CMC BC

Max Wyman Book Launch
2023-11-01 05:30 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
5:30pm – 7:00pm • Wednesday, November 1th • Murra Adaskin Salon (837 Davie St)
Tickets: RSVP to bcregion@cmccanada.org

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. But please do RSVP at bcregion@cmccanada.org as seats are limited
Sean Bickerton, BC Director of the CMC, will interview Max, after which this much-loved lion of the Canadian arts scene will give a reading and take questions from the audience. Our good friends at Massey Books will be there with copies of the book available for purchase and signing after the talk.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet one of the country’s leading arts visionaries and hear him speak about one of the most pressing topics of our time – the fate of democracy itself.
Max Wyman is one of Canada’s foremost cultural commentators. He was the arts columnist and critic for The Vancouver Sun, The Province, and CBC Radio for over thirty years, and launched and edited the Vancouver Sun Review of Books. The Compassionate Imagination is his seventh book on the arts in Canada.

Max is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a former President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, a former board member of the Canada Council for the Arts, former President of Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and former Mayor of Lions Bay, BC, where he lives today.

Sean Bickerton is the BC Director of the Canadian Music Centre, President of the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, an Instructor at Capilano University’s Department of Arts & Entertainment Management, and Artistic Advisor to the Vancouver International Music Festival.

Light Space
2022-07-07 17:00 UTC
LightSpace: A Spatialized Percussion Concert
5:00pm • Thursday, July 07, 2022 •Roundhouse Community Centre Exhibition Gallery
Tickets: Free

The Canadian Music Centre in BC, in partnership with the Redshift Music Society, is pleased to announce a free concert at the Roundhouse Exhibition Gallery on July 7th at 5pm.

This show is the culmination of the CMC’s inaugural R. Murray Schafer Spatial Music Workshop led by Jordan Nobles. It will feature 8 percussionists positioned around the hall, with audience members invited to walk within the space and experience the music from all angles.

Driftwood Percussion will be performing new pieces by workshop composers Erich Barganier, Jack Campbell, Hanna Kim, Dubravko Pajalic, and Michael Selvaggi, alongside works by Alfredo Santa Ana, Jocelyn Morlock, and Jordan Nobles.

As Redshift Music’s percussion ensemble-in-residence, Driftwood Percussion shares Redshift’s signature interests in spatial performance experiences, staging concerts in interesting spaces, and premiering new works.

Music performed by Katie Rife, Martin Fisk, Brian Nesselroad, Vern Griffiths, Julia Chien, Michael Jarrett, Luke Hildebrandt, and Jaelem Bhate.

This is a free all-ages event. No tickets are required for entry.

July 7th, 2022 5pm-6pm
Roundhouse Community Centre

Exhibition Gallery

Music on the Point: Stephen Chatman 70th Birthday Celebration
2022-03-06 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver)
CMC BC is pleased to announce a musical Celebration in honour of Stephen Chatman’s 70th birthday in collaboration with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and the UBC School of Music at the Chan Centre on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 2:30 pm.

Performers include the Vancouver Chamber Choir with members from Vetta Chamber Music including Joan Blackman (violin), Anne-Katherine Coope (clarinet), Julia Nolan (saxophone), Jane Hayes (piano) and Patricia Hoy (piano).

Delayed two years, this long-anticipated Celebration will feature some of Chatman’s most beautiful and celebrated choral and chamber music.

Class Axe Vancouver 2019
2019-09-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
The BC Region of the Canadian Music Centre hosts the fourth and final concert in the Class Axe 2019 series! The CMC has been working with a nation-wide group of composers and guitarists to present seven new works across Canada. On September 1, audiences in Vancouver will have the chance to experience these far-ranging pieces written over the last year through extended one-on-one collaborations.
Venue: Murray Adaskin Salon*, CMC BC Creative Hub (837 Davie Street)
Admission: Pay What You Can (suggested donation $10)
Featuring performances by:
Michael Bemmels
Kyle Hawkes
Tejay Liao
Luis Medina
Alec Pearson
Matthew Silverman
Joel Thomson
Featuring new works from:
Gabriel Champagne
Sean Clarke
Kim Farris-Manning
Mariah Mennie
Luis Ramirez
Naoko Tsujita
Christina Volpini
*Accessibility Information: The CMC BC building is accessible, and includes a ramp to the salon (performance space) and an accessible washroom.

