Reopening plan: 2500 audience members will be allowed at indoor and outdoor venues
UPDATE: As of Friday, May 21, outdoor shows in Québec will be allowed to take place in front of an audience of 250 with assigned…
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Performance venues to reopen in the red zone
MARCH 16 – Premier François Legault announced today that performance venues will be able to open across Quebec as of March 26. The nightly curfew…
Opéra de Montréal cancels Le Nozze di Figaro
Montreal, March 4, 2021 – Health and safety restrictions imposed by the federal and provincial governments have obliged the Opéra de Montréal to cancel its…
Montreal Conservatoire closed following a COVID-19 outbreak
The Montreal Conservatoire was closed yesterday following a COVID-19 outbreak. Sources state that a student was tested positive after having been in contact with an…
Musical Entrepreneurs in the Age of COVID-19
The pandemic has pushed the whole classical music sector further into the embrace of recorded performance and digital experimentation. What used to be a second…
The Elora Singers Have Got It Covered
Twenty-four people in masks. Twenty-five if you count the leader; 29 if you include the string quartet. Unknown location. Sounds mysterious. In fact, Hope & Refuge, a…
The OSM Competition announces its 2020 semi-finalists
Dedicated to woodwinds and brass instruments, the 81st edition of the OSM Competition unfolds between October 21 and December 12, 2020. In these times of…
Mécénat Musica distributes $1.5 million to 35 cultural organizations in Quebec
Mécénat Musica program has distributed $1.5 million to 35 cultural organizations in Quebec during pandemic from funds administered by three partner community foundations: Foundation of…
COVID-19: CALQ – New program to compensate for loss of ticket revenues
On Wednesday, October 7, the Conseil québécois de la musique attended a meeting that brought together the main performing arts groups in order to obtain…
Quebec Gives $50M to Help Cultural Institutions
Premier François Legault and Culture Minister Nathalie Roy unveiled a new $50 million grant program that will help more than 500 cultural organizations across the Quebec.…
