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Congratulations to Cameron Catalano, Past President of Vancouver Pro Musica,  recently won a SOCAN National Award for Scoring made for TV film! https://www.wltribune.com/community/composer-from-williams-lake-wins-national-award-for-scoring-made-for-tv-movie/

Vancouver Pro Musica extends delighted “Congratulations” to Vancouver composer Rita Ueda for winning the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts. Her composition ‘As The First Spring Blossoms Awaken Through the Snow’ was premiered by the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra earlier this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35u2AFuGfr

Special Thanks to Turning Point Ensemble for leading the “All in the Family” Composition Mentoring / Orchestration Workshops! For those one who registered/attended the workshops, please contact [email protected] for a copy of the recordings for study purposes. Here are some additional information from musicians of the Turning Point Ensemble to assist you in writing your Read More

Join us on Sunday, October 16, 2 – 4 pm at the Vancouver Academy of Music – Yeung Ensemble Room for a workshop with our  2023 Sonic Boom Festival featured artists, Dory Hayley, soprano & Michael Park, piano. Admission by Donation RSVP via [email protected]

Did you miss the workshop with Sonic Boom Featured Artist, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa? Do you plan to submit a piece to the call for scores? Check out this document from Rachel all about extended piano techniques first!       Piano Extended tech for composers

Planning to write a piece to submit to the call for scores for the Sonic Boom 2019 Ensemble-in-Residence Pacific Baroque Orchestra? Here is some information on the Chamber Organ and Harpsichord: Chamber Organ By Hellmuth Wolff & Associées, Laval, Quebec, 2001 Bourdon                 8′       bass & treble       treble Flûtes à cheminée 4′       bass                     bass & treble Read More

Sonic Boom workshop notes, with helpful advice for writing for the Turning Point Ensemble and for percussion specifically, prepared by Owen Underhill and Julia Chien. Orchestration Workshop Copy Composing for Percussion