On Monday, February 10th at 7:00 pm in the Murray Adaskin Salon in Vancouver, the Canadian Music Centre will celebrate the life and work of composer Ross Alden on the occasion of what would have been his 100th Birthday. Ross Alden (1920–2008) was a pianist and teacher born in the Canadian wilderness; fellow of Trinity, [...]
Dear Friends, We are just a few thousand dollars short of reaching our fundraising goal for 2019. Could you help us? We are a small team, trying to do a lot. Every donation, small or large, helps extend our efforts and goes directly to the programs we offer — our concert series dedicated to the [...]
Please join the Canadian Music Centre in BC for a Celebration of the Joint 50th Birthday of JUNO Award-winning composers Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles at The Annex on Monday, December 9 at 7pm. Click here for Tickets to Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles Joint 50th Birthday Celebration, 7pm, Monday, December 9, 2019, at The Annex. [...]
Friday, October 25, 2019, marked my 4th Year Anniversary as B.C. Director of the Canadian Music Centre. So I wanted to take this moment to thank the volunteers, donors, composers, concert patrons, ensembles, presenters, musicians, educators, singers, funding agencies, and film-makers who have helped our small team accomplish so much over that time - more than [...]
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has unveiled the lineup for their 7th Annual New Music Festival (VSONMF) which will run from January 11-16, 2020 in a number of venues across the city. VSO 2020 New Music Festival is centred around the theme of (Re)Creation and features concerti performed by the artists who commissioned them, Max Richter’s re-imagining of Vivaldi's [...]
Our 2019-2020 Celebration Series opens with a special 60th Birthday Celebration of Canadian Composer Jacqueline Leggatt on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at 7:00 pm in the beautifully-refurbished Koerner Recital Hall. A co-presentation with the Vancouver Academy of Music where Leggatt is Head of Theory, this unique Celebration features CMC BC’s new Ensemble-In-Residence, Vetta Chamber Players, along with Vanier Park [...]
The Canadian Music Centre BC (CMC BC) is pleased to announce Season 4, with six unforgettable concerts celebrating seven outstanding composers: Jacqueline Leggatt, Jocelyn Morlock, Jordan Nobles, Ernst Schneider, Ross Alden, Stephen Chatman, and Leila Lustig. This 2019 - 2020 season is our most ambitious concert season ever, featuring exciting new collaborations with the Okanagan Symphony, [...]
Pictured beneath Martin Creed's installation 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright' are members of the Borealis String Quartet with Dr. Jennifer Butler (3rd L); Rennie Museum Director Wendy Chang (4th L); Jordan Nobles (2nd R) & Sean Bickerton (R) from the CMC Last Monday evening, the internationally-celebrated Borealis String Quartet premiered eight new five-minute string quartets [...]
Please join us June 17 for a completely unique evening of music, art, creativity, and camaraderie as we celebrate new voices in a new, completely unique space. https://vimeo.com/338988341 CMC BC is pleased to present the world premiere of 8 new 5-Minute String Quartets performed by Borealis String Quartet in the architecturally stunning Rennie Museum [...]
I met Alexina Louie many years ago in New York. Two of the pianists I managed at Columbia Artists Management — Ralph Markham & Kenneth Broadway — were performing a suite she had written on tour. It featured a movement beautifully evocative of gamelan music and I’ve never forgotten it. I had never before heard [...]