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’s greatest artists, Mr. Heppner has received acclaim on the world’s 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 Devoir in a special section dedicated to the grand opening of Le Vivier at his new address, the 'Gesù-Centre de création' in Montreal. Le Vivier comprises 34 music ensembles and organisations dedicated to new music. Fabrice Marandola has been the President of the Board of Directors since last fall.
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A warm review of Stéphane Lemelin’s recently released disc of quintets by Pirné and Vierne with the Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc
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Bénédicte Lauzière, BMus ’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 by the Quasar saxophone quartet, has been selected as a finalist for a 30th Grand Prix du Counseil des arts de Montréal.
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. In October 2015 the COC will present the world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe, written by composer Barbara Monk Feldman. The work is inspired by the beauty, light, and colour of her native Gaspé Peninsula and is a timeless story of star-crossed lovers. In February 2016 Jordan de Souza will conduct two 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 Universität Berlin and the University of Montreal, Prof. McAdams compared reactions to various pieces of music from two groups of people: 40 Mbenzélé Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest and 40 Canadians in Montreal. “The emotional diversity of music depends on who we are, what we’ve experienced and who we identify with — that’s the most exciting part of music,” McAdams says.
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Lanza receives XIII Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize
Schulich Professor alcides lanza, pianist, conductor and composer is the winner of the XIII Prize Tomás 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. 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’88), and Faculty Advisory Board Member Joan Ivory (BA’54) on their being named among the 95 newest appointees to the Order of Canada named December 26th, 2014. 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 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 music performances of 2014.
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McGill Symphony Orchestra's all-Strauss concert receives warm reviews in Le Devoir and The Gazette
The McGill 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. The first review to appear (in Le Devoir) remarks on the quality of the program the of the conductor, soloist and orchestra.
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Anthony Tan wins two ECM+ Generation2014 Awards
Following the recent cross-country tour of Génération2014, a series of concerts produced by the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), Mr. Anthony Tan won both the Jury Prize and the Audience Prize for his composition entitled Ksana II, which received its world premiere performance in Banff on November 6, 2014. Mr Tan is in the PhD program (composition), jointly supervised by Profs. John Rea and Stephen McAdams.
Schulich Grads excel at the 75th OSM Standard Life Competition
The 75th anniversary of the OSM Standard Life Competition was held from November 18 to 22, 2014, in Montreal. Schulich School of Music alumni were well represented amongst the winners. Since its creation in 1940, the OSM Standard Life Competition has helped launch the careers of some 300 prizewinners onto the national and international scene.
Prof. McAdams gives Distinguished Lecture at Ohio State
Prof. McAdams, the Canada Research Chair in Music Perception and Cognition at the Schulich School of Music, delivered the 2014 William Poland Lecture in Music Theory at Ohio State University's School of Music. The Poland lectures are an endowed series that presents cutting-edge perspectives on music theory. Prof.
Schulich School of Music announces new partnerships with two Montreal arts organizations
The Schulich School of Music of McGill University is proud to announce two exciting collaborations with notable Montreal arts organizations: Jeunesses Musicales Canada and La Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur.
Each organization will award a recital in their respective hall to a winner of their choice selected from any of the McGill Concerto Competitions to be held during this school year.
