The听Schulich School of Music at 平特五不中 is now one of the听Canadian Opera Company听Orchestra Academy鈥檚 collaborating organizations, joining founding participants听The Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music听and the听University of Toronto鈥檚 Faculty of Music. This unique program听听returns for its fourth year of three-week intensive training beginning听on January 8, 2017.
Madeline Weber, student of Professor Marina Mdivani听is the recipient of the $4,000 Abner Martin Music Scholarship for 2016/17. A graduate of Elmira District Secondary School in 2014, she is in the second year of the piano performance program in the Schulich School of Music at 平特五不中.听She has participated in Piano Tuesday recitals, Class Concerts, piano trio concerts and other public performances including a concert for 平特五不中鈥檚 Open House with the Concert Choir that she accompanies, under the direction of Jean-S茅bastien Vall茅e.
听Zi Hua Tan, a Doctoral composition student of Prof. John Rea has been named a听finalist for听the 2017 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. 听Out of 115 entries from 36 countries, Zi Hua Tan鈥檚 composition, 鈥t the still point鈥μ齱as chosen to be among the four finalists of the听Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2017.
Finalists for the Conseil qu茅b茅cois de la musique's Prix Opus were announced last Friday, and once again听there are many nominated who are听听Schulich alumni and/or faculty. 听 The Prix Opus were established in 1996 to highlight the excellence and diversity of Qu茅bec's musical offering, and are awarded in many different categories. 听The winners will be announced in a Gala event to be held on Sunday, February 5, 2017. 听 Artists nominated with a Schulich connection are listed here. 听
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Concert de l鈥檃nn茅e 鈥 Montr茅al
The 听Annual Schulich School of Music Chamber Music Competition took place 听Tuesday, December 6,听in Tanna Schulich Hall. 听Two groups were declared winners and will travel to Europe for exchange visits to conservatories. 听The winner of the听Exchange visit to the Mozarteum, Salzburg was the Milton String Quartet, with members听Roman Fraser, violin,听Ma茂th茅na Girault, violin,听Evan Robinson, viola and听Joshua Morris, cello.
Last month, seven Rice University students traveled from Houston to Montr茅al to expand Rice鈥檚 Gateway Study of Leadership research program听at 平特五不中. Much of the time spent at 平特五不中 was at the Schulich School of Music, where the students met with Interim Dean Julie Cumming, Prof. Simon Aldrich, Director of the Music Entrepreneurship Program, Doctoral student Suzu Enns and several other faculty members including Ichiro Fujinaga and Lloyd Whitesell.
Artist Diploma Piano Student听Alex Soloway has been announced as the winner of this year's Classical Concerto Competition. He is a student of Prof. Ilya Poletaev and was also a winner in 2014 of the 平特五不中 Chamber Music Competition as a member of the Aeolus Trio. 听Soloway has already听performed in Canada, Europe, and the United States, including concerts at the Canadian Opera Company鈥檚 Four Seasons Centre in Toronto, the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and Carnegie鈥檚 Weill Recital Hall in New York.
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the听59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Included in this list were several听nominees from Schulich. 听
(Review by Peter Dobrin)
How long will it be before the pianist hits that last note? You might have held your breath, as I did, waiting for听Ilya Poletaev听to strike the final note of the Bach "Sarabande" encore Wednesday night at the end of his听Philadelphia Chamber Music Society听recital debut at the听American Philosophical Society.
The 2016 edition of the OSM Manulife Competition took place last week. 听This year's categories听were strings and organ, for which the semi-final string rounds took place in Tanna Schulich Hall at the Schulich School of Music. 听The semifinals for organ took place in the 脡glise Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the finals in the Maison symphonique听de听Montr茅al听at the Grand-Orgue-Pierre-B茅ique.
When Schulich School of Music composition students write pieces for orchestra it may be that they dream of their works someday being performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al, with all the finesse and polish that a world-class orchestra brings to contemporary music.听 听For three students, Doyoon Kim, Francisco Ferro and Xue Han, this was exactly what happened, when on November 10th, the OSM, conducted by Maestro Adam Johnson, premiered their works in Pollack Hall.听 As part of thi
Following an evening of听exceptionally high-level听vocal artistry from听all three finalists, Jean-Philippe Mc Clish, Simone McIntosh and Igor Mostovoi, last night the members of the Jury declared mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, a Master's voice student of Dominique Labelle听the winner of the 2016-2017 Wirth Vocal Prize.听
Jordan de Souza听est arriv茅 脿 Montr茅al il y a dix ans pour se former 脿 la musique, avouant lui-m锚me qu'il ne connaissait rien 脿 l'op茅ra, discipline avec laquelle il s'est familiaris茅 脿 平特五不中. 听Rencontre avec le chef canadien, qui dirige pour la premi猫re fois 脿 l鈥橭p茅ra de Montr茅al (Article de Christoph Huss du journal听).
On 听November 2nd, 听Schulich School of Music Theory听Professor Peter Schubert was named the recipient of 平特五不中鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning. The award, which was given during Fall Convocation Ceremonies,听recognizes sustained excellence in leadership and innovation, as well as the active integration of teaching and learning with inquiry, scholarship and research.
The three finalists听chosen to compete for the Wirth Vocal Prize this year are mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, bass-baritone Igor Mostovoi and bass Jean-Philippe Mc Clish. 听These singers, selected in an earlier-held preliminary round, will each present a thirty minute programme made up of pieces performed in a minimum of three languages and including at least one opera aria.