News from the Ontario regional office of the Canadian Music Centre.
September 3rd, 2024 The rates for the performance space have not had a significant change since 2015. Given rising costs for space in Toronto, and a desire to increase staff capacity in the region, CMC Ontario has decided to introduce a new fee structure for rentals of the performance space. These new rates have come [...]
A modest bunch, us Canadians tend to be. For many artists in this country, growing up as a music student meant the exposure to – welcomed or otherwise – contemporary Canadian composers. Such prescriptions appeared on pedagogical lists and exam repertories. Unfortunately, even understandably, many young performers took these fellow Canadians for granted. Reasons exist [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Emissive takes us into his studio and talks with April Aliermo about his creative process, a relationship to technology, and cultivating an individual artistic voice
An interview and photo essay featuring Pursuit Grooves
Kim Farris-Manning connects Drag, Music, Poetry, Collage & Trees in this reflection on the King of Chlorophyll
April Aliermo has been selected for the 2021 Media Production Residency
We recognize the educators and organizations in Ontario who will receive the annual award
We chat with Associate Composer Martin van de Ven about family collaborations, learning from Phil Nimmons, and the thing to do when we gather again