R茅mi Bolduc, Chair of the Jazz Department at the Schulich School of Music, was awarded an Opus Prize in a ceremony held Sunday, February 7 at the Salle Bourgie. 听His concert performance of 听"L'Hommage 脿 Dave Brubeck" featured performances by Schulich School of Music jazz听students Andrew Boudreau, Mathieu McConnell-Enright and Louis-Vincent Hamel. 听Bolduc says听听"Having this opportunity to give a concert with some of my students from the Schulich School of Music is an inspiration for me and also听for them.
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Published on: 8 Feb 2016
British Columbian soprano Chelsea Rus was named the winner of the 2016 Wirth Vocal Prize in the inaugural edition of the competition held Sunday, February 7听in Tanna Schulich Hall. 听Ms. Rus performed a program that included works听by Puccini, Massenet, and Strauss. 听She听is a master's student in the studio听听of Joanne Kolomyjec.
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Published on: 8 Feb 2016
The nominees for the 2016 JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)听at a press conference听in Toronto yesterday听morning. 听Schulich alumni and faculty who are up for awards including: 听
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 听Legacy Live Jens Lindeman, BMus'88听(Independent)
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Published on: 3 Feb 2016
Discover five Quebec universities and their diversified training programs in , 听a series of听60 minute broadcasts filmed last season with Canal Savoir. 听The Schulich School of Music, along with University of Montreal, University of Sherbrooke, Laval听 University and University of Quebec at Montreal each participated with Canal Savoir.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2016
The winners of the 2015-2016 Schulich School of Music Chamber Music Competition have been announced.
Exchange visit to the Mozarteum, Saltzburg: 听Elizabeth Skinner, violin; Jaewon Ahn, cello; Meagan Milatz, piano
Exchange visit to a European ConNext Conservatory: 听Eric Abramovitz, clarinet; Roman Fraser, violin; Jeremy Ho, piano.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2015
Finalists for the Conseil Qu茅b茅cois de la musique's Prix Opus were announced last week, and 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 February 7, 2016. 听 Artists with a Schulich connection are highlighted in bold.
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Published on: 7 Dec 2015
William Caplin and Philippe Leroux听were inducted as fellows of the Royal Society of Canada on November 26th, 2015. 听The Royal Society of Canada (RSC): The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada was established under an Act of Parliament in 1883 as Canada鈥檚 National Academy, the senior collegium of distinguished scholars, artists and scientists in the country. The primary objective of the Society is to promote learning and research in the arts, the humanities and the natural and social sciences.
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Published on: 3 Dec 2015
The winner of the prestigious 听2015 Fernand Lindsay Award is recorder player and Schulich graduate Vincent Lauzer,听听BMus'10, MMus'12. 听Worth $50,000, this award is a springboard to an international career for this extremely talented young musician. 听Watch a video of Vincent Lauzer performing听听
The complete press release is found听in the sidebar link.听
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Published on: 26 Nov 2015
Arthur Kaptainis, music critic at the National Post, attended the 捆绑SM社区 Symphony Orchestra's concert on November 17th in Toronto's Koerner Hall. Here is the text in his article that refers to the McGIll Symphony Orchestra. 听The full review can be found in the sidebar link.听
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Published on: 25 Nov 2015
On Sunday, November 22, Zhenni Li, a second year Doctoral 听piano student of St茅phane Lemelin won the 捆绑SM社区 Classical Concerto Competition. 听She will perform with听the 捆绑SM社区 Symphony Orchestra on January 22 and 23, 2016 in Redpath Hall. 听
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Published on: 23 Nov 2015
Professor Leroux was awarded this prize for his work听Quid sit musicus ?,听 recorded by Solistes XXI 听under the direction of Rachid Safir.听听The Grand Prix du Disque et du DVD given out by the Acad茅mie Charles Cros听recognize outstanding achievements in recorded music and musical scholarship. Prizes are awarded in the field of popular song, classical music, jazz, and other categories of recorded music, as well as for outstanding books of听musicology.听
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Published on: 18 Nov 2015
Prepare to see a lot more of the back of Jordan de Souza's head: the young conductor is tackling some major Toronto assignments this upcoming year. De Souza, who studied music at 捆绑SM社区, has been on its teaching staff since 2011. He was still a teenager when he was named conductor of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal in 2008.
Read the full article in the sidebar link, from the Toronto Star.
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Published on: 12 Nov 2015
(article from the Ottawa Gazette) 听 During his 55 years, pianist Jean-Michel Pilc has repeatedly embraced change headlong.
In his 20s, the Paris-born Pilc worked as an engineer, although jazz was his after-hours passion. At 27, the self-taught pianist, who says he fell in love with jazz at the age of eight, switched to making music full-time and was playing with France鈥檚 finest jazz artists.
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Published on: 10 Nov 2015
(This article, written by Arthur Kaptainis,听appeared in the Montreal Gazette on November 5)
听The question arises before, and indeed during, any Viennese-themed concert of the type given Sunday afternoon by the OSM: To schlepp or not to schlepp?
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Published on: 9 Nov 2015
捆绑SM社区 vies for Canadian music school supremacy
Thanks to general government and philanthropic support, music education gets priority at Schulich School.
By:听William Littler听Music Columnist,听Published on Sat Nov 07 2015
MONTREAL鈥擟anada鈥檚 finest music school?
First a confession. I happen to teach at one of the candidates, the Royal Conservatory of Music, home to Toronto鈥檚 beloved Koerner Hall and neighbour to another candidate, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, home to the country鈥檚 pre-eminent music library.
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Published on: 8 Nov 2015
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