Our BC Advisory Council held a retreat in March as part of our 2022 - 2023 Revisioning Project curated together with Warren Dean Flandez, a leading EDI consultation. At that retreat the Council adopted Five Aspirations and at our Annual Meeting in June, the membership voted unanimously to adopt those Five Aspirations as well as [...]

CMC BC is pleased to be a supporting sponsor of upcoming performances by Ariel Barnes and the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) under the baton of their dynamic Music Director, Rosemary Thomson, of two Canadian cello concertos written especially for Ariel — Jocelyn Morlock's Lucid Dreams and Marcus Goddard's Cello Concerto.   OSO Music Director, [...]

CMC BC Presents An Evening With Colin Miles Tuesday, April 25, from 5:30 - 7pm Murray Adaskin Salon 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC   The Canadian Music Centre in BC is pleased to invite you to a special Evening with Colin Miles, a beloved musician and former BC Director of the Canadian Music Centre. Please join [...]

It is with extraordinary sadness that everyone at the Canadian Music Centre acknowledges the passing of our dear friend and Associate Composer of the CMC, Jocelyn Morlock. ⁠"Jocelyn was a national treasure, an inspiration, someone whose laugh lifted the spirits of everyone near, and whose deep and profound commitment to enlightened values was exemplary. She [...]

Dear BC Associate Composers of the Canadian Music Centre:   We exist to champion you and bring your music to life — by producing CDs and music videos and score videos of your compositions, and sponsoring and producing concerts that feature your music, and preserving your music in our library,   We also encourage others [...]

Since it first began awarding grants in 2016, the Hugh Davidson Fund, held at the Victoria Foundation, has supported the commission of nineteen new works by Vivian Fung, Marcus Goddard, Samy Moussa, Jeffrey Ryan, Rita Ueda, Nicole Lizee, Linda Bouchard, Jocelyn Morlock, Stacey Brown, and Cassandra Miller, among other composers to be announced.   The [...]

How Can We Help? How can we help you bring non-commercial Canadian music to life? We offer a number of resources, programs and services all designed to support the amazing work you are doing in this field. So please. Talk to us. Tell us how we can help you. It's what we're here for.   Regional [...]

Announcing the next concert for New Music at the Gallery, a new series from the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Canadian Music Centre in BC, curated by composer Jack Campbell.    This third concert in the series, on Friday, December 16 at 5pm, is a celebration of the work of Canadian women-identifying composers performed by Jane Hayes, one of [...]

CMC BC is in the midst of a year-long revisioning project. It involves the broadest community consultation we have ever undertaken. Our  goal is to better centre our work — championing BC's composers and the new music community that supports them — in Equity and meaningful Inclusion so that real Diversity is the true result. [...]

Today I celebrate seven years leading the Canadian Music Centre in BC and I'm extremely proud of everything our team has accomplished in that time. Notably, creating the Murray Adaskin Salon, a small but beautiful performance space for new music that's hosted more than 100 performances, workshops, screenings, book & CD launches since then.   [...]