A Conversation with Associate Composer Rosemary Mountain

Rosemary Mountain's life has been characterized by exploration – geographical, cultural, scholarly, and creative. Her musical output is varied in style and ensemble, including electroacoustics and mixed works as well as occasional collaborations with other art forms (film, dance, theatre), and has been performed in Canada & Europe. Early exposure to Indian music led her [...]

By |2021-05-20T12:29:47-03:0020 May 2021|Categories: Atlantic, Composer Spotlight|Tags: , , , , |

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 [...]

By |2020-12-08T15:06:34-04:008 December 2020|Categories: Atlantic, Composer Spotlight, News|Tags: , , , , , |

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 [...]

By |2020-11-27T12:44:30-04:0027 November 2020|Categories: Atlantic, Composer Spotlight, News, Region|Tags: , , , , , , |

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/) [...]

By |2020-07-02T12:02:24-03:002 July 2020|Categories: Atlantic, News|Tags: , , , |

2020 ECMAs CANCELLED AMID COVID-19 CONCERNS

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.

By |2020-04-20T12:38:30-03:0016 March 2020|Categories: Atlantic, News|

Researcher creates state-of-the-art music studio at Acadia University

"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, [...]

By |2019-08-22T15:12:18-03:0022 August 2019|Categories: Atlantic, News|Tags: |

Stacey Brown wins Symphony Nova Scotia’s award for Canadian female composers

"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 [...]

By |2019-04-03T14:48:16-03:003 April 2019|Categories: Atlantic, News|
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