CMC BC News
Imant Raminsh’ 80th Birthday Celebration!
On Saturday, Sept 16, the Kelowna Chamber Musicians presented an 80th Birthday Celebration Concert to honour composer Imant Raminsh at Kamloops United Church, cake and all! The performance featured his 1st String Quartet and a new Clarinet Quintet performed by the Sycamore String Quartet with the outstanding clarinetist Sally Arai. I will never forget [...]
New Concerts, Score Videos, & Events For The Fall
It's been such an extraordinary summer in BC! We've experienced absolutely sublime weather, making July and August golden months. https://vimeo.com/862140468?share=copy But that beauty is juxtaposed sharply against province-wide drought and unprecedented wildfires that continue to threaten homes and impact a way of life in this province we have taken for granted far too [...]
It’s All About You!
We have been taking time over the past year to consult widely and deeply with our patrons, our composers, our Advisory Council and the broader community. We want to thank you for sharing your voices and ideas with us. The result is that an exciting new vision for CMC BC is taking shape to guide [...]
A New Vision for CMC BC
Our BC Advisory Council held a retreat in March as part of our 2022 - 2023 Revisioning Project curated together with Warren Dean Flandez, a leading EDI consultation. At that retreat the Council adopted Five Aspirations and at our Annual Meeting in June, the membership voted unanimously to adopt those Five Aspirations as well as [...]
CMC BC Sponsors Okanagan Symphony’s Northern Lights
CMC BC is pleased to be a supporting sponsor of upcoming performances by Ariel Barnes and the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) under the baton of their dynamic Music Director, Rosemary Thomson, of two Canadian cello concertos written especially for Ariel — Jocelyn Morlock's Lucid Dreams and Marcus Goddard's Cello Concerto. OSO Music Director, [...]
An Evening With Colin Miles
CMC BC Presents An Evening With Colin Miles Tuesday, April 25, from 5:30 - 7pm Murray Adaskin Salon 837 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC The Canadian Music Centre in BC is pleased to invite you to a special Evening with Colin Miles, a beloved musician and former BC Director of the Canadian Music Centre. Please join [...]