News from the Prairie regional office of the Canadian Music Centre.
The Canadian Music Centre Prairie Region is pleased to announce the WINNER and RUNNER UP of the 2026 Emerging Composer Competition.
The Canadian Music Centre (CMC) Prairie Region is proud to announce that Allan Gordon Bell has received the Violet Archer Lifetime Achievement Award on November 23 during ArcherFest 2025.
The Canadian Music Centre (CMC) Prairie Region is proud to announce that Walter and Irene DeBoni are the inaugural recipients of the Violet Archer Award: For extraordinary contribution to Canadian music on November 23 during ArcherFest 2025.
It is deep with sadness that the family announces the passing of longtime Prairie Associate Composer and friend Dr. Monte Keen Pishny-Floyd at the age of 84, on October 15, 2025.
Canadian Music Centre Prairie Region Presents: ArcherFest, November 22 & 23 Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Violet Archer The Canadian Music Centre Prairie Region is proud to present: ArcherFest, a celebration dedicated to the life and legacy of visionary Canadian composer Violet Archer! Also recognizing CMC Prairie's 45th anniversary, this two-day festival brings together [...]
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.
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
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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.
