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Issue No. 4

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22 Picanto.ca Your Guide to Discover. Listen. Play.

Welcome to Picanto.ca

Picanto Launches!

News

Celebrating CMC Associate Composers

Awards

Opportunities

In Memoriam

Regional Updates

CMC Music Services

New From Centrediscs

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO Creativity abounds; throughout waves of the pandemic, despite loss of live performances, in the face of risk and uncertainty, in spite

Introducing Picanto.ca Discover. Listen. Play.

of it all, music creativity continues. And as

This spring, after years of discussion and

with so many supporting arts organizations,

development, we proudly launched Picanto.

the Canadian Music Centre has been there all

ca. Our mission is to nurture, support and

along for the musicians and the music.

showcase Canadian creative talent at home and abroad. Picanto.ca brings together a world of

I am mindful that the last issue of CMC

new and uncommon music from diverse genres

Résonance was “About Us” and that I wrote

through music-video offerings, documentaries,

“I crave the ability to gather and celebrate

educational videos and live-streaming events.

the wonders of music in person.” I am glad that you got to learn about the CMC across

Just the beginning. We are thrilled to support

this country because CMC Directors, Board

the creation of 7 new video productions to be

and Council members and all staff have been

premiered through the Picanto.ca site during

working continuously to support the music.

the 7x Festival. There was a remarkably wide

We have worked to celebrate the music in

range of creative musicians from across the

innovative ways until we can gather in person.

country. The call made it clear that there is a great need and demand for this kind of funding

The theme of this issue is “Discover. Listen.

support. It is our hope that we will be able to

Play.” While this is a tag line for Picanto.ca,

repeat this in the future.

Canada’s new digital platform for creative music content, it also speaks to fundamental experiences at the Canadian Music Centre.

Accountability for Change

Discover new music and creative artists

The Canadian Music Centre is committed to

through the CMC’s Library and Shop. Listen

equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization

to Canadian music through Centrestreams

in its governing structure and activities. To

and Centrediscs releases. Play Canadian

facilitate these goals, the Accountability for

music in your ensembles, bands or orchestras.

Change Council (ACC) was created to provide

Discovery has always been at the heart of the

guidance. The role of the ACC is to support the

Canadian Music Centre.

CMC Canada Board staff and regional councils to carry out their due diligence functions of promoting human rights, equity and social justice to ensure that the CMC is inclusive in

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all its affairs. The ACC will help guide the CMC to overcome systemic racism, discrimination,

Reflecting on R. Murray Schafer

and oppression. I urge you to visit the

We honour “Our” Murray as part of CMC’s

Accountability for Change web section

heritage. Along with advocating for a

for more information.

repository for Canadian musical works. He

New CMC Canada Board of Directors This year, we welcomed 4 new CMC Canada Board members (Raymond Baril, Tom Ogorzelski, Megumi Masaki, and Camille Sénecal). I encourage you to check out the full list of Board members, and Regional Council members who help to guide the Canadian Music Centre at the national and regional levels. With gratitude, we acknowledged the commitment of David Jaeger who completed his Board term this year as Board Chair. He has been a great colleague during changing times, which included setting a new strategic course for the CMC. We also thank Jay Weckwerth for his service as Treasurer and Charles Stolte who

has made a profoundly valued contribution to Canadian music, which will influence generations of musicians. In this issue, we offer some reflections about Murray. At the recent CMC Canada Board meeting, Board Chair Heather Pawsey recognized Murray and read the following quote:

“What is the purpose of art? FIRST, EXALTATION. Let us speak of that. The change that occurs when we are lifted out of the tight cages of our daily realities. To be hurled beyond our limits into the cosmos of magnificent forces, to fly into the beams of these forces and if we blink, to have our eyes and ears and senses tripped open against the mind’s will to the sensational and the miraculous. To feel

served on the boar.

these forces explode in our faces, against our

We are so pleased to welcome Heather Pawsey

us with a wild fluttering of freedom. Let us first

who became the Board Chair in June this year.

speak of that. Of the newness that stuns the

We are grateful for her leadership during these

mind and sends it reeling. Let us speak of that.

transformational times.

How everything becomes new.”

“I am proud of the steps being taken by the Accountability for Change Council to truly address and take action on

bodies, breaking all encrustations and releasing

— From Patria: The Complete Life Cycle by R. Murray Schafer. 2002 May you be well and stay safe.

issues that have historically been with the CMC. Now is the time to move, to show up and to commit to some of the words we have said in the past.” — Heather Pawsey, CMC Board Chair

Glenn Hodgins President & CEO

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Discover. Listen. Play. TOGETHER. Join the celebration! Thursday, October 14 at 7:30pm EDT Live streamed from Picanto.ca Co-hosted by Céline Peterson and Marie-Annick Béliveau

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EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND DECOLONIZATION STATEMENT The social and musical vision of the Canadian Music Centre is to: • Create a space where all creative music

• Serve the needs of all Canadian creative

practitioners are accepted and supported

music artists, including traditionally

for the invaluable contribution that each

under-represented communities and

person and organisation makes.

emerging artists.

• Work to build greater equity in our

• Operate in a fair, honest and transparent

shared communities in terms of gender,

manner, and encourage dialogue and

racialized and sexual minorities, ability,

accountability in all communications,

socio-economic status and age.

actions and decisions.

• Strive to eliminate barriers that may

• Respect the artistic, intellectual

create hardships for artists and arts

and human rights of all artists, arts

organizations from equitable access to

professionals, administrative staff and

CMC services.

partners in all our working relationships.

• Be an active and positive force in promoting and acknowledging the place

May 31, 2021

of Indigenous artists at the Canadian Music Centre and in Canadian society, and to encourage a creative dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.

