Congratulations to the many Schulich staff, faculty and alumni who brought home awards in the 22nd edition of the Prix Opus. Read below for a list of Schulich-related winners, which covers a wide variety of categories and genres!聽Not listed are the many faculty members and alumni who perform in the highlighted orchestras.
In a review of Opera 平特五不中's production of Mozart's聽顿颈别听窜补耻产别谤蹿濒枚迟别听(The Magic Flute), 聽praised the costumes, the projections and the performances of the cast. Congratulations to all of those involved!聽
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Following the announcement of the nominees for the 2019 Juno Awards earlier this week, we're proud to announce that Schulich faculty and alumni appear in four different awards categories. Congratulations to all Schulich faculty, alumni and students who continue to release music year after year!聽Visit the links in our list below to learn more about the nominees.
2019 Juno Nominees
Despite being one of Canada鈥檚 most prolific composers in the twentieth century, Eldon Rathburn (LMus 1937) still remains somewhat unknown. Over the course of his 75-year musical career, Rathburn churned out hundreds of remarkable film scores that provided the soundtrack for a wide variety of productions, in addition to many orchestral and chamber pieces. With such an extensive catalogue of noteworthy works, Rathburn certainly deserves a prominent place in the Canadian musical canon.
Before the age of 24, trumpeter Francis LaPorte (BMus 2018)聽will have already performed with two of the world鈥檚 biggest orchestras: the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and L鈥橭rchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al (OSM). For Francis, this is only the beginning of his life-long ambition to pursue trumpet professionally.
According to Deniz Ucbasaran of the Warkwick Business School, leaders of jazz ensembles have a lot to teach us about how to innovate as entrepreneurs. Looking at iconic figures in jazz such as Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Duke Ellington, Ucbasaran鈥檚 presented many standout concepts applicable to the business world at large that were revealed through investigating how these artists ran their groups.
On Sunday, November 25, Pollack Hall was host to several outstanding performances as part of the final round of the Wirth Vocal Prize. At the end of the evening, tenor Marcel d'Entremont was announced as the competition鈥檚 winner, having sung an exceptional program with collaborative pianist Dakota Scott-Digout, that included works by Verdi, Duparc, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Quilter and Copland
The Schulich School of Music of 平特五不中聽is proud to announce that聽Thierry Tidrow聽is the grand prize winner of the inaugural edition of the聽Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The $15,000 first prize for Tidrow鈥檚 new work for piano quintet, 鈥淨uicksilver,鈥 was among $45,000 in total prize earnings awarded at the Concert and Prize Gala on Saturday, September 29, at Pollack Hall. This new national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 was founded by聽Dr.
Students at the Schulich School of Music can apply for an internship with , where they'll get the chance to work with CBC Montreal's music team on broadcast recording projects, online editorial pieces and more聽for optional credit. The deadline to apply聽is September 22, 2018! Read below for full information.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH CBC MUSIC 2018-2019
POSITION: unpaid internship in music production and journalism (for optional credit)
LOCATION: Montreal, QC
(Blog post by Nick Walshe and Chris Maskell)
Recent Juno-award winning jazz composer and pianist David Braid will be visiting the Schulich School of Music this week to collaborate with jazz faculty and student improvisers in concert. Chris Maskell caught up with him in this recent interview to learn more about his music and聽his approach to improvisation.
The Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce the five finalists for the inaugural edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. This new national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 was founded by Dr. Graham Sommer,聽MDCM鈥72, (1946-2016),聽a graduate of 平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and an accomplished pianist and devoted music lover. In this first edition of the competition, five finalists are to compose works for piano quintet (piano and string quartet) which will be judged in front of a live panel.
Congratulations to Eric Abramovitz (B.Mus 2016), who was recently appointed as the associate principal/Eb clarinet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). We spoke to him in a recent email exchange about how studying at Schulich prepared him for this position.
How did the Schulich School of Music prepare you for life as a professional musician?
Congratulations to soprano聽Anna-Sophie Neher (MMus 鈥18) and mezzo-soprano聽Rihab Chaieb (BMus 鈥10) for being selected to participate in the 17th edition of the聽. Between May 29 and June 7, 2018,聽Neher and Chaieb will join 36 other singers to compete for prestigious prizes totalling over $265 000, including an $80 000 grand prize in both the art song and aria categories.
In November 2017, Dean Brenda Ravenscroft won the聽the 's 2017 Outstanding Multi-Authored Publication Award for the first volume of (in collaboration wit
Every week, the Schulich School of Music sees musicians from all over Montreal聽come together to learn about the music of Brazil. In a ten-week free workshop directed by guitarist Rodrigo Sim玫es (through support of Schulich's聽Jazz Performance and Music Education areas), a group of over 20 participants has the chance to learn the ins-and-outs of聽samba, Baia玫 and聽maxixe on their main instruments, as well as perform supporting roles on a variety of percussion instruments.