SOCAN Foundation Grants Approved in 2004


Event & Project Grants
Education Grants
Publication Grants
Festival grants
Concert Music Series grants
Composer Outreach Residencies with Canadian Ensembles
International CD Promotion Program


Event & Project Grants

Western Canadian Music Alliance Inc.
Western Canadian Music Week
(Calgary, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2004)

Regina Guild of Folk Arts
Independent Voices concert series
(September 2004-June 2005)


The Centre in the Square
The Songwriter's Circle
(Kitchener, Ont., June 17,18, 2004)

Urban Music Association of Canada
Urban Music Awards 2004
(Toronto, Aug. 26, 2004)

Urban Music Association of Canada
Reception & showcase during Juno Awards weekend
(Edmonton, April 3, 2004)

Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
18th annual conference
(Guelph, Ont., Oct. 14-17, 2004)

Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
"OCFF Voices Carry" (formerly "Go East")
(Montreal, Nov. 20-23, 2004)

Harbourfront Centre
"Cultural Collisions" summer festival
(Toronto, July 1-Sept. 6, 2004)

Société des arts libres et actuels
"Incontri" series of concerts
(Quebec, Que., June 17-20, 2004)

Port Hawkesbury Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Granville Green concert series
(Port Hawkesbury, N.S., July 4-Aug. 22, 2004)

Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
Competition for performers, featuring Canadian music
(Brandon, Man., April 30-May 2, 2004)

New Music North
Festival of contemporary chamber music
(Thunder Bay, Ont., June 3-5, 2004)

New Adventures in Sound Art
Deep Wireless Radio Art Festival
(Toronto, May 1-31, 2004)

Contact Contemporary Music
Concert of music featuring Canadians Henry Kucharzyk, Barry Truax, Harry Freedman and Joanna Gfroerer
(Toronto, June 22, 2004)

Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
"In Extremis": Large ensemble performance of Canadian music, with two conductors
(Montreal, Oct. 7, 2004)

Productions Plateforme Inc.
Festival international de musique Actuelle
(Victoriaville, Que., May 20-24, 2004)

Erreur de type 27
Concert of instrumental and electronic music by Gilles Tremblay, Yves Daoust, Martin Bédard and Sean Varah
(Montreal, April 28, 2004)

Réseaux des arts médiatiques
Performances of winning works in the SOCAN Awards for Young Composers: Hugh Le Caine Awards category
(Montreal, September 2004)

New Brunswick Summer Music Festival
(Fredericton, N.B., Aug. 25-29, 2004)

Upstream Music Association
Creative Orchestra Concerts for Youth
(Halifax, N.S., March 29-April 15, 2004)

Association des professionnels de l'édition musicale
Series of courses and workshops on the role of the publisher, with input from songwriters, composers, producers, lawyers
(March-May 2005; Montreal)

Chitarra 2004
Closing concert of the festival Chitarra 2004, with music by three Canadian composers
(Oct. 20, 2004; Montreal)

Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts
Alberta Sessions
(March 22-26, 2005; Calgary)

Ergo Projects
"Celebrating the Changing of the Season": Concert exchange between Lithuania & Canada
(Nov. 2-7, 2004; Toronto)

Esprit Orchestra
2005 New Wave Festival
(May 23-26, 2005; Toronto)

Folk Alliance Canada
RendezVous Folk (annual conference)
(Nov. 18-21, 2004; Halifax)

Georgian Bay Folk Society
Winterfolk series of events
(Oct. 8, 2004-Feb. 19, 2005; Owen Sound, Ont.)

Grifes/Musique Multi-Montréal
Concert of Canadian music at Centre Pierre Péladeau, to be broadcast
(April/May 2005; Montreal)

Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Open Ears Festival
(April 23-May 1, 2005)

Music and Film in Motion
Industry Forum seminars for songwriters
(Sept. 18-26, 2004; Sudbury, Ont.)

Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
2004 Conference and Awards Show
(Nov. 12-14, 2004; St. John's)

Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Music Week
(Nov. 18-21, 2004; Halifax)

River Run Centre
Canadian Songwriters' Festival
(Oct. 1, 2, 2004; Guelph, Ont.)

