We have embarked together on an epic voyage of discovery over the past three years — an exploration of worlds both familiar and strange, some both at once. Our magically intimate Murray Adaskin Salon has transported us back to a time of ancient legend explored vividly through Heather Pawsey’s brilliant one-woman show, perfectly expressed through Jeffrey [...]
The Canadian Music Centre's Murray Adaskin Salon Concert Series opens this coming Monday evening with the Borealis String Quartet performing all three Imant Raminsh String Quartets. https://youtu.be/7n9cxD_3mTs Also featured is The Engine Room, a new work by Thomas Beckman, which was written for and premiered as part of our signature Jean Coulthard String Quartet [...]
The Borealis String Quartet with Thomas Beckman (centre) Named in honour of one of British Columbia’s most beloved legacy composers and teachers, the Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings allow emerging composers to gain experience writing for string quartet, along with the invaluable opportunity of having their pieces read, workshopped, rehearsed, and performed by a professional [...]
Six unforgettable Celebrations of six outstanding composers Unique immersion experience concerts in the powerfully intimate Murray Adaskin Salon More savings, more flexibility, more freedom, and a new low student price: Pick 6: 30% savings: $ 165 Pick 5: 25% savings: $ 145 Pick 4: 20% savings: $ 125 Pick 3: 15% savings: $ 100 Pick [...]
The Canadian Music Centre in BC was pleased to sponsor the Elmer Iseler Prize for Outstanding Performance of a Canadian Work at this year's XVIIIth Annual International Festival Choral Kathaumixw July 3 - 7, 2018, in Powell River, BC. The Award was presented at the Gala Awards Concert on Friday, July 6th to the Spurrell Studio Choir from [...]
Congratulations to Vancouver-based composer Jin Zhang, who received a Heritage Music Award for music he wrote for the Movie “Lama in the West” at the AVIFF Awards Cannes 2018 in France. A good friend, Paloma, Spanish jewellery designer, received the award on behalf of Jin Zhang, and gave a short speech at the ceremony. [...]
(pictured above: R. Murray Schafer, Jon Washburn, & Grant Rowledge) The Vancouver Chamber Choir's Schafer/85: A Birthday Spectacular on Friday, July 6, 8pm, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts celebrates the innovative music of one of Canada's preeminent composers, R. Murray Schafer. In recognition of Schafer's 85th birthday, audience members can participate by sending personalized greetings to the [...]
Cellist Ian Hampton was presented with a Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence at the CMC BC book launch on Saturday, June 23, at 4pm in the CMCs Murray Adaskin Salon for Ian's new memoir Jan in 35 Pieces published by The Porcupine’s Quill. Introducing Ian to the standing room only crowd overflowing the Murray Adaskin Salon, [...]
The Queer Arts Festival, in partnership with Full Circle - First Nations Performance Society and the Canadian Music Centre in BC, are pleased to present a free workshop for youth, How Many Ways Can You Sing a Song? on Tuesday, June 26, 4pm, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. This session will be [...]
To fully appreciate the extraordinarily creative, unique, and iconoclastic approach of Barry Truax to composition, it is helpful to consider another great innovator, the painter Georges Seurat (1859-1891). Like Seurat, Barry Truax explores the world of beauty, poetry, and passion that animate his work through the quantum. Where Seurat invented Pointillism, Truax created an entirely [...]