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Peter Togni University of Toronto (St. Michael's ) lecture

2011-04-07T13:12:00.000-03:00

Halifax-based Peter-Anthony Togni, an acclaimed Canadian composer, performer and broadcaster, will be giving this year's Christianity and Arts Lecture hosted by St. Michael's College. The lecture is titled: "CLOUDS OF GRACE: My Journey to Freedom in Music." It will take place on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 PM at the Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, Room 40C, 121 St. Joseph Street in Toronto. Reception to follow. The lecture is free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more info, please visit: http://www.petertogni.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Peter-Togni-13-April-2011.pdf Peter Togni's choral masterpiece, Lamentations of Jeremiah, featuring bass clarinettist Jeff Reilly and the Elmer Iseler Singers, was nominated this year for a Juno Award in the Classical Composition of the Year category. It is released on the prestigious ECM record label (in fact, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first ever ECM Canadian classical recording.) Those of you not familiar with this remarkable work ought to hear it. Peter is a great speaker and very knowledgeable in issues involving music and spirituality. We have had several long conversations on this subject in various pubs in Halifax, some running way past midnight, so I can attest to his wealth of knowledge and insights on the subject. I encourage everyone interested in music and spirituality to attend this important lecture. Christos

Ann Southam Tribute - April 21, 2011

2011-04-05T11:16:00.000-03:00

On behalf of the Canadian Music Centre I would like to invite you to the Ann Southam Tribute on April 21 at 7:30pm at the MacMillan Theatre at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Ann Southam was one of Canada’s premier composers, an adamant feminist and dedicated philanthropist. Her music has been compared to that of Philip Glass, and her Simple Lines of Enquiry was on The New Yorker’s Top 10 Recordings of 2009. A selection of her music can be found at the website listed below. Here is a piece of hers selected by John Terauds of The Toronto Star: http://bit.ly/hYzxkx This will be an intimate event of musical and dance performances highlighting the modern edge of Ann Southam’s career. Please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing annsouthamtribute@musiccentre.ca or calling 416 961 6601 x204 and include the number of guests in your party. I have copied the invitation below and have included it as an attachment. The information can also be found at http://www.musiccentre.ca/asoutham/ This is a free event and will be followed by a reception. You are welcome to extend this invitation to family and friends.

Toronto Jazz Orchestra - Call for Scores

2011-02-14T10:37:00.000-04:00

Toronto Jazz Orchestra - Call for Scores The Toronto Jazz Orchestra, an 18-piece big band featuring some of Toronto's best young jazz musicians, announces its second Call for Scores. The Call for Scores presents an excellent opportunity for composers across Canada to have their works performed in front of a new audience by one of Toronto’s most exciting big bands. Following our mandate to encourage the performance and creation of new works by Canadian composers, the Call for Scores is open to Canadian composers only. Over its 12-year history, the Toronto Jazz Orchestra has released three acclaimed CDs, presented tributes to the music of Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Phil Nimmons, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Duke Ellington and West Side Story, and has collaborated with Phil Nimmons, Seamus Blake, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer and Kurt Elling. A detailed bio can be found on the reverse. Instrumentation 2 alto saxes (doubling as required on flute, clarinet and soprano sax) 2 tenor saxes (doubling as required on flute, clarinet and soprano sax) Baritone sax (doubling as required on clarinet and bass clarinet) 4 or 5 trumpets/flugel horns 4 trombones (3 tenor, 1 bass) Guitar Piano Bass (acoustic or electric) Drums Voice (optional) Guidelines • Any Canadian composer of any age is invited to submit original compositions. • Please submit original compositions only. Arrangements of existing works will not be considered. Materials Submissions must include transposed score and parts and a composer bio including address, e-mail and phone contact information. A recording is recommended but not required. Deadline for submission is March 25, 2011. All submissions must be received by the deadline date. Please Note • Receipt of applications will be acknowledged by e-mail. • Composers will be informed of results in April. • Selected compositions will be performed on Monday, May 2nd at The Rex Hotel and will be added to the Toronto Jazz Orchestra library for future performance and possible recording. • The May 2nd performance will be recorded (archival quality, not for commercial release); selected composers will receive a copy of the recording. Please send submissions to: TJO Call for Scores OR Email PDF score, parts and mp3 recording 227 Seaton Street (where possible) to: thetjo@mnsi.net Toronto, ON M5A 2T5 For more information, call (416) 899-5299, email thetjo@mnsi.net or visit www.thetjo.com.

centrediscs

2011-02-02T09:52:00.000-04:00

centrediscs Canadian Music Centre’s Centrediscs Celebrates its 30th Anniversary with Three 2011 JUNO Award Nominations February 1, 2011 (Toronto, ON) - Centrediscs, the recording label of the Canadian Music Centre, is thrilled to announce that three (3) of its recent releases have been nominated for 2011 JUNO Awards in the category of “Classical Composition of the Year”: Clark Ross’ Last Dance, Larysa Kuzmenko’s Piano Concerto and R. Murray Schafer’s Duo for Violin and Piano. Ross, Kuzemnko and Schafer are all CMC Associate Composers of the Canadian Music Centre. Samples of the tracks can be found at the JUNO website. Text Box: Piano Atlantica, 3 Concerti, and Wild Bird are available online at www.musiccentre.ca / www.musiccentre.ca and in major classical music retailers. Clark Ross – Commissioned through the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, Last Dance weaves notions of tango or “habanera” rhythm, drawing from Ross’ Latin American roots. Says Ross of this piece: “For me, these sections evoke a nostalgic, bittersweet feeling, as if in remembrance of something (or someone) beautiful that has been lost.” Last Dance can be found on the Centrediscs recording Piano Atlantica. Ross’ at times rollicking and at times contemplative Last Dance brings this fine disc to a close. David Olds Larysa Kuzmenko – Commissioned by the CBC though music producer David Jaeger, Piano Concero is structured in three movements, leading the listener through variations on a theme incorporating ethereal and atmospheric tones as well as sinister and majestic qualities. Piano Concerto can be found on the Centrediscs recording 3 Concerti. The Work is flamboyantly virtuosic and Petrowska Quilico takes full advantage of the opportunity to rise to the occasion... It is a well-crafted, dramatic work that would be well at home on any mainstream orchestral concert and, deserves to be heard more often. David Olds R. Murray Schafer – The initial stages of Duo for Violin and Piano meld a borrowed chord sequence from Brahms’ Fourth Symphony with increasing tension between the instruments culminating in what Schafer likened to “confetti thrown in the air.” The third movement takes its inspiration from folk music, in particular Balkan aksak rhythms and a Romanian dance tune. Duo for Violin and Piano can be found on the Centrediscs recording Wild Bird. Schafer’s works open and close the disc. His tremendous three-movement Duo, premiered in 2008, is a real gem, and the best work on the CD for me. Terry Robbins The Canadian Music Centre would also like to congratulate Associate Composers Jocelyn Morlock and Peter Togni, who were both nominated for 2011 JUNO Awards in the category of “Classical Composition of the Year.” Morlock’s work Exaudi was released on ATMA and Togni’s work Quomodo Sedet Sola Civita (How doth the city sit solitary) was released through ECM. The JUNO Awards ceremony, to be broadcast nationally on CTV television, will take place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Sunday, March 27, at which time all winners will be announced. Clark Ross has been Visiting Composer at Wheaton College, Illinois (2007), Composer-in-Residence at Ireland's Waterford New Music Week (2003), and has won Young Composer's Awards in national competitions by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also received over 20 commission grants from various funding agencies, including the Canada Council, the CBC, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Clark is the founder and Artistic Director of the Newfound Music Festival, held every February in St. John's, and was a founding member and later President of Continuum, the Toronto-based new-music group. He serves on the national boards of both the Canadian League of Composers and the Canadian Music Centre. Larysa Kuzmenko is a Toronto-based composer and pianist. Her music has been performed and broadcast throughout the world. Her works have been commissioned, performed and recorded on CD by many outstanding artists. Kuzmenko’s works demonstrate a strong affinity towards the mainstream tradition of classical music. She imbues her music with strong melodic sense, and a firm rooting in traditional, albeit extended tonal processes. R. Murray Schafer has achieved an international reputation as a composer, an educator, environmentalist, scholar and visual artist. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, in 1933, he was raised in Toronto. He received the Canadian Music Council's first Composer of the Year award in 1977 and the first Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in 1977. In 1980 he was awarded the Prix International Arthur-Honegger; in 1985 he received the Banff CA National Award in the Arts, and in 1987 he became the first recipient of the $50,000 triennial Glenn Gould Award. Schafer holds honourary doctorates from universities in Canada, France and Argentina. About Centrediscs Centrediscs, recording label of the Canadian Music Centre, with 4 JUNO Awards and 31 nominations to date was created in 1981 as Canada’s foremost label of Canadian contemporary concert music, recording the works of CMC Associate Composers. Visit www.centrediscs.ca for more information. About the Canadian Music Centre The Canadian Music Centre holds Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music. The CMC exists to promote the works of its Associate Composers in Canada and around the world. The Centre makes available on loan over 20,000 scores and works of Canadian contemporary composers through its lending library. The CMC sells more than 1300 CD titles featuring music of its Associate Composers and other Canadian independent recording producers. The Centre also offers an on-demand publishing service, music repertoire consultations, and is easily accessible through five regional centres across Canada, as well as through its website.

