Some SOCAN Foundation grants approved in 2003

Event & Project Grants: Pop Music
Event & Project Grants: Concert Music
Concert Music Series Grants
Festival Grants
Publication Grants
Education Grants
Composer Residency Grants


Event & Project Grants: Pop Music

Western Canadian Music Alliance Inc.
Western Canadian Music Week (Sept. 25-29, 2003; Regina)
Regina Folk Festival
"Independent Voices" series (Sept. 2003-June 2004)
The Centre in the Square
The Songwriters Circle (June 19, 2003; Kitchener, Ont.)
Guelph Jazz Festival
Workshops at Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium (Sept. 3-5, 2003)
Urban Music Association of Canada
Urban X-Posure 2003 (July 31, 2003; Toronto)
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
17th annual conference (Oct. 17-19, 2003; Sudbury, Ont.)
Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
"Go East" (part of 2003 Folk Meet) (Nov. 20-23, 2003; Montreal)
CADEUL (Laval student association)
"La vitrine étudiante" (March 26-28, 2003; Quebec City)
Hugh Fraser
New works for jazz orchestra (May 12-16, 2004; Banff, Alta.)
Pacific Music Industry Association
"Show and Tell" (Oct. 1, 2003; Vancouver)
Composers' Jazz Orchestra Society
CJOS Presents Canadian Jazz Masters (June 1, 2003; Vancouver)
Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts
Alberta Sessions (March 22-27, 2004; Calgary)
The Centre in the Square
On Stage concert series (Dec. 2003, Feb. 2004; Kitchener, Ont.)
River Run Centre
Canadian Songwriters' Festival (Oct. 3, 4, 2003; Guelph, Ont.)
Toronto Blues Society
Maple Blues Awards (Jan. 27, 2004; Toronto)
Music and Film in Motion
Industry Forum Series (Sept. 15-21, 2003; Sudbury, Ont.)
Indian Art-I-Crafts
Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (Nov. 28, 2003; Toronto)
Canadian Music Week
Canadian Independent Music Awards (March 3, 2004; Toronto)
Canadian Music Week
National Songwriting Competition Finals (March 6, 2004; Toronto)
Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Music Week (Oct. 3-5, 2003; Halifax)
Music Industry Ass'n of Newfoundland and Labrador
2003 Conference and Awards Show (Nov. 7-9, 2003; St. John's)

Event & Project Grants: Concert Music

Pro Musica Society of Vancouver
Further East, Further West: Festival of new music featuring Asian
instruments (Aug.-Oct. 2003)
Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
Competition for performers, featuring Cdn music (May 2-4, 2003;
Brandon, Man.)
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound (May 7-11, 2003; Kitchener, Ont.)
Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee
National Piano Concerto Competition: Award for best
performance of a Canadian work (May 24, 25, 2003)
Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop
Concerts and workshops for young composers in Parry
Sound and Toronto (July 28-31, Sept. 2003)
Orchestras Canada
Soundings Phase II: June 2003 national conference, composer
workshop (June 5-8, 2003; Toronto)
Ottawa Valley Music Festival
Concert performance of works by Canadian composers
(Sept. 21, 2003; Ottawa)
Productions Plateforme Inc.
Festival international de musique actuelle (May 15-19, 2003;
Victoriaville, Que.
Upstream Music Association
Concert at Scotia Festival of Music, featuring Canadian works
(June 2, 2003; Halifax)
Symphony Nova Scotia
Tour featuring performances of works by Canadian composers
(April 2003; New Brunswick)
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Concert of original inter-cultural works (Jan. 31, 2004; Vancouver)
Association of Canadian Women Composers
Website design and directory development (Toronto)
Saskatoon Symphony
Festival of New Music (Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2004; Saskatoon)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
WSO New Music Festival (Jan. 24-30, 2004)
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
Composers' Workshop & Concert (Jan. 20-22, 2004; Thunder Bay, Ont.)
Contact Contemporary Music
Ménage: Concert of works for small ensembles (Oct. 10, 2003; Toronto)
Esprit Orchestra
The Weekend New Wave Composers Festival (April 3, 4, 2004; Toronto)
Arraymusic
Scratch2: Multidisciplinary event (Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2004; Toronto)
Talisker Players Chamber Music
Sense & Nonsense: Concert (Feb. 23, 2004; Toronto)
Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
MusiMars: Collaborative project (March-April 2004; Montreal)
Vivienne Spiteri
Solo concert of electroacoustic works (Jan. 15, 2004; Montreal)
Réseaux des arts médiatiques
Rien à voir: electroacoustic music events (Feb. 11-14, 2004; Montreal)
Quatuor de saxophones Nota Bene
Rythmes des Amériques (April 23, 2004; Montreal)
Société québécoise de recherche en musique
Journées québécoises (Jan. 29-Feb. 5, 2004; Montreal)
Erreur de type 27
Mixture 1: Concert re CMC anniversary (Oct. 10, 2004; Montreal)
Upstream Music Association
Repertoire development (2003-04 season; Halifax)

