Toronto Musicians' Association - Local 149 AFM

05/30/2026

The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards are happening this weekend! 🎬✨
Wishing the best of luck to all nominated TMA members, we’re cheering you on!


Film
Achievement in Music - Original Score
Erica Procunier - Please, After You

Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
Tom Third - Modern W***e

Television
Best Sound, Animation
Brendan Quinn, Ethan Myers, Julian Rudd, Art Mullin - Unicorn Academy

Best Original Music, Animation
Erica Procunier - Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Letter Express
Meiro Stamm - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

Best Original Music, Drama
Rob Melamed, Ryan McLarnon - Mistletoe Murders
Robert Carli - Ruby and the Well

Best Original Music, Comedy
Thomas Westin, Benjamin Pinkerton, Ian LeFeuvre - Small Achievable Goals
Jonathan Goldsmith - The Trades

Best Original Music, Documentary
Orin Isaacs - Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Tom Third - The Spoils

Best Original Music – Original Song
Meiro Stamm, Antonio Naranjo - Mittens & Pants

05/28/2026

Fanfare during opening week at the Stratford Festival, a tradition that has continued since 1953.

Stratford Festival

05/28/2026

Scam alert!

SCAM ALERT

It has come to our attention that a scam agency is contacting people and purporting to sell exhibit/booth space for the 2026 Folk Canada Conference

All Folk Canada contractors use a folkcanada.com email address. If anyone contacts you from a non folkcanada.com email purporting to be from our organization, please check with us first before sharing your information with them.

Should you receive one of these offers, please forward to [email protected], then block and report it.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for any trouble this may cause. We look forward to seeing you all at the conference in Hamilton this October!

05/27/2026

🎉 We are turning 125! 🎉TMA Members, Join us on June 3rd as we celebrate this incredible milestone and support the Parkdale Community Food Bank . Let’s celebrate 125 years of solidarity, community, and giving back. RSVP at tma149.ca. Open exclusively to TMA members.

05/25/2026

Join Business Representative, Dennis Passley for training on how to file a TMA live performance contract.
RSVP at tma149.ca.
Open exclusively to TMA and AFM members

05/22/2026

Calling All Recording Musicians!
Session Players • Indie Artists • Film & TV Musicians • Commercial & Broadcast Musicians
Join us for TMA’s first ever TMA Recording Musicians’ Town Hall meeting. RSVP at tma149.ca. Open exclusively to TMA and AFM members

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Eddie Buschlen of Eastwood C.I. in Kitchener, ON, recipient of the Toronto Musicians Association Denny Christianson Scholarship! 🎺
This scholarship honours the legacy of Denny Christianson by supporting the next generation of talented musicians.

Pictured left to right: Dennis Passley, Eddie Buschlen, and Rose Christianson.

05/19/2026

Join Business Representative, Olivia Esther for Steward Training. RSVP at tma149.ca. Open exclusively to TMA and AFM members

05/17/2026

TMA is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Indigenous composer and cellist Cris Derksen. Her compositions and collaborations touched the hearts of so many - she will be terribly missed. We are thankful in knowing Cris’ legacy will continue to inspire and live on through her music.

05/16/2026

Supporting Tapestry Opera Women in Musical Leadership at Roy Thompson Hall with Toronto Symphony Orchestra today!