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      • licence@socan.ca

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      • druckmanh@socan.ca

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      About Us

      Words + Music is the online magazine of SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Just as SOCAN was formed in 1990 by the merger of its predecessor Canadian performing rights organizations PROCAN and CAPAC, their separate magazines merged in 1994 to form Words + Music. Our mission is to provide interesting, high-quality content about the increasingly exciting and

      Read more »

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      Speaking Out: SOCAN advocates politically for music creators

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      Attention SOCAN members! New online resources

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      Two Women: A feminist score for a new generation

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      Contemporary classical composer embraces “art song with global influences”

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