New Music Concerts

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No matter where you come from, if you love adventurous music, you will always have a home at NMC.

New Music Concerts (NMC) is a leader in curating, performing, and promoting innovative and cutting-edge music by Canadian and international composers. Founded in 1971, NMC is an internationally renowned leader and unique in Toronto as the foremost champion of contemporary works for large chamber ensembles, often performing alongside cutting-edge technology.

For NMC, adventurous music is any music that, when heard at any stage of your listening journey, you learn something new, it ignites a spark, and you become inspired. We believe that the ability to appreciate adventurous music is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and acquired. Achieving this expands listeners’ horizons, unveiling a new world of composers, ensembles, and fresh concepts.

NMC is committed to a diversity of rigour and excellence in the programming and performance of adventurous contemporary chamber music from Canada and around the globe. In our programming, we take pride in reflecting Canada’s ever-growing diversity of musicians, listeners, composers, and guest artists.