The Music Scene (magazine)
The Music Scene (French: La Scena Musicale) is a Canadian bilingual quarterly magazine that promotes classical music in Canada. The magazine was established by Wah Keung Chan in September 1996. 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.
| Publisher & Editor | Wah Keung Chan |
|---|---|
| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Circulation | 25,000 |
| First issue | September 1996 |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Montreal |
| Language | English and French |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1703-8189 |
| OCLC | 50928510 |
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.
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.