New Music in New Places METRO DRIFT -Sunday, March 13, 2011

2011-02-01T10:20:00.001-04:00

METRO DRIFT - An offshore new music experience! Sunday, March 13, 2011 The ferry between Dartmouth and Halifax offers an intriguing environment for this unique concert experience. Local composers and performers team up to create an interesting collection of texture/improvisation-based compositions, each written and performed to accommodate the twelve-minute ferry trip. METRO DRIFT (presented in collaboration by HRM and the Canadian Music Centre) presents four diverse compositions by Canadian composers, each with their own distinct compositional style to enhance the offshore concert experience. The entire concert will be performed twice; each performance will be dictated by not only the conditions of the ride, but the dynamic of audience for each performance, as the combination of commuters and riders specifically on board for the concert should create an interesting environment for contemporary composition! Performers: » John Abram, guitar » Scott Godin, keyboard » D’Arcy Gray, percussion » Eric Mathis, trombone » Eileen Walsh, clarinets Compositions (all by Canadian composers): » John Abram, “Anything Can Happen in the Next Half-Hour…” (1982) Halifax to Dartmouth, 2:15 ; and Dartmouth to Halifax 3:30 » Jerome Blais, “ Transfuges” (2000) Dartmouth to Halifax 2:30 ; and Halifax to Dartmouth 3:45 » Scott Godin, “(mir)anda” (1994) Halifax to Dartmouth, 2:45 ; and Dartmouth to Halifax 4:00 » Jordan Nobles, “Pulses” (1999) Dartmouth to Halifax 3:00 ; and Halifax to Dartmouth 4:15 New Music in New Places is a national Canadian Music Centre project, which puts the focus on new Canadian music by presenting it in new or unusual venues across the country. So far, close to forty events have taken place in venues such as hotels, shopping malls and office buildings, industrial sites, a winery and a prison. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund.

Northern Lights Primer I invitation

2011-02-01T10:16:00.000-04:00

Children begin piano lessons much earlier today and participate in Northern Lights Canadian National Conservatory of Music ‘Music for Everyone Programs’ and Composers and Kids. There is a now a need for Northern Lights Primers of Canadian Repertoire to bridge the gap between our Pre-Reader and Preparatory books. Attached, please find an invitation for original piano solo compositions for Primer I level of Northern Lights - An Exploration of Canadian Piano Music. Northern Lights is an all-Canadian graded compositions series launched by CNCM [Canadian National Conservatory of Music]. This Primer I collection will bridge the gap between our Pre-Reader and Preparatory books. Please read the criteria for primer pieces in the invitation carefully! We are excited to continue our promotion of Canadian composers and their music. Feel free to forward this invitation to other piano composers you know. It is our hope to reach as many Canadian composers as possible. Thank you! Tenley Dyck

ECM+ Generation 2012

2011-01-31T10:39:00.000-04:00

Call to young composers ECM+ Generation 2012 **Deadline is fast approaching. Apply now!** Generation is a truly valuable experience: composers come to Montreal for a development workshop, write a new composition for the ECM+, and then tour across Canada, presenting the new work with the ensemble. Our web site contains essential information about the project and the ensemble. In particular, be sure to read these pages: Description http://www.ecm.qc.ca/ecm.php?page=generation&lang=e Registration guide http://www.ecm.qc.ca/ecm.php?page=ginscription Deadline: March 1, 2011 (post-dated) If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me by email - generation@ecm.qc.ca Please forward to eligible composers. Your efforts to help spread the word are very much appreciated! ~Emily

Paul M. Douglas (1936 - 2010)

2011-01-14T09:52:00.001-04:00

CMC Associate Composer Paul M. Douglas, who passed away on December 31st, 2010, was an accomplished composer with a dedication to fostering an interest in music and composition through teaching. His music often drew inspiration from the different cultures, landscapes and locales he experienced in his lifetime, from Madagascan folk songs to medieval fortresses. Born in Constantine, Algeria in 1936, Paul began composing at his high school in France, where he was exposed to a myriad of musical traditions from the international student body. He continued to develop his compositional skills during his undergraduate career in Missouri. Later, as a graduate student in Hartford, Paul completed a Masters degree in music history, working with French masters Louis and Marcel Moyse. He moved to Canada to become a Full Professor at the University of British Columbia, where he held positions in Music History, Chamber Music, Woodwind Techniques, Conducting, Flute and Baroque Flute, as well as Director of Bands and Wind Ensembles and Coordinator of the Wind and Percussion Instruments Division. Paul’s involvement in the music community extended beyond academics. In 1967 he became a founding member of the Vancouver Baroque Ensemble, and from 1972-76, he was Musical Director and Conductor of the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver Camerata. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973 and an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre in 1981. Paul was a great figure among Canadian composers and will be truly missed.

Kall Binaural Audio is set to give Halifax musicians their first taste of true 3D sound

2010-12-17T13:42:00.000-04:00

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release December 1, 2010 Kall Binaural Audio is set to give Halifax musicians their first taste of true 3D sound Halifax, NS – Kall Binaural Audio, Atlantic Canada’s first and only dedicated three-dimensional recording service, officially opens its doors today, Wednesday, December 1st in Halifax. Throwing away the music industry standards of close-miked and heavily processed studio recording techniques, Kall Binaural Audio specializes instead in an honest, accurate, and sonically astonishing 3D recording format called binaural audio. Using a specialized microphone modeled after an acoustically accurate human head, owner Alex Kall is able to record sound the way our ears naturally capture it – not only left-to-right, but above, below, in front, behind, and everywhere in between. The microphone, lovingly nicknamed “Fritz,” is complete with synthetic skin, molded rubber ears and microphones embedded in its ear canals. “Listening to binaurally recorded audio is remarkable,” explains producer and Acadia University adjunct professor Dr. Steven Naylor. “It can create a startlingly immersive experience quite unlike conventional stereo, or even surround sound mixes. Having access to a top-of-the line professional binaural recording setup like Alex’s is a very exciting development for Halifax.” For more information and to hear the binaural difference for yourself, put on your headphones and visit www.KallBinauralAudio.com. About Binaural Recording Binaural recordings are made using a special microphone that simulates an average human head. Two omnidirectional microphones are built into the ear canals, which pick up sound that is already naturally filtered by the shape of the head and ears. When a binaural recording is played back through headphones, our brain analyzes the sound as if we were hearing it from exactly where the head was placed, which can make for incredibly realistic 3D recordings. About Kall Binaural Audio Kall Binaural Audio is Halifax’s source for 3D mobile recording. Founded in 2010 by owner Alex Kall, KBA is turning heads by bringing Nova Scotian music to a whole new dimension – literally. Offering exceptionally high quality mobile recording and binaural equipment rentals, KBA is dedicated to pushing local musicians into the international audiophile world. Visit www.KallBinauralAudio.com to learn more and hear for yourself! # # # For more information, please contact: Alex Kall Owner, Kall Binaural Audio 902.495.7788 info@kallbinauralaudio.com www.kallbinauralaudio.com

