On Thursday, May 28, from 3:30 to 5pm (EDT), join the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community and the Canadian New Music Network for a fourth virtual professional development session for participatory music practitioners. this session invites you to explore the possibilities of social enterprise in creating sustainable community music programs, and learn from our special guests: Lisa Michaels (Executive Director and Co-Founder, Bandology) and Erin Parkes (Executive Director and Founder, Lotus Centre for Special Music Education).

This free talk is part of the Professional Development Series: Grow your career in Participatory Music. Sessions are held online every two months.

Registration for the virtual session is free. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days in advance.

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On Thursday, March 19, from 3:30 to 5pm (EDT), join the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community and the Canadian New Music Network for a virtual professional development session for participatory music practitioners, featuring musician and sound artist Guillaume Jabbour. This hands-on workshop explores strategies in finding opportunities in new sectors — such as education, health and community settings — and fostering new relationships that can lead to creative projects.

Guillaume will talk about his work in sectors, and participants will have opportunities to develop strategies for their projects. Whether you are an artist in the first years of your career, or are well-established in certain circles, come with a new idea you are interested in proposing to develop new partners/relationships in a new sector.

Practical Workshop: Please come with a project in mind, ideally with existing description of the project that we will use to develop for different sectors.

This free talk is part of the Professional Development Series: Grow your career in Participatory Music. Other topics for the year will focus on engaging in outreach, partnership building, and how to evaluate impact.

Registration for the virtual session is free. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days in advance.

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ABOUT CNMN/RCMN — New name RCMSN

The Canadian New Music Network (CNMN) / Réseau canadien pour les musiques nouvelles (RCMN) connects creative music and sound communities across Canada. We value creativity and innovation, and develop our programming through a lens of arts activism. We welcome creators, performers, writers, arts producers, arts workers, ensembles large and small, production companies, presenters, record labels, music educators, music media and tech workers and creators, musicologists, and listeners.

Within the next year, CNMN will complete its transition to a new name and bilingual acronym:  RCMSN. This name reflects both the French name (Réseau de création musicale et sonore), and the English (Creative Music and Sound Network).  A new interactive website is also in development; these changes offer scope and breadth to our community, inclusive of practitioners and advocates for music and sound in many different forms.  Moving away from the in-person Forum model of previous years, our focus now will be on the strengthening of our online hub, encouraging manifold sound practices, offering pragmatic resources to our members, and featuring new ways to stay in touch across our vast and diverse country.

Since 2005 CNMN has supported community building and networking, offering educational and community resources for professionals and non-professionals alike. CNMN members support each other and share opportunities and ideas, including how artists can collaborate and advocate for social justice and environmental resilience.

RCMSN is committed to a diverse and inclusive national creative music and sound community. Diversity in all its forms (race, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, language, physical ability, age, and aesthetic) is a guiding factor in achieving its goals.

CNMN’s activities include: a bilingual website — with a searchable listing of members and resources; the PCM Hub, showcasing creative community music projects; and regular events focussed on arts activism and awareness, knowledge sharing, community building, and networking.

RCMSN represents its membership and creative music and sound arts to federal funding bodies, other arts organisations, and the media.

CNMN is a fully bilingual organisation, committed to communicating with its members in both official languages. CNMN is committed to promoting diversity within the community and seeking reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

• Directing and overseeing all administrative aspects of the organization.         
• Working closely with the Board of Directors to articulate the organization’s vision, mission and goals.
• Maintaining RCMSN’s strong community connection through community engagement, networking with national arts organizations.
• Overseeing the current major project of re-making the website according to the pre-determined vision established by the previous director, board of directors and staff. You would be working closely with a webmaster, bringing your specific expertise and experience to contribute to and oversee the process. 
• Managing all fiscal matters including budget development, forecasting, and management of operational and project budgets.
• Leading and supporting grant writing and fundraising efforts with staff and/or grant writers to secure funding through arts councils and foundations.
• Implementing the Google for Non-Profits system, and overseeing the protocols associated with Québec’s Loi 25.
• Working closely with the communication’s manager and administrative assistant as a collaborative, interdependent unit.
• Hiring and managing extra contract staff as required.
• Availability to work on weekends, evenings and stat holidays as needed to participate in significant events.

YOU BRING TO THIS ROLE

• Training in arts administration or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of and excitement about creative music and sound practices and communities in Canada and abroad
• Interest in and general understanding of web-development is a strong attribute, though not required.
• Strong communication skills. Fluency in both French and English would be an asset
• Leadership experience and the ability to manage a team of 2 members
• Capacity to communicate efficiently and report back to the board of directors.
• Strong financial management skills, especially in the non-profit cultural sector
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with individuals and groups in decision-making
• Experience and commitment in fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity
• Familiarity with digital tools including Excel, Word, WordPress, Adobe Suite, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram as well as collaboration tools such as Google Suite

WE OFFER

• Flexible scheduling 
• Remote work environment

POSITION DETAILS

• Reporting to: Board of Directors
• Contract terms: half-time contract (20 hours per week for 48 weeks), 1 year term with possibility to renew as funding allows — this is also subject to modification by potentially increasing the amount of billable hours 
• Compensation: $30-$35/hr based on experience and skills of the chosen candidate.

