News from the Atlantic regional office of the Canadian Music Centre.
ECMA Submissions are Open!
ECMA submissions are currently open from Now until October 3rd!
New Musings on New Music
We recently spoke with Adam Clarke, a young Canadian composer living and working in Belgium. It was fun to hear about his journey from small town Nova Scotia to some of the cultural centres of Europe.
ECMA Classical Showcase
Celebrate this year’s ECMA nominees for Classical Recording of the Year and Classical Composition of the Year.
Congratulations to Atlantic Associate Composer Kati Agócs on her Horn Concerto with Symphony Nova Scotia
Kati's work was commissioned by five orchestras: Symphony Nova Scotia, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra.
Sarah Slean/Symphony Nova Scotia CD Nominated for JUNO and ECMA awards
“Symphony Nova Scotia made sweet music with Sarah Slean, which has earned the orchestra a Juno nomination for 2021 Classical Album of the Year:Vocal and Choral. The album Ecstasy also grabbed an East Coast Music Award nomination for Classical Recording of the Year. Slean says CBC producer Jeff Reily was the mastermind behind the collaboration, [...]
Ramadan 20 vs. COVID 19
Newfoundland and Labrador-based composer Andrew Staniland tells us about his latest work, Ramadan 20 vs. Covid 19, commissioned for the 2021 NYC songSLAM Festival by Sparks & Wiry Cries. The work premiered on January 22 to great acclaim, and here Andrew and pianist Erika Switzer reflect on the process of creating this new art [...]
World Premiere of December with Essential Opera
Essential Opera has announced the digital premiere of their original holiday piece, December. The short film goes live on Monday, December 21 at 8:00 p.m. AST during a hosted YouTube event. CMC Atlantic caught up with composer Monica Pearce about her new one-act opera for three sopranos and string quartet, soprano Erin Bardua and Essential [...]
Bob Bauer’s tears in the fragile web of memory
Atlantic composer Bob Bauer is looking forward to the recorded performance of his new work Tears in the fragile web of memory, premiering on Saturday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m. on YouTube and Facebook. This online event is free but donations are welcome to presenter Musique Royale. This virtual concert from St. John’s Anglican [...]
Pursuing his dreams in Halifax – Leaf Music’s Jeremy VanSlyke
Jeremy VanSlyke is just the kind of guy you love reading about, following his classical music dreams, running his own business and juggling family life. We’re not going to repeat all his successes with Leaf Music Inc., the only classical music label east of Quebec; he’s already been profiled in La Scena Musicale (link: https://myscena.org/wah-keung-chan/leaf-music-the-independant-label-that-could/) [...]
Daryl Jamieson – is nowhere free of bad tidings?
From Japan, composer Daryl Jamieson has created is nowhere free of bad tidings? It’s a setting of Japanese texts from the middle ages, specifically addressing plague, natural disasters and war, and how to respond to them by withdrawing from the world. The piece also won the 3rd Toshi Ichiyanagi Contemporary Prize. Read more here and [...]