[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.
[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.
The first is a month-long survey of musicologists, theorists, music critics, and performers from Canada and around the world on the topic of their three favourite art songs.
The second phase is an art song composition competition for Canadian composers, which will be evaluated by experts and the public.
Following the completion of the two phases, the top ten favourite art songs from the first phase and the top ten submissions from the composition competition will be featured in a gala concert of Canadian musicians, the location of which is still to be determined.