News from the BC regional office of the Canadian Music Centre.
[envira-gallery id="2998"] "Somehow, music can stir our souls and bridge the gap between what we imagine the world to be and what we conceive as its potential state of being. When hungry souls hear from a great symphony those cherished, dreamed-of and longed-for expressions and can say, ‘that is the way I have always felt [...]
Our celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia this November 2 are taking three forms — musical, social, and historical. We have commissioned a new, 40-second fanfare for trumpet; that fanfare will be premiered at a party, our Gala Open House, on Friday, Nov 10, from 5 - 7pm at [...]
CMC BC Head Librarian Stefan Hintersteininger recently spent the weekend of October 19th through 22nd in Prince George, performing as guest principal cellist with the PGSO for the orchestra's 2017/2018 New Beginnings season-opening concert, O Canada! Celebrating Canada's 150th Birthday. The concert was part of a larger festival in honour of Canada's 150th, and included [...]
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 since its founding to reflect on events during their tenure. Heather Pawsey is a celebrated soprano, a long-serving member of the CMC in BC's [...]
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 since its founding to reflect on events during their tenure. Bob Baker was CMC BC's Director from 2009 until 2015. It was a tremendous honour [...]
From November 2-8, 2017, Canada welcomes the world as Vancouver hosts the ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Since its founding in 1922, the International Society for Contemporary Music has been the world’s premier network for new music. Each year, its festival is hosted in a different city around the globe. Next month, the Canadian League of [...]
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 [...]