In this slightly different instalment of Earmark, Kathleen Shimeta, the chair of the board of the Gena Branscombe Project gives us a bit of insight into the life and work of Gena Branscombe and her relationship to Canada. Kathleen, along with the Branscombe estate, have recently made Gena a posthumous Associate Composer of the [...]
CMC Ontario Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with HPO composer Fellow, Gavin Fraser to discuss his participation in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Composer Fellowship program. The program was launched in collaboration with the Ontario Region of the Canadian Music Centre in our 18-19 Season. The program is aimed at connecting early career composers with [...]
For immediate release, Jun 5, 2023 (Toronto ON): Canadian Music Centre 20 St. Joseph Street, Toronto ON The CMC is pleased to announce the selection of Ronald Beckett as the inaugural winner of the Walter MacNutt Prize. For his winning proposal, Ronald will write a 6 minute work based on three short poems by William Blake [...]
CMC Ontario Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with Hsiu-Ping Wu, a participant in the latest edition of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Explore the Score program to discuss his participation in the reading session. Since 2012, the TSO has given some of Canada’s top emerging composers an opportunity to hear their works rehearsed in [...]
CMC Ontario Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with Coreen Morsink, a participant in the latest edition of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Explore the Score program to discuss her participation in the reading session. Since 2012, the TSO has given some of Canada’s top emerging composers an opportunity to hear their works rehearsed in a [...]
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Julia Jacklein about taking time to focus on the essentials, ways in which research and study intersect with music and when to know to call it quits on a composition. CMC: What are your plans as we ease out of the pandemic? How [...]
CMC Ontario Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with David Occhipinti, a participant in the latest edition of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Explore the Score program to discuss his participation in the reading session. Since 2012, the TSO has given some of Canada’s top emerging composers an opportunity to hear their works rehearsed in [...]
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer George Crotty about convincing your parents to take music lessons, getting in touch with your roots, and finding your own way in a music career. CMC: What are your plans as we ease out of the pandemic? How has your form of artistic practice [...]
CMC Ontario Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with Véronique Noël, a participant in the latest edition of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Explore the Score program to discuss her participation in the reading session. Since 2012, the TSO has given some of Canada’s top emerging composers an opportunity to hear their works rehearsed in a [...]
CMC Ontario Regional Director Joseph Glaser sat down with HPO composer Fellow, Cadu Verdan to discuss his participation in the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Composer Fellowship program. The program was launched in collaboration with the Ontario Region of the Canadian Music Centre in our 18-19 Season. The program is aimed at connecting early career composers with [...]