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April
31mar(mar 31)7:00 pm28apr(apr 28)8:30 pmSCGC Academy - Mixing for Film and TVWith Tom Third
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Mixing for Film and TV Your music should be heard! Best practices for mixing and delivering music for film, including creation of labour saving templates, organizing stems, using bus compression and
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Mixing for Film and TV
Your music should be heard! Best practices for mixing and delivering music for film, including creation of labour saving templates, organizing stems, using bus compression and advanced limiter techniques to create industry standard mixes that can compete with dialogue, and exploit multichannel sound. Wrestling with transients, spectral shaping and all the software suggestions you could possibly want. Working with headphones, and how to get the most out of starter systems is covered too.
Tom has thousands of plug ins online and can recommend the cheapest and the best for your needs. Logic Pro will be used for demonstrations, but the content applies to all DAW’s and hardware setups.
Course Level:
- Intermediate
Dates (all times are ET)
- 30 minute online Introduction: Monday 31 March 2025
- Class 1: Mon 7 April 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
- Class 2: Mon 14 April 2025 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
- Class 3: Mon 21 April 2025 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
- Class 4: Mon 28 April 2025 2024 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Location
- Tom’s Studio, 57 Melbourne Avenue, Toronto, M6K1K6
Instructor Bio
Multi award winning composer Tom Third has scored over 250 hours of film and television, specializing in dramatic series and documentary work. Recent projects include the TV series Coroner for CBC, and BLK An Origin Story for History Channel. Tom’s background as an electronic music artist informs his progressive hybrid scores that make use of novel synthetic textures and traditional instruments alike. Tom also teaches film composition, audio production and film music history at the The Canadian Film Centre, The Ontario College of Art and Design, and Toronto Metropolitan University.
Learn more at www.tomthird.com.
Sorry – This event is sold out. To be added to the waitlist please email academy@screencomposers.ca. The SCGC will be in touch to confirm your placement.
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March 31, 2025 7:00 pm - April 28, 2025 8:30 pm
May
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Explore pathways to a career in scoring video games. Explore some of the technical and creative requirements needed to score modern AAA and indie games and how you can put
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Explore pathways to a career in scoring video games. Explore some of the technical and creative requirements needed to score modern AAA and indie games and how you can put your best foot forward to landing a gig.
Course Level:
- Beginner
Dates (all times are ET)
- 30 minute online Introduction: Wednesday 7 May 2025
- Class 1: Wed 14 May 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Class 2: Wed 21 May 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Class 3: Wed 28 May 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Class 4: Wed 4 June 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location
- Online Only
Instructor Bio
Andrew Gordon Macpherson is an award winning music composer/producer. He scores the hit series “Dark Side of the Ring” as well as “Who Killed WCW” and “Tales from the Territories,” for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s company, Seven Bucks. He’s also written hundreds of minutes for AAA games: “Far Cry 5”, “Far Cry: New Dawn,” “Starlink: Battle for Atlas” (Ubisoft), and films: “Kids vs Aliens” and “Random Acts of Violence.” for Director, Jay Baruchel. Andrew mentored international participants at Red Bull Music Academy from 2010 to 2019 and has been a guest lecturer at Ryerson University and Sheridan College.
Learn more at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2430793/
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May 7, 2025 7:00 pm - June 4, 2025 9:00 pm
June
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Explore pathways to a career in scoring video games. Explore some of the technical and creative requirements needed to score modern AAA and indie games and how you can put
Event Details
Explore pathways to a career in scoring video games. Explore some of the technical and creative requirements needed to score modern AAA and indie games and how you can put your best foot forward to landing a gig.
Course Level:
- Beginner
Dates (all times are ET)
- 30 minute online Introduction: Wednesday 7 May 2025
- Class 1: Wed 14 May 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Class 2: Wed 21 May 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Class 3: Wed 28 May 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Class 4: Wed 4 June 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location
- Online Only
Instructor Bio
Andrew Gordon Macpherson is an award winning music composer/producer. He scores the hit series “Dark Side of the Ring” as well as “Who Killed WCW” and “Tales from the Territories,” for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s company, Seven Bucks. He’s also written hundreds of minutes for AAA games: “Far Cry 5”, “Far Cry: New Dawn,” “Starlink: Battle for Atlas” (Ubisoft), and films: “Kids vs Aliens” and “Random Acts of Violence.” for Director, Jay Baruchel. Andrew mentored international participants at Red Bull Music Academy from 2010 to 2019 and has been a guest lecturer at Ryerson University and Sheridan College.
