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Our Vancouver Career Development Series seminars for 2012 have been scheduled! Topics will be announced in coming weeks, but we wanted to let you know dates and locations now.
March 3 – Tom Lee Music (Granville)
April 14 – Biltmore Cabaret
May 5 – Tom Lee Music (Granville)
May 26 – Biltmore Cabaret
As always, CDS seminars are free for Music BC members ($25 for non-members). Keep your eye on our enews, Facebook and Twitter for updates!
Music BC is hitting the road…and taking your music with us!
January 31st- February 3rd, 2012, we will be down in beautiful Los Angeles, CA promoting the music of our members to various film & television music supervisors, coordinators and production staff.
Joining us will be 6 music companies from BC, as well as 3 artists, chosen by jury from a wide field of our member applicants.
Music BC will be presenting private and public showcase events while in LA, in order to share the best BC has to offer in a live environment.
Continue reading for more info on who’s going and some of the events we have planned…
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Music BC and 100.5 the PEAK would like to congratulate the top 5 artists in the 2011 PEAK Performance Project! The top 5 artists were named live on-air on November 26.
In 5th place, winning $5,000: Acres of Lions
In 4th Place, taking home $10,000: Hilary Grist
The Top 3 (in no particular order):
The Boom Booms
Current Swell
The Matinee
The Top 3 will perform live at the Commodore Ballroom on November 17th, where they will find out how they placed, and who will walk away with the summit prize of $100,500!
Current Music BC members can purchase discount tickets for this sold out show directly from the Music BC office ($10.05, no service charges!). Just visit our office Monday-Friday between 9-5 (limit of 4 per member). *MEMEBER TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT. But you can tune into the LIVE VIDEO STREAM of the event as of 8:30pm! Just visit thepeak.fm and follow the PEAK Performance Project links!
BreakOut West is proud to announce the nominees for the 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards. The awards will be presented at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse YT during BreakOut West 2011 on Sunday October 23rd. The Western Canadian Music Industry Awards will be presented on Saturday October 22nd.
Click here for a .pdf of the full list of nominees
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Media Release from Regina Regional Opportunities Commission
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June 3, 2011
Regina to Host BreakOut West in 2012
Regina, Saskatchewan has been named host for BreakOut West 2012- West Canadian Music Alliance’s annual celebration and recognition of the music industry in Western Canada. The event is set to take place September 26-30, 2012.
BreakOut West is a combination of a three-day music festival and industry conference, capped off by the Western Canadian Music Awards – an awards ceremony recognizing and honouring the best of Western Canadian talent in the music industry. The City of Regina, The Government of Saskatchewan, Regina Hotel Association, the Regina Regional Opportunities Commission, SaskMusic and everyone who sits on the host committee worked together to secure this great opportunity.
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Monday May 30th, 100.5 the PEAK and Music BC announced the 20 artists selected to be in this year’s PEAK Performance Project! The festivities will kick off with a showcase from every band at the Canada Day celebrations in Surrey, followed by the annual Bootcamp in Princeton, BC.
Check out the list of selected artists here: http://peakperformanceproject.com/2011/05/2011-top-20-announced/
Applications for the 2011 PEAK Performance Project are now closed! Please do not contact the PEAK or Music BC regarding the status of your application – they will be reviewed over the next few weeks, and if we have any questions we will contact you with the information you provided.
Make sure to listen to 100.5 the PEAK or stream online at thepeak.fm on Monday, May 30th at 3:15pm to hear the top 20 announcement, and find out if your band will be in the running for 100.5 thousand dollars!
Good Luck!