The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong

2010-12-15T10:05:00.001-04:00

The Intimacy of Creativity The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong April 25th – May 8th, 2011 Hong Kong (Inaugural season) www.ic.shss.ust.hk The Partnership Hosted by the School of Humanities and Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), The Intimacy of Creativity is an annual two-week Partnership devoted to promoting an intimate dialogue between composers and performers. Selected composers will present and, if necessary, revise their chamber music compositions after in-depth discussions between composers and performers during on-campus rehearsals sessions. The revised compositions will be formally presented in concerts at the Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall on the campus of HKUST (Clear Water Bay) and at the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts (downtown Hong Kong). The theme of the Partnership this season is Arts and Science, celebrating the life and scientific achievements of Albert Einstein, coinciding with the exhibit of Einstein in Hong Kong April – August 2011 presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong, swissnex China, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Education Bureau of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and HKUST. The Partnership will also highlight the twentieth anniversary of the founding of HKUST and will be presented in collaboration with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. When April 25th – May 8th 2011 (inaugural season) Where Most of the Partnership discussions will take place at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a world-class university set on a beautiful hillside campus facing the Pacific Ocean. Partnership Artistic Director Bright Sheng Distinguished Guest Composer Yehudi Wyner (winner, Pulitzer Prize) Distinguished Guest Artist John Bruce Yeh (acting principal clarinet, Chicago Symphony) Ensemble-in-Residence Daedalus Quartet (Grand Prize winner, Banff International String Quartet Competition) Guest Artists Professional musicians from leading music ensembles in Hong Kong. Emerging Composers Up to six emerging composers between the age of 25 and 35 will be selected. Round-trip airfare, accommodations and a per diem will be provided to the composers by the Partnership. Composers applying for the Partnership MUST be comfortable having their compositions discussed and be willing to make necessary revisions before the final public concert presentations. Composers-in-Residence One or two composers may be invited to serve as Composer-in- Residence at HKUST for the 2011–2012 academic year. The Compositions A chamber music composition, 10–15 minutes in duration, for up to five performers from the following list of instruments: 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, and piano. Application Deadline February 1, 2011 is the deadline for receipt of applications. Each composer may submit up to three chamber music compositions for consideration, but only one work from each composer will be selected and presented. Each submission should include: 1) a copy of the score; 2) a set of professionally prepared parts for each work submitted; 3) a short CV, including date of birth and names and contact information for two professional references. Though not necessary, the composer may also send accompanying performance recordings of the works submitted, If available. CD format is preferred. Selected composers will be informed by March 1, 2011. The 2011 Partnership In collaboration with the Swiss government’s celebration of the life and scientific achievements of Albert Einstein, the theme of the 2011 Partnership is Arts and Science, exploring the link between artistic creativity and scientific discovery, coinciding with the exhibit of Einstein in Hong Kong April–August 2011. This event will include lectures on the subject of Einstein delivered by pre-eminent scientists at the time of the Partnership. Although it is not a requirement, we encourage composers to submit compositions inspired by the theme of the 2011 Partnership. Application Address The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong c/o Clara So Room 3331 School of Humanities and Social Science Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon HONG KONG shycs@ust.hk +852 2358 8350 Support The Intimacy of Creativity is supported by Dr. and Mrs. Helmut Sohmen in Memory of Sir Yue-Kong Pao 包玉剛 CBE JP. (Bright Sheng is the Y. K. Pao Distinguished Visiting Professor of HKUST, as well as the Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Music at University of Michigan, U.S.A

Bang on a Can

2010-12-06T11:37:00.001-04:00

Dear Music colleague. The US contemporary music organization, Bang on a Can, would love your help with outreach for our Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, a 3-week residency for composers and performers of contemporary music. Please help us spread the word to composers and performers in your musical network, especially those that are in the early stages of their careers. A participant in our festival said: "Bang on a Can has changed my life. I never thought it would be possible to find a community that is devoted to new music with such a high caliber of musicianship, such enthusiasm and mutual supportiveness, and such a sense of joy for everything we do. I know I'll be looking to recreate this feeling in my future collaborations, always." Please let your constituents know about this great opportunity. Applications are online now and are due January 17, 2011. Below are text and a flyer image you can forward via e-mail to musicians in your community and/or post a link on your website where appropriate (http://www.bangonacan.org/summer_festival). Thank you, Philippa Thompson Festival Manager Bang on a Can --------------------------------------------- 10th Annual residency program for composers and performers -- July 11-31, 2011 The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) is a residency for composers and performers of contemporary music at one of the foremost US contemporary art museums. The Festival is dedicated entirely to adventurous contemporary music. We will write it. We will perform it. We will think about it and we will talk about it. We will spend three weeks immersed in recent music that has changed the world. Composers will have new works performed by festival ensembles. Players will perform in ensembles sitting alongside the faculty. There will be daily recitals in the museum galleries and major concerts on the weekends. The Festival also includes music business, technology, and art seminars, Balinese and Latin music seminars, an Orchestra of original instruments, improvisation, and more. The faculty will be drawn from among the most innovative musicians of our time: Gregg August, bass; David Cossin, percussion; Michael Gordon, composition; David Lang, composition; Brad Lubman, conducting; Nicholas Photinos, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; Christine Southworth, gamelan; Mark Stewart, guitar; Ken Thomson, saxophone/clarinet; Julia Wolfe, composition; Evan Ziporyn, clarinet and composition; and more special guests! The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is located in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains in Western Massachusetts. MASS MoCA presents exhibitions and performances by renowned artists and cultural institutions, but it also is a place where the process of creativity is explored. Bang on a Can is thrilled to work with them in building a bridge between the arts. Contact: Bang on a Can, 80 Hanson Pl., #701 Brooklyn, NY 11217, + 718-852-7755, info@bangonacan.org Application Deadline: January 17, 2011 http://www.bangonacan.org/summer_festival

2010-12-01T09:56:00.000-04:00

Composer’s Kitchen 2011 — 7th Edition

2010-12-01T09:55:00.001-04:00

Composer’s Kitchen 2011 — 7th Edition Composer’s Kitchen An Invitation to Young Composers deadline for applications: December 20, 2010 This annual workshop gives Quatuor Bozzini the opportunity to create ties with up and coming composers who get a chance to hone their art with professional performers. April 24 to April 30, 2011 This unique event revolving around the string quartet is a combination workshop, laboratory, playground, and master class. Over the course of a week, the Quatuor Bozzini and two experienced composers will observe the work of six up-and-coming composers. Their compositions will be read, played, assessed, analyzed, worked on, played again, and performed in the closing concert. This gives young composers a unique opportunity to perfect their craft with professional musicians. Guest composers Linda Bouchard (Montréal/Los Angeles) Thomas Stiegler (Frankfurt) The Composer’s Kitchen wishes to thank the Matralab for its collaboration in this project.www.quatuorbozzini.ca

BCMG Apprentice Composer in Residence

2010-10-05T13:16:00.000-03:00

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group recruiting for 2010/11 Apprentice Composer-in-Residence Thanks to Sound and Music’s new artist development programme, Embedded, BCMG is now recruiting for a Apprentice Composer-in-Residence for 2010/11. Since the launch of our Apprentice Composer-in-Residence programme in 2007/08 we have delighted in aiding the profession development of three composers and look forward to continuing this scheme into its fourth year. Interested composers can view full details of the scheme by downloading the below PDF and an application form can be downloaded by clicking here. The deadline for applications is Friday 29 October and late applications will not be considered.

