Sadly, Melissa Goodchild needs to step away from administering the ACNMP to focus on other commitments. Happily this means that the role is open for you! If you or someone you know is enthusiastic about music and music education, is organized, and is looking for a commitment of a few hours a week we want to hear from you. Please see the details below.

Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects (ACNMP)

Office Administrator

Organization

Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects 

Location

Remote with a preference to the Greater Toronto Area

Deadline:

May 25, 2025

About ACNMP

The Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects recognizes the land on which we live, work, and play is Indigenous land and territories. The ACNMP spans many ancestral lands including some treaties, territories, and unceded lands. We acknowledge our traditional hosts and honour their welcome and graciousness to those who seek knowledge.

The Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects (ACNMP) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of Canadian contemporary music. Throughout our history, it has been our mission to encourage teachers to teach Canadian contemporary music, to motivate students to study and perform this music, and to encourage Canadian composers to write music for students of all levels from the most junior to the paraprofessional.

Our Mission
To promote, and preserve Canadian contemporary music as a cornerstone of our national heritage by fostering its performance among students, teachers, and performers through education, festivals, and workshops.

Website

acnmp.ca

Job Description

ACNMP is seeking a part time Office Manager to coordinate all activities of the board, Contemporary Showcase Centres, and external partners. This is an administrative position that requires a high level of organization and time management as well as clear and effective communication both written and verbal. 

Responsibilities Include:

• Coordinate all communication between 12 Contemporary Showcase Centres across Canada and support the digital file maintenance and gathering of statistics
• Support Contemporary Showcase Centres with various challenges including venue and funding support
• Maintain documentation and files including syllabus information, contact information, budget, scholarship submissions, meeting minutes and agendas
• Liaise between board members, contractors, adjudicators, students and parents
• Report quarterly to the Board of Directors and coordinate board meetings and Annual General Meetings
• Promote and publicize activities and values of ACNMP through website, social media, and newsletters
• Collaborate with and follow through on initiatives on behalf of ACNMP President and other board members
• Support board members with digital documentation and file management
• Write and compile documents for grant applications, funding proposals, and final reports
• Organize and facilitate workshops as funding allows
• Collaborate with community partners 
• Update and maintain the ACNMP website
• Hire and liaise with adjudicators including contract negotiations
• Communicate with donors

Qualifications

• A minimum of one year administrative experience
• Strong skills with Google Drive and Word
• Strong English language skills both written and spoken, French language skills would be a strong asset
• Excellent communication through email, newsletter, and note taking skills
• Experience in music and Canadian contemporary music specifically
• Experience in music education would be an asset

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter or any questions you may have to the current Office Manager, Melissa Goodchild at info@acnmp.ca, subject line: Office Manager Position. 

Thank you for your interest in applying and all applicants will receive notification upon receipt of their application.

Remuneration

This is a contract position part time position with remuneration commensurate with experience. 

With the generous support from the SOCAN Foundation The Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects announces a Call-for-Scores of works for woodwinds (including works for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, and recorder with or without piano accompaniment) for inclusion in the Contemporary Showcase Syllabus.

The Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects (ACNMP) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of Canadian contemporary music. Throughout our history, it has been our mission to encourage teachers to teach Canadian contemporary music, to motivate students to study and perform this music, and to encourage Canadian composers to write music for students of all levels from the most junior to the paraprofessional.

Our Mission is to commission, promote, and preserve Canadian contemporary music as a cornerstone of our national heritage by fostering its performance among students, teachers, and performers through education, festivals, and workshops.

Contemporary Showcase

Presented annually by ACNMP, Contemporary Showcase is a national non-competitive festival featuring 100% Canadian contemporary works taking place in twelve centres across four provinces. Contemporary Showcase is wholly educational and inclusive, and aims to develop and disseminate Canadian compositions. 

ACNMP has compiled a wide-ranging and varied syllabus of over 2,200 Canadian works for a variety of solo instruments (from piano to double bass to soprano saxophone) and ensembles (from brass quintet and string quartet to full-sized choirs and wind bands) spanning over 100 years. These works are scrutinized pedagogically by ACNMP’s repertoire reviewers and divided into different levels for students to study, present and perform in a master class format for expert adjudicators.

