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…
Browsing: Walter Boudreau
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…
SMCQ, série hommage – Katia Makdissi-Warren: The Composer as Sound Director
Without them, movies would never be made and plays would never be seen. While they work in different media, film and stage directors must coax…
Creators in Their Own Words
To understand the music of today, we need to know its beginnings, to understand the music of the 20th century in all its variety and…
Stockhausen’s Klang – Savouring Eternal Moments
The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) has contributed significantly to the dynamic of the local new music scene. While doing its part in…
The Problem of Modern Music
“Only madmen invent entirely new languages,” wrote the Viennese-born British critic Hans Keller in a 1961 essay for The Musical Times bearing the same title…
News of the Industry
Pianist Carter Johnson Wins OSM Manulife Competition Carter Johnson of British Columbia was the grand prize winner of the OSM Manulife Competition. Apart from netting…
Eclectic, Eccentric, and Essential Sounds of Revolution, from Shostakovich to The Beatles to Frank Zappa
*Very limited seats remaining!* September 14, 2017, Montreal, QC – The MCO, under its Artistic Director Boris Brott, opens its 78th season with Revolution, an eclectic evening…
Man and His World @ 50: Expo 67 revisited
On October 29, 1967, at the closing ceremony of Montreal’s World Fair, a.k.a. Expo 67, Commissioner General Pierre Dupuy concluded his speech with these telling…
The National Assembly Honours The SMCQ
Montreal, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 – During today’s parliamentary session in the National Assembly, Luc Fortin, Minister of Culture and Communications, Minister responsible for the…
