Announcing the establishment of the MISQA prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition

Published: 2 September 2014

The MISQA Prize guarantees the first prize winning quartet quartet a place at the 2015 McGill International String Quartet Academy, and will cover travel, accommodation and per diems. The winner of...

Professor Ichiro Fujinaga and his team of researchers awarded 2.5 million dollar grant from SSHRC to build digital musical recognition tools.

Published: 29 August 2014

(From McGill Newsroom Feed)  For Ichiro Fujinaga, the thought of a thousand years of print and manuscript music collecting dust on the shelves of libraries and museums around the globe motivates...

Musicology professor Lloyd Whitesell's course Music and Queer Identity in Montreal Gazette's 'Cool Courses'.

Published: 26 August 2014

From Elton John to Tchaikovsky,  Lloyd Whitesell's course examines the role that stigmatization plays in musical creation and explores the taboos in classical music. WEBLINK: http://bit.ly/1pz4882

Schulich's newest voice professor, Soprano Dominique Labelle received a glowing review in the New York Times

Published: 19 August 2014

Praised in this review for her deeply hued, heady and potent voice for her role as Medea in Handel's  opera Teseo, Professor Dominique Labelle begins teaching at Schulich this fall.

Chris Kusuhara a prize winner at this weekend's 44th annual National Music Awards

Published: 19 August 2014

Pianist Chris Kusuhara, a student of Kyoko Hashimoto has been awarded Second Prize and the Special Award at the National Music Festival held in Kelowna, B.C.  In 2013 he received a Developing...

Alum Chris Howard promoted to Distinguished Analyst at Gartner

Published: 15 July 2014

Chris Howard has worked as a research analyst for Gartner since 2005, studying technology trends. Earlier in 2014, he was promoted to VP Distinguished Analyst, and continues to provide thought...

Professor Richard King: Portrait of a Montreal Master (article in French from La Presse)

Published: 14 July 2014

Dans l'ombre des grands musiciens Âge: 48 ans Emploi: Professeur agrégé, École de musique Schulich de l'Université McGill Spécialité: Enregistrement sonore Distinctions: Gagnant de 12 prix...

Schulich School of Music Composition alumni and students awarded numerous prizes in the 2014 SOCAN Foundations Awards to Young Composers.

Published: 14 July 2014

With a total of seven prizes at the SOCAN Foundations Awards to Young Composers, the Schulich School of Music Composition Area has performed remarkably.  Four out five of the 2014 SOCAN Foundation...

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