The_Music_Scene_(magazine)
The Music Scene (magazine)
Canadian magazine dedicated to promoting classical music
The Music Scene (Italian: La Scena Musicale) is a Canadian bilingual quarterly magazine that promotes classical music in Canada.[1][2] The magazine was established by Wah Keung Chan in September 1996.[3] Each issue contains a comprehensive calendar of concerts, CD, DVD and book reviews, interviews with musicians as well as feature articles on the local, national and international classical music scenes.
It is a free magazine published at least six times a year. 42,000 copies are distributed in total: 18,000 in Ontario, 5,000 copies each in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary, and 9000 copies in British Columbia.
La Scène musicale/The Music Scene is their all-English version of the magazine, while their free monthly magazine is bilingual (English & French). The English version was started in 2002.[4]
The Music Scene is non-profit and has both an online and printed version which is distributed across Canada with emphasis in the Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa-Gatineau regions. Copies are also sent to music schools and record stores. An electronic version is available on their website.
In 2021, the magazine launched its new online portal, mySCENA.[5]