Orchestras Canada

2010 John Hobday Awards
The Canada Council has announced the deadline for the 2010 John Hobday Awards in Arts Management, awards created to recognize excellence and accomplishment in arts management, contribute to the professional development and revitalization of experienced managers, and contribute to the transfer of knowledge and experience from established and mid-career managers to the next generation. As many as two awards, worth as much as $10,000 each, will be awarded – one for Professional Development and Renewal, and a second for Mentorship.

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Competition for Emerging Composers
The National Broadcast Orchestra (NBO) has announced details of a competition for Canadian composers 35 and younger as of October 15. Candidates are to submit chamber orchestra works of eight to ten minutes in duration; each work will be reviewed by a national panel of composers chaired by NBO artistic director Alain Trudel, and the prize winning composition will be featured on the NBO’s November tour program, to be recorded for broadcast on CBC Radio Two. Full competition guidelines are available on the orchestra’s website here.

Earlier this week, from its new home at the Telus Studio Theatre within the University of British Columbia’s Chan Centre, the National Broadcast Orchestra announced details of its first projects since the group was formed to replace the disbanded CBC Radio Orchestra.

According to music director Alain Trudel, the National Broadcast Orchestra’s projects will include a diverse mix of live performances, radio broadcasts, internet broadcasts, and other specialized recording projects. This week, the orchestra is filming a high definition video project, and performing the same repertoire for a concert at Artspring on Salt Spring Island.

The formal debut of the National Broadcast Orchestra at home in Vancouver’s Chan Centre will take place January 8, 2010. This performance will be recorded live for broadcast on CBC Radio 2, with the premiere of a CBC-commissioned work by Michael Oesterle entitled The Sparrow’s Ledger. Soloists on the progam include trumpeter Jens Lindemann (in new works by Alain Trudel and Allan Gilliland) and Anton Kuerti (in a performance of Beethoven‘s Concerto No. 0, compiled from sketches by Beethoven and orchestrated by Kuerti).

The January 8 performance will be a special fundraising gala for the National Broadcast Orchestra. Ticket prices and on-sale date will be announced October 1.