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Contemporary Showcase is a non-competitive music festival where we learn, teach, and hear music that combines the pride of our Canadian composers with the wonderful sounds of contemporary music. In 1967 our parent organization was founded and has since become incorporated as the Alliance for New Music Projects (ACNMP), the “champion of Canadian music.”
 
  

 
About Contemporary Showcase

Here’s some information about Contemporary Showcase and why it’s such a welcoming and fascinating festival:

WORKSHOP SESSIONS         

  1. SUPPORTIVE ATMOSPHERE                                      
  2. ONE-ON-ONE WITH CLINICIAN
  3. ENCOURAGING

 NON-COMPETITIVE

  1. NO MARKS GIVEN
  2. NO RANKING
  3. RECOGNITION AWARDS AVAILABLE AT CLINICIANS' DISCRETION

 WELL-ORGANIZED

  1. SMALLER CLASSES
  2. RECEPTIVE

 CANADIAN

  1. EDMONTON COMPOSERS ARE SUPPORTED
  2. PROMOTE PRIDE IN CANADIAN TALENT
  3. TEACH OUR STUDENTS ABOUT CANADIAN COMPOSERS
  4. MEET LIVING COMPOSERS WHOM WE INVITE AS CLINCIANS
  5. PERFORM MUSIC BY CANADIAN COMPOSERS

 YOUNG COMPOSERS PROGRAM

  1. WORKSHOP-STYLE CLASSES
  2. LEARN COMPOSITION ONE-ON-ONE WITH A COMPOSER
  3. PERFORM YOUR OWN COMPOSITION AT THE YOUNG COMPOSERS CONCERT 

 THINK BEYOND TWELVE-TONE METHOD AND COMPUTER GENERATED TO:

  1. CHANGING METER
  2. INTERVALS OF A SECOND, SEVENTH, AND FOURTH
  3. ALTERNATIVE USE OF YOUR INSTRUMENT
  4. POLYTONALITY: LONESOME COWBOY (AMUSMENTS BOOK1) BY STEPHEN CHATMAN IS AN EXAMPLE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND FUN TO PLAY
  5. CHORDS WITH SIX OR SEVEN TONES
  6. ODD NUMBER OF BEATS PER MEASURE
  7. WIDE LEAPS