Concert Music Series Grants

Western Front New Music
(Oct. 2-5, 2003; Vancouver)
Standing Wave
(Oct. 2003 - May 2004; Vancouver)
New Works of Art Calgary Society
(Sept. 2003 - May 2004)
Edmonton Composers' Concert Society
(Oct. 2003 - March 2004)
Groundswell
(Oct. 2003 - May 2004; Winnipeg)
Hannaford Street Silver Band
(Oct. 2003 - May 2004; Toronto)
NUMUS
(Sept. 2003 - May 2004; Waterloo, Ont.)
Earshot
(Sept. 2003 - June 2004; Toronto)
The New Guitar
(Nov. 2003 - March 2004; Toronto)
New Music Concerts
(Sept. 2003 - May 2004; Toronto)
Continuum
(Oct. 2003 - April 2004; Toronto)
Esprit Orchestra
(Oct. 2003 - March 2004; Toronto)
Soundstreams
(Oct. 2003 - June 2004; Toronto)
Quasar quatuor de saxophones
(Nov. 2003 - May 2004; Montreal)
Quatuor Molinari
(Nov. 2003 - May 2004; Montreal)
Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal
(July 2003 - June 2004)
Les Productions Super Musique
(Oct. 2003 - June 2004; Montreal)

Festival Grants

Dawson City Music Festival
(July 18-20, 2003; Dawson City, Yukon)
Folk on the Rocks Music Festival
(July 18-20, 2003; Yellowknife, NWT)
Harrison Festival of the Arts
(July 4-13, 2003; Harrison Hot Springs, B.C.)
Sunshine Folk Festival
(Aug. 30-31, 2003; Powell River, B.C.)
Maple Ridge Jazz & Blues Festival
(Aug. 9-10, 2003; Maple Ridge, B.C.)
Cowichan Folk Guild Society/Islands Folk Festival
(July 25-27, 2003; Duncan, B.C.)
Basil & Thyme Jazz Society/Vancouver Sweet Basil Jazz Festival
(Sept. 10-19, 2003)
Brass Monkey Productions.com/Sasquatch Music Festival
(July 25-26, 2003; Edmonton)
Edmonton Folk Music Festival
(Aug. 7-10,2003)
Canmore Folk & Blues Club/Canmore Folk Music Festival
(Aug. 2-4, 2003)
Folk Festival Society of Calgary/Calgary Folk Music Festival
(July 24-27, 2003)
Regina Guild of Folk Arts/Regina Folk Festival
(Aug. 15-17, 2003)
Ness Creek Cultural & Recreational Society/Ness Creek Music Festival
(July 17-20, 2003; Saskatoon)
Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association/Flatland Music Festival
(July 4-6, 2003; Regina)
Winnipeg Centennial Folk Festival Inc./Winnipeg Folk Festival
(July 10-13, 2003)
Dauphin's Countryfest
(July 3-6, 2003; Dauphin, Man.)
UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival
(July 10-13, 2003; Waterloo, Ont.)
Mill Race Folk Society/Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music
(Aug. 1-2, 2003; Cambridge, Ont.)
Guelph Jazz Festival
(Sept. 3-7, 2003)
Hillside Community Festival of Guelph
(July 25-27, 2003)
Hamilton Wentworth Creative Arts Inc./Festival of Friends
(Aug. 8-10, 2003)
Trout Forest Music Festival
(Aug. 15-17, 2003; Ear Falls, Ont.)
Georgian Bay Folk Society/Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival
(Aug. 15-17, 2003; Owen Sound, Ont.)
Live from the Rock Folk Festival
(Aug. 8-10, 2003; Red Rock, Ont.)
Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival
(June 20-29, 2003)
Ottawa Folk Festival/CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival
(Aug. 21-24, 2003)
Music Africa Inc./Afrofest
(July 5-6, 2003; Toronto)
Mariposa Folk Foundation/Mariposa Folk Festival
(July 4-6, 2003; Orillia, Ont.)
Heritage River Music Festival/Almaguin Music Festival
(July 12, 2003; Sundridge, Ont.)
Eaglewood Earth Festival
(Aug. 22-24, 2003; Pefferlaw, Ont.)
Festiblues de Montréal
(Aug. 14-17, 2003)
Lanaudière: Mémoire et Racines/Festival Mémoire et Racines
(July 25-27, 2003; Joliette, Que.)
Union des créateurs et interprètes de chanson/
Festival Chanson, je t'aime

