Upcoming Events
Lamenting for Ukraine: Night is Darkest Before Dawn
“Lamenting for Ukraine” is presented by Pickle Underground and Connect Fest Burnaby in partnership with The United Way and CMC BC.
The program features an original lamentation ritual created by the Lamentation Singers and performance artist Roksolana Uhryniuk, and music by Anna Pidgorna (Ukraine/Canada), Arvo Pärt (Estonia), Kaija Saariaho (Finland), Jocelyn Morlock (Canada) and Yevhen Stankovych (Ukraine) performed by violinist Jack Campbell and pianist Anna Sagalova.
Tickets are free. Pick up tickets at the Shadbolt Centre box office on the day of the event. Seating is limited and tickets will be given out on a first come first serve basis, so arrive early.
Muzewest Concerts presents Nos Voix
Muzewest with the support of CMC BC is excited to present an evening of chamber music featuring Melody Courage (sop), Jesse Plessis (piano), and Ariel Carrabré (cello), as well as the world premiere of works by Jesse Plessis and Patrick Carrabré.
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Welcome to CMC BC
The Canadian Music Centre BC exists to champion Canada’s extraordinary composers, help bring their music to life, and foster the next generation of composers through dedicated educational programs.
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In short, we offer ourselves as a resource centre to the new music community of BC by sponsoring concerts featuring BC composers, publishing Centrepulse, our bi-weekly Enews, producing dozens of new score videos each year, and presenting awards encouraging performances of Canadian works at music competitions.
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We also offer an Artist in Residency program and Indigenous Artist in Residency program, an extensive, free lending library of Canadian scores, a custom music print & bind service, and our performance space the Murray Adaskin Salon.
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To help discover and support the next generation of composers, we offer $5,000 in university-level scholarships every year, we present Awards for Outstanding Composition to winners of composition competitions across the province, sponsor composition workshops for emerging composers put on by other organizations, and produce our own free of charge. We also offer Composer in the Classroom programs to public schools.
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Our Video Channel offers nearly 200 unique music videos and score videos.
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And our unique BC Digital Archive, featuring more than 26,000 artefacts, now offers a rich history of new music in BC and of our composer’s performances abroad.
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The Canadian Music Centre in BC is grateful to have the privilege of fulfilling our mission on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples including the Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) and Stó:lō First Nations. To read more about our policies on accountability for change, visit our page here.
Welcome to CMC BC
The Canadian Music Centre BC exists to champion Canada’s extraordinary composers, help bring their music to life, and foster the next generation of composers through dedicated educational programs.
.
In short, we offer ourselves as a resource centre to the new music community of BC by sponsoring concerts featuring BC composers, publishing Centrepulse, our bi-weekly Enews, producing dozens of new score videos each year, and presenting awards encouraging performances of Canadian works at music competitions.
.
We also offer an Artist in Residency program and Indigenous Artist in Residency program, an extensive, free lending library of Canadian scores, a custom music print & bind service, and our performance space the Murray Adaskin Salon.
.
To help discover and support the next generation of composers, we offer $5,000 in university-level scholarships every year, we present Awards for Outstanding Composition to winners of composition competitions across the province, sponsor composition workshops for emerging composers put on by other organizations, and produce our own free of charge. We also offer Composer in the Classroom programs to public schools.
.
Our Video Channel offers nearly 200 unique music videos and score videos.
.
And our unique BC Digital Archive, featuring more than 26,000 artefacts, now offers a rich history of new music in BC and of our composer’s performances abroad.
.
The Canadian Music Centre in BC is grateful to have the privilege of fulfilling our mission on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples including the Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) and Stó:lō First Nations. To read more about our policies on accountability for change, visit our page here.
New from Centrediscs
In Halcyon, her second full-length album release, JUNO Award-nominated composer Jocelyn Morlock presents a diverse selection of songs, chamber music, and a concerto, performed by a bevy of phenomenal musicians.