legacy of composer Malcolm Forsyth
Celebrated classical composer and U of A music professor remembered by family, friends, colleagues and students.
Carmen Braden’s “Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars” receives an East Coast Music Awards nomination!
"Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars" receives an East Coast Music Awards nomination for Classical Recording of the Year! Congratulations to CMC Associate Composer Carmen Braden and musicians Mark Adam, Norman Adams, Derek Charke, Nadia Francavilla, Suzanne Lemieux, Susan Sayle, David Parker & Gillian Smith.
In Memoriam: John Joseph Burke (1951-2020)
The Canadian Music Centre sadly announces the passing of Associate Composer John Burke. Born in Toronto, John’s musical journey began at an early age with an intensive involvement with chant and scared choral music. He studied composition at McGill University, privately in France, and at the University of Michigan where he earned a doctorate in composition.
