Toronto Creative Music Lab
The Toronto Creative Music Lab (TCML) was an artistic and professional development workshop for early-career musicians, ensembles, and composers. The workshop took place annually from 2015 through 2019. This volunteer-driven, peer-mentored 8-day workshop that fostered professional development, artistic growth, collaborative learning, and community-building through rehearsals, social events, panel discussions, and performance. TCML brought together 40 artists from around the world annually. Christina Volpini was a co-organizer from 2016-2019, along with Sara Constant, Jason Doell, Matthew Fava, Janet Sit, and Olivia Shortt.
Montréal Contemporary Music Lab
Labo de Musique Contemporaine de Montréal / Montréal Contemporary Music Lab (MCML) is a 12-day performance and creation workshop exploring, celebrating, and creating bonds between performers, composers, sound artists, improvisers and mixed/multi media artists engaged in the act of creating new music. Formed in 2011 by seven emerging musicians, the collective is run entirely by and for young artists in Montréal.
In addition to the main goal of rehearsing and producing new music, participants take part in workshops, lectures, masterclasses, concerts, social outings, collective meals, and spontaneous events. Invited guest artists are present throughout the lab, presenting workshops, providing coachings during rehearsal and studio times, attending concerts and exhibitions, and providing feedback during many open forums for discussion. The event concludes in a concert showcasing the collaborative efforts of everyone involved. Christina Volpini was a co-organizer in 2014, and Co-Executive Administrator in 2015.