CMC Indigenous Talking Circle Join moderator Jessica McMann (Cree) and a panel of Indigenous composers as they discuss the CMC's relationship with Indigenous community members, and how the CMC might become a more welcoming and inclusive space. All are welcome. Registration required. October 20, 3–4:30pm EDT

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REPORT FROM THE CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE’S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CHANGE COUNCIL by Jeremy Stachan in consultation with the CMC Accountability for Change Council

so on. Subsequently, I have come on board

The CMC Diversity, Inclusion, and

the fraught connotations that words such

Accessibility Committee was struck in late

as “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “accessibility”

2020 to address the ways in which the CMC

might hold for those who bear the direct

might properly begin to initiate structural

impacts of their institutional leveraging.

changes to become an inclusive space for

Now called the CMC Accountability for

members of marginalized equity-seeking

Change Council, this group has been working

communities active in the CMC’s manifold

collaboratively, under the leadership of

creative and professional activities. In part,

chairperson and CMC Associate Composer

this committee was formed in response to

Clare Pellerin, to create mechanisms and

the organization’s historical stewardship

resources that support equitable action and

of works by Associate Composers that

policies for the CMC. The Council felt that

misused Indigenous cultural wealth (such

to be an effective and meaningful force for

as songs, texts, and stories) of which there

change, it must be accountable to the IBPOC

are an abundance dating back to the years

stakeholders it aspires to serve.

to serve as a regular member. Over the past 10 months, the working group has grown in both its membership as well as its vision. Its name has changed due to

preceding the incorporation of the CMC under Dominion charter in 1959. I was invited to participate in the February 2021 meeting in the capacity of a resource person, as the author of a repertoire guide from 2005 that collated approximately 200 of these works—a number of which have proven to be problematic in their breach of cultural protocol, and many others which borrow from Indigenous names, places, stories, and

Mandate The stated goals of the ACC, as set forth in its inaugural meeting in November 2020, were to: • examine the catalogue of appropriated Indigenous musics in the CMC catalogue by determining which pieces require action, and engaging in Indigenous-led processes of redress;

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• clarify protocol for composers going forward, and to create educational

• Heather Pawsey (soprano, Artistic Director, educator);

resources, tool-kits, and opportunities

• Janelle Fung (pianist);

so composers understand the power of

• Jason Young (Cree-Métis composer, PhD

ongoing changes; • work to create a more inclusive environment for people from racialized

Candidate, University of Calgary); • Clare Pellerin (composer, violinist); • Jeremy Strachan (musicologist).

and marginalized communities; • prepare to address uncomfortable issues of identity and ‘Canadianness’ in the context of decolonization. Our goal and vision are to repair relationships damaged by colonial insensitivity on the part of the CMC; and that ensure accessibility infrastructure is compliant with legislation.

Activities of the CMC Accountability for Change Council (ACC) The ACC has been active in an advisory capacity as the CMC continues to develop policy frameworks for equity, diversity, inclusivity, and decolonization. It has recently drafted a “Statement of Indigenous Sovereignty”, which outlines basic guidance for non-Indigenous composers who intend

Membership

to create work that involves Indigenous cultural wealth. Guided by the United Nations

The ACC’s current members are a culturally

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

diverse group of dedicated arts professionals,

Peoples, the CMC’s position affirms the rights

performers, and scholars who are deeply

of Indigenous peoples to reclaim, control

committed to seeing structural change

and protect their culture and spirituality

happen across the breadth of Canada’s

by holding exclusive hereditary rights to

cultural sectors:

their art, music, stories and all aspects they

• Parmela Attariwala (violinist, composer,

deem protected. The CMC will circulate this

ethnomusicologist); • Marion Newman (Kwagiulth | Stó:lō,

document to music schools, conservatories, and arts organizations across Canada.

mezzo soprano); • Larry Strachan (conductor, composer);

The CMC has recently prioritized ways to

• Megumi Masaki (pianist & Professor,

address its institutional role in the legacy

Brandon University); • Elaine Keillor (pianist, Professor Emerita, Carleton University);

of misuse and appropriation of Indigenous song by settler Associate Composers, and the ACC has taken a leadership role in

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this movement. It is now in the process of striking an Indigenous Advisory Council to offer guidance on Indigenous-led pathways

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of redress, reparation, and possibly remuneration for works that have violated Indigenous cultural law. This process will take time, and along with the ACC and Indigenous Advisory Council, a proposed sixmonth partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts, Heritage Canada, and Queen’s university will provide funding for a project team (notably an Indigenous community outreach coordinator) to begin these

Fun and educational workshops for young

motions towards making these reparations.

people took place in June 2021 with the CMC Quebec. The helixophone is an instrument

Lastly, the CMC Accountability for Change

invented by composer Sonia Paço-

Council has organized an Indigenous

Rocchia using a slinky and a resonator,

Talking Circle on October 20 at 3pm EDT,

such as a box, xylophone case, inflatable

to give Indigenous composers and patrons

balloon, tin can. Students participated in a

of the CMC an opportunity to share a

workshop and developed a graphic score

space centred on Indigenous voices and

with composer Roxanne Turcotte.

perspectives. The CMC acknowledges that it has, historically, excluded non-white and

Last fall the CMC BC presented their first

non-European Canadian peoples including

online composition program, the Elliot

their forms of music-making peoples and

Weisgarber Workshop featuring ten young

forms of music from its organizational

emerging composers to develop a work for

purview. Indigenous composers have often

erhu and piano, working with Composer-

(rightly) felt unwelcome here. This space

Mentor Edward Top and Cory Ham and

for Indigenous voices to speak and be heard

Nicole Ge Li’s PEP Piano and Erhu Project.

demonstrates that the CMC is making

Five music videos were produced of the most

significant steps to address its exclusionary

developed works at the end of the workshop.

past, and this talking circle will be a first step

The program is designed for composers to

in repairing its relationship with Indigenous

receive feedback from mentors over the two

composers and performers.

month long seminar.

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We look forward to presenting reading sessions and workshops over the coming months as public health policy permits, including the ACTIVATE Young Composer Program, and our partnerships with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Explore the Score program, and the Toronto Strings Composition Workshop.

HONOURING OUR HERITAGE, CREATING NEW LEGACIES MISSION The Canadian Music Centre is the

CMC Prairie Emerging Composer Competition Winners

catalyst that connects you to the everevolving world of musical creation in Canada through performance, education

We are thrilled to announce winners of the CMC Prairie Emerging Composer Competition with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra! Congratulations 2022 winner Thomas Joiner and 2021 winner Isaac Zee.

and promotion.

PURPOSE The CMC provides unique resources for exploring, discovering, and performing Canadian music. We are passionate

Coming soon…. New webpages for students, youth, and music teachers!

