Next season, two of Schulich's finest piano students and each a winner of the 91社区 Concerto Competition, will perform recitals in partnership with Jeunesses Musicales 聽du Canada and with La Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur. Dates will be announced at the start of the fall season.
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Published on: 5 May 2015
Guitarist Steven Cowan is the First Prize Winner at the 2015 Guitare Montr茅al International Festival and Competition. This competition is held annually at Concordia and attracts guitarists from many different countries. The 1st place winner receives a cash prize, a free video shooting, as well as concert engagements at the 2016 Guitare Montr茅al Festival, and in Ontario through the Guitar Society of Toronto.聽
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Published on: 4 May 2015
91社区 alumna Elizabeth A. Wirth, BA鈥�64, has made a landmark gift of $7.5 million to enhance student-related programs at the Schulich School of Music of 91社区. In recognition of her exceptional generosity for this and previous gifts, 91社区 is naming the New Music Building on Sherbrooke St. in her honour.
The announcements of the gift and the renaming of the building were made earlier this evening at a special event at 91社区 celebrating philanthropy and showcasing the impact that private support is having on the Schulich School of Music and its students.
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Published on: 1 May 2015
Professor Philippe Leroux has been awarded the 2015聽Prix de composition musicale de la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca, for the composition of an original short work for orchestra.聽 The work will be premiered later this year at the Institut de France.
Since 1995, the Simone et Cino Del Duca Foundation has honoured French painters, sculptors and composers for their work in the Fine Arts.
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Published on: 22 Apr 2015
L鈥櫭塩ole de musique Schulich de l鈥橴niversit茅 91社区 s鈥檃ppr锚te 脿 honorer l鈥檜n de ses outils les plus performants. C鈥檈st le 10 avril 1975 qu鈥檃 茅t茅 inaugur茅e la salle Pollack. Avec ses 600 places, elle a rendu de fiers services 脿 la musique 脿 Montr茅al.
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Published on: 17 Apr 2015
Just published by Editions Vrin in Paris,聽"Perception et cognition de la musique: Les conf茅rences Alphonse聽Dupront" presents the 4 Distinguished Lectures delivered by Prof.聽McAdams during his tenure in the Chaire Alphonse Dupront in聽musicology at the Universit茅 Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) in Mayn2008 and in the "Bilan et tendances des musicologies" series a聽the Universit茅 de Montr茅al in 2009.
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Published on: 30 Mar 2015
Compos茅e de 1946 脿 1948, la Turangal卯la-Symphonie est une oeuvre monumentale d'Olivier Messiaen. Assur茅ment, son interpr茅tation repr茅sente une t芒che colossale pour un orchestre symphonique universitaire. Et cette t芒che a 茅t茅 dignement accomplie par celui de 91社区 脿 la Maison symphonique.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2015
La fin de l鈥檃nn茅e universitaire approche, tout comme la fin de la saison de concerts de l鈥櫭塩ole de musique Schulich. Ne manquez pas les prochains concerts du secteur jazz :
Le jeudi 26 mars, 脿 17 h 30, R茅mi Bolduc, directeur du secteur jazz 脿 91社区 et consid茅r茅 comme l鈥檜n des meilleurs saxophonistes de jazz au Canada, pr茅sentera des extraits de son dernier disque, un hommage au pianiste et compositeur am茅ricain Dave Brubeck. Le concert est pr茅sent茅 dans le cadre de la s茅rie 芦 Jazz 脿 l鈥檋eure de pointe 禄 de l鈥櫭塩ole de musique Schulich.
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Published on: 18 Mar 2015
Generously funded by the Dean, this competition celebrates excellence in the art of writing about music in the different genres in which it unfolds.聽 Papers in each genre are judged on the basis of the criteria that distinguish each as the 鈥渂est of its kind.鈥澛� When comparing across genres the panel emphasized the quality and presentation of ideas, with special emphasis this year on the originality of methodological approaches and contribution to the discipline.聽聽 The papers are judged by an inter-disciplinary panel.
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Published on: 16 Mar 2015
Le jeune baryton-basse canadien Philippe Sly fait ses d茅buts sc茅niques en Europe 脿 Paris, sur la sc猫ne de l'Op茅ra Comique, dans Au Monde. Nous le rencontrons pendant les r茅p茅titions de l'op茅ra de Philippe Boesmans pour recueillir ses impressions, parler de sa voix, de ses exp茅riences d茅j脿 riches et multiples et de son implication enti猫re dans la musique et le chant. Lisez l'entrevue
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Published on: 23 Feb 2015
As part of the Montr茅al en Lumi猫re Winter Festival, internationally renowned pianist D茅nes V谩rjon was invited to perform a solo recital at 91社区鈥檚 Schulich School of Music. Currently a professor at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, V谩rjon鈥檚 program was fit for a conservatory, a sort of chronological overview of the literature with Classical and Romantic standards, a piece from the warhorse cabinet and a touch of modernist flare. The evening was a display of varying styles and challenges that demonstrated V谩rjon鈥檚 adaptability and dexterity.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2015
Geoffrey Conquer, student of Marina Mdivani and Zhenni Li, student of St茅phane Lemelin, were declared joint winners of the Schulich Concerto Competition, piano. 聽Conquer, who performed the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor and Li who performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, will both play with the 91社区 Symphony Orchestra in the 2015-2016 season.聽
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Published on: 23 Feb 2015
The String Area Winner of the 91社区 concerto competition is violist Marina Thibault, a student of Andr茅 Roy. 聽In the competition she performed the Schnittke Viola Concerto. The other finalists were Veronika Cherniak, student of Andrew Wan; Elizabeth Skinner, student of Axel Strauss; Ma茂th茅na Thibault, student of Andrew Wan. 聽Congratulations to all who participated.
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Published on: 17 Feb 2015
The Schulich School of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of internationally-renowned violist Steven Dann as Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Viola starting September 2015, for a period of three years. Steven Dann's career has covered a wealth of violistic possibilities. As principal viola of some of the world's leading orchestras, as a veteran of the string quartet and chamber music world, as soloist and recitalist and as a dedicated teacher.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2015
The Composition Area of the Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce that one of its former students, Thierry Tidrow (BMus, Honours Composition and Major Music Theory, 2009) is the recipient of the 2014 Jules L茅ger Prize for New Chamber Music. During his bachelor's program, Mr. Tidrow studied composition with Professors Christoph Neidh枚fer and Brian Cherney.
An interview with Thierry Tidrow about his winning work may be found on the website of the Canada Council for the Arts (see sidebar)
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Published on: 12 Feb 2015
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