(July 25-Aug. 10, 2003; Quebec City)
Les FrancoFolies de Montréal
(July 24-Aug. 3, 2003)
L'OFF Festival de Jazz
(June 26-July 6, 2003; Montreal)
Le Montréal Electronique Groove
(Oct. 23-26, 2003)
Les Amis du Village Historique Acadien Inc./
Festival des Folklore du monde en Acadie

(July 3-6, 2003; Caraquet, N.B.)
Société Grou Tyme Acadien/Festival Grou Tyme
(Sept. 15-21, 2003; Halifax)
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
(Aug. 7-10, 2003; Lunenburg, N.S.)
Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival/
Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival

(July 25-27, 2003; Mount Denson, N.S.)
New Glasgow Riverfront Music Jubilee Society
(Aug. 1-4, 2003; New Glasgow, N.S.)
Port Hawkesbury Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Granville Green

(July 6-Aug. 24, 2003; Port Hawkesbury, N.S.)
Alsek Music Festival
(June 11-13, 2004; Haines Junction, Yukon)
Alberni Valley Musicfest
(March 12-13, 2004; Port Alberni, B.C.)
National Aboriginal Day Art and Culture Celebration
(June 18-21, 2004; Vancouver)
Back Forty Folk Festival
(June 6, 2004; Morden, Man.)
Thundering Women Festival 2004
(June 25-27, 2004; Thunder Bay, Ont.)
Festival Coup de Coeur francophone
(Nov. 2-16, 2003; Montreal)
Festiv-été
(June 30-July 3, 2004; Loretteville, Que.)
Festival des musiques de création du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
(May 20-29, 2004; Jonquière, Que.)
La ChantEauFête de Charlevoix
(June 16-20, 2004; Saint-Siméon, Que.)
Festival des Musiques et du Monde
(April 28-May 2, 2004; Montreal)

Publication Grants

Canadian Society for Traditional Music
Canadian Folk Music Bulletin (Calgary)
Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association
The Session (Regina)
Musicworks
Audio-art show, showcasing audio samples from magazine's
archives (Toronto)
Pacific Music Industry Association
MusicBC News newsletter (Vancouver)
Association des professionnels de l'édition musicales
Reference book on the business of music publishing (Montreal)
Musicworks
Commissioning of six articles on Canadian composers (Toronto)
Music Gallery Institute
Launch of low-budget new music magazine (Toronto)
Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Reprinting of current Canadian music syllabus (Toronto)

