News

Soleils Levants: Celebrating Black History Month

Musée des ondes Emile Berliner – Lecture at the Saint Henri Library
4707 Notre-Dame ouest, Montréal
Speaker : Jean-Pierre Sévigny
February 26^th, 2:00 p.m.
Entrance free, in French

For the 26th edition of the Black History Month, the Musée des ondes Emile Berliner will present a lecture honoring artists of Caribbean origin. These inspiring musicians and entrepreneurs have left their mark on Montreal’s music scene and on the history of Canadian music.

Jean-Pierre Sévigny specialized in music history and Canadian popular culture. He studied at Laval University, UQAM and at Carleton University, where he contributed to the research for the “Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World”. Mr. Sévigny’s interests are the preservation and documentation of Canada’s musical heritage. In 2005, he founded Gala, a record company dedicated to heritage recordings. Mr. Sévigny was administrator and curator for many exhibitions of the Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner in Montreal.

Montréal Sud-Ouest The lecture enjoys the support of the South-West borough of Montreal.

Fundraising evening December 8, 2016

The Musée des ondes Emile Berliner would like to invite you to help us celebrate our successes in 2016. The evening will begin at 6 pm with a guided tour with Jean Bélisle, Architecture historian, Professor Emeritus from Concordia and a founding member of the Musée. It will be followed by a dinner at the Café ZinZin next door, with live music featuring Tim Hewlings and Claude Taillefer.

Thursday, December 8, from 6 pm, at the Musée des ondes Emile Berliner, 1001, Lenoir St, Room E-206 (Free parking)

Tickets $ 80/person (charity receipt $50). To reserve call (514) 931-9143 or email info@moeb.ca or use or use the method of payment below. I invite you to book as soon as possible.

NB If you want to make a donation only, or become a member follow this link.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, Abibata Koné, Janine Krieber, Michael Delaney, Jean Marcotte, Tim Hewlings and myself, I thank you for the attention you will give to our invitation,

Pierre M. Valiquette
President of the Board

MOEB Auction

Encan MOEB

October 23th 2016

RCA building, storage room of the MOEB
In collaboration with the SQCRA (sqcra.org).
Opening 9:00 a.m.
Start at 10:00 a.m.
Closing approximately 4:00 p.m.
All sales will be final, cash only.

Gramophones, radios, record players, tape recorders, televisions, VCR recorders, oscillographs, vacuum tubes and other sound related technical equipment from approximately the 1930 to the 1990s

List of items for sale

20 years of public exhibitions, fundraising soirée

20 years of public exhibitions, fundraising soirée

The invention of the gramophone to satellites made in Canada

October 13^th at 6pm

The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a tour of our latest exhibition “Montreal in space” followed by a dinner at the Café ZinZin next door, with live music featuring Tim Hewlings and Claude Taillefer.

Les Journées de la culture à Montréal

At the Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner

1. Montreal in space: Explore! Music of the space age

Take out your gadget and scan our selection of space inspired music. Game activity.

In connection with our current exhibition on "Montreal in space" and the advent of space technology in Montreal we have developed a fun activity that explains how pop music was influenced by the exploration of our universe.

13+ years, Fr-Sun 2 :00 – 5 :00

2. Let the needle dance

Play old 78, 33 and 45 discs on a gramophone or turntable.

We play historic recordings from 78 to 33 turns. You can learn about the history of sound recording in Montreal in the environment where it took place.

Sat. One tour each hour, meeting is at 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00 at the museum.

3. You think you have talent?

Listen and decorate your own 45 record cover

We give you a 45 music record, we help you to put the needle on the groove, you listen and get inspired. Never done that? You will see, its fun and you can go home with your own artwork that keeps your new record save.

7 – 12 years, Fr-Sun 2 :00 – 5 :00

MOEB Auction July 2016

July 16th, 2016

Opening:	09 h 00
Start:	10 h 00
End:	15 h 00

RCA building, storage room of the MOEB, (see plan)

In collaboration with the SQCRA (sqcra.org).
Opening 9:00 a.m.

