CMC BC News
Canadian Music At Heart Of New Vancouver International Music Competition
The Canadian Music Centre in BC was pleased to host the inaugural press launch for the new 2017 Vancouver International Music Competition (VIMC) earlier this month on Tuesday, June 27 at 11am. Organized by the Canada International Arts & Music Society (CIAMS), the VIMC was announced as a multinational classical music competition for piano, strings, [...]
Maestro Norman Nelson Receives Award of Excellence
On Sunday, June 11th, the Canadian Music Centre in BC presented Norman Nelson with a Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence for his many years of dedicated service to Canadian music. As a founding member of the legendary Purcell Quartet, Norman Nelson commissioned and premiered dozens of works by leading Canadian composers during the quartet's existence [...]
Jocelyn Morlock’s New CD “Halcyon”
On Friday night (June 23), CMC BC held a CD Launch Party for Jocelyn Morlock's New CD Halcyon, just released on CMC's Centredisc label. Marina Hasselberg and Miranda Wong performed the beautifully evocative title track from the CD for a packed Adaskin Salon. And BC Director Sean Bickerton interviewed Jocelyn about her work and the album [...]
Cris Derksen’s Orchestral Powwow At Queer Arts Festival!
Queer Arts Festival is presenting a free performance of Cris Derksen's landmark Orchestral Powwow this Saturday, June 24 at 7pm in the Roundhouse Turntable Plaza at 181 Roundhouse Mews in Yaletown. The Canadian Music Centre in BC is proud to be a Community Partner of Queer Arts Festival, and to have the opportunity to co-present this groundbreaking performance [...]
First Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings Produce 11 World Premieres!
It's not every day of the week that eleven new string quartets are premiered. But that's what the Borealis String Quartet did in CMC BC's Murray Adaskin Salon on Friday, June 9, for a young audience packed into our small, intimate new performance space. The works they performed were remarkable for their variety and originality [...]
Five Films about Five BC Legacy Composers
CMC BC’s Legacy Composer Film Series celebrates the very first generation of composers to do something quite revolutionary – write Western concert music on the West Coast of Canada. Made possible by a grant from the BC Arts Council, the films focus on five of these BC Legacy Composers: Murray Adaskin, Barbara Pentland, Rudolf Komorous, Jean [...]