Société de musique contemporaine du Québec

Tremblay for Children

The SMCQ will be present at the congress of the FAMEQ (Federation of Music Educators of Québec Associations), which will be held in Montreal from November 19 to 21. All the teachers’ material for the project Le Grand jeu / La Grande écoute around composer Gilles Tremblay will be officially revealed: music scores for school bands, sound games, DVD and comic strip. Mark your agenda for the Great Concert of the FAMEQ Band, which will take place on November 20, at 5 pm, at the FACE auditorium.

Also note that the public launching of the comic strip Au pays de l’émerveillement Gilles Tremblay will take place in Montréal on November 21, at 10:30 pm, just after Gilles Tremblay’s Opéra Féerie concert performed by Chants libres and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. Author Marie Decary and illustrator Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal will be available to sign autographs.

• FAMEQ web site

News posted by Isabelle Picard (translation: Claire Cavanagh on Thursday, November 19, 2009

A glimpse of Tremblay’s opera

Chants libres [lyric creation company] offers us a glimpse of L’eau qui danse, la pomme qui chante et l’oiseau qui dit la vérité, an opera by Gilles Tremblay which will be first performed next November 19, 20 and 21.

• See the details about Enchanted Opera

News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Claire Cavanagh on Monday, November 16, 2009

Walter Boudreau in Paris

On November 15th (Salle Olivier Messiaen, 6 pm), SMCQ artistic director Walter Boudreau will be in Paris attending the production of his transcription of Romantic Medley (Frank Zappa) for voice and female vocal ensemble. The concert will be performed by Ensemble Heliades and Maîtrise de Radio France (Montpellier and Paris), with vocal recitation by Montrealer Simon Fournier.

News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Peggy Niloff) on Thursday, November 5, 2009

SMCQ Subscriptions: there is still time left

The first SMCQ concert has come and gone, but the season is just starting. By May, the SMCQ will have presented five concerts in its regular series.Register by December 1st, 2009, and enjoy all the benefits of the full subscription season: 25% discount on the single ticket price, a free issue of Circuit magazine, a free guest ticket for the concert of your choice, among others.

• See the complete details

News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Peggy Niloff) on Thursday, October 29, 2009

Special offer for composers, composition students and music teachers

Subscribe to the regular SMCQ season for… whatever amount you choose. Yes, it’s true! Composers, composition students and music teachers can indeed subscribe to all SMCQ concerts via a voluntary contribution. If you have not as yet taken advantage of this unique opportunity, there is still time to do so and be able to attend all five concerts of the upcoming season.

• Subscribe now for… whatever amount you choose

News posted by Noémie Pascal (translation: Peggy Niloff) on Thursday, October 29, 2009