Doctoral Student Laura Risk awarded a Prix Mn茅mo for her CD Musique et chanson de la Gasp茅sie, Douglastown
Risk produced 听an archival CD for a community in the Gasp茅, and the prize recognizes the remarkable docmentation or research in a field connected to dance, music, song, and traditional Francophone storytelling within the Americas. 听 听The CD was the result of extensive research into the musical traditions of the Gasp茅 community. 听Laura Risk and her collaborator Glen Patterson first digitized and catalogued over 70 hours of recordings and then selected the 46 tracks that are found on the recording. 听The CD is accompanied by a bilingual booklet which also contains photographs.听
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Schulich and 海角社区 grads and faculty nominated for Juno Awards
Nominations for Canada's top music prize, the Junos, were announced last week. 听Schulich and 海角社区 grads & faculty factor into 22 nominations:
Professor Mark Fewer, violin, to return to Schulich in July 2015
A valued member of the听Schulich School of Music since 2007, Professor Mark Fewer was recently named a William Dawson Scholar, an award which recognizes a faculty member's outstanding and original contributions as well as their world-class caliber. Fewer is a highly-regarded soloist and chamber musician, whose performances of both classical and jazz have been described as 鈥済enre-bending鈥�. He has appeared widely in North America and also abroad throughout Europe, Australia, and the Far East.
New Horizons Band Students Join Education Class
Description: EDEA 472 students in their final semester of their听Music Education degree are combining with volunteer members from听the New Horizons Montreal Band, a intergenerational concert band听now in their second year of operation. The seniors are learning听how to play band instruments (most are in their 2nd year of this听process), and the 海角社区 Students are learning to become听teachers.
Legendary tenor Ben Heppner to join the Schulich voice faculty
The Schulich School of Music is thrilled to announce the appointment of legendary Canadian tenor Ben Heppner to the voice faculty of the Schulich School of Music for the academic year 2015-16. One of Canada鈥檚 greatest artists, Mr. Heppner has received acclaim on the world鈥檚 most prestigious opera stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, and the Vienna State Opera. Mr. Heppner will teach over a dozen voice students and contribute immensely to the rich and dynamic life of the Voice Area at the School.
Fabrice Marandola named the director of Le Vivier
Professor Fabrice Marandola is interviewed by Le听Devoir in a special section dedicated to the grand opening of Le听Vivier at his new address, the 'Ges霉-Centre de cr茅ation' in听Montreal. Le Vivier comprises 34 music ensembles and听organisations dedicated to new music. Fabrice Marandola has been the听President of the Board of Directors since last fall.
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A warm review of St茅phane Lemelin鈥檚 recently released disc of quintets by Pirn茅 and Vierne with the Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc
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B茅n茅dicte Lauzi猫re, BMus 鈥�12 named new concertmaster of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
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"De souffles et de machines" finalist for Grand Prix
The live@CIRMMT concert, "De souffles et de machines" performed听by the Quasar saxophone quartet, has been selected as a finalist听for a 30th Grand Prix du Counseil des arts de Montr茅al.听
Schulich alumni in the lineup of the 2015-2016 Canadian Opera Company season
Next season look for the participation of several Schulich alumni in different productions at the Canadian Opera Company.听 In October 2015 the COC will present the world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe, written by composer Barbara Monk Feldman.听 The work is inspired by the beauty, light, and colour of her native Gasp茅 Peninsula and is a timeless story of star-crossed lovers. In February 2016 Jordan de Souza will conduct two听 performances of the Canadian Opera Company's production of Le Nozze di Figaro.
Professor Stephen McAdams has received extensive media coverage for his recent research which explores the physiological response to music in two completely different populations
Working with researchers from the Technische Universit盲t Berlin and the University of Montreal, Prof. McAdams compared reactions to various pieces of music from two groups of people: 40 Mbenz茅l茅 Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest and 40 Canadians in Montreal. 鈥淭he emotional diversity of music depends on who we are, what we鈥檝e experienced and who we identify with 鈥� that鈥檚 the most exciting part of music,鈥� McAdams says.
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Lanza receives XIII Tom谩s Luis de Victoria Prize
Schulich Professor alcides lanza, pianist, conductor and composer is the winner of the XIII Prize Tom谩s Luis de Victoria 2014, offered by the SGAE Foundation in Madrid. This prize recognizes his substantial contribution to the enrichment of the musical life of the Ibero-American people. It also recognizes lanza's distinguished career as a composer and pedagogue.听The award ceremony took place on May 28, 2015, at the Auditorium of the Real Academia de las Artes, Madrid, Spain
Order of Canada Appointees
The Schulich School of Music congratulates former Dean of Music, Professor John Grew, alumni Jens Lindemann (BMus鈥�88), and Faculty Advisory Board Member Joan Ivory (BA鈥�54)听 on their being named among the 95 newest appointees to the Order of Canada named December 26th, 2014.听 The honour, established in 1967 by the Queen, recognizes contributions to Canada; its motto, desiderantes meliorem patriam means "they desire a better country." Appointees are made on the recommendation of an independent advisory council headed by Canada's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Prof. Dominique Labelle featured in the New York Times
Prof. Dominique Labelle's performance in the听Philharmonia Baroque鈥檚 concert performance of Handel鈥檚 鈥淭eseo鈥� at Alice Tully Hall was featured in the New York Times as one of the funniest classical music performances of 2014.
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海角社区 Symphony Orchestra's all-Strauss concert receives warm reviews in Le Devoir and The Gazette
The 海角社区 Symphony Orchestra with conductor Alexis Hauser and soprano soloist Jane Archibald performed to an appreciative audience which included members of the Franz Paul Decker family and Mrs. Catherine Thornhill Steele, in whose honour the Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist Fund is named. 听The first review to appear (in Le Devoir) remarks on the quality of the program the of the conductor, soloist and orchestra. 听
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