ACTIVATE →

about nurturing a musical community that honours our legacy and support the professional development of Canadian musicians and composers.

VISION The CMC inspires fresh perspectives, celebrates inventive composers, and provides transformative experiences. We champion artistic diversity and embrace Canada’s rich cultural heritage in creative centres across the country and internationally.

READ MORE → ↑ Gulf Islands Secondary School in Salt Spring Island, BC with CMC AC Rodney Sharman

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NEWS HERITAGE MINUTE CELEBRATES OSCAR PETERSON

in the registry since 2017. The Violet Archer fonds is available through the University of Alberta Archives. Read more here →

↑ Oscar Peterson. Photo credit: Al Gilbert

Legendary Canadian jazz pianist and CMC Associate Composer Oscar Peterson is celebrated with the release of Historica Canada's Heritage Minute, depicting his

↑ Violet Archer. Photo credit: Bland, Edmonton Bulletin

UNESCO RECOGNIZES VIOLET ARCHER

THE ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN WOMEN COMPOSERS CELEBRATES THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY THROUGH 2021

CMC Associate Composer Violet Archer has

Celebrating their rich history, the ACWC

been included in the Canadian Commission

remembers their 40 year legacy so far

for UNESCO Canada #MemoryoftheWorld

throughout 2021. Events throughout the year

Registry, for her significant contributions

include a panel discussion in February 2021,

including a catalogue of over 300

multiple interviews featured on their website

compositions, a dedicated music teacher

from members sharing stories and memories,

and researcher, and trailblazer for female

as well as monthly playlists celebrating

composers. Archer is one of 3 inductees

the music of ACWC members. Visit their

for 2021, with only 23 collections entered

anniversary webpage for more info.

discovery of the piano and jazz, as well as overcoming racial adversity faced during his performance career. Click here to watch the video.

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ORDER OF CANADA Congratulations to those recognized for their remarkable musical contributions to Canada. Christina PetrowskaQuilico received the Order of Canada in November 2020 as a

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champion of Canadian music and also to

Celebrating limitations posed by the

recognize her revered career as a classical

pandemic, the latest installment of CMC

contemporary pianist.

Presents turned online festival and hooked the possibilities for intimacy and

Brian Cherney received the

vulnerability within the virtual realm.

Order of Canada in January

Featuring daily releases in the form of

2021 for his dedication and

streaming audio and video, the festival also

commitment to Canadian music through

included a workshop and artist discussion.

teaching and composing, both nationally

Access to many of the festival activities is

and internationally renowned.

still available on the CMC website.

GET THE LATEST UPDATES We’re delighted to share with you some of the awards that the talented Associate Composers have recently received. It is an honour to share their success. For more details, please visit our news page, which is regularly updated. LEARN MORE →

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CELEBRATING CMC ASSOCIATE COMPOSERS WELCOME NEW ASSOCIATE COMPOSERS We are pleased to welcome 48 new Associate

within the Composer Showcase pages on our

Composer members to the CMC community.

website. To discover more about the CMC’s

We look forward to celebrating and supporting

Associate Composers click here.

these composers, as well as featuring them

British Columbia

Ontario

Quebec

• Ajtony Csaba

• Edith Covach

• Karine Bétournay

• Robyn Jacob

• Itamar Danziger

• Alissa Cheung

• Cathy Kuo

• Mario Duschenes

• Diana Cotoman

• Mark Marinic

• Matthew Donnelly

• Jacques Faubert

• Max Murray

• Fjóla Evans

• Stephanie Moore

• Leslie Opatril

• Paolo Griffin

• Christophe Perret

• Ryan Trew

• Massimo Guida

• Aleks Schürmer

• Shafagh Hadavi

Prairies

• Richard Herriott

Atlantic

• Margaret Maria • Stuart Beatch

• William Miller

• Adam Clarke

• James Bicigo

• Clare Pellerin

• Michael Donovan

• Maria Corley

• Felipe Tellez

• Nick Veltmeyer

• David Foley

• Peter Tiefenbach

• Henry From

• Neva Tesolin

• Laura Hawley

• Martin van de Ven

• Heather Hindman

• Arie Verheul van den Ven

• Peter Meechan

• Brandon Walker

• Jeff Presslaff

• Alison Yun-Fei Jiang

• Erin Rogers

• Tristan Zaba

• Scott Smallwood

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FRANK HORVAT’S MUSIC FOR SELF-ISOLATION: A DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTED IN GRAMOPHONE The UK’s Gramaphone’s website features an article on the release of the documentary by Adam Crosby, supporting Associate Composer Frank Horvat’s latest album, Music for Self-Isolation. The documentary focuses on insights from the album’s performers of their emotional journey during the obligation to self-isolate from others, while still making music. To read the article click here. A response to the despair and isolation caused by the pandemic, Horvat composed with the aim to raise spirits and lessen anxiety. Recorded at Toronto’s empty Roy Thomson Hall three days prior to another COVID-19 lockdown, the album features 24 musicians and 31 short solo and duo pieces, ending with a finale titled ‘Together in Spirit’. Click here to watch one of the videos.

BECOME A COMPOSER The CMC represents composers working in a variety of areas including concert music, music for instrumental and vocal ensembles, electroacoustic music, improvised music, educational music, music with other disciplines, and music that crosses a variety of genres and responds to different cultural influences. LEARN MORE →

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BENEFITS OF ASSOCIATE COMPOSER MEMBERSHIP CMC supports you as you establish your career and build audiences for your work • Supports your career through networking opportunities, workshops, programs and concerts • Introduce your work to a global audience through presence and presentations at conferences and awards

Composer Showcase supports you to be accessible to the public with your • biography, submitted works, commercial and archival recordings, and a media section for images, and videos

Your creations • Deposit your works in CMC’s Music Library your music joins the largest library of Canadian works in the world, searchable by orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs, schools, bands Safe and reliable perusal scores available for browsing Repertoire consultations Free archival recordings available from Centrestreams • Distribution of your music by the CMC both in print and in digital PDF format, including Fast delivery of digital scores, Rentals for large ensemble works Competitive royalty rates for sales and rentals You hold on to the copyright for your works. You are free to edit, withdraw, or seek publication for the works you deposit with the CMC at any time.

