CMC BC News
Third Annual Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings
2019 Seminar Features Composer Dr. Jennifer Butler, Borealis String Quartet & artwork from Rennie Museum Exhibition The Canadian Music Centre is pleased to announce the third annual Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings, a seminar led this year by Composer Mentor Jennifer Butler, with quartets read and performed by the Borealis String Quartet, inspired by art from [...]
Reflections on CMC BC’s Murray Adaskin Salon And The Great Man Himself
Written by Rodney Sharman Hand Murray Adaskin’s handwriting is engraved on the glass windows to Vancouver’s Davie Street, the only ornament in the concert space bearing his name. Murray was of the generation where left-handed children were forced to write with their right hands. Watching him write words or music was like watching someone draw: [...]
Meet Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré, UBC School of Music’s new director
"The University of British Columbia welcomes Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré as the new Director of the School of Music. An internationally renowned composer, teacher, and media personality, Dr. Carrabré will assume the role starting July 1st, 2019. “I am delighted that Dr. Carrabré will take on the leadership of the School of Music. His [...]
Jordan Nobles Joins CMC BC As New Library Assistant
We are pleased to announce that Jordan Nobles will start as CMC BC's new Library Assistant on Tuesday, February 19. The new appointment also makes it possible for us to extend CMC BC Library hours to open Saturday afternoons for the first time. On February 19th onward, Jordan will be available for repertoire consultations, our highly-specialized Music [...]
Carl Winter Wins 2019 Pentland Prize in Composition
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 [...]
VSO Launches 6th Annual New Music Festival
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 [...]