The Schulich School of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of internationally-renowned violist Steven Dann as Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Viola starting September 2015, for a period of three years. Steven Dann's career has covered a wealth of violistic possibilities. As principal viola of some of the world's leading orchestras, as a veteran of the string quartet and chamber music world, as soloist and recitalist and as a dedicated teacher.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2015
The Composition Area of the Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce that one of its former students, Thierry Tidrow (BMus, Honours Composition and Major Music Theory, 2009) is the recipient of the 2014 Jules L茅ger Prize for New Chamber Music. During his bachelor's program, Mr. Tidrow studied composition with Professors Christoph Neidh枚fer and Brian Cherney.
An interview with Thierry Tidrow about his winning work may be found on the website of the Canada Council for the Arts (see sidebar)
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Published on: 12 Feb 2015
Professor Richard King received two Grammy awards this past weekend in the categories of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album ("Bass & Mandolin" 听Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer) and听Best Orchestral Performance (John Adams: "City Noir" 听David Robertson, conductor, St. Louis Symphony) 听both on the Nonesuch label. 听With these two latest awards, Prof. King now has a total of 14 Grammy awards.听
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Published on: 11 Feb 2015
Chair of Music Performance St茅phane Lemein has recently released a CD of piano quintets with the Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc.听Read more from Le Devoir critique Christophe Huss's February 6th review in which he describes the recording 听as 'intelligently programmed- a real jewel.' 听(Full review in French)听
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Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc, St茅phane Lemelin (piano).
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Published on: 10 Feb 2015
Risk produced 听an archival CD for a community in the Gasp茅, and the prize recognizes the remarkable docmentation or research in a field connected to dance, music, song, and traditional Francophone storytelling within the Americas. 听 听The CD was the result of extensive research into the musical traditions of the Gasp茅 community. 听Laura Risk and her collaborator Glen Patterson first digitized and catalogued over 70 hours of recordings and then selected the 46 tracks that are found on the recording. 听The CD is accompanied by a bilingual booklet which also contains photographs.听
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
Nominations for Canada's top music prize, the Junos, were announced last week. 听Schulich and 91黑料网 grads & faculty factor into 22 nominations:
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
A valued member of the听Schulich School of Music since 2007, Professor Mark Fewer was recently named a William Dawson Scholar, an award which recognizes a faculty member's outstanding and original contributions as well as their world-class caliber. Fewer is a highly-regarded soloist and chamber musician, whose performances of both classical and jazz have been described as 鈥済enre-bending鈥�. He has appeared widely in North America and also abroad throughout Europe, Australia, and the Far East.
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Published on: 5 Feb 2015
Description: EDEA 472 students in their final semester of their听Music Education degree are combining with volunteer members from听the New Horizons Montreal Band, a intergenerational concert band听now in their second year of operation. The seniors are learning听how to play band instruments (most are in their 2nd year of this听process), and the 91黑料网 Students are learning to become听teachers.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2015
The Schulich School of Music is thrilled to announce the appointment of legendary Canadian tenor Ben Heppner to the voice faculty of the Schulich School of Music for the academic year 2015-16. One of Canada鈥檚 greatest artists, Mr. Heppner has received acclaim on the world鈥檚 most prestigious opera stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, and the Vienna State Opera. Mr. Heppner will teach over a dozen voice students and contribute immensely to the rich and dynamic life of the Voice Area at the School.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2015
Professor Fabrice Marandola is interviewed by Le听Devoir in a special section dedicated to the grand opening of Le听Vivier at his new address, the 'Ges霉-Centre de cr茅ation' in听Montreal. Le Vivier comprises 34 music ensembles and听organisations dedicated to new music. Fabrice Marandola has been the听President of the Board of Directors since last fall.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2015
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Published on: 30 Jan 2015
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Published on: 30 Jan 2015
The live@CIRMMT concert, "De souffles et de machines" performed听by the Quasar saxophone quartet, has been selected as a finalist听for a 30th Grand Prix du Counseil des arts de Montr茅al.听
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Published on: 20 Jan 2015
Next season look for the participation of several Schulich alumni in different productions at the Canadian Opera Company.听 In October 2015 the COC will present the world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe, written by composer Barbara Monk Feldman.听 The work is inspired by the beauty, light, and colour of her native Gasp茅 Peninsula and is a timeless story of star-crossed lovers. In February 2016 Jordan de Souza will conduct two听 performances of the Canadian Opera Company's production of Le Nozze di Figaro.
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Published on: 20 Jan 2015
Working with researchers from the Technische Universit盲t Berlin and the University of Montreal, Prof. McAdams compared reactions to various pieces of music from two groups of people: 40 Mbenz茅l茅 Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest and 40 Canadians in Montreal. 鈥淭he emotional diversity of music depends on who we are, what we鈥檝e experienced and who we identify with 鈥� that鈥檚 the most exciting part of music,鈥� McAdams says.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2015
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