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Winners of the 2022 and 2021 CMC Prairie Region, Emerging Composer Competition

The Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region (CMCPR) is pleased to announce that Thomas Joiner (Calgary) is the winner of the 2022 Emerging Composer Competition (ECC) for his piece, Dawn, and Isaac Zee (University of Manitoba) is the winner of the 2021 ECC for his piece, On the Day of Judgement.

By |2021-09-10T07:09:22-06:0010 September 2021|Categories: News, Prairie|Tags: , |

CPO’s Under the Influence Festival set to provoke all sorts of outrageous and riotous reactions – in the best way

"More than 100 years ago, in 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring took its first performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The twittering dissonance in the music, combined with the jerky movements of the dancers, is rumoured to have caused a riot from the audience. “As human beings, we react to music [...]

By |2019-04-29T07:19:41-06:0029 April 2019|Categories: National, News, Prairie|Tags: , |

Review: Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus brings Allan Bevan’s best to Winspear

"When in 2016 the Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus made their Carnegie Hall debut, the main work that they took with them was Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode, an affecting Easter choral piece by the Canadian choral composer Allan Bevan. EdMetro (as they are usually known) is a community choir that was started in 2005 by David [...]

By |2019-04-17T08:19:30-06:0017 April 2019|Categories: News, Prairie|Tags: |

New Works Calgary celebrates 35 years by honouring co-founder Quenten Doolittle

"On April 5, New Works Calgary will mark their 35th anniversary with Alberta Double Bill. In addition to closing out their 2018-19 season, Alberta Double Bill will honour New Works co-founder Quenten Doolittle, who passed in March 2018 at the age of 92. A noted musician and former professor of music at the University of [...]

By |2019-04-09T07:54:57-06:009 April 2019|Categories: News, Prairie|Tags: |
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