St. Cecilia Concert Season 2010-2011 Halifax & Lunenburg

2010-10-05T11:07:00.001-03:00

If you are unable to read this message please refer to http://www.stcecilia.ca/schedule.htm Chamber-Plus Chamber music and more featuring the best Nova Scotian and Canadian emerging and established artists in solo, vocal, contemporary ---innovative forms and styles; classical, opera, jazz and world musics. Dinuk Wijeratne, 2010-2011 Musician in Residence. Sunday Afternoon Chamber Plus Concerts, 3 pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, (most cases), Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts ‘The Composer’s Cut’ Sunday, October 24, 3:00 pm Martin Robidoux, Harpsichord Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’. A rare opportunity. A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm NSRMTA Young Artist Award Winners Scholarship winners Alex Lee and Heemin Choi with Greg Suh ‘The Elixir of Canada’s rising opera stars!’ Sunday, November 21, 7:30 pm (Lunenburg, Saturday, November 20th) ‘L’elisir d’amore’ (‘The Elixir of Love’) by Gaetano Donizetti. Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales. ‘Bowls of Cheer’ (filled with Humour & Joy) Shelley Thompson Sunday, December 12, 3:00 pm Shelley Thompson and the Blue Engine String Quartet A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! St. Andrew’s United Church, 6036 Coburg Road Sunday, February 27, 3:00 pm Jocelyne Roy, Flute & Michelle Yelin Nam, Piano Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales. Sunday, April 17, 3:00 pm Marc Djokic, violin & Julien LeBlanc, piano Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales. Jennifer Farrell Sunday, May 15, 3:00 pm Hidden Gems: a Recital to honour Jan Dussek’s 250th Jennifer Farrell, Soprano & Christopher Bagan, Piano A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! Evening Chamber-Plus Concerts, 7:30 pm Locations vary and include Lilian Piercey Hall, St. Matthew’s Church, St. AndrewsChurch and FirstBaptistChurch. Check Location A Musician-in-Residence Concert ‘The Art of the Duo’ Lilian Piercey Concert Hall Collaboration with Prismatic. Dinuk Wijeratne, Kinan Azmeh, Clarinet, Lilian Piercey Concert Hall Collaboration with Prismatic. Nobody does it better….Weill & more! Patricia O’Callaghan Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:30 pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall Sanctuary A Musician-in-Residence Concert Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:30 pm Dinuk Wijeratne & Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni, Christoph Both) St. Matthews United Church, 1479 Barrington Street, Halifax A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! Lydia Adams Lydia Adams conducts Saturday, April 2, 2011 7:30 pm The Elmer Iseler Singers First BaptistChurch, 1300 Oxford Street, Halifax (Lunenburg, April 1st) A Musician-in-Residence Concert A most-anticipated meeting of 3 dynamos. Dinuk Wijeratne, piano, Nick Halley, percussion & Joseph Petric, accordion Friday, April 29, 2011 7:30 pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall A Bookmark Feature: Buy a book at Bookmark and get your ticket at half-price! St. Cecilia in Lunenburg: Symphony on the Shore and St. Cecilia by-the-Sea Symphony on the Shore Three Symphony Nova Scotia concerts sponsored by St. Cecilia Series and presented by conductor Bernhard Gueller in the acoustically superb and beautiful sanctuary of St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg. Friday, October 15, 7:30 pm Cellist Denise Djokic Jan Lisiecki Friday, November 26, 2011 7:30 pm Pianist Jan Lisiecki Friday, April 8, 2011 7:30 pm Violinist Robert Uchida Robert Uchida St. Cecilia by-the-Sea: St. Cecilia is also launching ‘St. Cecilia by-the-Sea’ in Lunenburg, 8 additional concerts at St. John’sChurch in Lunenburg between October and May. Chamber music and more featuring the best Nova Scotia and Canadian emerging and established artists in solo, vocal, contemporary, innovative forms and styles – classical jazz, opera and world musics. Saturday, October 23, 7:30 pm E-gre National Award Winner Claudia Chan, piano Saturday, November 13, 7:30 pm A Musician in Residence Concert Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, Dinuk Wijeratne, conductor Saturday, November 20, 7:30 pm “L’Elisir d’amore” (opera) (‘The Elixir of Love’) by Gaetano Donizetti. ‘The elixir of Canada’s rising opera stars!’ Collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales Sunday, December 5, 7:30 pm Bowls of Cheer…filled with humour and joy. Shelley Thompson and The Blue Engine String Quartet Friday, February 11, 7:30 pm A Musician in Residence Concert Dinuk Wijeratne & Sanctuary (Jeff Reilly, Peter Togni & Christoph Both) Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm Anne-Julie Caron, Marimba & Marie-Eve Scarfone, Piano Collaboration with Debut Atlantic Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm Lydia Adams conducts The Elmer Iseler Singers One of Canada’s best choral groups. Beautiful Reminiscing! May 15, 2011, 7:30 pm Rhapsody Quintet with Daniel Matto www.stcecilia.ca For further information & Photos: Michael Wile (902) 423-0143

CMC Atlantic Welcomes New Associate Composer DINUK WIJERATNE

2010-08-11T15:28:00.002-03:00

One of the most eclectic talents of Canada’s new generation, Sri Lankan-born Dinuk Wijeratne was recently praised by the CBC as an artist “internationally respected for his virtuosity and sensitivity as a musician”. Dinuk made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2004 as a conductor, composer and pianist, performing with Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. A second Carnegie appearance followed in 2009, alongside tabla legend Zakir Hussain. Dinuk has composed specially for almost all of the artists and ensembles with whom he has performed; to name a few: Tim Garland, John Dankworth, Nikki Iles, Julian Argüelles, Victor Mendoza, Ed Thigpen, Pandit Ramesh Misra, Adrian Spillett, David Jalbert, Kevork Mourad, Mayookh Bhaumik, Christina Courtin, MIR, the Apollo Saxophone Quartet, 4-Mality Percussion Quartet, the NY Kathak Ensemble, the New Juilliard Ensemble, Onelight Theatre, and Symphony Nova Scotia. Dinuk grew up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before taking up composition studies at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), in Manchester, UK. In 2001, he was invited by composer John Corigliano to join his studio at New York’s Julliard School. Dinuk’s Chamber Concerto ‘About Sankhara’ (2003) was commissioned by the New Julliard Ensemble and was the first work by a Sri Lankan composer to be performed at Lincoln Center. Dinuk was also composition fellow at the 2002 Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, and was appointed Artist-in-Residence by the Performing Arts Foundation at International House for the 2003/4 season. Conducting studies followed at New York’s Mannes College of Music. A firm believer in the universality of music, Dinuk founded the cutting-edge NYC-based multimedia group NEOLEXCIA in 2003 together with Turkish DJ Umut Gokcen, Silk Road Ensemble artist Kevork Mourad from Armenia, and Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh (a soloist with Daniel Barenboim’s Divan Orchestra for Arabs and Israelis). The quartet synesthetically combine live illustration with a uniquely multinational blend of acoustic & electronic music. With appearances this season across North America and the Middle East, Dinuk and Kinan are currently releasing their debut album entitled ‘Complex Stories, Simple Sounds’, a collaboration of original works with clarinetist Kinan Azmeh. Dinuk lectures at Dalhousie University, and is currently Music Director of the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra. He has conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra and appeared many times with Symphony Nova Scotia during his 3-year appointment as Conductor-in-Residence. The Canada Council for the Arts recently awarded Dinuk the 2008 Jean-Marie Beaudet award for orchestral conducting. He is also the recipient of Julliard and Mannes scholarships; two Countess of Munster composition grants; the Sema Jazz Improvisation Prize; the Soroptimist International Award for Composer-Conductors; and the Sir John Manduell Prize – the RNCM’s highest student honor. His music and collaborative work embrace the great diversity of his international background and influences.

