Dr. Matthew Emery Has Been Named Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Composer In Residence For 2026/27
Emery composed a new work commissioned by TMChoir for the opening concert of the choir’s 2026/27 season.
Vancouver composer gets posthumous release of work following her sudden passing
Flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor celebrates the late composer Jocelyn Morlock with the release of Artemis Sleeps
2026 Hildegard Commission at National Sawdust
Maria-Eduarda Mendes Martins has been named a winner of the 2026 Hildegard Commission at National Sawdust, a prestigious program supporting outstanding early-career composers who are women or of other marginalized genders.
30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2026 edition
Meet the young musicians burning up Canada's classical scene
Grand Teton Music Festival samples composer Kevin Lau’s musical storytelling
The Grand Teton Music Festival has also commissioned a new work from Lau that will be premiered in 2027.
Woodhaven Artist in Residence welcomes Canadian composer Frank Horvat
He will spend four weeks at the centre, where he will work on a new composition in his Earth Hour series, his decades-spanning series of solo piano compositions.
Jean-François Denis: Electroacoustic Music Trailblazer
The 2026 Christopher J. Reed Award is presented to Jean-François Denis, co-founder of the record label empreintes DIGITALes, which is entirely devoted to electroacoustic music.
Contemporary Composer: Emily Doolittle
During the past three decades she has amassed a sizeable output that, taking in all the notable genres, is underpinned by the awareness of creativity from a non-human perspective matched by few, if any, of her peers.
The Classical Canon: What Would It Look Like If It Started Today?
The “classical canon” can be thought of as a kind of greatest hits collection of Western classical music. It’s those pieces and composers that you would encounter as a student, musician, or audience member, no matter where you are across the globe.
Tawnie Olson named composer-in-residence for Vancouver Chamber Choir
Congratulations to Tawnie Olson (YSM M.M. ’99, ISM A.D. ’00), who will be the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Composer-in-Residence for the 2026-2027 season. The VCC will perform her music throughout the year, beginning with her Grace Cathedral Missa Brevis (2025) on the first concert of the season, and has commissioned a substantial new piece that they will premiere in May, 2027.