Note: This is a remote work position. The two part-time staff are located in Montréal.

HOW TO APPLY

Please email your resume and cover letter by February 28 to the following two addresses:

ATTN: CNMN Board Search Committee + CC Liberté-Anne Lymberiou (board co-president) assistant.cnmn@gmail.com cc l.a.lymberiou@gmail.com

Interviews will be held by videoconferencing.

To learn more about CNMN/RCMN, please visit our website: www.newmusicnetwork.ca | www.reseaumusiquesnouvelles.ca

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The Canadian New Music Network is excited to call for Participatory Creative Music Projects to be hosted on the online Participatory Creative Music Hub. Successful applicants will be provided funding for documentation of an existing project.

Amount of grant: $600.00

Application deadline: February 27, 2026

Application form

Deadline for submission of documentation of chosen projects via online upload form: May 1, 2026.

What is Participatory Creative Music? 

According to the Canadian New Music Network’s Public Engagement Committee, Participatory Creative Music is a multitude of approaches to creating music in which everyone involved, regardless of their prior experience in making music, has active input in the creative process. Authorship and decision-making is shared to greater or lesser degrees, depending on context.

For more information and clarification, see Keyword Definitions.

What is the Participatory Creative Music Hub?

The Hub showcases people from all walks of life creating music together. Whatever you call it – participatory creative music, community music, jamming, co-composition, improvisation, music exploration, listening games or having fun with sound – The Hub celebrates music creativity for everyone. 

The main criteria for projects is that all participants have active input in the creative process, whether they are 4, 40 or 94 years of age, an experienced musician or making music for the first time.

What is an eligible project?

An eligible project is a participatory creative music activity already occurring in the community, whether on-going or completed. Projects may take place in the fields of health care, education, social services, prisons and more. 

While not exclusive to this participant group, we would like to encourage submissions of projects occurring with children and youth in the community, including intergenerational projects. Projects outside of formal school settings are strongly encouraged, including those projects that serve children and youth in exceptional circumstances. Examples of participants include, but are not restricted to:

• Newcomer families in community centres,
• Street-affected youth groups or group homes, 
• Patients ages 3–5 years of age in children’s hospitals, 
• and more!

Eligible projects are wide and varied. Priority will be given to facilitators who are submitting a project to the Hub for the first time.

See the Project page for examples of Hub projects. 

See Keyword Definitions for terminology.

Documentation

The purpose of this grant is to support documentation of an existing PCM project to provide inspiration and tools for user groups of the Hub to make their own music. It is crucial that documentation is instructional in nature, rather than promotional. Links to biographical information via a CNMN member page and external links are possible on the project webpage.

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On Thursday, November 20, from 3:30 to 5pm (EDT), join the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community and the Canadian New Music Network for a second virtual professional development session for participatory music practitioners, featuring Canadian musicians who have cultivated participatory music projects throughout the course of their multifaceted careers in performing, composing, teaching, and facilitating.

This free talk is part of the Professional Development Series: Grow your career in Participatory Music. Other topics for the year will focus on engaging in outreach, partnership building, and how to evaluate impact.

Registration for the virtual session is free. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days in advance.

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Please make sure your 2025 membership dues are paid if you would like to vote, and remember that membership fees are PWYC.

The Canadian New Music Network invites You to help shape our future! We are looking for nominations to our Board of Directors. You can nominate yourself, or another individual. Elected by CNMN members at our AGM in the Fall of 2025, Board members serve two-year terms which are renewable. Please submit your CNMN Board nomination form by September 30, 2025.

As a Board member you will play an active role in shaping and moving forward this important part of the Canadian music and sound art scene. We would be particularly interested in:

• Nominations from Atlantic Provinces
• People with experience in finance, public relations, and governance (desirable but not required)

The Board meets regularly and works closely, this year developing some exciting new initiatives. Expectations of your time would be 3–4 hours a month, including meetings, and group or individual tasks. We invite you to join us with your energy and ideas, as we continue our national web of arts professionals.

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Invitation to CNMN’s 2025 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.

Zoom link

Agenda 2025

AGM report

Proxy form

Minutes 2024

Financial Statements

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On Thursday, September 25, from 3:30 to 5pm (EDT), join the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community and the Canadian New Music Network for a virtual professional development session for participatory music practitioners, featuring two Canadian musicians who initiated participatory music projects that have thrived over years.

This free talk is part of the Professional Development Series: Grow your career in Participatory Music. Other topics for the year will focus on growing a portfolio career, engaging in outreach, partnership building, and how to evaluate impact.

Registration for the virtual session is free. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a few days in advance.

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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.

Zoom link

Agenda 2024

AGM report

Proxy form

Minutes 2023

Financial Statements

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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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