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 [...]

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 [...]

Amazingly, despite the fact Time itself seemed to stand still for weeks on end through April and into May, it somehow has managed to march on, bringing Spring itself in its wake. And if no further proof were needed that time has indeed progressed, our hair is now even longer and more unruly than ever [...]

Dear Friends and Colleagues: As government agencies begin talking about tentative steps to begin re-opening economies and cultures in the next few weeks, it's important we take the time now to discuss and plan for a better future. Which requires some assessment of where we are and what that future might look like. So I [...]

I am writing you as we begin the second week of social distancing required by COVID-19, as well as both concomitantly and rather surprisingly the first week of Spring. I thought it would be helpful to share with you where we are in terms of the Canadian Music Centre’s operations in B.C., while addressing our [...]