Moe Touizrar: Winner of the John Rea Travel Award in Composition
This year鈥檚聽John Rea Travel Award has been awarded to doctoral candidate聽Moe Touizrar. Established in 2016 by Prof. John Rea, the prize is awarded each year to a student in composition who is travelling during the summer to broaden their cultural experience and depth of knowledge.
Richard Stoelzel: Building a Legacy
Prof. Richard Stoelzel, Professor of Trumpet and Brass Area Chair at the Schulich School of Music, recently released his latest record 鈥� Horizon. This newest release features many works for trumpet and orchestra that Stoelzel commissioned specifically for the release, and sees him joined by the Polish Camerata Chamber Orchestra. In light of this exciting new disc, we spoke to Prof. Stoelzel about the album, performing as a soloist and more in a recent email exchange.
Zarin Mehta to receive Honorary Doctorate of Music
Among 13 other outstanding individuals slated to receive honorary doctorates from 平特五不中 is Zarin Mehta, who will be presented聽with a Doctor of Music at the music convocation ceremony聽on May 30, 2018.
Kaiya Smith Blackburn: Winner of the 2018 Dean鈥檚 Essay Prize
Congratulations to聽Kaiya Smith Blackburn, a current masters student in the musicology program, who was awarded 1st place in the聽2017-18 Dean鈥檚 Essay Prize for her project 鈥淏lack Israelites, Social Justice, and Kendrick Lamar: Meditations on a Rhetorical Branch of African American/Jewish Relations.鈥�
The upcoming projects of jazz drummer Val茅rie Lacombe
Blog post by Chris Maskell.
Jazz drummer Val茅rie Lacombe (BMus 鈥�18) is an active musician and leader in Montreal who has worked with many of the city鈥檚 most celebrated musicians. Having had just finished up her graduating recital on Monday, we interviewed Val茅rie over email about her experience here at Schulich as well as her upcoming projects.
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Taylor Donaldson: Promoting and Preserving Canadian Jazz
Trombonist, composer and arranger Taylor Donaldson (MMus 2011) has been actively involved in the Montreal music scene for almost a decade, performing in jazz ensembles of all sizes, with symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs and more.
Schulich at the Montreal International Jazz Festival
The Schulich School of Music is well represented this year at聽the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with our students, faculty and alumni appearing in a variety of concerts throughout the festival's program. Some of these performances include:聽聽
Kristin Franseen: Winner of Schulich's International Grant Competition
Congratulations to聽Kristin Franseen, a current doctoral candidate in musicology, who was awarded $10,000 in the聽International Grant Writing Competition聽for her grant application 鈥淕hosts in the Archive: The Queer Knowledge and Public Musicology of Vernon Lee, Rosa Newmarch, and Edward Prime-Stevenson.鈥� Kristin also won second place in the
Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize 2017-18
Through a unanimous agreement, the winner of this year鈥檚聽Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize is Sarah Rossy (BMus 鈥�17, MMus 鈥�19) who will work together with聽Jennifer Nulsen (MMus 鈥�18) on the project 鈥淛azz in the Balance: Exploring Music Making and Creation in Gender and Genre-Balanced Teams and Environments.鈥�
Matthew Ricketts to compose a new opera for the OSM鈥檚 85 season opening
To open the聽Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al鈥檚 85th season, composer聽Matthew Ricketts (BMus 鈥�09) has聽been commissioned to write a new chamber opera. Titled 鈥淐haakapesh, The Trickster鈥檚 Quest,鈥� this work showcases two singers, narrator, and orchestra, in three scenes.
Kit Soden, winner of the 2017-18 Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition
Congratulations to current PhD candidate Kit Soden,聽winner of the聽2017-18聽Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition.聽
Hannah Darroch: Vagues se brisant contre le vent
Flutist Hannah Darroch (DMus '19) is set to perform Canat de Chizy's聽Vagues se brisant contre le vent, for Flute and Ensemble聽with the 平特五不中 Contemporary Ensemble聽Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm in Pollack Hall.
Gavin Goodwin: Rhapsody for Orchestra and Saxophone
Saxophonist Gavin Goodwin (GDip '18) will be performing Debussy's Rhapsody聽for Orchestra and Saxophone聽with the 平特五不中 Contemporary Ensemble Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm in Pollack Hall. We caught up with Gavin in a recent email exchange to learn more about his upcoming performance.
David Braid performs at Schulich this week
(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.
Professor David Brackett wins the Irving Lowens Book Award for his book Categorizing Sound: Genre and Twentieth-Century Popular Music
We are proud to announce that Professor David Brackett recently won the Irving Lowens Book Award, for his book Categorizing Sound: Genre and Twentieth-Century Popular Music聽(University of California Press).