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CMC Centrediscs • Opportunity to record your music on the CMC’s Centrediscs label – the only 100% Canadian record label in the world.

CMC Communication (English and French) • Benefit from CMC’s marketing and outreach within Canada and abroad CMC Canada website and region site news blogs CMC social media platforms CMC Canada e-news CMC region newsletters CMC Celebrates webpage CMC Résonance – national digital magazine CMC promotes AC works at national and international conferences • Learn about composer opportunities, including Commissions, awards, workshops and programs • Learn about contemporary music in your region Through region websites, social media and newsletters

Receive discounts on print-and-bind and venue rentals General support from CMC Canada and CMC region staff • Timely and responsive member service • Support with your showcase and revisions to your work

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AWARDS JUNOS 2021 Congratulations to Associate Composer Samy Moussa on winning the 2021 JUNO Award for Composition of the Year with his work Violin Concerto ‘Adrano’, recorded by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

BARBARA PENTLAND AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

led by Maestro Kent Nagano and featuring

The CMC BC has presented Dylan Robinson

violinist Andrew Wan. The composition

with the Barbara Pentland Award

is also featured on the album Ginastera –

of Excellence for his extraordinary

Bernstein – Moussa: Oeuvres pour violon

contribution to Canadian Music. Dylan

et orchestre by the aforementioned artists,

Robinson is a xwélméxw artist and scholar

winning the 2021 JUNO Award for Classical

of Stó:lō descent and an associate professor

Album of the Year: Large Ensemble.

who holds Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University.

Winning the 2021 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber is

Dr. Robinson’s current research project

Mosaïque by Ensemble Made in Canada,

documents the history of contemporary

which features the compositions of CMC

Indigenous public art across North America,

Associate Composers Vivian Fung,

and questions how Indigenous rights and

Nicolas Gilbert, Kevin Lau, Nicole

settler colonialism are embodied and

Lizée, Richard Mascall, Samy Moussa,

spatialized in public space.

William Rowson, and Ana Sokolović. Awards of Excellence recognize individuals We would like to thank all Canadian musical

and organizations throughout the Province

artists providing creative contributions to

of BC that have made an extraordinary

connect us all, especially over this past year.

contribution to Canadian music.

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ECMA AWARDS 2021 Congratulations Associate Composer Peter-Anthony Togni, who won the

THE BECKWITH AWARD 2021 Earlier this year, CMC Ontario announced the winners of the 2021 Beckwith Award. We want to congratulate music educators Bernie Andrews, Catherine Kloepfer, and Laura Lee Matthie, ensembles the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kingston Symphony, and the presenter NUMUS. The award highlights individuals and organizations who support unique approaches to learning to connect many communities.

2021 OPUS PRIZE FOR COMPOSER OF THE YEAR The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) joined the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM) to present Associate Composer James O'Callaghan with this prestigious award, along with a $10,000 prize.

2021 ECMA Classical Composition of the Year for his work “Sea Dreams”. The composition is featured on Calgary-based chamber choir Luminous Voices’ recent album by the same title, a collection of works by Togni.

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OPPORTUNITIES SOCAN FOUNDATION CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT The Fund is designed as a one-time opportunity to assist SOCAN members with accessing professional development such as workshops, masterclasses, conferences, mentorship and other skill building experiences. Up to 850 grants of $300 each will be awarded to applicants with a total

HARRY FREEDMAN AWARD This award was established by the Freedman family to commemorate the legendary Canadian composer. The award contributes to the creative or recording costs associated with making audio recordings of Canadian composers’ music for a confirmed future commercial release— in any physical and/or digital format. Apply now!

allocation capped at $250,000. More information here.

CNMN CONNEXION MENTORSHIP PROGRAM The Canadian New Music Network’s program supports artists and arts workers to create and develop projects centered on creative music and sound. Accepted applicants will be connected with a mentor over a series of sessions supporting the development of their work. The deadline to apply is October 18, 2021. Click here for more info.

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PICANTO.CA YOUR GUIDE TO DISCOVER. LISTEN. PLAY.

others, etc. Picanto.ca takes this approach,

by Tim Brady

The platform has been in development for 2

meaning we can start to use the power of the Internet to help people discover, listen and play Canadian creative concert music.

years by the CMC, with the help of funding There is so much great music on the Internet

from the Canada Council for the Arts. In April

- where to start? How can we find and

2021 we went public to the arts community,

promote the amazing work being done by

starting to build connections and assemble

Canadian music creators and performers

our content library. We also launched the

in the vast sea of digital content that has

initial “7X” funding model for the creation of

become our daily lives?

new music/video content. The larger, public media launch is planned for October 2021,

Picanto.ca is one answer to this question.

and we want to get the word out to anyone

The idea is simple. By working together,

and everyone who is interested in creative

creating a large, comprehensive, well-

music. Canadian music, global vision,

designed, and professionally-managed

national and international impact.

Canadian creative music platform, our chances of reaching our target public are

How did we get here? In short, Picanto.ca

greatly increased. The Internet works via

is a response to two related factors. The

connectivity – one page leads to another, to

first is the most obvious – the meteoric

another, etc. You know the drill.

rise of video-music (especially YouTube) as the world’s primary music dissemination

But most online Canadian music resources

medium. YouTube has over 2 billion users.

are disconnected – they really only lead

The two biggest music services have 158

back to themselves and don’t consciously

million (Spotify) and 72 million (Apple Music).

collaborate with other platforms. In

YouTube and video-music platforms have an

administrative jargon – “siloed”. This is

impact which is an order of magnitude larger

not how the Internet works, at its best.

than traditional streaming services.

Some more jargon: Intersectionality and discoverability, aided by search engine

The other factor was the decline in live

optimization. This means that any one

music dissemination by the CBC/Radio

resource is connected to hundreds of others,

Canada. This began in 2007, and was largely

which are then connected to hundreds of

completed by 2018, when almost all live

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↑ picanto.ca Performer: Dailin Hsieh, guzheng

music recording and dissemination were

then CMC director Elisabeth Bihl. They had

ceased.

informal discussions with other artists and with the Department of Canadian Heritage.

