It’s that busiest time of year for all of us, with a crescendo (or is that an accelerando?) of performances, social engagements, and deadlines to meet. So I thank you for taking a second to read this year-end note from your team at CMC BC.   When we launched our new performance sponsorship initiative at [...]

It's hard to believe that CMC BC has already sponsored four performances since the start of the Fall season, as well as hosting a reception for composers in Victoria. But already, here we are about to celebrate Thanksgiving, having just honoured National Truth and Reconciliation Day last weekend.   They make a very strange juxtaposition, [...]

Please join us on Wednesday, Nov 1, 5:30 - 7pm, to celebrate the launch of Max Wyman’s new landmark book The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts are Central to Democracy, co-presented by the Canadian Music Centre BC (CMC BC) and the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture.

 Admission is by donation.   Sean Bickerton, BC [...]

On Saturday, Sept 16, the Kelowna Chamber Musicians presented an 80th Birthday Celebration Concert to honour composer Imant Raminsh at Kamloops United Church, cake and all! The performance featured his 1st String Quartet and a new Clarinet Quintet performed by the Sycamore String Quartet with the outstanding clarinetist Sally Arai.   I will never forget [...]

It's been such an extraordinary summer in BC! We've experienced absolutely sublime weather, making July and August golden months.   https://vimeo.com/862140468?share=copy   But that beauty is juxtaposed sharply against province-wide drought and unprecedented wildfires that continue to threaten homes and impact a way of life in this province we have taken for granted far too [...]

We have been taking time over the past year to consult widely and deeply with our patrons, our composers, our Advisory Council and the broader community. We want to thank you for sharing your voices and ideas with us. The result is that an exciting new vision for CMC BC is taking shape to guide [...]

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 [...]