Anniversaries of the CMC !

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Last year was an important year for the CMC - the organization reached its 50th anniversary, while the Atlantic Region celebrated its 20th year in existence. In November of 2009, CMC National held a concert and reception at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The event included performances by many of Canada’s leading classical musicians. In addition, the organization gave awards to fifty Canadian performers and conductors whose careers have contributed to the promotion of Canadian classical music. To celebrate the Atlantic Region’s 20th Anniversary, concerts were held in each of the Atlantic Provinces to showcase the works of local composers. The 20th Anniversary New Brunswick Concert took place in Owens’s Art Gallery (Sackville, New Brunswick). Works by James Code, Martin Kutnowski, W.L. Altman, Ian Crutchley, Michael R. Miller, Alasdair MacLean and Norman Learo were performed at this concert. Visit the CMC Atlantic Region Flickr page for pictures of both events. For more information about the CMC, these anniversary celebrations, or CMC's Associate composers, visit http://www.musiccentre.ca

2010 Juno Awards - NMiNP

2010-06-09T09:48:00.009-03:00

This year’s Juno Awards showcased several of Canada’s leading performers and composers of Classical music. Four composers were nominated for Classical Composition of the Year: Marjan Mozetich, Leonard Enns, Rob Teehan and Stephen Chatman. The award was given to Marjan Mozetich, an Associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, for his work Lament in the Trampled Garden. New Music in New Places held two events to further showcase the achievements of all four nominated composers. On Monday, April 12th, NMiNP organized a Classical Music Showcase, comprised entirely of works by Mozetich, Enns, Teehan and Chatman. On Sunday, April 18th, a Gala Reception took place to celebrate the enormous success of the 2010 Juno Week regarding Canadian classical music. See pictures from both events on our Flickr site.

AC Marjan Mozetich’s Centrediscs Recording Wins

2010-04-21T11:47:00.003-03:00

Associate Composer Marjan Mozetich’s Centrediscs Recording Wins 2010 JUNO Award APRIL 19, 2010, Toronto, ON - Centrediscs, the recording label of the Canadian Music Centre, is thrilled to congratulate Associate Composer Marjan Mozetich on winning the 2010 JUNO Awards in the category of “Classical Composition of the Year” for his work Lament in the Trampled Garden. With Lament in the Trampled Garden, a CBC commission, Mozetich invites his listeners to imagine a remarkable scene; the title stands as a metaphor for the self-inflicted destruction of our surroundings. Yet Mozetich never loses touch with the inherently playful nature of music making, so the emotional and physical challenges are evenly distributed among all players. Lament in the Trampled Garden is one of four works which can be heard on the Canadian Music Centre’s Centrediscs release of the same name; Mozetich’s first Centrediscs release and third recording distributed by the Canadian Music Centre’s independent distribution company. Mozetich selected the works on this CD to showcase his chamber music oeuvre of the past twenty years. Though all four works reflect Mozetich’s own emotional world, they have an enticing, even a questioning openness that compels us to consider them as invitations to imagine. "This collection of works...is solidly tonal music, gorgeously interpreted by two fantastic local chamber ensembles [the Penderecki String Quartet and the Gryphon Trio] and guests. The writing has flashes of brilliance, as Mozetich depicts the flapping of wings in a 1987 piece, Angels in flight" ~ John Terauds, Toronto Star The CD, Lament in the Trampled Garden, was made possible through the financial assistance of the Canada Music Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts , and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Lament in the Trampled Garden is available online at www.musiccentre.ca, through music download services and in major classical music retailers nationwide

Classical Composer Showcase

2010-04-10T12:03:00.000-03:00

Classical Composer Showcase From April 12 – 18, 2010, we’ll be causing a musical Ruckus all over Newfoundland and Labrador. From education programs to songwriters’ circles to a classical composer showcase you won’t want to miss, our programs will have you tapping your toes all week long. The Classical Composer Showcase will feature JUNO Award nominated classical compositions performed by talented chamber musicians from St. John’s and the surrounding areas. Performers include Duo Concertante, Ora Ensemble, MUN Chamber Choir, Jane Leibel, Karen Bulmer and Maureen Volk. Classical Composer Showcase - Monday, April 12, 8:00-10:00pm, The Petro Canada Music Hall. Get your tickets for the Classical Composer Showcase before they're gone! For more information and ticket locations visit www.ruckusontheedge.ca

CMC Atlantic Welcomes New Associate Composer Richard Kidd

2010-03-09T11:51:00.001-04:00

Richard Kidd was born in 1954, in Stockport, England. He emigrated to Canada as a child in 1967, grew up in Montreal, and graduated from McGill University, where he studied composition with alcides lanza and Brian Cherney, and trombone with Richard Lawton. He also pursued further composition studies with Alan Ridout. He has has composed extensively for choir, voice, chamber groups and orchestra. His choral piece, “Windsong,” published by Boosey & Hawkes, has received international recognition. Richard Kidd has been Organist and Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Saint John since 1986. He also teaches music at Rothesay Netherwood School, plays trombone with Symphony New Brunswick, harpsichord the Saint John Early Music Studio, and has served as Musical Director for various Saint John Theatre Company Productions. Richard leads his own jazz ensemble, and also works as an arranger, chorus master, musical director and guest conductor. He is married to singer and composer, Janet Kidd. They have 4 children, and live near Saint John, NB on Darlings Island.

Portraits of Sound Events List

2009-10-16T13:11:00.000-03:00

All events will take place at the Owens Art Gallery unless otherwise noted. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Please note that seating is limited. 19 October 7:00 pm — Opening Reception of the Exhibition Portraits of Sound: A celebration of 20 Years of the Canadian Music Centre, Atlantic Region 24 October 5:00 pm — Performance of Gordon Monahan’s Radio Theremin Piece. A live radio feed will be streamed through the Theremin, which eventually drowns out the sound of the radio. A sound delay system results in a repeated folding of the radio sound onto itself. Monahan will try to hold the Theremin to one pitch and because this is impossible to do, interesting different tones and beat patterns will result. 25 October 8:00 pm — SuddenlyListen from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The concert will include acoustic music and music with electronic elements. It will be a combination of traditional playing and extended playing. 1 November 7:30 pm — The New Music Ensemble based in Sackville, New Brunswick. A group of students from Mount Allison University will perform various pieces of new music with various instrumentation. 12 November 7:30 pm — A concert of works by Nova Scotian composer Anthony Genge by pianist Janet Hammock, cellist Danise Ferguson and violinist Anne Simons. 13 November 8:00 pm — PEI based group Eklektikos, an ensemble dedicated to presenting contemporary chamber music. Their goal is to present a wide variety of music within a balanced program that the audience will fi nd enjoyable as well as intellectually and aurally stimulating. 14 November 7:30 pm — An evening dedicated to the work Tango Etudes by New Brunswick composer Martin Kutnowski. Kutnowski will give a presentation on his work which uses traditional Argentinean tango (his home country). Janet Hammock will perform his Tango Etudes for Piano which uses the idioms he will be discussing. Tango dancers will perform traditional Argentinean Tango to accompany this presentation. 21 November 8:00 pm — A concert celebrating the music of New Brunswick composers. Pieces by composers James G. Code, Ian Crutchley, Richard Gibson, Martin Kutnowski, Norman Learo, Alasdair MacLean, Michael R. Miller and W.L. Altman will be featured. Location: Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison Department of Music. 22 November 8:00 pm — A performance of Nova Scotia composer Sandy V.A. Moore’s Pentagram which features fifi ve chanting performers and one percussionist. The piece focuses on the fi ve-pointed star which uses the space of the art gallery in a most interesting way. 25 November 7:00 pm — A performance by W.L. Altman of Body Dislocate with soprano Helen Pridmore. 26 November all day — The interactive installation Body Dislocate will be open for public interaction and manipulation. 29 November 8:00 pm — Motion Ensemble performs music by CMC composers Alasdair MacLean, W.L. Altman, James G. Code, Ian Crutchley. 4 December — Exhibition closes

Portraits of Sound

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This year, the Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Regional office, located in Sackville, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, having been founded in 1989. The Atlantic Regional office represents the 4 Atlantic Provinces with 33 current Associate Composers and new composers added yearly.

