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Halloween Party
A vast array of SMCQ Jeunesse school projects are being launched today. This fall, our special features revolve around the great Halloween Party concert: teachers’ training course, children’s workshops and dress rehearsal of Gruber’s monumental Frankenstein!! at Centre Pierre-Péladeau (Montréal) are all offered for free to secondary students and their teachers. Funded by the City of Montréal, this project will plunge students in the world of music creation.
Teachers who are interested can contact us or download the attached form. Hurry: 12 classes maximum (2 classes per school)!
News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Claire Cavanagh) on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Aida Aoun, General Director SMCQ
Photo: Jacques Cabana
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Aida Aoun as General Director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. Succeeding Pierrette Gingras, she will head the upcoming season of the Montreal/New Music International Festival, the Série Hommage /Tribute Series and the Montreal Series, as well as the SMCQ youth activities.
News posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The SMCQ staff is back and ready to dive into the new season. With five concerts of the Montreal Series throughout the year, the Montreal/New Music festival (5th edition) in February, activities in schools and youth projects going on tours, this 2010-11 season will be once again quite busy and filled with discoveries and (re)discoveries. Come join us!
News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Claire Cavanagh) on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
It is with great regret that we have learned the decease of Otto Jaochim, one of Canada’s pioneer composers of aleatoric and electroacoustic music. Solo violist for the OSM, the McGill chamber orchestra and the Montreal String Quartet in the 1950s, he started teaching at the McGill Conservatory and the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal in 1956. In the mid ‘50s, he created the first private electroacoustic music studio in the country, which enabled him, among other things, to write Katimavik, the first Canadian piece composed entirely for electronic sounds. This piece was presented during Expo 67 in the Canadian pavilion and was played again this year at the event “Joachim and Tremblay: Pioneers of Electronic Music” organized by Circuit in keeping with the Homage Series / Gilles Tremblay (2009-10). Mr. Joachim’s works have been played by many orchestras and ensembles, including the SMCQ which commissioned Uraufführung (1977) for 13 instruments and live electroacoustic sounds, and Stacheldraht (1994) for 13 instruments and speaker. Mr. Joachim would have celebrated his 100th birthday in October. We join the arts community and offer our most sincere condolences to Mr. Joachim’s family and friends.
News posted by Claire Cavanagh on Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Our offices will be closed from July 5th to 23rd. We look forward to being back with you in August for a new season as rich as this year’s!
News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Peggy Niloff) on Monday, July 5, 2010
The SMCQ has been moving in step with the lively rhythms of new music for over forty years. With its regular concert season, its Série Hommage (Tribute Series), an international festival, and a young listener’s programme, the society has served both as a platform for today’s composers and as a window on creative works for everyone.
Québec Stop-OversThursday, September 30, 8:00 pm
Halloween PartyThursday, October 28, 8:00 pm
Homage to Gilles Tremblay - A RecitalThursday, November 25, 8:00 pm
La RépubliqueThursday, February 24, 2011, 7:00 pm
Ensemble TransmissionFriday, April 29, 2011, 8:00 pm
La FugueWednesday, November 10, 1:30 pm, Theatr Elli
Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm, The Welfare
Sunday, November 14, 4:30 pm, Theatr Harlech
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