Suba Sankaran (Autorickshaw)
Concert of world music featuring Canadian-composed repertoire
(Jan. 29, 2005; Toronto)

Talisker Players Chamber Music
"A Medieval Tapestry": Concert of music by four Canadian composers
(Nov. 3, 2004; Toronto)

Toca Loca
Concert of Canadian vocal music
(Feb. 26, 2005; Toronto)

Toronto Blues Society
Maple Blues Awards
(Jan. 17, 2005; Toronto)

Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee
Prize for best performance of a Canadian work, National Piano Concerto Competition
(May 13-15, 2005)

Turning Point Ensemble
Concert of music by Barbara Pentland & Alban Berg
(Sept. 24, 2004; Vancouver)

Vancouver Symphony
Symphony at the Roundhouse (series of three concerts)
(Jan. 21, April 15, May 16, 2005)

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
WSO New Music Festival
(Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2004)

Education Grants


New Works of Art Calgary Society
Student composers' workshop directed by Heather Schmidt; piano recital; teachers' workshop directed by Schmidt; master class
(Calgary, Feb. 12-14, 2005)

Groundswell
In-school creation, performances and workshops; education materials development
(Winnipeg, Sept. 2004-May 2005)

Niagara Symphony Association
Musical Encounters with Ron Royer
(St. Catharines, Ont., March 22-26, 2004)

Arraymusic
2004 Young Composers' Workshop
(Toronto, May 4-30, 2004)

Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Workshops in Ontario, Quebec, Maritimes
(April-May 2004)

L'Arsenal à musique
School concerts in association with L'Université de Montréal; guide books for teachers (Montreal, March 10-12, 2004)

Innovations en concert
Workshops and pre-concert information sessions on Canadian music
(Montreal, August-October 2004)

Concerts M
Ensemble residency in the music department at Concordia University, working with students in the composition program; also education music project for high schools (Montreal, May 2004)

Upstream Music Association
Creative Orchestra Workshops for Youth
(Halifax, N.S., April 1-May 22, 2004)

Mariposa in the Schools, Toronto
Composers in the Schools
(2004-05 school year)

Music and Film in Motion
Songwriting: Creating Fludity in Music and Stories (workshop)
(Sudbury, Ont., Nov. 28, 2004)

François Aubert
Songwriting workshops with school children
(Chambly, Que., May 2004)

Musiqu'en nous
Full-day workshop for young pop songwriters
(Saint André Avellin, Que., July 3, 2004)

Brent Mosher
School House Music Project
(October-December 2004)

Alicia Borisonik
Introductory lessons in music composition for grades 4, 5 and 6
(throughout 2004)

École de Musique Vincent d'Indy
Concours Inter-Élèves (Montreal)

Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Student Composer Workshops
(Fall 2004-Spring 2005; Various regions across Canada)

Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Contemporary Showcase festival
(Nov. 21-28, 2004; Toronto & elsewhere)

L'Arsenal à musique
Multimedia kit, designed for use by primary schools, on Canadian music (games videos, etc.)
(Sept. 2004-Sept. 2005; Montreal)

Alicia Borisonik
Basic songwriting sessions with elementary school children
(Sept.-Nov. 2004)

Edward Johnson Music Foundation
Edward Johnson Musicians in the Schools Program
(2004-05 school year; Guelph, Ont.)

Esprit Orchestra
Toward a Living Art project
(2004-05 season)

Ottawa Regional Youth Choir Society
Workshops by composer Stephen Hatfield with Ottawa Regional Youth Choir
(Nov. 1, 2, 2004)

Pacific Music Industry Association
Career Development Series
(Sept. 2004-March 2005; Vancouver)

Saskatchewan Country Music Association
Industry workshop & songwriters café at Saskatchewan Country Music Awards
(March 19-21, 2005; Regina)

School Alliance of Student Songwriters
Professional songwriters to be hired to teach songwriting craft to students
(2004-05 school year; Oshawa, Ont.)

Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
"La Table Musicale": Development of an interactive instrument designed to teach young people about the process of music composition; publication of a pedagogical book
(Spring 2005; Montreal)

Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
Production of a CD with music by Canadian composers, intended for educational purposes, plus publication of an educational book containing musical games
(Oct. 2004-April 2005; Montreal)

SOPREF
Phase 1 of market study to determine needs for pursuing career as a songwriter/composer
(Nov. 2004-Feb. 2005; Montreal)

Soundstreams Canada
New Voices: Series of choral composition workshops
(Oct. 2004-March 2005; Toronto)

Soundstreams Canada
Workshop involving interaction by Harry Freedman with students at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School and Ontario College of Art and Design
(Sept. 27, 2004; Toronto)

Suzuki Music
Workshop designed to see the creation of a new work for future regular performance by SuzukiMusic's Senior Performance Group
(January 2005)

Toronto Blues Society
Blues in the Schools
(Feb.-May 2005)

Canadian Music Publishers Association
Music, Money and the Law symposium
(Feb. 5, 2005; Toronto)

Publication Grants


Canadian Society for Traditional Music (Calgary)
"Canadian Folk Music Bulletin"

Mair Holdings Limited
Applaud! magazine

Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association (Regina)
Newsletter "The Session"

Wavelength Magazine
(Toronto)

Betty King
Book of memoirs of composer Alexander Brott
(Gloucester, Ont.)

Fondation Claude Vivier
Biography of Claude Vivier
(Contrecoeur, Que.)

Musicworks (Toronto)
Commissioning of six articles on Canadian composers to be published during 2004-05

L'Oreille Corsée
Le Son d'un Quartier: Production of CD & Booklet Canadian composers plus release of CD Sept. 25, 26, 2004; Montreal

Pacific Music Industry Association
MusicBC News
(Sept. 2004-July 2005; Vancouver)

SOPREF
New section of revised guide to self-production of CD, specifically designed for songwriters/composers

Canadian Music Publishers Association
Information pamphlet on the Canadian music publishing industry

Canadian Music Publishers Association
Music Publisher Canada newsletter


Festival grants



Dawson City Music Festival Association
Dawson City Music Festival (Dawson City, Yuk., July 23-25, 2004)

Folk on the Rocks Music Festival
(Yellowknife, N.W.T., July 16-18, 2004)

Harrison Festival Society
Harrison Festival of the Arts (Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., July 9-18, 2004)

Sunshine Folk Festival
(Powell River, B.C., Sept. 4, 5, 2004)

Cowichan Folk Guild
Islands Folk Festival (Duncan, B.C., July 23-25, 2004)

Comox Valley Folk Society
Vancouver Island Musicfest (Courtenay, B.C., July 9-11, 2004)

Salmon Arm Folk Music Society
Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival (Salmon Arm, B.C., Aug. 13-15, 2004)

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society
Vancouver International Jazz Festival (June 25-July 4, 2004)

Kaslo Jazz Etc. Society
Kaslo Jazz Etc. Summer Music Festival (Kaslo, B.C., July 30-Aug. 2, 2004)

The Hopeful Blues Society
Hope Mountain Bluesfest (Hope, B.C., July 23-25, 2004)

Gingolx Cultural Society
Crabfest 2004 (Gingolx, B.C., July 2, 3, 2004)

Discovery Coast Music Festival
(Bella Coola, B.C., July 16, 17, 2004)

Canadian Association for Musical Empowerment
Cameo Music Festival (Mission, B.C., Aug. 21, 22, 2004)

Tumbler Ridge Days Society
Grizfest Music Festival (Tumbler Ridge, B.C., July 31-Aug. 1, 2004)

Boundary District Arts Council Society
Festival of Freedom at the Forks (Grand Forks, B.C., July 23-25, 2004)

Basil & Thyme Jazz Society
Vancouver Sweet Basil Jazz Festival (Sept. 10-18, 2004)

Calgary Reggae Festival Society
Calgary International Reggae Festival (July 1-3, 2004)

Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society
Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Aug. 5-8,2004)

Canmore Folk & Blues Club
(Sept. 3-7, 2003)

Canmore Folk & Blues Club
Canmore Folk Music Festival (Canmore, Alta., July 31-Aug. 2, 2004)

ACFA Régionale d'Edmonton
Edmonton chante (July 2-4, 2004)

Folk Festival Society of Calgary
Calgary Folk Music Festival (July 22-25, 2004)

Regina Guild of Folk Arts
Regina Folk Festival (Aug. 13-15, 2004)

Ness Creek Cultural & Recreational Society
Ness Creek Music Festival (Saskatoon, July 15-18, 2004)

Dauphin's Countryfest
(Dauphin, Man., July 1-4, 2004)