In order to celebrate our 20 years of service to the Atlantic Region, the Canadian Music Centre will partner with the Owens Art Gallery, for a comprehensive exhibition that will highlight and celebrate the careers and creative output of our composers. This exhibition will showcase scores, journals and the creative process of the composers currently associated with the Atlantic Region. Also included in the exhibit will be video installations, performances, presentations, and lectures by our composers.

As well, a special concert will feature the music of composers living in New Brunswick. This multi-faceted exhibition will be open to the public and free of charge for the duration of the event (October 19 - December 4, 2009).

Our overall goal is to display music in its many forms and to recognize the cultural significance of the Canadian Music Center Atlantic Region and its composers by showcasing them in this 20th Anniversary Exhibition.

Please look for our brochure, coming soon, which will highlight all the dates and times of the events as well as a brief description of the events themselves.

For more information, contact the Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Regional Office at:

506-536-4263

Or by email at:

atlantic@musiccentre.ca

See you there!

Coming Soon

2009-05-27T13:15:00.002-03:00

Greetings Associate Composers, We hope you are enjoying a restful and relaxing summer. The CMC Atlantic office is in full swing with preparations for our 20th Anniversary activities. The CMC will hold four Anniversary concerts, one in each of the four Atlantic Provinces. In addition we will present, in conjunction with the Owens Art Gallery at Mount Allison University, an exhibition of the CMC Atlantic office. The exhibition will take place from October 19 to December 4, 2009. This exhibition will include manuscripts, journals, sketch books, photographs, multi-media installations and performances, lectures, presentations and performances. Visit our blog site for a complete listing in the coming months at http://canadianmusiccentreatlanticregion.blogspot.com

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April 20, 2009 (Halifax, NS) Sandy Moore Presents The Book of Names The Canadian Music Centre (Atlantic Region) will present composer Sandy Moore's premiere performance of The Book of Names on Friday, April 24 at 12:30 p.m. at Fort Needham Park, Halifax (rain date, Saturday, April 25 at 12:30 p.m.). Featured performers include bell master Christopher Allworth and dancer Gwen Noah, with technical assistance from Andrew Brewster and Kyle Wilson. Audio was created by students from the Centre of Arts and Technology, Halifax: Carl Litlle, James Gittins, Cory Chiasson, Mike Molloy, Lee Stanhope, Mark Wheeler, Josh Garrett, Mike Dolente, Titan Firth-Irving, Craig Isles, Bob Joy, Alex James, Tony Morris, Maddy Bourgeois, Andrew Brewster, Joe McGinnis, Adam Hubley, Raphael Huwiler, Nick Mackintosh, Kyle Wilson, Richard Crane and Aurele Oulette. Featured vocalists on the sound score are Patricia Zentille and Rose Murphy. All was welcome to this free performance, part of the Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region's New Music in New Places Series. Fort Needham Memorial Park is located on Union Street, near Novalea in the North End of Halifax. This work highlights the effects of war, combining dance movement and electronica with the Fort Needham Memorial Bells. The Bell Tower overlooks the Narrows where the Belgian relief ship Imo collided with the French munitions vessel Mont Blanc on December 6, 1917. Looking in the opposite direction we now see a thriving neighbourhood in Halifax's North End, the section of the city most devastated by the explosion. We are reminded that any place can become a battlefield, and anyone can become a victim in times of war. The Bell Tower represents the jagged ruins, and with its upward thrust, hope for the future. It was built in 1985 in memory of the many victims and survivors of the Halifax Explosion as well as in memory of the many unidentified dead. The dead are memorialized in the Book of Remembrance, which is displayed at the North End Memorial Library. About the piece Sandy Moore states: "I dedicate this presentation to my brother Robert John Moore, able seaman RCN, 1929-1951, who was lost in an air disaster and never found. I composed these lyrics for the theme: I am lost in the darkest night. Tears like the rain, I have no name. I am lost and unknown." In 2004, Sandy Moore surprised and delighted Haligonians with his Cello Project, involving 14 cellists performing together in the three outdoor venues on the Halifax waterfront. He has since created other site-specific pieces, including The Viola Project, The Kayak Chorus and Emerging Light. Sandy has created over a dozen film scores, including writing the score for the Trudeau television mini series and Thom Fitzgerald's feature film, The Wild Dogs. The aim of the series is to bring new Canadian music to new audiences in non-traditional places. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund. For more information, please call the Canadian Music Centre, Atlantic Chapter office at (506) 536-4263.

Dr. Michael Parker

2009-01-26T11:55:00.002-04:00

News Releases Memorial University has a new piece of music to commemorate its 100th convocation ceremony. The call to Canadian composers went out in December asking for an original suite of ceremonial music for the special event. The responses poured in from across the country. The proposal that ultimately impressed the selection committee the most came from an old friend of Memorial. “We were delighted with the enthusiastic response we got from composers, and are very pleased that Dr. Michael Parker has been selected as our convocation music composer celebrating our 100th regular convocation,” said Dr. Tom Gordon, director of Memorial’s School of Music. Ki Adams, Don Buell and Clifford Crawley were the members of the selection committee that reviewed the 12 proposals the university received. In their recommendation, the committee noted that the musical qualities of the proposals were impressive and the final selection was difficult. In selecting Dr. Parker, they wrote, “We feel sure he has the ability, imagination, and experience to carry out this commission in an appropriate and exciting manner.” Dr. Parker had a long and distinguished career as a professor of classics at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College campus and as a composer whose music has been commissioned, recorded and performed across Canada. Dr. Parker, who currently resides in Sackville, N.S., was thrilled with the news that his proposal has been selected among all the entries. “I am really, really pleased,” he said. “I have been at Grenfell for 30 years in education and it is very exciting to compose music for what is the climax of a student’s journey. This is a wonderful opportunity to combine my interest in classics and music.” Dr. Parker acknowledged that the pieces are quite challenging because they require several arrangements and they need to be variable in length. He is planning to base the pieces on a Newfoundland tune. Most of his time is currently spent in the library researching music that will serve as the basis of his original work. “It is going to be unique to Memorial. I have four months, but it is tricky and I have to get down to work,” he explained excitedly. Dr. Gordon sees the commission as a lot more than just a piece of ceremonial music. “I think Canadian universities could do a lot more in terms of encouraging creation of new works of art. A commission like this is a way of validating our own composers and creating something that is useful and commemorative at the same time. This is a great opportunity to do that and I am very excited about it,” he said. Dr. Parker’s music will be performed for the first time at the 100th regular convocation this May.

CMC Fundraising Concert, Thursday February 5, 2009 at 8:00p.m.

