News from the BC regional office of the Canadian Music Centre.
Recently, the Orchestra North Summer Program invited CMC BC's Stefan Hintersteininger to participate in their 2017 summer session in Smithers, BC, as part of an exciting new community partnership we've formed with this dynamic organization. We wanted to help document some of the incredible work that is being done by these highly dedicated and passionate [...]
Recently, the Orchestra North Summer Program invited CMC BC's Stefan Hintersteininger to participate in their 2017 summer session in Smithers, BC, as part of an exciting new community partnership we've formed with this dynamic organization. We wanted to help document some of the incredible work that is being done by these highly dedicated and passionate [...]
On Wednesday, August 9th, Canadian Music Centre BC Head Librarian Stefan Hintersteininger will travel to beautiful Smithers, BC, to attend the Orchestra North Summer Program (ONSP).
An open letter of thanks from the Canadian Music Centre, the Regional Advisory Council for BC, and the close-knit team running our creative hubs in Vancouver and Victoria! If you are reading this article you are part of an amazing family of patrons who support the Canadian Music Centre in many different ways. It's your [...]
The Canadian Music Centre in BC was pleased to host the inaugural press launch for the new 2017 Vancouver International Music Competition (VIMC) earlier this month on Tuesday, June 27 at 11am. Organized by the Canada International Arts & Music Society (CIAMS), the VIMC was announced as a multinational classical music competition for piano, strings, [...]
On Sunday, June 11th, the Canadian Music Centre in BC presented Norman Nelson with a Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence for his many years of dedicated service to Canadian music. As a founding member of the legendary Purcell Quartet, Norman Nelson commissioned and premiered dozens of works by leading Canadian composers during the quartet's existence [...]
On Friday night (June 23), CMC BC held a CD Launch Party for Jocelyn Morlock's New CD Halcyon, just released on CMC's Centredisc label. Marina Hasselberg and Miranda Wong performed the beautifully evocative title track from the CD for a packed Adaskin Salon. And BC Director Sean Bickerton interviewed Jocelyn about her work and the album [...]
Queer Arts Festival is presenting a free performance of Cris Derksen's landmark Orchestral Powwow this Saturday, June 24 at 7pm in the Roundhouse Turntable Plaza at 181 Roundhouse Mews in Yaletown. The Canadian Music Centre in BC is proud to be a Community Partner of Queer Arts Festival, and to have the opportunity to co-present this groundbreaking performance [...]
It's not every day of the week that eleven new string quartets are premiered. But that's what the Borealis String Quartet did in CMC BC's Murray Adaskin Salon on Friday, June 9, for a young audience packed into our small, intimate new performance space. The works they performed were remarkable for their variety and originality [...]
CMC BC’s Legacy Composer Film Series celebrates the very first generation of composers to do something quite revolutionary – write Western concert music on the West Coast of Canada. Made possible by a grant from the BC Arts Council, the films focus on five of these BC Legacy Composers: Murray Adaskin, Barbara Pentland, Rudolf Komorous, Jean [...]