So our community was faced with a problem:

It seemed no one else really understood the

a powerful new music dissemination medium

potential paradigm shift that was coming.

was coming to the fore and we no longer

In 2014, the Canadian New Music Network,

had the ability to work with collective, large-

of which Brady was then the president, was

scale national resources to find a common

given a 2-year Flying Squad grant from the

solution to this challenge.

Canada Council to begin studying the issue. A series of national consultations were

This problem was first articulated in 2012

held from 2015 – 2017, and an idea began to

by three community members: composer

form:create a common resource and web

Tim Brady, producer Lawrence Cherney and

platform to highlight and promote a broad

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range of Canadian concert music and, in

the listener find what they are looking for.

the long run, to try to find resources to help

Categorising music is always tricky, but we

creators produce new, high quality video-

have created a flexible system where artists

music content.

can self-define music and list their music in multiple categories. The only goal of the

In 2019 funding was secured to create this

categories is to help guide the listeners, it is

new platform. Design work on the platform

not designed to put artists or their music in

was just about to begin when the COVID19

a box.

pandemic hit, which slowed everyone down. But by the fall of 2020 the team was back in

The nine categories are: Jazz / Improvised

production, leading to the initial community

music, Indigenous Music, Intercultural

launch that happened in April 2021.

Music, Chamber Music, Opera, Vocal /

Picanto.ca has two guiding principles. The

Choral Music, Electroacoustic Music,

first is how we operate: working within the

Orchestral Music, Sonic Exploration /

CMC National structure, Picanto.ca strives

Musique actuelle.

to follow industry norms for transparency and procedures, working with lawyers and

As Picanto.ca develops, we will be adding a

consultants to ensure that the platform is

music education and documentaries section

respectful of all artist rights and obligations.

and through interaction with our artist

Music streaming services have a mixed (if

content partners, new ideas, new categories,

not downright bad) reputation for artists

and new elements will be added to the site. It

relations (as we all know). We want to make

is very much a community work in progress.

sure Picanto.ca is designed to be a real aid to the artist – both in terms of promotion and

For Picanto.ca to work and to increase the

in terms of financial compensation. Some

national and international listenership of

content will be offered free to the public and

Canadian music, we want to collaborate

some will be available through a Pay-Per-

with everyone, starting with Canadian music

View model. The artists always maintain full

creators. So – explore the site, sign up as a

rights over all content and will always receive

viewer or if you are creating new productions,

the majority of any fees paid. SOCAN rights

are always paid. Fair treatment is essential.

and send us feedback via our feedback form. We are here to help everyone discover, listen

The second principle is diversity and

and play Canadian creative music.

inclusion. For this iteration of the project we have created 9 categories of music to help

Read Tim Brady's full bio on Page 25.

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WELCOME TO PICANTO.CA By Stephanie Conn

faith in this project to share their music with us right away. Thanks to them, we had 100 videos on the website from Day One, with representation in all our nine musical categories. We cannot thank you enough, all of you who are too numerous to mention. We’re still growing — and we’re working on new website features that will enhance your experience whether you’re here as a content partner or as a listener. Starting this Fall 2021, Livestream events will be part of Picanto. We’re also planning to host music documentaries and music education videos.

Picanto is a site created by and for artists

Introducing the Picanto Team

who make new Canadian music and those who want to hear it. We are stronger

Picanto has come together through the work

together, so we wanted to gather Canadian

of a tiny but dedicated Team.

musical and performance artists into one central portal where they could be linked

Glenn Hodgins is the President and CEO

and discovered. Picanto.ca is a project of

of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), and

the Canadian Music Centre. Development

he made it possible to create Picanto by

of the platform was funded by a grant from

working with Tim Brady to develop the idea,

the Canada Council's Digital Strategy Fund,

convince some funding agencies to support

in collaboration with Le Vivier and other

the dream, and kick off a 3-year research and

Canadian composers and creative music

consultation process funded by the Canada

practitioners. Continued operations of the

Council.

site will be supported by payments and subscriptions, donations, and grants from

Tim Brady, electric guitarist, and composer, is

various funding bodies.

the dreamer who initiated this idea: to create a central web presence so that Canadian

Picanto is a hub for Canadian creative

artists could be heard, discovered and cross-

artists who share their work with us and

promoted in a much more coordinated way.

with all of you. But before we had even

He’s been working to get the word out far

launched, several musicians had enough

and wide in the musical community, bringing

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in music to the site, and creating a web of

pages that let Artists link to their personal

researchers to help with this.

pages, social media and all their Picanto performances. Links to artist pages will also

Feizal Bacchus is the technical project

appear at the bottom of every video page,

manager and procured much of the technical

creating more ‘discoverability’ within the

and security aspects of the site. It is Feizal

community.

you can thank that your private and financial information is always safe, through the

More new features are in the works: music

services of IG2.

documentaries, educational videos, live

Holly Nimmons is Director of Development

streaming events, and a subscription

and Communications at the CMC. She’s our

membership. And of course, our music-video

artists’ strongest and most enthusiastic

offerings will be refreshed continuously. Do

supporter and Picanto is thankful to have

you have an idea for Picanto? Want to have a

her sounding our mission to bring Canadian

conversation? Send us your feedback.

music, performers and composers to Canadians and the world. Stephanie Conn is an ethnomusicologist and singer. (see bio below) Picanto’s logo and colour scheme was designed by James Whittall. Picanto is powered by Muvi, an all-in-one OTT audio/ video streaming platform. Alex Plagiannakos and his team at Thinkbound developed the front-end look-and-feel, and implemented the technical customizations to meet our needs, specialized repertoire.

Pass it on Let others know to subscribe to Picanto’s newsletter/mailing list so they can keep up to date on new platform features, exclusive concerts and more details on the public launch coming this fall. Subscribe here. Stephanie Conn is an ethnomusicologist and singer. As a past CBC Radio producer, she brings a wealth of knowledge around Canadian contemporary music to her role. Stephanie’s central role as Picanto’s Operations Manager includes artist

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relations, managing website development, the Newsletter, and all things Picanto.

Picanto.ca is just beginning. We’ll keep growing and changing to meet the needs of Canadian artists and their listeners. Coming very soon: Artist Profiles, standalone

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PICANTO LAUNCH We are thrilled to announce the public media launch of Picanto.ca on October 14, 2021. While we’ve been creating a quiet buzz for several months, we look forward to officially sharing the digital platform for many to discover its rich library of Canadian content and to explore new and exciting creative music from Canadian artists and composers. The launch will be hosted live streamed online and will include exciting live performances for a fantastic celebration! We hope you will join us. Visit Picanto.ca for more information.