Call-for-Scores: Woodwinds

Submissions to the Contemporary Showcase syllabus should ideally:

• Have musical, educational, and pedagogical value for both teacher and performer
• Contain new ideas or techniques introduced or presented in a novel or interesting way
• Strike an appropriate balance between composition length and difficulty, keeping the skill and ability level of the intended performer in mind
• Represent and/or contribute to the cultural fabric of Canada
• Composers identifying as LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC, Indigenous, and equity deserving groups are encouraged to submit their work

Composers must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

Please carefully read submission details from the documents below. Fill out and submit to info@acnmp.ca.

Deadline is April 30, 2025

Submission for Syllabus Evaluation Form

*Please note that an ACNMP Membership is not a requirement to submit to the Call-for-Scores; however, the membership fee does help off-set our administrative costs and there is a new special rate for composers!

To help choose recipients for our National Awards we are getting help from two wonderful musicians.

Claire Harris is a Toronto-based collaborative pianist, specialising in opera and contemporary
repertoire. Originally from New Zealand, Claire holds a Bachelor of Music from the New Zealand
School of Music and a Masters from the Royal College of Music, London, England. Prior to moving to
Toronto in 2018, Claire was a staff accompanist at the Royal College of Music, London, as well as
working with companies including English Touring Opera, the Rossini Young Artists’ Festival, Opera
Alumnus, and the Academie de La Roche D’Hys annual opera workshop in France. She has performed
internationally as a pianist in venues such as Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall, London, The
Porgy and Bess, Vienna, and appeared on radio stations from Guernsey to Bogotá, Colombia.

Claire is pianist with Crossing Borders, a company performing works by living composers across
Canada and internationally, most recently touring Colombia with a programme of all Canadian and
Colombian living composers. She also recently curated and performed a recital of Canadian art song
with baritone Parker Clements at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.

Claire is co-producer and pianist for Opera Revue, a Toronto opera company which has been featured
on the cover of Opera Canada magazine, CBC National Radio and CTV National television.
She is also the pianist for Canadian Children’s Opera Company’s Principal Chorus, Associate Director
with Opera by Request, Toronto, and Pianist with the Toronto Children’s Chorus, as well as working
regularly as a répétiteur and coach with independent companies around Toronto and Ontario. Claire
coaches students in the vocal program at the University of Toronto as well as maintaining a private
coaching studio. Claire is also the pianist for Amarras, a Toronto-based contemporary Argentinian
Tango ensemble with whom she has performed in the USA and Argentina.

Thank you to all the participants in the Contemporary Showcase Festivals this year! We hope the experience was a positive and fulfilling one and you will consider participating again next year.

Adjudicators from each festival will have the opportunity to nominate participants for consideration for National Awards, listed here. If you have been nominated you will be asked to submit a recording of your performance, a scan of the music, as well as your name and what centre you are representing (which city you played in).

This year adjudications for the national scholarships will be delayed until after February so that another Contemporary Showcase can participate. You are welcome to submit your recording and information at any time between now and February 28, 2025.

If you have any questions please email info@acnmp.ca.

Thank you to Gloria Chu for allowing us to add her works Guiding Star and Soar to our vocal syllabus. Please check out her bio and links below!

Gloria Chu is a dedicated composer, pedagogue, adjudicator, examiner, speaker, and performer. She is a
multi-award winning composer of chamber, violin, cello, and piano works. Her compositions have been
praised to “transport [the audience] into a heavenly world” by International Youth Music Competitions.
Several of her pedagogical works have been featured in the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects
Contemporary Showcase syllabus. Her awards and recognitions include six Winning Awards from Alberta
Piano Teachers Association Creative Music Writing Competition, Canadian Folk Song Arrangement Prize,
First Place at the USA Modern and Contemporary Competition and First Place in Provincial Alberta
Registered Music Teachers’ Association Student Composition. Gloria holds two master’s degrees: MA in
Piano (University of Ottawa) and MA in Strings (University of Chichester). She has been recognized by
Steinway & Sons with a Top Teacher Award and is the recipient of the Royal Conservatory of Music
Teacher of Distinction Award for her leadership as a music educator. Gloria has given presentations at
city, provincial and national conferences on music learning topics. Her innovative teaching methods and
pedagogy compositions motivate students to develop confidence in expressing their unique voice in
both music and life.

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Website YouTube “Guiding Star” “Soar”