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Press Release   A COLOURFUL SEASON   Montreal, June 16, 2022 – JM Canada is proud to unveil the program for its 73rd season at the Joseph-Rouleau Hall of the André-Bourbeau House. Starting in October, JM Canada invites the public to a rich and colourful musical journey with 12 concerts for young and old as […]

Presse release Pianist Élisabeth Pion recognized Montreal, Friday, May 27, 2022 – The JM Canada Foundation is pleased to award the 2022 Choquette-Symcox Prize to pianist Élisabeth Pion. The artist was awarded a $6,000 scholarship for excellence. “For the past few years, we have been following the evolution of this young artist and we are […]

Press Release ROAD TRIP! A Pan-Canadian Partnership Montréal, June 7, 2022 – Pianists Linda Ruan and Charissa Vandikas – also known as La Fiammata Piano Duo – have been selected for a pan-Canadian tour offered by Debut Atlantic, Jeunesses Musicales Canada and Prairie Debut in 2023-2024. The three classical music organizations announced in October 2021 […]

Press Release   The JM Canada Foundation’s 2021-2022 AIDA Fund Montreal, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – The JM Canada Foundation celebrated the recipients of grants from its Fonds d’Aide aux Artistes (AIDA Fund) for 2021-2022 at a recognition event on June 6 at Jeunesses Musicales Canada’s André Bourbeau House. Sixteen artists and one ensemble directly […]

It is with great sadness that we learned on April 26 of the passing of Peter Symcox, a great artist, producer, director and friend of the arts. An emigrant from England, Peter came to Canada in 1953. From the 1960s to the end of the 1980s, he and his partner Fernand Choquette left their mark […]

The pandemic keeps asking us to adapt and offer new ways to showcase emerging artists. This season, we had to shorten or cancel some of our tours, but no matter! We have created two digital concerts to offer you two free musical moments. In this spring time, we offer you a first concert, French Kitsch. Stay […]

Press Release JEUNESSES MUSICALES CANADA UNVEILS THE CASTOF THE OPERA UNE VEUVE JOYEUSE FOR THE 2022–2023 SEASON Montreal, Wednesday, April 13, 2022 – Jeunesses Musicales Canada (JM Canada), in collaboration with the Festival d’opéra de Québec, is pleased to announce the cast of the operetta Une veuve joyeuse, an intimate adaptation of Franz Lehàr’s La […]

Press release JEUNESSES MUSICALES CANADARECEIVES A MENTION OF EXCELLENCE   MONTREAL, March 6, 2022 – Jeunesses Musicales Canada (JM Canada) is proud to be the recipient of a Mention of Excellence from the Conseil québécois de la musique – Webcast Concerts and Creations 2020-2021 in Young Audience Production for its digital concert Opéra-bonbon : l’aventure […]

Press release The Peter Mendell Award rewards excellence in a full-time string student Montreal, February 21th, 2022 – The Jeunesses Musicales Canada Foundation (JM Canada Foundation) is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 17th edition of the Peter Mendell Award. The Award includes a $5,000 prize and rewards a full-time string student (violin, […]

Press Release «Roadtrip!»The return of the pan-canadian tour Montreal, Monday, October 4, 2021 – Following the great success of the inaugural tour in 2019-2020, Debut Atlantic, JM Canada and Prairie Debut are pleased to announce the return of the Pan-Canadian tour “Roadtrip!” for the 2023-2024 season. For this second edition, the three organizations will once […]