Philippe Leroux wins French Académie des beaux-arts composition prize

Published: 22 April 2015

Professor Philippe Leroux has been awarded the 2015 Prix de composition musicale de la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca, for the composition of an original short work for orchestra.  The work will...

"De souffles et de machines" finalist for Grand Prix

Published: 20 January 2015

The live@CIRMMT concert, "De souffles et de machines" performed by the Quasar saxophone quartet, has been selected as a finalist for a 30th Grand Prix du Counseil des arts de Montréal. 

Winners of the Dean's Essay Prize Announced

Published: 16 March 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.  Papers in each genre are judged on the basis of...

Schulich Professor Jon Wild uses auto-tune to make a Renaissance theorists dream come true.

Published: 15 June 2015

One music theorist greatly invested in the topic was Nicola Vicentino (1511–c.1575) who, inspired by the writings of the ancient Greeks, wrote a treatise proposing a 31-tone division of the octave....

Prof. Dominique Labelle featured in the New York Times

Published: 13 January 2015

Prof. Dominique Labelle's performance in the Philharmonia Baroque’s concert performance of Handel’s “Teseo” at Alice Tully Hall was featured in the New York Times as one of the funniest classical...

Renowned violist Steven Dann appointed to Schulich String Faculty

Published: 13 February 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...

Alumni Charles Richard-Hamelin, BMus '11: Radio Canada's Discovery of the Year

Published: 19 May 2015

Lauréat du Prix d’Europe en 2011, Charles Richard-Hamelin est considéré comme l’un des pianistes canadiens les plus prometteurs de sa génération. En tant que soliste, Charles a pu se faire entendre...

Professor Mark Fewer, violin, to return to Schulich in July 2015

Published: 5 February 2015

A valued member of the 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...

Elizabeth Wirth gives $7.5M to Schulich School of Music

Published: 1 May 2015

McGill alumna Elizabeth A. Wirth, BA’64, has made a landmark gift of $7.5 million to enhance student-related programs at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. In recognition of her...

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