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Song and Score Week 2024 honours Canadian songwriters, screen composers, music publishers

And presents programming to both celebrate and educate young creators

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SOCAN members The Royal Foundry, Kalsey Kulyk win prizes in 2024 Unsigned Only song contest

Four honourable mentions for others in Country category; two honours each for Carleton Stone, David Myles

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Apply now for 2025 edition of Francouvertes

Submission deadline is Nov. 6, 2024

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SOCAN Foundation, UBISOFT to co-host their first-ever videogame music lab

Screen composers can apply now; event is In Montréal, Nov. 20–22, 2024

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Music Publishers Canada addresses gender imbalance in Canadian music

Music Publishers Canada addresses gender imbalance in Canadian music

With its Women in the Studio National Accelerator

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Photo Gallery: 2024 SOCAN Awards

Photo Gallery: 2024 SOCAN Awards

SOCAN members were out in full force

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Fondation SPACQ announces 15 honourees for 2024

Fondation SPACQ announces 15 honourees for 2024

SOCAN presents Stéphane Venne Award to Ève Déziel

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Drake’s songwriting legacy cemented with five honours at 2024 SOCAN Awards

Drake’s songwriting legacy cemented with five honours at 2024 SOCAN Awards

Arkells win National Achievement Award

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SOCAN Foundation announces winners of 2024 Young Canadian Composer Awards

SOCAN Foundation announces winners of 2024 Young Canadian Composer Awards

Willyn Whiting wins Grand Prize for his piece CHIRP

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2024 ADISQ Gala: Les Cowboys Fringants, Karkwa, Salebarbes, Souldia dominate nominations

2024 ADISQ Gala: Les Cowboys Fringants, Karkwa, Salebarbes, Souldia dominate nominations

Alexandra Stréliski, Aliocha Schneider, Charlotte Cardin, R...

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Jeremy Dutcher becomes first two-time winner of $50,000 Polaris Prize

Jeremy Dutcher becomes first two-time winner of $50,000 Polaris Prize

Awards gala boasts powerful live performances

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Prix Gémeaux 2024 : Philippe Brault and Kim Gaboury awarded

Prix Gémeaux 2024 : Philippe Brault and Kim Gaboury awarded

SOCAN holds a luncheon to honour the 2024 nominees

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Video: Virginie B presents Astral 2000

Video: Virginie B presents Astral 2000

Sophomore album is both eccentric and accessible, synthetic ...

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Josh Ross wins five honours at 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards

Josh Ross wins five honours at 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards

Owen Reigling, Big Loud Music awarded; Hall of Fame inductee...

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Nelly Furtado to induct Sarah McLachlan at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala

Nelly Furtado to induct Sarah McLachlan at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala

Inductees Tom Cochrane and Diane Tell will perform, as will ...

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Noeline Hofmann storms out of the starting gate

Noeline Hofmann storms out of the starting gate

Alberta singer-songwriter fuelled by “Purple Gas”

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Alanis, Charlotte Cardin, Jessie Reyez, LU KALA, Jully Black honoured at first-ever Billboard Canada Women in Music Awards

Alanis, Charlotte Cardin, Jessie Reyez, LU KALA, Jully Black honoured at first-ever Billboard Canada Women in Music Awards

SOCAN’s Alex Golden, Charlie Wall-Andrews are similarly re...

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SPACQ-AE launches new “L’envers du décor” podcast

SPACQ-AE launches new “L’envers du décor” podcast

Six episodes slated for fall of 2024

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Aaron Paris and Fredz Announced as 2024 Recipients of the CSHF Breakthrough Songwriter Award

Aaron Paris and Fredz Announced as 2024 Recipients of the CSHF Breakthrough Songwriter Award

Presented by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame with Amaz...

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Mamarudegyal MTHC earns 2024 TD Indigenous Songwriter Award

Mamarudegyal MTHC earns 2024 TD Indigenous Songwriter Award

Five Additional Artists Receive Cash Prizes.

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Audiogram turns 40: generation-spanning musical creativity

Audiogram turns 40: generation-spanning musical creativity

Five current artists of Audiogram’s roster cherry-pick the...

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Shawn Hook overcomes a major health scare

Shawn Hook overcomes a major health scare

And traces the career path to his EP Beauty in Surrender

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Video: Marie-Pierre Arthur presents “Album bleu”

Video: Marie-Pierre Arthur presents “Album bleu”

Fifteen years after her debut album, she reinvents herself o...

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Metric, Sam Roberts join lineup at 2024 CSHF Gala Induction Ceremony

Metric, Sam Roberts join lineup at 2024 CSHF Gala Induction Ceremony

Sarah McLachlan, Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) also...

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