The Music Scene (magazine)

Not to be confused with the UK popular music magazine published from 1972–74 by IPC Magazines.
La Scena Musicale
(The Music Scene)
Publisher & EditorWah Keung Chan
CategoriesMusic magazine
FrequencyBi-monthly
Circulation25,000
First issueSeptember 1996 (1996-09)
CountryCanada
Based inMontreal
LanguageEnglish and French
Website
ISSN1703-8189
OCLC50928510

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]

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  3. ^ "La Scena Musicale Founder Wah Keung Chan to be Honoured by Vanier College". LSM Newswire. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ "La Scena Musicale Introduces English Canada Special Issue – The Music Scene Magazine". LSM Newswire. Montreal. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "mySCENA". La Scena Musicale. Retrieved 8 March 2024. ABOUT: mySCENA is a new web platform published in English and French by LSM, a non-profit charity dedicated to the promotion of music and the arts since 1996. LSM also publishes the La Scena Musicale classical music and jazz magazine and La SCENA arts magazine.