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IN MEMORIAM The CMC joins with the Canadian music

Hugh served in prestigious roles such as the

community to mourn the loss of these

Program Head of Jazz at the Banff Centre and

Associate Composers. We remember their

was a sought after clinician.

dedication and contributions to Canadian music creation.

Paul McIntyre (1931-2020)

George Fenwick (1964-2020)

Raised in Hamilton, Paul McIntyre studied

A native of Calgary,

piano and composition in

George Fenwick was an

Toronto before continuing

internationally recognized

his education in Paris and

composer who received

Salzburg as a composer and conductor. Holding

commissions from notable

several academic appointments, he notably

ensembles such as the Land’s End Chamber

served as the Head of the Music Department

Ensemble. Fenwick’s works included theatrical

at the University of Windsor. A champion

presentations which have been recognized

of Canadian music, McIntyre produced the

for their musical composition. Fenwick was a

imaginative “Largely Canadian Series” as well as

longtime friend of the CMC Prairie Region, first

the 30th Anniversary Festival of the Conference

as a volunteer and then as the Coordinator of

of the Canadian League of Composers.

Office and Library, always invested in his love of Canadian music.

Hugh Fraser (1958 - 2020) A jazz trombonist, bandleader and composer from Victoria, Hugh Fraser has recorded thirteen albums and won two Juno Awards as well as many additional nominations for these albums. The Hugh Fraser Quintet, formed in 1986, toured Europe as well as North and South America and would go on to appear as a guest artist on over twenty albums. A dedicated music educator,

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REMEMBERING R. MURRAY SCHAFER

“Known affectionately to people close to him as Our Murry Schafer, Murray had an impact on the CMC, its staff and boards over the decades and all the communities it serves throughout his career.” “….he took patrons on a walking tour of the city where he instructed them on listening to the sounds that were so inspiring and intriguing to him and which formed the basis of so much of his work.” “….2015 performance of Apocalypsis presented by Luminato at the Sony Centre in Toronto… It was simply spectacular. Murray was there and received a huge ovation as he went to the stage at the end…all of their production files in [CMC] Archives…So if there is someone looking to do a remount, these files will be a useful resource.” — Glenn Hodgins

↑ R . Murray Schafer. Photo Credit: André Leduc

We recognize the truly important value

President & CEO, CMC Canada •••••

proffered over six decades by R. Murray

“Murray Schafer, whom I found to be co-

Schafer to music in Canada. To get us

operative, unassumingly shy, appreciative

“paddling”, we asked current and former

of my struggles with the Music Centre’s

CMC Directors across the country for their

goals, and supportive of whatever I asked of

reflections. There is much to say about

him. The same qualities were true for forty

Murray. Here are a few quotes from their

subsequent years through all my other roles

reflections. Check out the full article

and projects.”

here. Let us know your thoughts. “Of one thing I’m very sure. Murray’s creativity will flourish long after all of us bid

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this planet farewell. In fact, I believe the future

“It is difficult to appreciate the manifold

holds more promise for Murray’s music than at

impacts of Murray’s presence and process—he

any point of his own 88 years. Now, where’s the

cast himself as a defiant figure, sometimes the

dynamic young producer who’ll dare to give the

trickster, in our shared scenery. He gave the

world the complete PATRIA cycle?”

field of sound studies a trove of materials and

— John A. Miller

methodologies to apply, contest, and extend….”

CMC Executive Director, 1981-1986

— Matthew Fava

••••• “I absolutely would not be who I am without R

Director, CMC Ontario •••••

Murray Schafer, and I think the same is true

“A work entitled Alzheimer's Masterpiece was

for many Canadian musicians. My own history

premiered by the Molinari Quartet for the

with Schafer began with hearing his Third String

occasion, with the composer being in attendance.

Quartet at Scotia Festival in 1989: I knew right

His music and these illustrated books are

then that I needed to become a musician, and I’ve

absolutely beautiful. The disease claimed his life…

spoken with others who found that performance

A great loss for contemporary Canadian music.”

similarly transformative.”

— Claire Marchand Director, CMC Québec

“…. here was a composer who valued music made by children just as much as music made by professionals. This empowered us to take our own music making more seriously.” “….perhaps the most powerful lesson I learned at Wolf is that art doesn’t have to be perfect to be incredible: what matters is listening, caring for the community, working through the difficult bits, and always staying open to new possibilities. That is where we find real strength and unexpected beauty.” — Emily Doolittle CMC Associate Composer (on behalf of CMC Atlantic Region)

••••• “Perhaps my greatest memory was hearing Patria IV: The Black Theatre of Hermes Trismegistos, June 9, 1992, Great Hall, Union Station, Toronto, Ontario; conductor, Michael J. Baker. Because of its daily transit usage, the performance did not begin until midnight. … Painted bodies, elaborate costumes, singers descending from the roof on ropes, marvellous music. Wow! Unforgettable!” — John Reid Director, CMC Prairie

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“North / White is a bombastic, cacophonic, and totally overwhelming piece of music. It was unlike anything I’d ever heard, featuring massive orchestral forces, a snowmobile, a chainsaw, and wah-wah board — a giant piece of tin flexed rhythmically to evoke the relentless pumping of an oil derrick.” “That piece of music roared! Yet it was lyrically eerie and stunningly beautiful… Schafer was trying to wake the world up to the exquisitely fragile beauty of Canada’s pristine arctic and the danger it faced from industrialization and oil.” — Sean Bickerton

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↑ The Molinari Quartet with R. Murray Schafer after a performance of his quartet “Alzheimer’s Masterpiece”. Photo Credit: Magalie Dagenais, 2016

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BRITISH COLUMBIA We are just beginning to emerge from this

engaging them more directly in our work.

