Dedicated to BC Legacy Composer Barbara Pentland, CMC BC's unique Pentland Awards seek to recognize extraordinary contributions to Canadian music, excellence in composition, and outstanding performances of Canadian music in the Province of BC through four distinct awards. On Wednesday March 22, 2017, Langley Community Music School held its annual Young Composers Competition, adjudicated by Rodney [...]
Bill Orr / CMC BC Curator of Archives: To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia, we have invited the five people who have served as BC Director over that time to reflect on events during their tenure. Colin Miles was the CMC's BC Director from October 1978 until December 2009. An [...]
[envira-gallery id="2709"]Bill Orr / CMC BC Curator of Archives: To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia, we have invited the five people who have served as BC Director over that time to reflect on events during their tenure. Christine Purvis was the first BC Director of the Canadian Music Centre, working [...]
Forty years ago, in 1976, the national Board of Directors of the Canadian Music Centre formed an ad hoc British Columbia Committee, consisting of Allen E. Clingman, Robert Creech, Dennis Tupman, and Christine Callon. (Twenty-four others were part of that effort, including George Laverock, the current chair of CMC BC Regional Advisory Council.) Thanks to their [...]
Montreal's Quasar Saxophone Quartet brings its “Territoires sonores” project to Vancouver's Western Front at 303 - 8th Ave. East in Vancouver this evening at 5pm where four Canadian composers – Rebecca Bruton (Alberta), Émilie Girard-Charest (Quebec), Alec Hall (Ontario), and William Kuo (British Columbia) – will present the results of their research and creation residency. The [...]
CMC BC’s Victoria Engagement Leader, Christopher Reiche Boucher, has accepted a new position as Librarian with the Victoria Symphony. We wish Christopher every success in the new position, and are pleased to announce he’s agreed to continue in his position as CMC BC’s Victoria Engagement Leader, albeit with reduced hours. In line with that change, [...]
In Vancouver Classical Music blog's 2017-2018 Season Preview, Geoffrey Newman notes a Renaissance of new music in Vancouver: "New Music seems to be everywhere in the city these days. In addition to the VSO New Music Festival in January, by far the biggest event sees Vancouver hosting the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days, featuring concerts [...]
As you'll have seen from Stefan Hintersteininger's posts from Orchestra North up in Smithers, CMC BC had a busy summer! I thought you'd enjoy seeing a few of the highlights from June. We had a lot of fun, made new friends, went places, and did new things. Isn’t that what summer is all about? Final [...]
Canadian music lost one of its great scholars, musicians and friends this summer. Erich Schwandt uncovered, edited and published two volumes of music of New France from the archives of the Ursulines and Hôtel-Dieu, Québec. The importance of this research should not be underestimated. Erich’s work made pieces available for study and performance that are [...]
In celebration of the Canadian Music Centre in BC's 40th anniversary (1977-2017), we are pleased to announce a composition competition for an original 40-second trumpet fanfare. The winning entry will celebrate some aspect of the CMC in BC's contribution to the cultural life of the Province of British Columbia over the past 40 years. Submissions may [...]