The Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers will invite audience members into the world of composition with the premiere of five new works for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and vibraphone. The winners of all prizes, including the audience prize, will be announced following the performance and jury deliberations.
In the spirit of Graham Sommer’s love for sharing music, all competition events will be free to attend and webcast on the Schulich School of Music YouTube channel (YouTube.com/SchulichMusic).
Concert and Prize Gala
May 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in Tanna Schulich Hall
Schulich School of Music, McGill University
GSC Musicians
Ensemble Paramirabo
Taking its name from an evocative composition by iconic Montreal composer Claude Vivier, Paramirabo was founded in 2008 by young musicians at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. Since then, the ensemble has forged new paths through its audacious programming, numerous collaborations and exchanges, engagement with the public, and its commitment to the creation of new music by young Canadian and Québec composers at home and abroad. Paramirabo has performed internationally, from Belgium, France and Germany, to Mexico and the UK, and has been invited to numerous new music festivals: Kontraklang (Berlin, 2021), Festival MNM (Montréal, 2021), Festival LOOP et Ars Musica (Mons, Liège, and Brussels, 2019), Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Sessions (2018), Frontiers Festival (Birmingham, 2016), Eduardo Mata Festival (Oaxaca, 2016), New York's Mise-En Festival (2014), Winnipeg's Cluster New Music Festival, and Montreal Contemporary Music Lab (2013). From 2017 to 2023, Paramirabo was the ensemble in residence for the new music workshop at the international music and dance academy of Domaine Forget, and will begin a new collaboration with Orford Musique in the summer of 2024. Paramirabo is the winner of the 3 OPUS Prizes (2019, 2020, 2021), and was nominated for a JUNO Award in 2020 for Classical Album of the Year.
