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Canada Music Week
Canada Music Week is a nation-wide celebration of Canadian composers and their music established by the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations in 1960 to commemorate their 25th Anniversary. It takes place each year in the third week of November in order to include November 22, dedicated to St. Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music. To celebrate Canada Music Week [...]
Hiring A Student Composer For The Summer
Republished from The Conversation, an academic journal, with the permission of author and CMC Associate Composer John Burge: It’s been years since I attended high school and university in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, but I can clearly recall heading down to the Hire-a-Student office in Calgary after finishing exams, checking the job postings [...]
The Amazing True Story of Hubert Klyne Headley
[envira-gallery id="2998"] "Somehow, music can stir our souls and bridge the gap between what we imagine the world to be and what we conceive as its potential state of being. When hungry souls hear from a great symphony those cherished, dreamed-of and longed-for expressions and can say, ‘that is the way I have always felt [...]
40th Anniversary Letter From BC Director Sean Bickerton
Our celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia this November 2 are taking three forms — musical, social, and historical. We have commissioned a new, 40-second fanfare for trumpet; that fanfare will be premiered at a party, our Gala Open House, on Friday, Nov 10, from 5 - 7pm at [...]
New Beginnings at the Prince George Symphony Orchestra
CMC BC Head Librarian Stefan Hintersteininger recently spent the weekend of October 19th through 22nd in Prince George, performing as guest principal cellist with the PGSO for the orchestra's 2017/2018 New Beginnings season-opening concert, O Canada! Celebrating Canada's 150th Birthday. The concert was part of a larger festival in honour of Canada's 150th, and included [...]
CMC BC 40th Anniversary: Interim Director Heather Pawsey Reflects On A Memorable Year
Bill Orr / CMC BC Curator of Archives: To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia, we have invited the five people who have served as BC Director since its founding to reflect on events during their tenure. Heather Pawsey is a celebrated soprano, a long-serving member of the CMC in BC's [...]