MUSE, Winter 2025 – Legacy Composer: Violet Archer (1913-2000)
“The most admired woman of the decade”
MUSE, Winter 2025 – Album Preview: Daniel Pelton
Daniel Pelton is an award-winning saxophonist and composer from Calgary, [...]
MUSE, Winter 2025 – Composer Feature: Emilie Cecilia Lebel
“... one of the country’s [Canada] most acclaimed musical voices, known for her atmospheric and introspective compositions that captivate listeners.” Fanny Po Sim Head, Interlude
PRESS RELEASE: 2025 Emerging Composer Competition Winner, Nic Bray
The Canadian Music Centre: Prairie Region is pleased to announce that composer and performer Nic Bray (Manitoba) is the winner of the 2025 Emerging Composer Competition (ECC) for his piece, "Spruce".
Canadian Orchestra Repertoire Reports
These 2023 and 2024 Canadian Orchestra Repertoire reports detail how Canada's Orchestras have programmed the works of women, non-binary, and BIPOC composers, what the trends are, and how those trends are changing.
DownBeat Magazines Now Available Digitally
Did you know that CMC Prairie has an extensive collection of periodicals in our collection available for your perusal? We're excited to offer access to our BownBeat collection online!
Heroes of CMC Prairie Region
See the list of recipients of the Violet Archer Lifetime Achievement Award and the Canadian Music Centre Prairie Region Award of Excellence
“The Canadian Music Centre: A History”
Read about the history of the Canadian Music Centre.
The Canadian Music Centre announces new Director for CMC Prairie Region
CMC Canada is delighted to announce the appointment of Janna Sailor to the senior management team of the Canadian Music Centre as the new Director of CMC Prairie Region, effective August 19th, 2024.
YYC Music Awards (YYCMA) 2024 Nominations
Two of our own Prairie Region Associate Composers' albums have been nominated for Classical Recording Of The Year!