This is a love letter. To thank all of you who create new music in BC, those who perform and present it, and to all those large enough of spirit and generous enough of nature to support those creators and practitioners and presenters that do. "When words leave off, music begins.” (Heinrich Heine) The only [...]

Casse-Tete: A Festival of Experimental Music returns to White Rock and Surrey with four free concerts May 24-26, 2024! The festival's playfully eclectic program features new music, free improvisation, sound art, and more, but new music lovers will be most excited about the concert Friday, May 24, 8 PM at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in [...]

Last Friday, May 3, we hosted a CD Launch for Afghanistan: Requiem For A Generation—the latest release from Centrediscs, the Canadian Music Centre’s award-winning record label. Centrediscs is the only label exclusively devoted to Canadian music and has released more than 290 CDs since its founding in 1981, with twenty (20) recordings released last year and [...]

Last Thursday I was up in Kelowna for the Okanagan Symphony readings of seven works by young composers, all members of the Okanagan Youth Orchestra, mentored by Jennifer Butler. CMC BC was able to sponsor this workshop thanks to a grant from the Deux Mille Foundation. It was deeply rewarding to hear the highly original [...]

Like most arts organizations, we have continued to evolve post-pandemic, exploring how we can best serve the vibrant new music community of this province. I shared with you earlier this year our new Vision for CMC BC, and today, I'm pleased to announce some internal changes to help us achieve those goals and better align [...]

Associate composer Anna Pidgorna is turning to Ukraine’s ancient lamentation tradition to grieve the losses of war in a ritualized performance blending folk singing, theatre and contemporary concert music. “Lamenting for Ukraine” — taking places on April 28 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby — combines solo and ensemble laments created by [...]