Education Grants

Britannia World Music Society
The Canadian Marimba Project (Sept.-Dec. 2003; Vancouver)
Mariposa in the Schools
Composers in the Schools (2003-04 school year; Toronto)
Music and Film in Motion
Songwriting: The Creative Process (workshop) (April 2003; Sudbury)
Alicia Borisonik
Basic songwriting instruction for elementary school children (Montreal area)
François Aubert
Songwriting workshops with school children (March-May 2003;
St-Jean sur Richelieu, Que.)
Groundswell
School performances and workshops (Sept. 2003-June 2004;
Winnipeg)
Arraymusic
2003 Young Composers' Workshop (May/June 2003; Toronto)
Orchestras Canada
Ontario Youth Orchestra Festival (May 1-4, 2003; Kitchener, Ont.)
Ecole de musique Vincent-D'Indy
Concours inter-élèves (March/April 2003; Montreal)
L'Arsenal à musique
Workshops and concerts in B.C. schools, featuring Canadian
music (March/April 2003; Montreal)
Pacific Music Industry Association
Business Series (Sept. 2003-May 2004; Vancouver)
Canadian Music Week
TuneUp 2004 (March 4-6, 2004; Toronto)
Music and Film in Motion
Songwriting: The Writer's Craft (Nov. 28, 2003; Sudbury, Ont.)
Toronto Blues Society
Blues in the Schools (Feb.-May 2004; Toronto area)
Edward Johnson Music Foundation
Musicians in the Schools Program (throughout Ontario)
Music Roots Seminars Inc.
Music activities for 700 grade 4 students (Brampton, Ont.)
Alicia Borisonik
Songwriting for elementary school children (Oct. 2003-June 2004; Montreal area)
Théâtre Petit Champlain
Futur simple: For secondary school students (Quebec City)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Interplay Workshops for Composers (2003-04 season)
Soundstreams Canada
Craig Galbraith Choral Workshops (Nov. 7-9, 2003; Toronto)
Soundstreams Canada
Freddy's Tune (April 2004; Toronto)
Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Student Composer Workshops (Sept.-Nov. 2004; Toronto)
Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Contemporary Showcase festival (Nov. 16-23, 2003; Toronto and elsewhere)
Esprit Orchestra
Toward a Living Art education program (2003-04 season; Toronto)
L'Arsenal à musique
Multi-media work "Alice" (Oct. 27-29, 2003; Montreal)
Ensemble contemporain de Montréal
Génération 2004 (Feb.-March 2004; Montreal)
Les Productions Super Mémé Inc.
Preparation of teaching guide (2003-04 season; Montreal)

Composer Residency Grants

Wilfrid Laurier Chamber Choir (five-day)
with Piotr Grella-Mozejko (March 6-10, 2003; Kitchener)
Ensemble Kappa (five-day)
with James Harley (May 3-11, 2003; Montreal)
Upstream Music Association (five-day)
with François Houle (May 27-June 2, 2003; Halifax)
Soundstreams Canada (three-week)
with R. Murray Schafer (Jan./Feb. 2004; Toronto)
Soundstreams Canada (three-week)
with Paul Steenhuisen (October 2003; Toronto)
New Adventures in Sound (three-day)
with Barry Truax (Aug. 7-9, 2003; Toronto)
Southern Ontario Chamber Music Institute (three-day)
with Ronald Beckett (Aug. 11-13, 2003; Oakville, Ont.)
Studea Musica (five-day)
with Nancy Telfer (Aug. 17-22, 2003; Ottawa)
Comox Valley Youth Music Centre (five-day)
with Hugh Fraser (July 7-9, 16-17, 2003; Courtenay, B.C.)
Inter-Provincial Music Camp (five-day)
with Hugh Fraser (Aug. 17-21, 2003; Campbellville, Ont.)
New Adventures in Sound (five-day)
with Vivienne Spiteri (Oct. 8-12, 2003; Toronto)
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (three-day)
with John Estacio (Feb. 23-25, 2004; Thunder Bay)
Soundstreams Canada (five-day)
with Melissa Hui (Feb. 2-6, 2004; Toronto)
Windsor Symphony Orchestra (four-day)
with Robert Rosen (Jan. 14-17, 2004; Windsor)
Windsor Symphony Orchestra (three-day)
with Peter Hatch (Jan. 14-16, 2004; Windsor)
Réseaux des arts médiatiques (five-day)
with Hildegard Westerkamp (Feb. 10-14, 2004; Montreal)
Réseaux des arts médiatiques (five-day)
with Randall Smith (Feb. 10-14, 2004; Montreal)
Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (four-day)
with Andrew Stewart (Feb. 19-22, 2004; Montreal)
Trio Fibonacci (five-day)
with Laurie Radford (May 13-20, 2004; Montreal)