CMC BC News
The Fall Of 2020
Does the title of this article — The Fall Of 2020 — sound a little too dire? I didn't mean it to, when we have so much good news to share. I wrote it thinking about the time of year, not realizing then how ominous it sounded. But afterwards I decided that making do with what [...]
Saturday In The Park With Mark
On Saturday, September 19, I had the rare pleasure of reading ten poems I wrote during lockdown, accompanied by one of this city's great musicians — flutist-extraordinaire (and WCMA’s new Classical Musician of the Year!) Mark Takeshi McGregor — in George Wainborn Park. Here is a short video of two: https://vimeo.com/461665607 Our improvised beat poetry [...]
Introducing New CMC BC Administrator Heather Molloy
The Canadian Music Centre in BC is excited to introduce our new BC Administrator, Heather Molloy. Heather Molloy joins CMC BC with a strong background in arts administration, having worked in a supervisory role in the box office at Bard on the Beach; as well as for Applause: Dinner Theatre; Vancouver International Film Festival; and the Old Auditorium [...]
Wishing You All The Joy That Summer Can Offer
I thought it would be helpful to provide a brief update on our plans for the rest of the summer as we take some time to allow staff a needed break and begin to prepare for the fall. Today marks the last release until September of our Unaccompanied Online Concert Series, which has run continuously with [...]
First Annual Elliot Weisgarber Workshop
The Canadian Music Centre in BC is pleased to announce the First Annual Elliot Weisgarber Workshops, a free online seminar for emerging composers under 30. Drawing on the success of our Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings, the Elliot Weisgarber Workshops are grounded in Weisgarber’s landmark work, fusing Western and Eastern instruments and performance practices. The [...]
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Greetings! Having survived the Ides of March and a Spring that seemed so full of peril, I thought we should take a brief look back to review what we've managed to accomplish over the past six months or so, as well as cast our gaze ahead towards some of our plans for the coming Summer [...]