Applications are now open for the VIFF AMP Talent Accelerator program, which provides 50 emerging creators from across Canada with exclusive mentorship and learning opportunities. Applications close August 8.
Read MoreShowcase applications for BC Touring Council’s Pacific Contact 2022, April 7-10, are now available. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, June 30.
Read MorePooni Group is hosting an online event pertaining to two music venues in downtown Vancouver, the Commodore Ballroom and the Orpheum Theatre, on April 22.
Read MoreB.C.’s music industry can plan for the future with $22.5 million dedicated to the sector over the next three years through Amplify BC.
Read MoreThis new funding will support the planning and presentation of COVID-19 safe events in the arts and music sectors – including both live and digital – and provide work opportunities in these sectors. It includes the one-year renewal of an additional $25 million initially provided in Budget 2019 to help stabilize the overall environment for the arts and music sectors.
Read MoreApplications are now open for the second round of the Vancouver Music Fund, which provides direct support to Indigenous and underrepresented musicians, artists and groups in Vancouver’s music sector. Apply by April 28.
Read MoreThe survey, called The Change You Want to See, was designed by Hill Strategies and Rosa, and polls Canadian union and non-union contract workers in the performing arts, film, and television industries. Complete it by October 23.
Read MoreThe National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health hosts "COVID-19 Risks and Precautions for the Performing Arts", a free webinar, on September 30.
Read MoreThe BC Centre for Disease Control has released its guidelines for bands and choirs to manage the spread of COVID-19.
Read MoreLend your voice to contribute to a music strategy for the Central Okanagan region, to be delivered in late 2021.
Read MoreWolfBrown and the Bernard van Leer Foundation have released a new report entitled Making a Joyful Noise: The Potential Role of Music Making in the Well-Being of Young Families.
Read MoreCreative Okanagan is leading the process of developing the region’s first Music Strategy, and seeks members for an advisory group to aid the process.
Read MoreThe BC Touring Council is accepting registrations for On the Road: A Touring Workshop for Young, Aspiring Emerging Performing Artists, Agents, Managers and Administrators, taking place November 9-10 in Burnaby.
Read MoreVancouver City Council has approved Culture|Shift, the new 10-year cultural plan prioritizes affordable and accessible spaces, cultural equity, accessibility, reconciliation and decolonization.
Read MoreRespectful Workplaces in the Arts has issued a Canadian Code of Conduct for the Performing Arts, a series of guidelines to create “safer, more inclusive, respectful workplaces where artists can thrive, free from all forms of harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying and violence.”
Read MoreThe City of Vancouver and Creative BC have partnered on three new music grant programs to support Indigenous and underrepresented artists, which will be funded by the City’s $300,000 Vancouver Music Fund.
Read MorePerforming artists are encouraged to apply for the showcase, which takes place April 4-5, 2020 in Burnaby.
Read MoreOrchestras Canada’s new report, Re-sounding the Orchestra, presents an analysis of systemic inequality and coloniality in the orchestra, and offers recommendations to help advance diversity and equity.
Read MoreTweeddale, who also serves as President of the VSO School of Music, will take on a new role with the San Francisco Ballet, effective September 3.
Read MoreShare your opinion to help shape the future of music in Vancouver at community feedback sessions on May 29 and June 26.
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