The Canadian Music Centre in BC is thrilled to announce that Vancouver composer and recent SFU graduate Carl Winter is the winner of this year's Pentland Prize in Composition, a $1,000 scholarship awarded annually to a graduate composition student at UBC, SFU, or UVIC. CMC BC gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dr. Geoffrey Newman, who makes this annual [...]

On Wednesday, January 16, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra launches its 6th Annual New Music Festival, its first under Music Director Otto Tausk, who took the helm from long-time VSO Music Director (and New Music Festival creator extraordinaire) Bramwell Tovey at the beginning of VSO's 100th Anniversary 2018 / 2019 season. This New Music Festival is also [...]

On Monday evening, January 21st, the 2018 / 2019 season of the Murray Adaskin Salon Concert Series resumes with a Celebration of the remarkable music and career of Owen Underhill. The concert, which features a wide variety of solo and chamber works dating from 1987 to present day (and including two premieres), will be held [...]

For more than 40 Years the CMC has championed Canadian music in BC. And thanks to your efforts and support, Canadian music is thriving across the province. 2018 was a truly wonderful year! We heard some extraordinary music and performances. Learned a lot from the remarkably talented young composers participating in our seminars. Made new [...]

Two weeks ago I drove up to Penticton, BC to speak with a group of music teachers from the BCRMTA's South Okanagan region. It was a wonderful opportunity to present four of our five BC Legacy Composer Documentary films. I tried to tell them about the composer's lives, and to place them in the social, [...]