To celebrate the 2023 Asian Heritage Month, pianist Jialiang Zhu and her friends present The Power of Words, a Chinese music and poetry-inspired recital. Jialiang calls Toronto her home, where she met all the featured Canadian artists on this program, including soprano Zi Xin Emily Lapin, composers David Jaeger and Roydon Tse, and poets Kathryn Knowles [...]
The fourth iteration of our Rivers (Re-Imagined) workshop series will take place on Friday, May 26, at noon EST, at the Canadian Music Centre. Composer/cellist/writer/curator/publicist Nick Storring will discuss the ins and outs of publicity and promotion for independent composers and musicians trying to build a name for themselves in 2023.
BUY TICKETS “Da Capo'' is the story of how two young people from diaspora populations navigate complex personal identities, find kinship within each other, and continue to nurture an ever growing and changing relationship with homecoming through the power of music, art, and community. Featuring works by Purich, Ho, Ramnath, Baker, Davidson, Kats-Chernin, [...]
BUY TICKETS I Am Who I Am Records is proud to present, From Oblivion to Hope, a string quartet album of music by Canadian composer Frank Horvat, performed by the Odin Quartet. This album starts pessimistically with a track called Oblivion, which is an easy headspace to live in these days, especially in the [...]
BUY TICKETS “My Sunset-Land, ROJAVA” is retelling the tale of a heart-sore nomad (a Kamanche) from Kurdistan, where tunes are born in her every brief stop she takes for a nap while passing the unwanted confines of the torn land of the Kurds. Every morning before sunrise settles, Kamanche abandons the spot leaving a [...]
Composing for String Instruments and String Quartet, a Workshop with Members of the Odin Quartet and Cellist/Composer Ronald Royer Tuesday, February 14, from 7:00 to 8:30pm. Canadian Music Centre, Toronto Available online or in-person This workshop focuses on how to affectively compose for a string instrument. Detailed information will be presented on left-hand fingering [...]
RSVP The first River (Re-Imagined) presentation of 2023 will take place on Saturday, February 11 at 10AM EST, at the Canadian Music Centre. In addition, it will be streamed online for those who are unable to attend in person, and recorded for those who are unable to attend in real-time. Presented in collaboration with [...]
BUY TICKETS Friday, January 20, 2022 - 7:30 pm Album Release party for Conjuring: Viola Music of David Jaeger Release Jan 20, 2023 on Redshift Records Each of the six pieces on this recording showcases a different facet of the viola as a solo instrument, juxtaposing colourful virtuosity and technical flair with vocally poignant [...]
The Canadian Music Centre, in collaboration with the Canadian League of Composers, is pleased to announce Rivers (re-imagined): a monthly series of presentations and hands-on professional development workshops for composers. These will be in-person events at the Canadian Music Centre’s Performance Space in Toronto, and they will be available for online streaming to ensure access for composers right [...]
5 NOV TICKETS 7 NOV TICKETS Est-Ouest Est-Ouest is a presentation of contemporary music inspired by the folk traditions of both Canada and Bulgaria, processed through the aesthetic visions of composers Svetlin Hristov (BG), Adam Vincent Clarke (CA) & Liam Elliot (CA) who, on the commission of the Silakbo Ensemble, composed three [...]