MNS News

Announcing The 2018 Music Nova Scotia Award Winners

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2018-11-04 19:44

Forty-nine Music Nova Scotia Awards in forty-eight categories were handed out this evening, at the Music Nova Scotia Awards Celebration at the Holiday Inn in Truro.

Mo Kenney won two awards, including Solo Recording of the Year and Rock Recording of the year. David Myles and Maxim Cormier also walked away with two awards each. David Myles won Recording of the Year and Americana Recording of the Year, and Maxim Cormier won Acadian/Francophone Artist of the Year and Traditional/Roots Recording of the Year.
FLAGSHIP CONSTRUCTION ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR VOTING NOW CLOSED

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2018-10-16 13:19

Voting closes on October 26th at 5:00 PM (AST). Votes are limited to one vote per IP address, per day. If you are trying to vote from a household from which other people are voting, you may not be able to do so.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED
Nova Scotia Music Week 2018 Conference Schedule Announced

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2018-10-01 09:38

The Nova Scotia Music Week 2018 conference theme, Building Stronger Music Communities, will focus on three globally trending topics: the monumental rise of urban music genres, music synchronization, and the night-time economy.

With 60+ visiting guests from around the world, delegates will have the opportunity to have discussions about the current state of the industry, influencing positive change, education, international export, career development, and nurturing strong music ecosystems.

Mission

Music Nova Scotia is a non-profit organization that has worked since 1989 with a mandate to encourage the creation, development, growth and promotion of Nova Scotia’s music industry. Music Nova Scotia exists to grow and nurture the Nova Scotia music industry, to retain our own natural resource and promote investment, by:

Providing education, information and resources to our membership
Acting as the advocate for the industry to all levels of government and private enterprise
Supporting membership in the promotion of the export of Nova Scotia music regionally, nationally and internationally

Membership is mainly made up of Nova Scotians but some join us from other regions of the East Coast as well as across Canada. We are songwriters, musicians, agents, managers, promoters, distributors, photographers, associations, lawyers, accountants and other industry professionals.