Winnipeg Centennial Folk Festival
Winnipeg Folk Festival (July 8-11, 2004)

UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival
(Waterloo, Ont., July 8-11, 2004)

Mill Race Folk Society
Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music (Cambridge, Ont., July 30-Aug. 1, 2004)

Guelph Jazz Festival
(Guelph, Ont., Sept. 8-12, 2004)

Hillside Community Festival of Guelph
Hillside Festival (Guelph, Ont., July 23-25, 2004)

Trout Forest Music Festival
(Ear Falls, Ont., Aug. 13-15, 2004)

Live from the Rock Blues & Folk Society
Live from the Rock Folk Festival (Red Rock, Ont., Aug. 6-8, 2004)

Toronto Downtown Jazz Society
Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival (June 25-July 4, 2004)


Port Hope Jazz Inc.
All-Canadian Jazz (Port Hope, Ont., Sept. 24-26, 2004)

Ottawa Folk Festival
CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival (Aug. 26-29, 2004)

Peterborough Festival of the Arts
Peterborough Folk Festival (Peterborough, Ont., Aug. 27-29, 2004)

Music Africa Inc.
Afrofest (Toronto, July 10-11, 2004)

Porquis Recreation Association
Porquis Blues Festival (Iroquois Falls, Ont., July 10, 2004)

Markham Jazz Festival
(Markham, Ont., Aug. 20-22, 2004)

Folk Arts Council of St. Catharines
Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival

Coup de coeur francophone
(Montreal, Nov. 4-14, 2004)

Festiblues de Montréal
(Aug. 19-22, 2004)

Lanaudière: Mémoire et Racines
Festival Mémoire et Racines (Joliette, Que., July 25-27, 2003)

Solidarité Nord-Sud des Bois Francs
Festival Rythmes du Monde de Victoriaville (Victoriaville, Que., Aug. 13-15, 2004)

Les FrancoFolies de Montréal
(July 29-Aug. 7, 2004)

L'OFF Festival de Jazz Inc.
(Montreal, June 25-July 4, 2004)

Jonquière en Musique inc.
Festival de Musique Internationale de Ville de Saguenay (Jonquière, Que., June 23-Aug. 8, 2004)

Corporation Haal
Festival du Haal (Verdun, Que., Oct. 29, 30, 2004)

Maximum 90
Festival de musique traditionnelle de La Virée (Carleton, Que., Oct. 7-10, 2004)

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
(Lunenburg, N.S., Aug. 5-8, 2004)

Deep Roots Music Cooperative
Canadian Deep Roots Music Festival (Wolfville, N.S., Sept. 17, 18, 2004)

Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society
Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival (Mount Denson, N.S., July 23-25, 2004)

East Coast Blues Society
Halifax Blues Festival (Aug. 19-22, 2004)

Franco-Fête Dieppe-Moncton
Franco-Fête en Acadie (Nov. 4-14, 2004)

Alsek Music Festival Society/Alsek Music Festival
Haines Junction, Yukon
(June 10-12, 2005)

Wavelength 250 Fifth Anniversary Festival
Toronto
(Feb. 10-13, 2005)

Chatham-Kent Festival/2005 Roots Festival
Chatham, Ont.
(June 27-July 3, 2005)

Music Roots Seminars Inc./Brampton Indie Arts Festival 2005
(Brampton, Ont.
(Feb. 2-6, 2005)

Festival de musiques de création du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Jonquière, Que.
(May 18-28, 2005)

Productions de la ChantEauFête/La ChantEauFête de Charlevoix
Saint-Siméon, Que.
(June 15-19, 2005)

Grifes Inc./Festival des Musiques et du Monde
Montreal
(April 20-24, 2005)

Upstream Music Association/Spring Fever Festival
Halifax
(May 13-21, 2005)

Concert Music Series grants

Western Front New Music
(Vancouver, Oct. 2-5, 2004)

Standing Wave
(Vancouver, Oct. 2004 - May 2005)

New Works of Art Calgary Society
(Calgary, Sept. 2004 - May 2005)

Saskatoon Symphony
Turn of the Century Series (Oct. 2004 - May 2005)

Groundswell
(Winnipeg, Oct. 2004 - May 2005)

Hannaford Street Silver Band
(Toronto, Oct. 2004 - April 2005)

