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TheSchulich School of Music at SM is now one of theCanadian Opera CompanyOrchestra Academy’s collaborating organizations, joining founding participantsThe Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Musicand theUniversity of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. This unique programreturns for its fourth year of three-week intensive training beginningon January 8, 2017.

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Published on: 3 Jan 2017

Madeline Weber, student of Professor Marina Mdivaniis 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 SM.She has participated in Piano Tuesday recitals, Class Concerts, piano trio concerts and other public performances including a concert for SM’s Open House with the Concert Choir that she accompanies, under the direction of Jean-Sébastien Vallée.

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Published on: 22 Dec 2016

Zi Hua Tan, a Doctoral composition student of Prof. John Rea has been named afinalist forthe 2017 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. Out of 115 entries from 36 countries, Zi Hua Tan’s composition, …at the still point…was chosen to be among the four finalists of theToru Takemitsu Composition Award 2017.

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Published on: 19 Dec 2016

Finalists for the Conseil québécois de la musique's Prix Opus were announced last Friday, and once againthere are many nominated who areSchulich alumni and/or faculty. The Prix Opus were established in 1996 to highlight the excellence and diversity of Québec's musical offering, and are awarded in many different categories. The winners will be announced in a Gala event to be held on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Artists nominated with a Schulich connection are listed here.

Concert de l’année – Montréal

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Published on: 14 Dec 2016

The Annual Schulich School of Music Chamber Music Competition took place Tuesday, December 6,in Tanna Schulich Hall. Two groups were declared winners and will travel to Europe for exchange visits to conservatories. The winner of theExchange visit to the Mozarteum, Salzburg was the Milton String Quartet, with membersRoman Fraser, violin,Maïthéna Girault, violin,Evan Robinson, viola andJoshua Morris, cello.

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Published on: 8 Dec 2016

Last month, seven Rice University students traveled from Houston to Montréal to expand Rice’s Gateway Study of Leadership research programat SM. Much of the time spent at SM 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.

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Published on: 7 Dec 2016

Artist Diploma Piano StudentAlex 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 SM Chamber Music Competition as a member of the Aeolus Trio. Soloway has alreadyperformed in Canada, Europe, and the United States, including concerts at the Canadian Opera Company’s Four Seasons Centre in Toronto, the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in New York.

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Published on: 6 Dec 2016

The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Included in this list were severalnominees from Schulich.

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Published on: 6 Dec 2016

(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 forIlya Poletaevto strike the final note of the Bach "Sarabande" encore Wednesday night at the end of hisPhiladelphia Chamber Music Societyrecital debut at theAmerican Philosophical Society.

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Published on: 2 Dec 2016

The 2016 edition of the OSM Manulife Competition took place last week. This year's categorieswere strings and organ, for which the semi-final string rounds took place in Tanna Schulich Hall at the Schulich School of Music. The semifinals for organ took place in the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the finals in the Maison symphoniquedeMontréalat the Grand-Orgue-Pierre-Béique.

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Published on: 30 Nov 2016

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 Montréal, with all the finesse and polish that a world-class orchestra brings to contemporary music. 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. As part of thi

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Published on: 25 Nov 2016

Following an evening ofexceptionally high-levelvocal artistry fromall 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 Labellethe winner of the 2016-2017 Wirth Vocal Prize.

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Published on: 21 Nov 2016

Jordan de Souzaest arrivé à Montréal il y a dix ans pour se former à la musique, avouant lui-même qu'il ne connaissait rien à l'opéra, discipline avec laquelle il s'est familiarisé à SM. Rencontre avec le chef canadien, qui dirige pour la première fois à l’Opéra de Montréal (Article de Christoph Huss du journal).

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Published on: 14 Nov 2016

On November 2nd, Schulich School of Music TheoryProfessor Peter Schubert was named the recipient of SM’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning. The award, which was given during Fall Convocation Ceremonies,recognizes sustained excellence in leadership and innovation, as well as the active integration of teaching and learning with inquiry, scholarship and research.

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Published on: 10 Nov 2016

The three finalistschosen to compete for the Wirth Vocal Prize this year are mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, bass-baritone Igor Mostovoi and bass Jean-Philippe Mc Clish. 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.

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Published on: 9 Nov 2016

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