CMC BC News
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 [...]
Maestra Tania Miller Wins 2017 Friends of Canadian Music Award
In a moving ceremony, the Canadian League of Composers (CLC) and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) presented Tania Miller with the 2017 Friends of Canadian Music Award at her last concert conducting the Victoria Symphony as Music Director last Sunday, May 14 at the Royal Theatre in Victoria. Composer Christopher Reiche, President of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC), and Sean Bickerton, BC Director of the [...]
Bozzini String Quartet Plays Underhill
Last Wednesday night, CMC BC co-presented a performance by the Bozzini String Quartet in the Murray Adaskin Salon of the first two string quartets written by Owen Underhill – String Quartet No. 1 (1974) and Northern Line – Angel Station (String Quartet No.2) (1996). Owen is an Associate Composer of the CMC and recent recipient of [...]