Join ECMA this year in the host city of Halifax, NS, as the event lights up the stages with East Coast music from May 3 - 7, 2023. Further announcements from ECMA, including showcasing artists, conference details, and more will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
John Beckwith's more than 160 compositions reflect his interests in Canadian literature and history, the country’s composed musical heritage, contemporary poetry, and shifting currents of music.
He wrote more than 160 works, including 4 operas and a dozen orchestral compositions, during his long career
Three weeks to the day after attending Chalmers House (home of the Canadian Music Centre) for the launch of John Beckwith’s book Musical Annals, I was back in the same space (though arranged in a more intimate horseshoe pattern for the attendees), for the return of Edana Higham and Zac Pulak, aka SHHH!! Ensemble.
Book Launch: John Beckwith - Music Annals Click Here to Reserve Your Ticket Join us for the launch of the composer and writer John Beckwith’s 17th book, Music Annals. In this collection of 46 articles written over a period of some 41 years, Beckwith displays insatiable curiosity, sharp critical skills, a gracious literary style, and a boundless [...]
CMC Ontario has announced the winners of the 2021 Beckwith Award. We want to congratulate music educators Bernie Andrews, Catherine Kloepfer, and Laura Lee Matthie, ensembles the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kingston Symphony, and the presenter NUMUS.
To celebrate he will likely be listening along with many of his admirers to the John Beckwith Songbook, a two-hour, free virtual concert honouring his 70-year career in music.
Now in its 49th season,Toronto’s New Music Concerts (NMC) remains one of the main presenters of contemporary concert music in Toronto, with a long and diverse legacy of bringing first performances of significant new works to Toronto audiences, covering compositions from a wide range of styles, written by living composers from around the world, including Canada.