Will be available :

gramophones, radios,
record players,
tape recorders,
televisions,
VCR recorders,
oscillographs,
vacuum tubes
and other sound related technical
equipment from approximately
the 1930 to the 1990s

MOEB Auction April 2016

April 30th 2016

Opening 9:00 a.m.
Auction starts at 10:00 a.m.
Closing of the auction is planned for 2:00 p.m.

The Musee des ondes Emile Berliner is reviewing its collection.

Exposition display

Interested institutions and museums can contact the MOEB to request a list of our pieces that we will take out of our collection. The list includes gramophones, radios, record players, tape recorders, televisions, VCR recorders, oscillographs, vacuum tubes and other sound related technical equipment from approximately the 1930 to the 1990s.

The Illustrious History of Sound and Recording in Montreal in the Twentieth Century

Emile Berliner et son usine

Few people know that Montreal was a hub of the sound and recording industry during the Twentieth Century. It has an illustrious history that we have preserved at the Musée des ondes Émile Berliner Come and visit a veritable Ali Baba’s cave.

The complete report can be found (in French) at the website of Radio-Canada.

RCA Victor: Good-bye to a Legendary Studio

Salle A du Studio Victor

Jean Leloup was the last artist to record an album there. In its nearly 70 year existence, it was the source of recordings of the likes of Oscar Peterson, Maureen Forester, Ariane Moffat, les Cowboys fringants, Dumas, Daniel Bélanger, to name but a few. At the end of December, Studio Victor closed its doors for good. Marie-France Abastado has retraced its story with testimonials from some of the people who worked there. They all hope there is still a future for this iconic recording studio.

Built during the 1940s in Montreal, this place acquired a reputation that flourished well beyond the boundaries of our city, not only because of its unusual architecture, but also because the recordings made inside its walls included many styles of music performed and sung by some of the greatest artists. However, in the face of a severe decline in the profitability of the record industry, Studio Victor was no longer economically viable.

The complete report can be found (in French) at the website of Radio-Canada.

Christmas Bazaar at the Musée des ondes Emile Berliner!

Bazaar de Noël

Come and join us on December 4^th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 1001 Lenoir Street. The Musée des ondes Emile Berliner and the Édifice RCA invite you to experience what businesses produce and trade in the complex. The fundraising event for the museum includes a Christmas Cookie sale and hot spiced apple cider to warm hands and hearts.

Alvaro Pierri appearing in a benefit concert for the Museum

Phhoto de Alvaro Pierri Alvaro Pierri, one of the world's top classical guitarists, has generously agreed to do a benefit concert for the Museum in Studio A at Studio Victor. The studio is an historic recording studio originally built by RCA in the 1940s.

http://studiovictor.ca/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mErVJ6zeN-s

There is only room for about 50 people.

The concert will take place on Sunday Nov 29. at 4PM . There will be a reception afterwards with cheese, sandwiches, etc. and people can bring beverages if they wish.

We are selling the tickets for $100 and you get a charitable donation receipt for $80.00.

Reserve now! For further information contact Tim Hewlings at 514-979-1477 or tim.hewlings@icloud.com

The Musee des ondes Emile Berliner has a new location for its temporary exhibition

A lot of work for the implementation of exhibition in our new location: Edifice RCA, local E 206.

Nipper can not wait to have visitors!

We are right next to the restaurant Zinzin.

Nipper dans son nouvel emplacement au musée

Thank you to the many volunteers who participated in the project!

Fundraising dinner

Soirée Oyster Shack 2015

Wednesday septembe, 23 2015 at Oyster Shack restaurant starting at 17pm

Details coming soon

Collections relocation operation

The relocation of the collection of the Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner would not have been possible without the considerable support of Simplex Tool Rental. The Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner would like to extend its sincerest thank for this very generous gesture of support.