CMC BC News
8 x 5: 8 New 5-Minute Quartets Inspired By Art
Join us Monday evening, June 17 at 7pm in the architecturally spectacular rennie museum for '8 x 5' — a special evening featuring the world premiere of eight new, five-minute string quartets performed by the internationally renowned Borealis String Quartet. Experience these eight new quartets written by emerging composers, surrounded by the galleries of art [...]
Jon Washburn Receives CMC BC 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award
Conductor and Composer Jon Washburn was presented with CMC BC's 2019 Barbara Pentland Lifetime Achievement Award at his final concert conducting the Vancouver Chamber Choir as Music Director Friday night, May 10. My remarks in presenting the award to Jon follow: It would be impossible to conceive of anyone on this Earth more deserving of the Canadian [...]
Winners Of 2019 Vancouver Chamber Choir Young Composers Competition
(pictured above: five winners of Grade Five Song-Writing Competition) On Friday night, May 10, 2019, CMC BC presented Barbara Pentland Awards of Excellence for Outstanding Composition to winners of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Young Composers Competition. BC Director presenting Antoine Villéger with Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence BC Director Sean Bickerton, on hand [...]
CMC BC Welcomes New Members To BC Advisory Council
CMC BC is pleased to welcome three new members to the BC Advisory Council of the Canadian Music Centre, who were were elected at the BC Annual Meeting held on Monday, April 15, 2019 in CMC BC's Murray Adaskin Salon. The new Council members are Rosemary Thompson, Music Director of the Okanagan Symphony; and Joanne Harada, former VP [...]
CMC Celebrates 60th Anniversary With Launch of New Website & Digital Magazine
A Letter From CMC President & CEO, Glenn Hodgins Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Canadian Music Centre’s digital magazine, CMC Résonance! For 60 years, the CMC has been a voice and home for contemporary Canadian composers. Our goal for CMC Résonance is to create a new space to celebrate artistic communities, supporters, and [...]
Winners of Langley Community Music School Young Composers Competition
(Pictured above: CMC BC Director Sean Bickerton with recent winners of LCMS Young Composers Competition) Langley Community Music School (LCMS) held their third annual Young Composers Competition last month. The competition is offered to music students working at the Junior, Senior, and Post-Secondary levels. BC Director Sean Bickerton presenting Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence [...]