Thursday, December 12th, 2019 doors at 7 pm / concert at 7:30 pm CMC Presents: David Schotzko A passionate advocate for contemporary composers, Schotzko performs an eclectic program of solo percussion works by composers Rose Bolton (Toronto), Scott Smallwood (Edmonton), Michael Oesterle (Montréal), and Valeria Jonard (Mexico) — including some Ontario premieres. Un ardent défenseur [...]
Thursday, December 5, 2019 5:30-7:30 PM Doors at 5:30 PM Reception after the performance Free with RSVP Centrediscs Album Launch: Janelle Fung – Aubade Join us after work on Thursday, December 5 to celebrate the launch of Janelle Fung's first solo album AUBADE, which is dedicated to the music of Quebec composer Auguste Descarries. Ms. [...]
Thursday, November 21, 2019 Doors at 7 pm / Concert at 7:30 pm CMC Presents: Chik White & Gayle Young East coast experimental jaw-harp virtuoso and sound artist meets stalwart instrumental builder and composer to create a special aural environment. White’s harp explorations aim to conjure visceral experiences. Young’s tonal soundscapes link natural sound with [...]
Monday, November 18, 2019 Doors at 7:00 PM Centrediscs Album Launch: Carmen Braden – Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars Join us on Monday, November 18 to celebrate the launch of composer Carmen Braden's second album, SONGS OF THE INVISIBLE SUMMER STARS. Recent winner of the WCMA for Classical Composer of the Year, Carmen will [...]
Postponed until February or March 2020. Friday, November 8, 2019 7 PM "THEY SHOT, HE SCORED": A BOOK LAUNCH AND JAZZ CELEBRATION OF THE GENIUS OF ELDON RATHBURN Featuring: James Wright (author, They Shot, He Scored: The Life and Music of Eldon Rathburn, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019), Petr Cancura (saxophones), Kevin Turcotte (trumpet), Marianne Trudel [...]
Sunday, November 3, 2019 3:00 pm CMC Presents: Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition Winner Winner of the 2019 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, Bryn Blackwood brings Canadian piano music to audiences, including works from legendary composers Jean Coulthard and Jacques Hétu, as well as composers active today such as Brian Current. CMC is proud to be the [...]
Come celebrate the upcoming Centrediscs album and Women's History Month with an album preview concert by the Mercer Duo. Akemi Mercer-Niewöhner (violin) and Rachel Mercer (cello) will perform pieces from their upcoming Centrediscs release Our Strength, Our Song, an album which celebrates sisterhood and 40 years of duos by Canadian women composers. What better [...]
Émergences (f. pl.) – Five New Experimental Works by Canadian Women Composers Date: Friday, August 2, 2019 Time: Doors 7:30 pm, Concert 8:00 pm Admission: PWYC, suggested $10 students/arts workers, $15 general, no one turned away Canadian musicians Sara Constant (flutist) and An-Laurence Higgins (guitarist), with the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC), Innovations en [...]
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM The Music Gallery, Canadian Music Centre and the arQuives present Nothing to Say and Saying It: Queer Silence in New Music Jerry Pergolesi interviewed by Sara Constant part of the Music Gallery History Series Event is FREE, with registration Livestreaming information coming soon. Jerry Pergolesi [...]
The Canadian Music Centre is working with a nation-wide group of composers and guitarists to present the first in a series of CLASS AXE concerts featuring new works for solo classical guitar. You will hear an ambitious range of works written over the last four months as part of an extended series of one-on-one collaborations. [...]
