News from the Atlantic regional office of the Canadian Music Centre.
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 [...]
L. Christopher Palmer was born in Holland of Canadian parents, and grew up in London, England. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London, and later at the University of Ottawa. He lives in Halifax, and works as a professional bassoonist with Symphony Nova Scotia. He also plays piano and organ, and has been active in the community as a teacher, coach, conductor and organizer of musical events.
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) announces the cancellation of 2020 East Coast Music Awards: Festival & Conference presented by TD due to growing concerns about COVID-19. The event was slated to take place in St. John’s, NL from April 29-May 03, 2020.
"...The three-year contract will begin in January 2020, and Mathieson's first performance with Symphony NS is planned for October 29, 2020, conducting music from acclaimed Canadian composer Kati Agócs." www.halifaxtoday.ca
"This fall, students of Acadia’s School of Music should expect to get an earful – of sound that is. Dr. Derek Charke, Professor of Composition and Theory in the School of Music at Acadia University is the creator and director of the new Acadia Electroacoustic Music Studio (AEMS). With his summer break nearing its end, [...]
"Montreal-based composer Stacey Brown is the new winner of Symphony Nova Scotia’s Maria Anna Mozart Award for Canadian female composers. Launched in 2016, the prize supports the work of Canadian women composers, providing funds for the symphony to commission and perform a new symphonic work by a Canadian woman every three years. “It is an [...]
This promises to be a great concert, with a new work by Atlantic Associate Composer Derek Charke and dedicated to Pat Wyman, who passed away before it was premiered in Ottawa for Canada 150.