Alexina Louie: 70th Birthday Celebration
2019-05-27 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Alexina Louie: 70th Birthday Celebration
Monday, May 27, 2019 – 7:00 PM
Murray Adaskin Salon
One of Canada’s most highly regarded and performed composers, Alexina Louie was born in Vancouver in 1949, the daughter of second-generation Canadians of Chinese descent. At the age of seven, she began piano studies, and at seventeen, earned her ARCT at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Alexina continued her piano studies at the University of British Columbia where she also attended the composition classes of Cortland Hultberg, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Music History in 1970. Following advanced studies in California, Alexina Louie has lived in Toronto since 1980, where she works as a freelance composer for concert, dance, television and film. Her uniquely personal style, rooted in a blend of East and West, draws on a wide variety of influences – from her Chinese heritage to her theoretical, historical and performance studies. Already celebrated around the world for her many award-winning solo piano compositions, this concert focuses on several of Alexina’s lesser-known, but no less brilliant, chamber works, on the occasion of her 70th birthday.
One of Canada’s most highly regarded and often performed composers, Alexina Louie was born in Vancouver in 1949, the daughter of second-generation Canadians of Chinese descent. While Alexina is already celebrated around the world for her many award-winning solo piano compositions, this concert, our season grand finale, focuses on her brilliant and virtuosic chamber music, on the occasion of her 70th birthday.

Owen Underhill: 65th Birthday Celebration
2019-01-21 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Owen Underhill: 65th Birthday Celebration
Monday, January 21, 2019 – 7:00 PM
Murray Adaskin Salon
There are very few artists who have made as great contributions to their fields and to their communities as Owen Underhill. A true Renaissance man, Owen lives in Vancouver, where he is highly active as a composer, conductor, artistic director, teacher, board member, and faculty member in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. As a composer, Owen Underhill writes for diverse combinations including orchestra, voice and choir, and a wide variety of chamber music ranging from traditional ensembles to groupings of unusual instrumentation. His music has been described as dense and interesting, colourful, lyrical in inspiration, exuberant and witty, subtle, and thoughtful. As with his beloved mentor, BC Legacy Composer Rudolf Komorous, Owen’s music never fails to surprise, move, and delight the listener – often simultaneously. Join us as we celebrate Owen’s 65th birthday!
A true Renaissance man, Owen Underhill lives in Vancouver, where he is highly active as a composer, conductor, artistic director, and as a beloved teacher. Join us as we celebrate Owen’s 65th birthday with a performance of his colourful, exuberant, lyrical, moving, surprising, and delightful chamber music, especially curated for this evening by Owen himself, and played by some of his closest friends and frequent collaborators!

Michael Conway Baker: Celebration of Lifetime Achievement
2018-11-26 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Michael Conway Baker: Celebration of Lifetime Achievement
Monday, November 26, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Murray Adaskin Salon
Michael Conway Baker is a very rare figure in Canadian music; he is a composer who has, over the course of an astonishing, pioneering, six-decade (and counting) career, achieved enormous success across all his triple passions of writing music for the concert hall, for film and television, and for dance. Michael counts among his distinguished mentors such figures as BC Legacy Composers Jean Coulthard and Elliot Weisgarber, as well as British composers Malcolm Arnold and Lennox Berkeley, and now himself serves as a mentor and as an inspiration for new generations of emerging composers. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1937, Michael has made his home in British Columbia since 1958, and so we are thrilled for the opportunity to celebrate this legendary composer with a selection of pieces from all three of his major bodies of work, curated and presented by Michael himself in his own inimitable style.
Michael Conway Baker has, over the course of an astonishing, pioneering, six-decade (and counting) career, achieved enormous success across his triple passions of writing music for the concert hall, for film and television, and for dance. Join us as we celebrate Michael’s extraordinary contribution to Canadian musical life with selections from all three major bodies of work, presented by Michael himself in his own inimitable style.