terrible pandemic thanks to the wonders of modern science, but we can’t celebrate the coming reopening without acknowledging it has taken more than twenty-six thousand Canadian lives and millions more around the globe. Nor can we look away from the two hundred and fifteen Indigenous children left in unmarked graves at a Residential School in Kamloops, or the hundreds more recently discovered in Saskatchewan. In BC, as part of our attempt to find a path forward, we are trying with limited resources to Indigenize and Decolonize our work, partnering with extraordinary Indigenous writers, creators, and performers like Dylan Robinson and Marion Newman. We seek to build bridges, engage in new relationships, and learn about new music’s role in a history of cultural appropriation and annihilation. We are working to share our platform, showcasing the work of Indigenous and racialized creators and performers and that of sexual minorities. And we are diversifying our Advisory Council and

Begun March 16, 2020, the same day the nation locked down, our signature concert series this past sixteen months has been Unaccompanied — a collaboration with Redshift Music Society, which has seen the release of thirty-eight music videos of Canadian works for solo instrument, with a total of fifty videos to be produced by the end of 2021. We will also create 100 new video scores, and at least five music videos of student compositions by year-end as well, performed by PEP Piano and Erhu Project as part of our first Elliot Weisgarber Workshop.

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PRAIRIES Through the isolation enforced by the

The library is, as always, a major point of

pandemic, our team has learned to

focus for this branch, partially because

collaborate and remain connected while

new library purchases were endowed in

apart, and we have managed, I believe, to

perpetuity by the late Dr. Violet Archer,

maintain a deep connection with our patrons

C.M. The library currently holds 27,999

and composers through a series of online

scores by 1,127 Associate Composers, 3,059

panels and events and conversations. We

monographs and periodicals, 1,506 CDs,

are grateful to be engaged in work with such

and more than 189 LPs.

deep meaning and importance and eager to welcome our patrons and members back this

Regional Director hosts a radio program

Fall for performances. For more detail on what

featuring Canadian music, Outside the

we’ve been up to, please click here.

Lines and Sunday nights at 11:59 p.m. on CJSW 90.9 FM and cjsw.com

— Sean Bickerton, CMC BC Director Eight Prairie Region Associate Composers Visit bc.cmccanada.org

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were admitted in 2020, the highestever annual intake: Stuart Beatch, James Bicigo, Kirsten Maria Thompson Corley, David Foley, Henry From (15-years old — youngest-ever A/C), Heather Hindman, Peter Meechan, and Erin Rogers. The 2020, 17th annual, Emerging Composer Competition award, a joint project with the Winnipeg New Music Festival (WNMF) and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), was presented to Henry From (Isle

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ONTARIO

PRAIRIES continued of Pic) at the WNMF, January 27, 2020. The 2021, 18th annual award went to Isaac Zee (On the Day of Judgment), who will have his winning piece performed at the 2022 event and participate in the WSO/WNMF 2022 Composers Institute. On May 1, at the initiation of Richard Gillis, Regional Director presented to approximately 50 Canadian jazz composers in a cross-Canada Zoom meeting. A hearty discussion ensued regarding the potential benefits of Associate Composer membership for jazz composers.

At various points during the past year we gathered at the Chalmers Performance Space in Toronto to produce workshop and concert events. Composers, mentors, and

“Tabling” at concerts (CD sales) with partner organizations continued into 2020 after a very successful run of 82 events in 2019 and is hoped to resume post-Covid. — John Ried, CMC Prairie Director Visit pr.cmccanada.org

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other facilitators joined remotely as small ensembles workshopped and recorded an exciting array of pieces. This format allowed us to support Freesound 03, Thin Edge New Music Collective’s Dark Flower presentation, Homage a Hétu coordinated by David Potvin, and more. In one of our most ambitious collaborations, we worked with our friends at the Canadian League of Composers and Continuum to

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QUEBEC deliver the PIVOT composer workshop. Six

The CMCQc is celebrating remarkable

Canadian composers developed new works

composers and their works and has some

while accessing one-on-one mentorship

exciting news to share within the Region:

and participating in a variety of professional development activities. Following an intensive rehearsal and recording process in March, Continuum presented new works by Kevin Gironnay, Coreen Morsink, Carlie Howell, Joseph Chiu, Liam Ross Gibson, Kim FarrisManning, and Sointu Aalto (Continuum’s Teen Composer Award winner). The full program can be streamed online.

Prix D’Europe Congratulations to David Therrien Brongo, percussionist, who won the Canadian Music Centre's Prix d'Europe 2021 competition for his performance of Michel Longtin’s "Colère: Berlin 61". Congratulations to all the candidates who entered this year's competition, semifinalists, finalists and winners, who chose

In other news, CMC Ontario congratulates the organizations and individuals who received

to perform many of the works of our Quebec Associate Composers!

the 2021 Beckwith Award: music educators Bernie Andrews, Catherine Kloepfer, and Laura Lee Matthie, ensembles the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kingston Symphony, and the presenter NUMUS. Additionally, we want to congratulate April Aliermo who was selected for the 2021 CMC Ontario Media Production Residency. — Matthew Fava, CMC Ontario Director Visit on.cmccanada.org

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↑ David Therrien Brongo et Claire Marchand, directrice générale et artistique du CMCQuébec

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QUEBEC continued ECMA Album of the Year The album Focus, by guitarists

The Marteau Listening Sessions Marcelle Deschênes

Adam Cicchillitti and Steve

In March 2021 the Marteau Listening

Cowan, was named Classical Recording of

Sessions and the Canadian Music Center

the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. It

in Quebec presented a virtual discussion

features pieces by several of our Associate

on the works of Marcelle Deschênes

Composers: Jason Noble, Harry

, pioneer of electroacoustic music. Born

Stafylakis, and José Evangelista.

in 1939 in Price, Marcelle Deschênes

Congratulations!

founded in 1980, the very first program of electroacoustic composition of the faculty of music of the University from Montreal. Through her involvement in the community and the originality of her approach, she has also stood out, notably through her multimedia mega-shows… all created at a time when the term was not even used yet! She left a strong mark on a whole generation of acousmatic music

↑ ECMA Classical Recording of the Year

Roxanne Turcotte The album Réverbères, by certified composer Roxanne Turcotte, has just been released by the label empreintes DIGITALes. It features her pieces Masques et dichotomie, Au rythme des lucioles, and Les oiseaux de Nias.

composers. Roxanne Turcotte, Gilles Gobeil, Robert Normandeau, Michel Smith, Stéphane Roy, Michel Tétreault and Mario Rodrigue (deceased) were among her students. Her knowledge, wisdom and insight in spotting gifted students made her a remarkable teacher and sought after. Her successful

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ATLANTIC artistic practice has earned her numerous

The CMC Atlantic Region continues to

awards and worldwide recognition.

celebrate a full season with many releases and exciting experiences of note over the past

The Marteau Listening Sessions rehabilitate

several months.

listening to music in a space where the public can relax and immerse themselves in musical pieces carefully selected by guest curators. Click here to listen.

