Les oiseaux de Nias, SAT
Gang of Nuns: Eric Normand, Norm Adams, Brandon Auger and Antoine Létourneau-Berger. From suddenlyLISTEN and Tour de Bras’ HaliRiki. Photo: Mackenzie Adams
Transformation: four interactive multimedia works reimagine the piano and pianist’s artistic expression through new technologies, and transform the listener’s concert to an immersive, emotional and cinematic experience, photo credit Sigi Torinus
Helen Pridmore performing her work "Sor Juana and the Silences", Neworks Calgary, 2020
Les oiseaux de Nias, SAT
Evie Mark & Akinisie Sivuarapik - Inuit Throat Singers. Esprit Orchestra performance of Alexina Louie's Take the Dog Sled. Photo Malcolm Cook
Lori Freedman & Alexandre St-Onge -- Nuit Blanche MTL
Fischermanns Orchestra, Bruno Spörri & D. Andrew Stewart at Jazzwerkstatt 2018. Photo: Anna Zimmermann
Toninato/Thiessen (Ida Toninato & Jennifer Thiessen) performs their new work Winter[City]Speaks at GroundSwell Winnipeg, Feb 22, 2023 Photo: Matt Duboff
Sbot N Wo, Helen Pridmore and WL Altman, performing at Thunder and Lightning, Sackville NB in 2015
Les oiseaux de Nias, SAT
Urbanvessel - On the Brink. Photo: Dahlia Katz
Modulus Festival Rothko Chapel - Music on Main
Meryem Alaoui in Urbanvessel’s riverMOUTH, photo: David Langer
AllCapsNoSpace - Linda Bouchard
Emily Doolittle - Board Member
OF THE WORLD, DUST REMAIN - Interdisciplinary stage work by Roozbeh Tabandeh - January 2019
Photo: Jessica Lowe
Esprit Orchestra performance of R. Murray Schafer's North/White with percussionist Ryan Scott "riding" a snowmobile. Photo Malcolm Cook.
Urbanvessel - Stitch. Photo: Omer Yukseker
Fischermanns Orchestra, Bruno Spörri & D. Andrew Stewart at Jazzwerkstatt 2018. Photo: Anna Zimmermann
Toninato/Thiessen (Ida Toninato & Jennifer Thiessen) performs their new work Winter[City]Speaks at GroundSwell Winnipeg, Feb 22, 2023. Photo: Matt Duboff
Sharon Kallis leading a rope making exercise at CNMN Conversation on Sustainability Vancouver
Tina Pearson's Tree Sing, vocalists - Sara Létourneau et Caroline Tremblay, dancer - Mya Lalancette Photo: Constantin Monfilliette
Sede Vecente (2005) by composer André Cormier for 4 basses and 4 violas, in a multi-exposure video project. Andrew Reed Miller and Robin Streb
Modulus Festival 2015 - A Strange Wonderful Something
GOYA: Intermedia Opera, created by WL Altman with libretto by David Fancy. Singer Helen Pridmore, video by Ian Campbell.
The Line with Lori Hamar - Linda Bouchard
RETRO-for bells installation, chamber ensemble and live electronics – Roozbeh Tabandeh
Pauline Oliveros' Heart Chant at CNMN Conversation on Sustainability Vancouver
Urbanvessel - Voice Box. Photo: Adam Coish
Transcendence (2022) by Andrew Reed Miller with Sally Dibblee, soprano voice Painting is Transcendence (2022) by Deanna Musgrave
OF THE WORLD, DUST REMAIN - Interdisciplinary stage work by Roozbeh Tabandeh - January 2019
Urbanvessel - On the Brink. Photo: Dahlia Katz
Geordie Haley, Karen Ng, Andrew Jackson, From suddenlyLISTEN. Photo Norm Adams
Urbanvessel - Singing River. Photo: Saajid Motala
Fischermanns Orchestra, Bruno Spörri & D. Andrew Stewart at Jazzwerkstatt 2018. Photo: Anna Zimmermann
Emily Doolittle - Board Member
David Sait playing guzheng at Array Toronto. Photo: Taya Sait
Murmuration by Linda Bouchard @ CNMAT, California
Esprit Orchestra performance of Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question in Koerner Hall on October 24, 2018. Photo Malcolm Cook
Les oiseaux de Nias, SAT
Urbanvessel: On the Brink - photo by Dahlia Katz
Andrew Jackson and Jacinte Armstrong. From suddenlyLISTEN’s Inside Out. Photo: Kevin MacCormack
See the Freeze, Hear the Thaw by Carmen Braden, Megumi Masaki and film by Caroline Cox and Ben McGregor, photo credit Bill Braden.
Lori Freedman & Alexandre St Onge during a matralab residency with Linda Bouchard

About Us

The Canadian New Music Network (CNMN) is a membership-based organization connecting and representing everyone involved in Canadian music and sound creation. CNMN's ambition is to gather all Canadian composers, performers, ensembles, orchestras, administrators, service organizations, production companies, presenters, record labels, music educators, music media, musicologists from coast-to-coast and reaching out to members abroad.