Janet Danielson: Celebration of Women's History Month
2018-10-15 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Janet Danielson: Celebration of Women’s History Month
Monday, October 15, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Murray Adaskin Salon
Emerging Composer: Maren Lisac
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a time for us to reflect upon and celebrate the achievements of women and girls throughout our history and recognize the trailblazing women who have shaped our country. One of these remarkable women is Janet Danielson, composer, music theorist, teacher, organizer, philosopher, and much more. Janet has advocated tirelessly for women composers in this country, in her capacity as a former chair and present treasurer of the Association of Canadian Women Composers, and beyond. Join us as we celebrate Women’s History Month with a concert featuring Janet’s spellbinding chamber works along with excerpts from her opera, The Marvelous History of Mariken of Nimmegen, based on a medieval European play about the struggle between supernatural forces for the destiny of a soul. Of especially urgent relevance today, the opera comments on the power of words, their use and abuse, and their positive and negative impact on the lives of people.
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a time for us to celebrate the achievements of trailblazing women who have shaped our country. One of these remarkable women is Janet Danielson, composer, music theorist, teacher, organizer, philosopher, and much more. Join us as we celebrate Janet’s spellbinding chamber works along with excerpts from her opera, The Marvelous History of Mariken of Nimmegen.

Imant Raminsh: 75th Birthday Celebration
2018-09-17 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Imant Raminsh: 75th Birthday Celebration
Monday, September 17, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Murray Adaskin Salon
Emerging Composer: Thomas Beckman
Born in 1943 in Ventspils, Latvia, Imant Raminsh came to Canada in 1948. After completing his studies in violin, composition, and conducting in Toronto, he spent two years at the Akademie “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, Austria, studying composition, fugue, violin and conducting, and playing in the professional Camerata Academica orchestra. Since his return to Canada, Imant Raminsh has made himself virtually indispensable to musical life in British Columbia as the founding conductor of the Prince George Symphony, the Youth Symphony of the Okanagan, NOVA Children’s Choir, and AURA Chamber Choir, and as a beloved composer of instrumental and choral repertoire. On the occasion of Imant’s 75th birthday, we celebrate this remarkable composer with an intimate performance of his most deeply-felt and personal statements, the three string quartets, played by his long-time champions, the Borealis String Quartet.
Our 2018/19 season opens with a celebration of beloved BC composer Imant Raminsh’s 75th birthday. Imant is renowned for his choral music, but this concert features a rare, intimate performance of his most deeply-felt and personal statements, the three string quartets, played by his long-time champions the Borealis String Quartet. Truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Buy a Subscription!

Barry Truax 70th Birthday Celebration
2018-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
A true pioneer in the field of electroacoustic composition, Barry Truax is retired from the School of Communication and the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he taught acoustic communication and electroacoustic music. He has worked with the World Soundscape Project, editing its Handbook for Acoustic Ecology, and has published a book Acoustic Communication dealing with all aspects of sound and technology. As a composer, Truax is best known for his work with the PODX computer music system which he has used for tape solo works and those which combine tape with live performers or computer graphics. Join us for this very special event as we celebrate Barry’s birthday!
Performers
William George, tenor; Mark McGregor, flute; Marina Hasselberg, cello
Program NotesProgramme notes coming soon.
Download

Hildegard Westerkamp Birthday Celebration
2018-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Hildegard Westerkamp hears the world differently than most people. Where many of us might hear noise, she uncovers extraordinary beauty and meaning. It’s all in how we listen to our environment. After completing her music studies, Hildegard joined the World Soundscape Project under the direction of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver. Her involvement with this project not only activated deep concerns about noise and the general state of the acoustic environment in her, but it also changed her ways of thinking about music, listening and soundmaking. Join us for this very special event as we celebrate Hildegard’s birthday!
Program NotesProgramme notes coming soon.
Download

Leslie Uyeda Celebration
2018-03-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Murray Adaskin Salon, 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1B7, Canada
Described as “a composer with that rare combination of clear-eyed intelligence and deeply-felt emotion,” Leslie Uyeda has spent her life crafting delicate, intimate masterworks inspired by her dual passions for poetry and the human voice. Many of Leslie’s pieces were composed with specific performers in mind, artists with whom she has had longstanding collaborations and deep connections. It is they, along with the composer herself at the piano, who will bring Leslie’s music to life in this very special concert that also celebrates International Women’s Day.
Performers
Heather Pawsey, soprano; Kathryn Cernauskas, flute; AK Coope, clarinet; Rebecca Wenham, cello; Leslie Uyeda, piano
Program NotesProgramme notes coming soon.
Download