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January 16, 2009 For immediate release Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region’s Annual Fall Fundraising Concert sponsored by Mount Allison University Department of Music On Thursday, February 5, at 8:00pm, the CMC will host a concert of works by Canadian composers in Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University. Acclaimed new music performers and Mount Allison University professors Wesley and Copper Ferreira, clarinet, will perform “Memoriam Opus 43B by Michael Parker”, and “Little Girl Blew by Harry Freedman” respectively. New Mount Allison faculty member Alan Klaus, trumpet, will perform “Sonata for solo Trumpet” by CMC Associate Composer James G. Code. Bob Bauer (CMC Associate Composer) will perform a work composed for the occasion for guitar and electronics. In addition, student performers Evan Mounce, Luke Patterson, Jackie Logan, Landon Braverman, , and Angelina Davey will present new music by composers Denis Bedard, Jean Coulthard , Harry Somers, Violet Archer, Gladys Davenport, Luke Patterson and John Beckwith. Mount Allison New Music Ensemble (Jonny Smith, percussion, Evan Phinney, bass, and Derlis Gonzalez, piano) will perform a work by Jordan Nobles. The Canadian Music Centre will be accepting donations at the concert. These donations will aid the Centre in supporting Atlantic Canadian composers, musicians in their compositional and performance ambitions. The Sackville office of the CMC (located in the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music, Mount Allison University) not only operates a library and distribution service for Canadian works, but is also involved in projects that bring the music of Atlantic composers to the public through performances and educational outreach activities. The Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region invites anyone and everyone to partake in the Sackville event on February 5. Please donate generously to support Atlantic composers and performers. Contact the CMC office with inquiries via email (atlantic@musiccentre.ca), or phone (536-4263).

CMC WELCOMES NEW ASSOCIATE COMPOSER

2008-12-18T11:55:00.001-04:00

Martín Kutnowski is a composer and theorist. His music has firm roots in the tonal idiom, often mixing references to the musical past with folk materials of his native country, Argentina. His pieces, published by FJH, Billaudot, Ricordi, and Contrapunctus and ranging from solo instrument to orchestra, have been performed in major venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, Izumi Hall in Osaka, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. He has presented his research in music analysis and the scholarship of teaching and learning in Schenker Studies (forthcoming), Popular Music and Society, A composition as a problem, ex tempore, Across Cultures, About Campus, Teaching Perspectives, and Latin American Music Review. Currently the Director of the Fine Arts Program at Saint Thomas University in Fredericton, Kutnowski also taught at City University of New York, the Aspen Music Festival, and Conservatorio Manuel de Falla in Buenos Aires. More information can be obtained in www.contrapunctus.com.

CMC WELCOMES NEW ASSOCIATE COMPOSER

2008-12-18T11:54:00.001-04:00

Jim Duff, a native of Newfoundland, Canada, holds a Diploma of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary, Alberta, a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, and a Masters of Music from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. Jim has acted as instructor in trombone, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Band Arranging, North American Popular Music, and Instrumental Teaching Methods at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Other musical activities include conducting and adjudicating both locally and nationally, and clinics in arranging and concert / jazz band technique. He has served for many years as musical director, performer, composer / arranger, and sound consultant for many CBC radio and television series and specials, and has acted as leader of his own big band for concerts and numerous other occasions. For the past fifteen years, Jim has worked closely with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra as composer, arranger, and conductor for their annual Gala and Pops concerts. He has received awards from MUSICNL, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters, and the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. Jim has been awarded commissions by the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, the Atlantic Arts Trio, the Memorial University String Quartet, Kenneth Knowles (associate professor / trombone, Memorial University of Newfoundland), the Avalon East District Honours Band, the Arnprior District High School Band (Ontario), the Henry Gordon Academy (Labrador), the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir, the Memorial University Concert Choir, Lady Cove, Cantus Vocum, the Quintessential Vocal Ensemble, Holy Heart of Mary High School Chamber Choir, IXM Divine Ryan’s Inc. (movie), Fortis Inc. (East of Canada), Canada Winter Games (opening ceremonies), The Newfoundland Government / CBC (Soiree ’99), Cabot 500th Anniversary, and CBC national radio (Sunrise Celebration). His compositions and/or arrangements have been performed by symphony orchestras and concert bands in both Canada and the United States, and several of his concert band compositions and arrangements have been published and distributed worldwide by Alfred Publishing Company and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region Fundraising Concert, November 22 is cancelled

2008-11-22T18:58:00.001-04:00

Please be advised Due to the weather the Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region's annual fundraising concert scheduled for tonight, November 22, 2008 at 8:00p.m. is postponed. A new date for the event will be circulated at a later time.

Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region’s Annual Fall Fundraising Concert, November 22, 2008 at 8:00pm

2008-11-19T12:09:00.000-04:00

November 2, 2008 For immediate release Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region’s Annual Fall Fundraising Concert sponsored by Mount Allison University Department of Music On Saturday, November 22, at 8:00pm, the CMC will host a concert of works by Canadian composers in Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University. Acclaimed new music performers and Mount Allison University professors Wesley and Copper Ferreira, clarinet, will perform “Memoriam Opus 43B by Michael Parker”, and “Little Girl Blew by Harry Freedman” respectively. New Mount Allison faculty member Alan Klaus, trumpet, will perform “Sonata for solo Trumpet” by CMC Associate Composer James G. Code. Bob Bauer (CMC Associate Composer) will perform a work composed for the occasion for guitar and electronics. In addition, student performers Evan Mounce, Sarah McKim, Jackie Logan, Landon Braverman, Elizabeth Darrah, and Angelina Davey will present new music by composers Denis Bedard, Jean Coulthard , Harry Somers, Violet Archer, Gladys Davenport, and John Beckwith. Mount Allison New Music Ensemble (Jonny Smith, percussion, Evan Phinney, bass, and Derlis Gonzalez, piano) will perform a work by Jordan Nobles. The Canadian Music Centre will be accepting donations at the concert. These donations will aid the Centre in supporting Atlantic Canadian composers, musicians in their compositional and performance ambitions. The Sackville office of the CMC (located in the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music, Mount Allison University) not only operates a library and distribution service for Canadian works, but is also involved in projects that bring the music of Atlantic composers to the public through performances and educational outreach activities. The Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region invites anyone and everyone to partake in the Sackville event on November 22. Please donate generously to support Atlantic composers and performers. Contact the CMC office with inquiries via email (atlantic@musiccentre.ca), or phone (536-4263).

New Music in New Places 10 Years of Motion

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Check out the picture on our Facebook page!!

