Brian Current won the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music for his composition entitled Shout, Sisyphus, Flock! Congrats! See the full list of recepient here. Learn more about Brian Current here. #BrianCurrent

The album New Jewish Music, Vol. 1 - Azrieli Music Prizes features the world premiere recordings of works by composer Brian Current, winner of the 2016 Azrieli Commission, and composer Wlad Marhulets, winner of the 2016 Azrieli Prize. In addition, the album also features Song of Songs, for soprano and orchestra by Lukas Foss, one of his most important works which the Boston Symphony premiered in 1947. These wonderful works are performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestr

Missing has now closed its premiere run of six nights in Vancouver, and another six nights at Pacific Opera Victoria. It was an extraordinary success. Missing tells a story everybody knows, about a woman no one remembers. Set in Vancouver and along the Highway of Tears, this music drama was created to give voice to the story of Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, and to show that each and every one of these missing people is honored. With libretto by dis