Participatory Music as Social Enterprise

2026 05 02 - News, PCM Hub

Promotional banner for a "Virtual Professional Development Session" with centered red text that reads: Participatory Music as Social Enterprise; and blue text below: Virtual Professional Development Session; On the left, a colorful artistic illustration of a human head in profile, bursting with musical instruments, notes, butterflies, and ink splatters. Above the head, text reads: PCM Hub and below Carrefour CMP. The right side displays two stacked logos: Canadian New Music Network (Réseau canadien pour les musiques nouvelles) on top, and Laurier Centre for Music in the Community below.

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.