Solo Piano Repertorie by Atlantic Provinces

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NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR Clifford Crawley - St. John's An album of piano pieces MI 2110 C911aL Aubade MI 2110 C911au Exchanges MI 2110 C911ex La ficelle d'or MI 2110 C911fi Formations MI 2110 C911for Four inventions for piano MI 2110 C911fo Naditas MI 2110 C911na Sonata giocoso MI 2110 C911so Sonata No. 4 for piano MI 2110 C911s4 Sonata semplice MI 2110 C911ss Three impromptus for piano MI 2110 C911th Toccatas for piano MI 2110 C911to Twelve preludes for piano MI 2110 C911tw Clark Ross - St. John's Last dance MI 2110 R823las 1999 Michael Snelgrove - Grand Falls-Windsor kick up your heels! and other piano pieces by Atlantic Canadian composers. MI 2110 K464 2002 NOVA SCOTIA Peter Allen - Halifax kick up your heels! and other piano pieces by Atlantic Canadian composers. MI 2110 K464 2002 The "ing" for piano MI 2110 A428in Mee-noo-noo visits earth MI 2110 A428mee New whispers MI 2110 A428ne Serialized jazz MI 2110 A428se Variations MI 2110 A428va Robert Bauer - Bedford Dance variations MI 2110 B344dan Dear David (RSN 58885) One Part Invention with colour MI 2110 B344on Jerome Blais - Halifax Inventio MI 2110 B6355inv Derek Charke - Wolfville Grey-light changing MI 2110 C473gr Dennis Farrell - Halifax kick up your heels! and other piano pieces by Atlantic Canadian composers. MI 2110 K464 2002 Anthony Genge - Antigonish After the rain MI 2110 G329af Dream waltz MI 2110 G329dr Four quiet preludes MI 2110 G329fo Lines MI 2110 G329Li Music for piano MI 2110 G329mu Piano icons MI 2110 G329pi Tango MI 2110 G329ta Laura Hoffman - USA kick up your heels! and other piano pieces by Atlantic Canadian composers. MI 2110 K464 2002 NEW BRUNSWICK Ian Crutchley - Sackville Variations MI 2110 C957var Richard Gibson- Moncton kick up your heels! and other piano pieces by Atlantic Canadian composers. MI 2110 K464 2002 25 préludes pour piano MI 2110 G449tw Hidden Rivers MV 1101 G449hi Lepidoptera MI 2110 G449lep 2002 Prelude, Fuge et Allegro Vivace MI 2105 G449pr Michael Miller - Fredericton Canada music week silver anniversary collection MI 2110 C212 Between you and me MI 2110 M649be Fantasy variations MI 2110 M649fa Flights from the nest MI 2110 M649fl Moon rocks MI 2110 M649mo Pebbles on the shore MI 2110 M649pe The Tree of Wonder MV 5101 M649th Three-beat contrast MI 2110 M649th To a hero now MI 2110 M649to War music MI 2110 M649wa Water music for Jack MI 2110 M649wa

AC Bob Bauer's new website

2008-09-15T10:20:00.000-03:00

AC Bob Bauer's new website http://www.freewebs.com/bauermusic/

New Music in New Place Season 5

2008-09-03T13:23:00.001-03:00

The CMC Atlantic is please to announce our first event of the 2008-2009 Season! Motion Ensemble Celebrates 10 Years with Outdoor Concert/Installation New Brunswick's Motion Ensemble (www.motionensemble.com) celebrates 10 years with a free outdoor concert installation this Friday in Fredericton, in front of Ingrid Mueller Art and Concepts (117 York Street), beginning at 2:00 p.m. for ten hours. Musicians include Helen Pridmore (Voice), Nadia Francavilla (Violin), Andrew R. Miller (Contrabass/electronics), D'Arcy Philip Gray (Percussion/electronics), Richard Hornsby (Clarinets) and Nate Miller (electronics). The Motion Ensemble's event includes ten hours of instrumental, vocal and electronic music with psychedelic video projections. The gallery will remain open until midnight. The group will perform in a tent with abstract video (created for this event by local artist Deanna Musgrave) projected on the side. Featured works include: Swell Piece no. 1 (1967) by James Tenney, Swell Piece no. 2 (1971) by James Tenney, Swell Piece no. 3 (1971) by James Tenney, Parallel 11 (1997) by Jordan Nobles, Riverrun (2002) by Sam Decter, Penetration 11 (1969-IV) by alcides lanza, and NAAN (1985) and O'dy (1984) both by Piotr Grella-Mozejko. Everyone is welcome to check out this event, which is sponsored by the SOCAN Foundation's New Music in New Places Series, and organized by the Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region. The aim of the series is to bring new Canadian music to new audiences in non-traditional places. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund. For more information, please contact Andrew Miller at (506) 455-5187.

Looking for performers

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The Canadian Music Centre Atlantic Region is looking for performers to participate in their 7th Annual Fall Fundraising Concert. If you are interested, please contact atlantic at musiccentre dot ca .

After 10 Posts, an OFFICIAL Welcome

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Coming soon!

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The CMC Atlantic's 2008-2009 New Music in New Places Series! Check back for updates!

Associate Composer Websites/Blogs

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If you wish to find information on or contact any of the Atlantic Region associate composers, many of them have personal websites that contain biographies and contact info, among other things.

Kati Agocs

http://www.agocsmusic.com/

Peter Allen

http://members.allstream.net/~petepat/pa/index.html

Bob Bauer

http://www.freewebs.com/bauermusic/

Derek Charke

www.charke.com/

Paul Cram

http://www.paulcram.com/

Anthony Genge

http://www.anthonygenge.com/

Alasdair Maclean

http://www.alasdairmaclean.org/

Scott MacMillan

http://www.scottmacmillan.ca/

Myspace

Press

Jim O'Leary

http://www.jimoleary.net/

Michael Parker

http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/mparker/

Steven Naylor

http://www.sonicart.ca/

Clark Ross

www.mun.ca/music/fac/ross.htm

Sanctuary Ensemble

http://www.sanctuarymusic.ca/

Emanuel Serra

http://www.blogger.com/www.emanuelserra.com

The Motion Ensemble performing in the Ok Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival

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For more videos of Canadian Music Centre performances and events, check out our Youtube page.

Short list of Performance Venues

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We have compiled a short list of performance venues in the Atlantic Provinces.

You can find this list here.

Grants and Funding

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We have compiled a list of grants and funding available from both public and private sources for artist and/or cultural projects.

You can find it here.

Repertoire Lists of Works by Atlantic Canadian Composers

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This is an ongoing project to make lists of repertoire composed by Atlantic Canadian composers. This list will be updated until it's complete.
List of Piano Repertoire by Atlantic Canadian composers
List of Percussion Repertoire by Canadian Composers
List of Saxophone Repertoire by Canadian Composers
Atlantic Concert Band Repertoire Catalogue
List of Solo Repertoire by Atlantic Canadian Composers
List of Bassoon Repertoire by Canadian Composers
List of Clarinet Duo and Trio Repertoire by Canadian Composers
List of Horn Repertoire by Canadian Composers
List of Band Repertoire by Canadian Composers (You must download the file to view it. Because it is a PDF file, I was unable to publish it as a web page through Google Docs as I was with the others.)
List of Uncatalogued Repertoire by Atlantic Composers
List of Uncatalogued Repertoire by Canadian Composers

OK.Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival!

2008-07-21T14:58:00.002-03:00

The third annual OK.Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival will be taking place in Sackville, NB, next week from July 28 through August 2nd. Come down to downtown Sackville and enjoy workshops, concerts, and much more. For information, check out their website for schedules, artist bios, and contact info.

CMC Atlantic on the Web

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In addition to our blog, you can also find information about new music events in the Atlantic Region on our Facebook group, Friends of the CMC. Also, visit our Flickr page for pictures and video of past CMC events. Remember to check back for information on upcoming concerts, fundraisers, and events!

What We Do!

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Calling all Canadian Music enthusiasts, performers, conductors, broadcasters, publishers, teachers and professors and students alike!

The Canadian Music Centre holds Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music. The CMC exists to promote the works of its Associate Composers in Canada and around the world. The Centre makes available on loan over 15,000 scores and/or works of Canadian contemporary music composers through its lending library. The CMC sells more than 900 CD titles featuring music of its Associate Composers and other Canadian independent recording producers. The Centre also offers an on-demand printing and binding service, music repertoire consultations, and is easily accessible through five regional centres across Canada (Sackville, New Brunswick; Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta; Vancouver, British Columbia) , as well as through its website.

The CMC also engages in a number of National outreach projects, is digitizing all its scores and works, conducts research, and administers several Awards. Please feel free to visit and browse our site for further information! <>

The mandate of the Canadian Music Centre is "Collecting, Distributing and Promoting Music by Canadian Composers", and more specifically, Atlantic Canadian Composers here in the Atlantic Region. We are looking forward to posting regularly, and just as importantly, reading your posts and other blogs about relevant issues regarding Canadian Music.

All the best, from all of us here at the Canadian Music Centre in Sackville, New Brunswick.