CMC Ontario News
An Interview with HPO Fellow Kathryn Knowles
The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Composer Fellowship 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 professionals in the orchestral world to nurture and develop new skills through mentorship and the creation of a new work. On [...]
Earmark / Benjamin Gabbay
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Benjamin Gabbay about the power of music, ways to be experimental without losing the audience, and fulfilling very specific commission requests. What got you excited about music at a young age? Music itself! I remember listening (and dancing) on repeat to a CD [...]
Earmark / Andrew Noseworthy
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Andrew Noseworthy about finding music in an isolated community, DIY aesthetics, listening broadly, and remaining true to your values. What are your plans as we ease out of the pandemic? How has your form of artistic practice changed (if it has at all)? I've [...]
This Constant Song: The Music of Ann Southam
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 [...]
Statement on Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Season Cancellation
The Canadian Music Centre and the Canadian League of Composers are shocked and dismayed to learn about the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s last minute decision to cancel their entire 2023/24 season.
Earmark / Gena Branscombe
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 [...]