The Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce the prestigious jury for the inaugural edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The new national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 is the gift of the late Dr. Graham Sommer, an alumnus of 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and an accomplished pianist and devoted music lover. Five composers will be chosen to create new works for piano quintet, earning prizes ranging from $5,000-$15,000 as well as a concert premiere at the Schulich School of Music on September 29, 2018.
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Published on: 11 Sep 2017
The Schulich School of Music of 平特五不中 is proud to announce the first edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The late Dr. Graham Sommer, an alumnus of 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine as well as an accomplished pianist and ardent music lover, made a gift to create a biennial competition for young Canadian composers, with a focus on chamber music.
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Published on: 7 Sep 2017
Professor Brenda Ravenscroft is the new Dean of the Schulich School of Music. Formerly聽Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen鈥檚 University, and Professor of Music Theory and Analysis, Prof. Ravenscroft began her mandate at Schulich in July of 2017.听Prof. Ravenscroft taught Music Theory at 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Music from 1991 to 1993, and has maintained close ties with 平特五不中 colleagues through research and teaching interests.
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Published on: 29 Aug 2017
To honour Eleanor鈥檚 devotion to students at the Schulich School of Music and by request of her family, donations can be made to the Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize by visiting聽聽or by calling 平特五不中 directly at 514-398-5000.听
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Published on: 14 Aug 2017
Earlier this year, 平特五不中 percussion faculty member Shawn Mativetsky released聽Rivers, 聽鈥� making him the first Quebec-based artist to do so.听Featuring George Koller on dilruba, the disc features traditional repertoire from North India passed onto Mativetsky by his tabla teacher (or聽Guru).
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Published on: 8 Aug 2017
<Article from 平特五不中 News - Alumni Magazine>
As a master鈥檚 student at 平特五不中, Joshua Morris, MMus鈥�17, often walked through the music library where a Golden Violin sculpture sits on display.
The display case includes the names of the winners of the annual Golden Violin Competition 鈥� one of the most significant music prizes in Canada, which comes with a $25,000 cash award.鈥�
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Published on: 7 Aug 2017
Article provenant du Devoir
"Alors qu鈥檌l passait son baccalaur茅at de piano, Nicolas Ellis a mont茅 en 2012, pendant le Printemps 茅rable, l鈥櫬燨rchestre de la solidarit茅 sociale聽禄. Cinq ans plus tard, il se voit confier par Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin l鈥橭rchestre M茅tropolitain pour cinq concerts d鈥櫭﹖茅, dont, ce jeudi, l鈥檈mbl茅matique concert au chalet du Mont-Royal.
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Published on: 1 Aug 2017
Article provenant de La Presse +
"Depuis quelques semaines, les nuits de聽厂颈尘辞苍听搁颈惫补谤诲 sont courtes et compos茅es de r锚ves dans lesquels il聽lit des partitions musicales. Et pour cause. Le聽jeune chef d鈥檕rchestre de聽27聽ans n鈥檃 eu qu鈥檜ne semaine de pr茅avis pour se pr茅parer 脿 vivre l鈥檃venture estivale de l鈥橭rchestre de聽la聽Francophonie.
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Published on: 12 Jul 2017
The Schulich School of Music was well represented at this year's Canadian Music Competition Stepping Stone, with alums Tristan Longval-Gagn茅 (L. Mus.'10) and Antoine Malette-Ch茅nier (Grad Dip'17) winning respectively Second and Third Steinway & Sons Prizes. The Stepping Stone event was held this year at the Schulich School of Music, in Tanna Schulich Hall, from June 27th to July 5th. This year's jury members were: Annick-Patricia Carri猫re,聽Susan Hoeppner,聽Shannon Mercer,聽Katarzyna Musia艂 and聽Gwen Thompson-Robinow.听
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Published on: 7 Jul 2017
Article provenant de La Presse +
"D茅couvert en 2004, ce qui a men茅 脿 l鈥檕ctroi d鈥檜n prix Nobel de physique en 2010, le graph猫ne est un mat茅riau aux propri茅t茅s presque irr茅elles, mais aux applications concr猫tes encore peu visibles. Ora Sound, une jeune entreprise montr茅alaise, tente de聽r茅volutionner l鈥檌ndustrie du haut-parleur en s鈥檃ppuyant sur lui.
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Published on: 27 Jun 2017
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra recently announced the appointment of Andrew Crust,聽MMus'12, as聽Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Memphis Youth Symphony.
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Published on: 27 Jun 2017
(Blog post by Chris Maskell)
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Published on: 26 Jun 2017
The Schulich School of Music was well represented at the 2017 International Trumpet Guild Conference, having more students participate in the Conference鈥檚 competitions than any other university. In addition to a brilliant performance by Schulich鈥檚 Trumpet Ensemble, several students distinguished themselves in the competition鈥檚 individual categories, including David Koch, who placed second in the Orchestral Excerpts Competition (in which Francis LaPorte came in third).
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Published on: 15 Jun 2017
(Blog post by Chris Maskell)
At 29 years old, Montreal alto saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps (B.Mus 2012, M.Mus 2016) has a lot of accomplishments under his belt. In relatively short order, he鈥檚 released two successful records as a bandleader, directed the Montreal All City Big Band, completed various tours in North America, Poland and France, and won the Rimouski Festi Jazz Grand Prix in 2013 with his quartet. Most recently, Radio-Canada presented him as one of the four , where he was recognized for his promising career as an artist.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2017
(Blog post by Chris Maskell)
Sometimes, it feels best to be recognized for your hard work when you least expect it. For fiddler and recent doctoral graduate Laura Risk (Ph.D, 2017), this surprise came in the form of an email from 平特五不中 announcing that she had been awarded not only the 平特五不中 Alumni Association Graduate Award (valued at $1500), but also the Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal 鈥� the university鈥檚 highest honour.
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Published on: 13 Jun 2017
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