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 [...]
The Canadian Music Centre in BC is pleased to announce the very first Jean Coulthard String Quartet Reading this Saturday, May 6 from 1 - 3pm in collaboration with the Borealis String Quartet and Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Faculty of Arts, and Composer-in-Residence Farshid Samandari. Eleven composers submitted works for the reading: When the Moon is in [...]
The Canadian Music Centre in BC is pleased to announce a new education program, the Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings, in collaboration with the Borealis String Quartet and Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Faculty of Arts, and Composer-Mentor Farshid Samandari. Named in honour of one of British Columbia’s most beloved legacy composers and teachers, the Jean Coulthard String Quartet Readings will allow emerging composers to [...]