Musicworks is pleased to announce that Panayiotis Kokoras has won first prize in the 2025 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest for Viper Snake. “I have been following Musicworks for more than 15 years, so this recognition is especially meaningful to me,” said Kokoras upon receiving the news. “Viper Snake explores the physicality, friction, and volatileContinue reading “2025 Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest Winners Announced!”
Genre Archives
Markus Floats. Fourth Album. Constellation Records, CST174.
Montreal composer Markus Floats’ dynamic new LP moves between free jazz, musique concrète, and minimalism. Whereas his previous records were largely individual endeavours produced solo with MIDI instrumentation, Fourth Album welcomes contributions from Ari Swan (violin), James Nicholas Dumile Goddard (saxophone, mbira), and Lucas Huang (drums, guitar) of the improvisational group Egyptian Cotton Arkestra. TheirContinue reading “Markus Floats. Fourth Album. Constellation Records, CST174.”
What’s Inside Musicworks 144?
Cozy up with the Winter 2022–23 issue and discover new pathways of sonic connectivity! ON THE COVER: SLOWPITCHSOUND With roots in turntablism that extend into the likes of classical composition, sound design, and theatre, Toronto-based artist and musician Cheldon Paterson—aka SlowPitchSound—is an artist whose music is difficult to define. In an interview with Musicworks contributing editorContinue reading “What’s Inside Musicworks 144?”
No Hay Banda. I Had a Dream About This Place
No Hay Banda, a commissioning group, presenter, and record label founded in Montreal in 2016, codifies their work in the Canadian experimental music scene on their adventurous debut album, I Had a Dream About This Place. The four-track record presents winding, texturally explorative pieces by composers Anthony Tan, Sabrina Schroeder, Andrea Young, and Mauricio Pauly.Continue reading “No Hay Banda. I Had a Dream About This Place”
Jessica Moss Explores the Orchestra Within
If there is a through line connecting traditional Eastern European klezmer, indie rock, and experimental drone music, it can be found in the work of Jessica Moss. Whether her music is acoustic or electronic, post-rock or post-classical, a stark and dramatic amplified violin performance or a lively klezmer tune with mandolin and Yiddish vocals, Moss’sContinue reading “Jessica Moss Explores the Orchestra Within”
Fall 2022
What’s Inside Musicworks 143?
Settle into an autumnal groove with our Fall 2022 issue and direct your curious ears toward new aesthetic coordinates. ORDER YOUR PHYSICAL COPY OF MUSICWORKS 143 FROM OUR SHOP. or SUPPORT MUSICWORKS, A REGISTERED NON-PROFIT, WITH AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. ON THE COVER: JESSICA MOSS Montreal violinist and composer Jessica Moss talks to writer Mary DickieContinue reading “What’s Inside Musicworks 143?”
Musicworks Unveils 2021 Contest Winners
TORONTO, CANADA, July 21, 2022: Musicworks is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2021 Electronic Music Composition Contest. Portuguese composer Mariana Vieira has won first prize with her composition The Unexpected Encounter with Diversity. “Winning the prize of the Electronic Music Composition Contest has been a great joy, and I’m grateful to Musicworks forContinue reading “Musicworks Unveils 2021 Contest Winners”
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, 38th edition.
After a lean, socially distanced 2021 edition, Festival International de Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV) returned this year with a strong program that offered concertgoers a chance to discover large-ensemble works by established artists along with fresh, genre-bending musical endeavours from the new generation. The tone was set by the awe-inspiring performance of the Montreal-via-Cairo singerContinue reading “Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, 38th edition.”
Pierre Kwenders Dreams for the World
“I grew up surrounded by music lovers. There was always music playing and people dancing. There was always a reason for a family gathering, and I was one of those kids always ready to dance. Whenever there was a family gathering, there was an acoustic guitar around and my uncle would take the guitar andContinue reading “Pierre Kwenders Dreams for the World”