CMC BC News
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Announces 2020 New Music Festival
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has unveiled the lineup for their 7th Annual New Music Festival (VSONMF) which will run from January 11-16, 2020 in a number of venues across the city. VSO 2020 New Music Festival is centred around the theme of (Re)Creation and features concerti performed by the artists who commissioned them, Max Richter’s re-imagining of Vivaldi's [...]
A Celebration Of The Music Of Jacqueline Leggatt
Our 2019-2020 Celebration Series opens with a special 60th Birthday Celebration of Canadian Composer Jacqueline Leggatt on Sunday, October 27, 2019, at 7:00 pm in the beautifully-refurbished Koerner Recital Hall. A co-presentation with the Vancouver Academy of Music where Leggatt is Head of Theory, this unique Celebration features CMC BC’s new Ensemble-In-Residence, Vetta Chamber Players, along with Vanier Park [...]
Announcing CMC BC 2019-2020 Concert Season
The Canadian Music Centre BC (CMC BC) is pleased to announce Season 4, with six unforgettable concerts celebrating seven outstanding composers: Jacqueline Leggatt, Jocelyn Morlock, Jordan Nobles, Ernst Schneider, Ross Alden, Stephen Chatman, and Leila Lustig. This 2019 - 2020 season is our most ambitious concert season ever, featuring exciting new collaborations with the Okanagan Symphony, [...]
A Magical Evening of Music & Art
Pictured beneath Martin Creed's installation 'Everything Is Going To Be Alright' are members of the Borealis String Quartet with Dr. Jennifer Butler (3rd L); Rennie Museum Director Wendy Chang (4th L); Jordan Nobles (2nd R) & Sean Bickerton (R) from the CMC Last Monday evening, the internationally-celebrated Borealis String Quartet premiered eight new five-minute string quartets [...]
8 X 5 @ rennie museum 6/17 @ 7
Please join us June 17 for a completely unique evening of music, art, creativity, and camaraderie as we celebrate new voices in a new, completely unique space. https://vimeo.com/338988341 CMC BC is pleased to present the world premiere of 8 new 5-Minute String Quartets performed by Borealis String Quartet in the architecturally stunning Rennie Museum [...]
A Celebration of The Life & Music Of Alexina Louie
I met Alexina Louie many years ago in New York. Two of the pianists I managed at Columbia Artists Management — Ralph Markham & Kenneth Broadway — were performing a suite she had written on tour. It featured a movement beautifully evocative of gamelan music and I’ve never forgotten it. I had never before heard [...]