CMC BC News
CMC & CBC Co-Present JUNOFest Classical Showcase
On Saturday afternoon, March 24, the CMC and CBC co-presented the JUNOs Classical Showcase in CBC Vancouver's Studio One at 700 Hamilton Street. Featuring jaw-droppingly great performances by Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, Pianist Jan Lisiecki, Tiresias Duo (Rachel Iwaasa & Mark McGregor), Bass-Baritone Philippe Sly, and ARC Ensemble among other remarkable artists, the concert was produced by [...]
The Murray Adaskin Salon Concert Series Presents Leslie Uyeda Celebration
Leslie Uyeda, Composer By Janet Danielson as if everything she has ever been begins, inside, to sing. — Lorna Crozier, from “A Summer’s Singing,” in Everything Arrives At The Light (McClelland and Stewart, 1995) Leslie Uyeda has made an enormous contribution to the musical life of Vancouver as pianist, vocal coach, conductor, music director, and [...]
Chor Leoni’s C/4 Canadian Choral Composition Competition is a Winner
From left to right: Rodney Sharman, CMC BC Head Librarian Stefan Hintersteininger, Jocelyn Morlock, James Carter, Chor Leoni Artistic Director Erick Lichte, First Prize winner Marie-Claire Saindon, Second Prize winner Benjamin Bolden, Third Prize winner Gerda Blok-Wilson. Photo credit: Phil Jack, Chor Leoni. "Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold" (in Shakespeare's words) was not [...]
Six New Works Come to Life at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Jean Coulthard Readings
From left to right: Ramsey Sadaka, Thomas Beckman, Carolyn Quick, Jaelem Bhate, Jocelyn Morlock, Matthieu Foresi, William Rowson, D.I. Danny Choi. Photo credit: Matthew Baird, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. On Monday, February 18, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor William Rowson, and Composer-in-Residence Jocelyn Morlock presented the 2018 Jean Coulthard Readings. Named in honour of one of [...]
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 100th Season Filled with Canadian Music
Vancouver, BC - "Music Director Designate Otto Tausk and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra President Kelly Tweeddale announced today the VSO's 2018/2019 100th Anniversary Season. One hundred years in the making, the season will honour the orchestra's rich past, celebrate its role as an innovator and one of Canada's leading orchestras, and launch the next centenary chapter [...]
VCM Composer Collective Returns In Partnership With CMC
The Victoria Conservatory of Music's Composer collective, started by Stephen Brown, is back, sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre's Victoria Creative Hub! The new iteration of the collective will be hosted by composer Christopher Reiche Boucher, CMC's Victoria Engagement Leader. Christopher is dedicated to maintaining Brown's original concept for the collective as a place for [...]