It is with great appreciation and affection that we announce the departure of much-loved CMC BC librarian Stefan Hintersteininger, who leaves us to join the UBC Library as a Team Leader in Language Services. This is a wonderful opportunity for Stefan who has served Canadian composers, performers, and audiences with us for more than 10 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Timothy Chooi Pianist Avan Yu & Violinist Timothy Chooi are two of the most internationally-celebrated young soloists BC has produced in a generation! Winner of the 2010 Montreal Symphony Competition, Timothy Chooi grew up in Victoria and received the Sylva Gelber Award in 2015 and was recently awarded the 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius on loan from the Canada Council. [...]