The album [60]Project by Monty Adkins is nominated in the Experimentation / Research category of the sixth edition of the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards. Listen to and vote online for the finalist of your choice from December 7, 2009 to March 15, 2010. Qwartz 6 will take place on April 2, 2010 in Paris (France).

To vote for [60]Project (for instance…) a quick email message with the title of the album to experimentation_6@qwartz.org is enough. (Thanks!)

Darren Copeland premieres his work Rights of the Child / Aux droits de l’enfant online on Réseaux’s website from December 1, 2009 to February 28, 2010.

The Foundation Émile-Nelligan has awarded the Prix Serge-Garant 2009, for the entire work of a composer, to Yves Daoust during a ceremony on December 2, 2009 at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montréal. For tyhe event, musicians Brigitte Poulin and David Cronkite performed Impromptu for piano, synthesizer / sampler, and tape. Founded in 1991 this triennial award has been given to Denys Bouliane, Michel Gonneville, Gilles Tremblay, Bruce Mather, François Morel, and John Rea.