NUMUS
(Waterloo, Ont., Sept. 2004 - May 2005)

Canadian Chamber Ensemble
(Kitchener, Ont., Oct. 2004 - April 2005)

Earshot
(Toronto, Oct. 2004 - May 2005)

Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop
Toronto, Oct. 2004 - Aug. 2005)

Arraymusic
(Toronto, Oct. 2004 - May 2005)

Canadian Electronic Ensemble
(Toronto, Sept. 2004 - March 2005)

New Music Concerts
(Toronto, Sept. 2004 - May 2005)

Music Mondays
(Toronto, Sept. 2004)

Contact Contemporary Music
(Toronto, Oct. 2004 - June 2005)

Continuum
(Toronto, Nov. 2004 - April 2005)

Esprit Orchestra
(Toronto, Oct. 2004 - April 2005)

CCMC Music Gallery
The Madawaska Quartet Residency Project
(Toronto, Sept. 2004 - May 2005)

CCMC Music Gallery
On Tour Series
(Toronto, Oct. 2004 - March 2005)

Soundstreams
(Toronto, Sept. 2004 - April 2005)

QUASAR - quatuor de saxophones
(Montreal, July 2004 - May 2005)

Codes d'Accès
(Montreal, Oct. 2004 - May 2005)

Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal
(July 2004 - June 2005)

Les Productions Super Mémé Inc.
(Montreal, Nov. 2004 - May 2005)

Innovations en Concert
(Montreal, Oct. 11-15, 2004)


Composer Outreach Residencies with Canadian Ensembles



New Adventures in Sound Art (with Hildegard Westerkamp)
(May 28-30, 2004)

Contact Contemporary Music (with Barry Truax)
(June 17-21, 2004)

New Adventures in Sound Art (with Kevin Austin)
(Toronto, Aug. 5-7, 2004)

Soundstreams (with André Ristic)
(Toronto, April 8, 11-14, 2005)

Soundstreams (with Allan Bell)
(Toronto, Jan. 16-20, 2005)

Interprovincial Music Camp (with Hugh Fraser)
(Toronto, Aug. 22-26, 2004)

National Youth Orchestra (with Rodney Sharman)
(Victoria, July 5-26, 2004)

National Youth Orchestra (with Stephen Chatman)
(Victoria, July 5-26, 2004)

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
with Tim Brady
(Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2005)

New Adventures in Sound Art (Toronto)
with Anna Friz Toronto
(May 27-30, 2005)

New Adventures in Sound Art
with Chris Brookes
(May 27-30, 2005)

Contact (Toronto)
with Marci Rabe
(March 12-17, 2005)

Ensemble contemporain de Montréal
with Andrew Stewart
(Nov. 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 2004)

Ensemble contemporain de Montréal
with Vincent-Olivier Gagnon
(Nov. 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 2004)

Ensemble contemporain de Montréal
with Nicolas Gilbert
(Nov. 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 2004)

Memorial University (St. John's)
with Jérôme Blais
(Feb. 10-12, 2005)


International CD Promotion Program



Songlines
Gamelan Madu Sari: New Nectar: New Music for Javanese Gamelan

Tendershoot
Bright Sadness: Oleksa Lozowchuk

Tim Brady
Playing Guitar: Symphony #1

Musiques Itinérantes MI ltée
Des passages de charnière, ma magie et autres pièces: Michelle Boudreau (2-CD set)

Dame
Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms: Torticolis

Dame
Diane Labrosse/Martin Tétreault: Parasites

Diffusion i Média
Yves Daoust: Bruits

Diffusion i Média
Paul Dolden: Seuil de silences

Diffusion i Média
Morceaux de machines: Liberum arbitrium

Allison Cameron
Ornaments: Chamber Music by Allison Cameron

Dame
L'Ensemble Pierre Labbé

Dame
Michel F. Côté, Bernard Falaise, Alexandre St-Onge

Diffusion i Média
Yves Beaupré: Humeur de facteur

Diffusion i Média
Monique Jean: L'adieu au s.o.s.

Echiquier
Motions & Emotions: Mary Kenedy Plays Canadian Piano Music

Edmonton Composers' Concert Society
Acclamations: Organ music by Canadian composers

Edmonton Composers' Concert Society
Dark Land Black Water: Music by William Pura

Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
Variations on a Memory