CMC Prairie director Janna Sailor in conversation with violist Jesse Morrison, discussing his recent solo album, Transitions! Creative Process and Collaborations Janna: How do you describe yourself and your creative output as an artist and how does this project tie into that? Jesse: For me, what's always brought so much energy and focus into what [...]
In this documentary, Indigenous composers, musicians, artists and scholars, as well as representatives from the COC and CMC discuss what’s at stake when settler artists misappropriate and misuse indigenous song and ceremony and how to broach a move towards reparation and redress.
Born in Moscow in 1899, Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974) trained on both piano and violin, a rare combination for a composer. She initially studied at the Paris Conservatory, and later continued her music education in Berlin. Eckhardt-Gramatté was a well-travelled performer, often performing her compositions for both violin and piano. In 1920, she married painter [...]
Pianist, Composer, and Advocate for Diversity in Classical Music
June 7 (choral) | June 21 (instrumental) Join CMC Associate Composer D. Geoffrey Bell in his “Modern Composers Toolbox” series, as he dives into the world of digital software for emerging composers!
"Here we have a musical landscape of piano works from eleven representatives of the next generation of Canadian composers – all of these being women" - Jerry Ozipko
CMC Prairie Region director Janna Sailor sits down with V. Jessica Sparvier-Wells (McMann) to discuss her award-winning album Prairie Dusk, upcoming tour dates, reclaiming her birth name, and more!
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It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Keith Davies Jones; beloved husband and father; caring physician; musician and composer; animal lover; life giver.
CD 88 - Beautifully Relentless, Op. 322 (Ying/Yang Melody Cycle) for three horns, piano and drums The I Ching can be organized in a circle. It is a gradual pattern like the changes in weather through a year. There are beautiful patterns including fascinating opposites. He has organized this set into a pattern which has [...]