Interview | Linda Bouchard – Brasier, SMCQ Concert-Portrait
On Sunday, May 1st at Salle Pierre Mercure, the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec will conclude its series of Portraits with Brasier, a concert…
Browsing: SMCQ
Newswire | Composer Ana Sokolovic Appointed as New Artistic Director of the SMCQ
Montreal, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 – Anik Shooner, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), is pleased…
Jean Lesage: Modern-age composer-philosopher
The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, as part of its series of portraits of composers, focused on Jean Lesage in a presentation scheduled for…
Upcoming concerts (November-January): Montreal
27th JAL Gala After the 2020 edition was cancelled because of the pandemic, the 27th Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Gala is back in full force this…
Editorial (October 2021)
On Sept. 30, Quebec announced the opening of concert halls to full capacity from 50% beginning Oct. 8*. This is the first positive development for…
Walter Boudreau: 33 years with the SMCQ
A major page is about to turn. The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) in September announced the retirement of its artistic director Walter…
Concert reviews (October 2021)
Opéra de Montréal Riders to the Sea/Le Flambeau de la nuit What you missed A dark double bill (Sept. 25) linking one-act operas by Vaughan…
A well-deserved retirement for Walter Boudreau
Montreal, September 14, 2021 – Ms. Anik Shooner, Chair of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) Board of Directors, announces the retirement of…
Free concert: “Dialogues” between East and West
Despite a challenging year of building a season on shaky foundations, between September 2020 and June 2021, the SMCQ and its Artistic Director Walter Boudreau…
Volumina: the fullness of sound fills empty rooms
For the 10th edition of the Montreal/New Musics festival, the SMCQ and Artistic Director Walter Boudreau present Volumina, bringing together works by Ligeti, Sokolović, Tremblay…
