On Saturday, September 19, I had the rare pleasure of reading ten poems I wrote during lockdown, accompanied by one of this city's great musicians — flutist-extraordinaire (and WCMA’s new Classical Musician of the Year!) Mark Takeshi McGregor — in George Wainborn Park. Here is a short video of two: https://vimeo.com/461665607 Our improvised beat poetry [...]
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 [...]
In Vancouver Classical Music blog's 2017-2018 Season Preview, Geoffrey Newman notes a Renaissance of new music in Vancouver: "New Music seems to be everywhere in the city these days. In addition to the VSO New Music Festival in January, by far the biggest event sees Vancouver hosting the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days, featuring concerts [...]
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 [...]
The BC Annual Meeting of the Canadian Music Centre will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Murray Adaskin Salon at 837 Davie Street in Vancouver. 2016 was a truly memorable year for the Canadian Music Centre. Nationally the organization adopted a new Mission, to be the catalyst that connects [...]
The Victoria Foundation has just published an article saluting the Hugh Davidson Fund recently established in the memory of the late Mr. Hugh Hanson Davidson (May 27, 1930 – July 14, 2014). "Hugh Davidson’s passion for music and his support of contemporary composers and composition has been felt in our community through the private commissions of [...]
Vancouver, BC – The Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia (CMC BC) is pleased to honour the Victoria Symphony (VS) with an Award of Excellence for the VS’s extraordinary contribution to Canadian Music. The award was presented onstage to VS Music Director Maestro Tania Miller and the Victoria Symphony by the CMC’s BC Director Sean Bickerton, [...]