Learn more at: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2430793/
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May 7, 2025 7:00 pm - June 4, 2025 9:00 pm
September
10sep10:30 am2025 SCGC Screen Composer Summit
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Registration now open In partnership with SOCAN, and the Alliance of Women Film Composers, the SCGC is excited to hold our third SCGC Screen Composer
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Registration now open
In partnership with SOCAN, and the Alliance of Women Film Composers, the SCGC is excited to hold our third SCGC Screen Composer Summit. This will take place just ahead of our CASMA celebrations, on Wednesday, September 10th at the El Mocambo in Toronto. It will comprise a full day of unmissable education and networking opportunities.
The full schedule is as follows:
AWFC Film Music Mixer during TIFF 2025
The Alliance of Women Film Composers invites you to their Film Music Mixer during TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in Toronto.
AWFC Networking Coffee 10:30am to 11:30am
Breaking the Glass Ceiling 11:30am to 12:20pm
SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown moderates a candid conversation with composers Sarah Slean, Steph Copeland and Alexandra Petkovski; Trish Klein (Agent, CORE Music Agency); and Heather Gardner (President, Guild of Music Supervisors Canada) on women’s career journeys, challenges, and opportunities in screen composing.
SCGC Emerging Composer Stream
12:30 to 1:30pm — Lunch & Learn: Scoring Starts Here
Tom Third (Composer & SCGC Board Member) moderates a discussion with Robert Kraft (SOCAN Hollywood Ambassador), Larissa Giroux (Agent, OAZ), Robbie Teehan (The Pro Composer), Iva Delic (Composer), and Andrew Cohen (Impact24 PR) about navigating the often complex and solitary path to a sustainable composing career.
1:45–2:45pm — Unlocking the Mysteries (and Money) Behind Production Music [sponsored by Hard Music]
Once seen as a last-resort option, production music is now a thriving income source for composers. Janal Bechthold (Composer) speaks with Evan Macdonald (Composer), Mitch Cook (BellMedia Music), Ross Hardy (CEO, Hard Music), and Caron Nightingale (APM Music) about business models, creative approaches, and protecting your work in this growing field.
> REGISTER: EMERGING COMPOSER STREAM
SCGC Established Composer Stream
1:00 to 2:30pm — Lunch & Learn: Composing Through the Storm [lunch sponsored by SOCAN]
Amid COVID aftershocks, strikes, shrinking royalties, and AI disruption, composers face unprecedented challenges. Darren Fung (Composer & SCGC/SOCAN Board Member) moderates a discussion with SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown, SOCAN General Counsel Andrea Kokonis, CORE Music Agency Founder Ari Wise and SCGC Chair Adrian Ellis on the current state of the business, the road ahead, and how composers can adapt.
> REGISTER: ESTABLISHED COMPOSER STREAM
CASMA Panel
3:00 to 4:30pm — Stories Behind the Cue: Celebrating our CASMA nominees
Composers, Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner join nominees Justin Delorme, Erica Procunier, Suad Bushnaq, Andrés Galindo Arteaga, and Caleb and Brian Chan to share nominated cues coupled with production stories, and collaboration insights.
CASMA Awards
4:30pm – Doors Open/Red Carpet
6pm – Ceremony Begins
7:30pm – Party
Tiff-i-liscious after-party
From 9:30pm
Join the Tiff-i-liscious after-party networking hang at the Rhino Bar and Grill.
With thanks to our summit sponsors
SOCAN • The Alliance of Women Film Composers • Hard Music Group • Orchestral Tools • The Pro Composer • Impact24 Public Relations
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September 10, 2025 10:30 am
10sep4:30 pm2025 Canadian Screen Music Awards
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Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) is an annual celebration of composer’s excellence in scoring original music for the screen. Launched and administered by Screen
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Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) is an annual celebration of composer’s excellence in scoring original music for the screen. Launched and administered by Screen Composers Guild of Canada, these awards are open to all Canadian and permanent resident composers with winners chosen by the SCGC’s roster of judges.
The CASMAs aim to honour these composers for their outstanding work in media and screen-based industries. These accolades are the first to be juried and awarded by fellow screen composers in Canada.
In 2025, nominations for musical works are being considered in 12 categories covering feature film, television, animation, documentary, games and interactive media. The SCGC will also present a special award for distinguished services to the industry.
Our 2025 Nominees can be found here: www.scgcawards.ca and the evening agenda is as follows:
- 4:30pm – Doors open and welcome to the Red Carpet
- 6pm – Ceremony starts
- 7:30pm – Party!
Each guest will receive a drink ticket and light snacks will be served.
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September 10, 2025 4:30 pm
