Canada

The Canadian Music Centre (CMC) was formed in 1959. Initially, the CMC was responsible for collecting and cataloguing serious musical works, developing a catalogue of music scores, copying and duplicating the music, and making it available for loan, both nationally and internationally.

Since that time the CMC has grown considerably with today five regional centres across Canada. CMC offers access to the music of its Associate Composers through full lending music libraries and an online music store, the CMC Boutique.

The New Music in New Places festival, supported by The SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund, offers the general public an incredible opportunity to experience first-hand the creativity of Canadian composers. This festival is designed to bring Canadian contemporary music out of the concert halls and into the lives of Canadians.

While contemporary music has traditionally been the domain of a relatively select audience, the CMC's New Music in New Places festival aims to change that. Performances highlight contemporary composers from regions across the country bringing to beaches, malls, brewpubs, wineries, museums and airports, the sounds and music that are an integral part of the Canadian character.