The Bande à part website, broadcaster — via satellite radio, FM radio, and the web — of emerging and exploratory musics goes “Inside the sound with Louis Dufort” (in French).

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay won the Opus Prize for the “Concert of the Year — actuelle and electroacoustic music,” for his concert entitled Alter ego presented during the Akousma (2) series produced by Réseaux in December 2005.

The Orford Arts Centre (Québec) announces its 2nd Sound Creation Workshop as part of the International Music Academy. Held from July 2 to 14, 2007 the workshop, directed by Yves Daoust, is open to sound creators of all styles. This year Yves Daoust has invited guest “masters” Alain Savouret, Paul Koonce, Louis Dufort, Alexandre Burton, and “tonmeister” Jean Landry.

Please note that we will be closed on December 22 — 26, 2006 (your orders received during that period will be processed and confirmed on Wednesday, December 27) and on December 30, 2006 — January, 2, 2007 (orders received during that period will be processed on Wednesday, January 3). Everyone at electrocd.com wish you a peaceful holiday season!

Composers Pierre Alexandre Tremblay and Ned Bouhalassa are both nominated for the Opus Prize in the category “Concert of the Year — actuelle and electroacoustic music,” for their concert held in the Akousma (2) series produced by Réseaux in December 2005. The 10th Opus Prize Gala will take place on January 28, 2006 at the Salle Claude-Champagne, Université de Montréal.

An interview with composer Paul Dolden by Jeremy Owen Turner is published in issue 96 of Musicworks, Toronto (Canada).