People from many cultures and practices create new music in Canada. CNMN’s activities reflect our belief and enthusiasm for the value and benefits of new music for both for individuals and communities as a means of expression and listening. CNMN members practice a vibrant range of musical and/or sonic practices and interests, be they performative or contemplative, live or mediated, professional or enthusiast. CNMN brings us together, catalyzes initiatives and creates resources for a dynamic and nurturing creative environment.

What's New

2024-08-28

The Cana­di­an New Music Net­work is delight­ed to announce the launch of FLUX, a new fes­ti­val that aims to fos­ter greater inclu­siv­i­ty and to val­ue the diver­si­ty of our music and sound com­mu­ni­ties.  From Octo­ber 4 to 10, 2024, five venues and sev­en local orga­ni­za­tions invite you to reimag­ine Montréal’s sound­scape around the theme: Sound… Read more »

2024-06-27

Sus­tain­able Futures: How can music orga­ni­za­tions respond to the cli­mate emer­gency and its social impacts ? As part of the Sound Sym­po­sium Fes­ti­val the Cana­di­an New Music Net­work is pleased to invite you to a con­ver­sa­tion on ways to envi­sion a sus­tain­able future for artists and orga­ni­za­tions involved in music and sound cre­ation, as well as… Read more »

Events

  • September 27, 2024 - CNMN AGM 2024

    Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 27 at noon (EST):

    Invi­ta­tion to CNMN’s 2024 Annu­al Gen­er­al Meeting!

    Please ensure your mem­ber­ship dues are paid before vot­ing. A Zoom link will be sent out via newslet­ter pri­or to the AGM.

    Agen­da 2024

    AGM report

    Proxy form

    Min­utes 2023

  • October 4, 2024 - FLUX Festival:  Sound and Collective Reflections

    The Cana­di­an New Music Net­work is delight­ed to announce the launch of FLUX, a new fes­ti­val that aims to fos­ter greater inclu­siv­i­ty and to val­ue the diver­si­ty of our music and sound communities. 

    From Octo­ber 4 to 10, 2024, five venues and sev­en local orga­ni­za­tions invite you to reimag­ine Montréal’s sound­scape around the theme: Sound and Col­lec­tive Reflections. 

    For sev­en days, FLUX will present a diverse line­up of local and inter­na­tion­al artists, offer­ing a rich tapes­try of sounds and expe­ri­ences for every­one who per­forms and lis­tens to exper­i­men­tal music.

    The fes­ti­val will also host work­shops, artists talks, com­mu­ni­ty round­ta­bles, and an aca­d­e­m­ic con­fer­ence, encour­ag­ing dia­logue and col­lab­o­ra­tion with­in and across communities. 

    Ini­ti­at­ed by Arts in the Mar­gins, FLUX is the out­come of reflec­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion between sev­er­al cre­ative music orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing Inno­va­tions en con­cert, Mar­di Spaghet­ti, Le Vivi­er, the Cana­di­an New Music Net­work, McGill’s Lab­o­ra­to­ry of Urban Cul­ture, and the Inter­na­tion­al Insti­tute for Crit­i­cal Stud­ies in Impro­vi­sa­tion.

  • October 8, 2024 - GIFT — Social Prescribing as an Improvisatory Practice

    Ini­ti­at­ed by musi­cian and Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Cre­ative Music Hub’s Project Lead, Louise Camp­bell, the GIFT project presents works for solo clar­inet, solo trum­pet, elec­tron­ics and video pro­jec­tion, and is infused with the gen­eros­i­ty of shared expe­ri­ences and co-cre­ation processes. 

    On the occa­sion of GIFT and as part of FLUX, we are pleased to invite you to the dou­ble launch par­ty of CNM­N’s Cre­ative Music in Health resource as well as Revue Cir­cuit’s issue 34.2 on Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Cre­ative Music. The evening’s events will include:

    • A lec­ture on Social Pre­scrib­ing as an Impro­visato­ry Prac­tice and asso­ci­at­ed health out­comes, mod­er­at­ed by Dr. Rebec­ca Barnstaple;
    • A Round Table dis­cus­sion fea­tur­ing guests Pierre Vachon (La SAMS’ Cofounder), Ter­ri Hron (Edi­tor of Revue Cir­cuit) and Louise Camp­bell (GIFT’s Artis­tic Director); 
    • An inter­ac­tive demon­stra­tion of arts and health ani­ma­tion, led by Dr. Rebec­ca Barn­sta­ple and Louise Campbell.

    Doors open at 5:30pm for snacks at 5:30pm with dis­cus­sions and activ­i­ties at 6:00pm! On Octo­ber 8 and 9 at Édi­fice Wilder, join us for the GIFT con­cert and its post-con­cert talk!

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