O Mistress Moon: Canadian Edition is the latest release by solo pianist, Jennifer King, featuring twelve contemporary Canadian piano works

SMCQ Honouring Quebec Composers

selected by King for their relationship to

The Société de musique contemporaine

the environment, especially of the moon,

de Québec (SMCQ) has announced that

outer space, and the night. The recordings

for the 2021-22 season the organization

will be released in twelve monthly singles

will profile five Canadian composers by

that correspond to each full moon of the

dedicated concerts to the CMC Quebec

year featuring Canadian composers such

Associate Composers, as well as additional

as Emily Doolittle and Sandy Moore.

events. The concerts will feature the music of André Hamel, Jean Lesage,

The one-act opera Aunt Helen for

Simon Bertrand, Michel Longtin and Linda

soprano, with music and lyrics written

Bouchard.

by AC Monica Pearce was released on May 28, 2021. Inspired by Nova Scotia’s

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esteemed folklorist Dr. Helen Creighton, the recording features Maureen Batt (soprano) and Simon Docking (piano) and is available on all digital platforms.

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ATLANTIC continued AC Peter-Anthony Togni has been

Over the last twenty years AC Bill

keeping busy during the pandemic. His

Brennan has been composing music

CD, Sea Dreams, with Luminous Voices

for percussion. Most of his music has

was nominated for a JUNO for Best

been written for mallet instruments,

Classical Recording (vocal or choral)

primarily the marimba. This June, Rob

and won the ECMA for Best Classical

Power, Etienne Gendron (two incredible

Composition. New works include Hagia

percussionists living in St. John’s) and Bill

Sophia for solo organ premiered at the

are recording many of these compositions

2021 Royal Canadian College of Organizes

for a new recording called “Marimba

National Convention in Halifax, and Voice

Works” to be released this fall.

of the Weaver with text by Mi’kmaq poet Mary Louise Martin, for choir and bass

CMC Atlantic Region is partnering with

clarinet, a part of the Elora Singers 2022

Halifax’s suddenly listen who are

programme. Togni’s duo Blackwood with

creating four New Musings on New Music

bass clarinetist Jeff Reilly will release their

podcast episodes featuring composers and

debut CD Lost and Found this September.

new music practitioners from each of the Atlantic Provinces. The special episodes

The MusicUNB presents the 3rd

with an introduction by CMC Ambassador

Contemporary Music Festival in November

and co-host Barbara Pritchard will

2021. The curator, Nadia Francavilla will

highlight work by our regional composers,

be joined onstage by guest artists who

also in conversation with suddenly

are among the best in New Brunswick,

listen’s Norm Adams. Look for these five

and the Atlantic region. This year’s theme,

podcasts beginning in September!

Negation of the Negations, explores how women and people of minority groups— including transgender and LGBTQ—are finally being heard.

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HONOURING OUR HERITAGE CREATING NEW LEGACIES MISSION The Canadian Music Centre is the catalyst that connects you to the ever-evolving world of musical creation in Canada through performance, education and promotion.

PURPOSE The CMC provides unique resources for exploring, discovering, and performing Canadian music. We are passionate about nurturing a musical community that honours our legacy and support the professional development of Canadian musicians and composers.

VALUES Our values intentionally guide all aspects of the CMC’s activities. Music plays a vital role in the lives of all Canadians and contributes to a more vibrant and engaged society.

We believe in • the value of musical creation • • investing in continuous innovation • • the pursuit of personal and organizational excellence • • actively embracing diversity and inclusion • • the health and well-being of creators and performers as they contribute to healthy communities •

WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.

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NEW FROM THE LIBRARY Looking for a score? Would you like to borrow an item from our Library?

84 new works for Solo Piano 51 new works of Vocal Music 114 new works of Choral Music 22 new works of Orchestral Music 126 new works of Solo and Chamber Music YOU CAN NOW SEARCH BY INSTRUMENT →

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NEW FROM CMC CENTREDISCS

CHAMBER MUSIC

THE CONCERT RECORDINGS

Composer

Omar Daniel

Godfrey Ridout

Performers David Sussman, Karl Hirzer, Kyle Eustace, Land's End Ensemble, Laura Hynes, Marcin Swoboda, Mary Sullivan, Stan Climie, Timothy Borton

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Composer

Alexina Louie

François Tousignant

Conductor

Performers

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Vincent Ranallo

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MUSIC FOR SELF-ISOLATION

Composer Frank Horvat

Performers Aleh Remezau, Amahl Arulanandam, Andrew Noseworthy, Anthony Rapoport, Audrey Good, Brent Crawford, Christopher Lee, Frank Horvat, Iris Rodrigues, Jennifer Stephen,

Richard Moore, Sharlene Wallace, Tanya Charles Iveniuk, Tara Baxendale, Theodore Chan, Vanessa Fralick

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NEW FROM CMC CENTREDISCS

MOODS AND MINIATURES

SONGS OF LONGING

Music by Clifford Crawley

Composer

Clifford Crawley

Felipe Téllez

Performers

Maureen Volk, Christine Carter,

Take Five Ensemble

Michelle Cheramy, Beverley Diamond

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REDDENDED BY HAMMER:

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Earthquakes and Islands Remixed

Composer

Andrew Staniland

Frank Horvat

Performers

Martha Guth, Tyler Duncan, Erika Switzer,

Elizabeth Reid, Kathryn Ladano,

Robin Richardson

Edwin Huizinga, TorQ Percussion Quartet, Elixir Baroque Ensemble, Frank Horvat

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2021

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2021

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NEW ON CENTRETRACKS Centretracks is digital only which focuses on small recording projects.

CINQ ÉTUDES for alto saxophone

Composer Robert Lemay

Performers Jean-François Guay

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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