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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.

Diversifying your Participatory Music Career

2026 02 26 - News, PCM Hub

Promotional banner for a "Virtual Professional Development Session" with centered red text that reads "Diversifying your Participatory Music Career" 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, 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.

Cultivating a Portfolio Career with Participatory Music

2025 10 28 - News, PCM Hub

Promotional banner for a "Virtual Professional Development Session" with centered red text that reads "Cultivating a Portfolio Career with Participatory Music" 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, 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.

Planting Seeds: How to initiate a Participatory Music Project

2025 09 04 - Events, News, PCM Hub

Promotional banner for a "Virtual Professional Development Session" with centered red text that reads "Planting Seeds: How to initiate a Participatory Music Project" 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, 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.