Music in the News news
Research-Creation, the practice of combining creative and academic approaches to research
Research-Creation, the practice of combining creative and academic approaches to research, celebrated in an unusual conference held recently at the Schulich School of Music. Read more
Patrick Hansen at the Segal Centre this weekend
In advance of the season-opening production of Ain’t Misbehavin’, the musical’s co-creator, Murray Horwitz, will take part in the traditional Sunday @ the Segal on September 29 at 11 a.m. He will be joined by director of opera at McGill University, Patrick Hansen.
UCCELLO, Matt Haimovitz, a new multimedia storybook and iPad app.
IN TUNE: MUSIC SPARKS A NEW PROJECT FROM CORNELIA FUNKE
A Schulich Grad explores Gypsy Jazz in New York
Singer-songwriter adapts creative roots in Montreal to New York showbusiness. Read more in The McGill Tribune
From Crane to Schulich: A profile of Master's clarinet student Christine Hoerning
This is Christine’s second year at McGill. She is working towards her Masters in Music in Orchestral Performance and studying with Robert Crowley, who was the principal clarinet of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Alongside that, she is a member of the Orchestre Philharmonique Musiciens Etudiants de Montreal, she did work with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, and she’s preparing for an audition with The Albany Symphony in October. Read more
Singer Rebecca Dowd named finalist in the 5th Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli Competition
Rebecca Dowd, student of Annamaria Popescu, has been selected as one of six finalists for the "V International Competition Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli", which is a competition featuring baroque vocal music. The finals take place October 4-7, 2013. Read more
First Play: Hank Knox, J.S. Bach: Keyboard Works
Schulich School of Music's harpsichordist Hank Knox is on fire this month. He releases an all-J.S. Bach album on the early-music.com label, and then on Sept. 17 he takes his harpsichord on the road for a two-week Home Routes concert tour of northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This, in addition to teaching harpsichord and continuo at McGill University's Schulich School of Music, where he also conducts the McGill Baroque Orchestra.
Graduate Matthew Ricketts is among this year’s recipients of the 2013 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
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CBC Names McGill Symphony one of 20 Outstanding Orchestras
CBC music named McGill Symphony opening concert as one of 20 outstanding Canadian orchestral concerts to look for in 2013-14 season. It is the only student orchestra to be included, and joins a who's who of top Canadian professional ensembles. Read more (CBC Music website)
Schulich cellist Matt Haimovitz on why old can be gold.
Read about it in this New York Times article.
Doctoral Organ student Thomas Pousont is off to Germany for four month's research into the organs that were around in J.S. Bach's time
Read more about Thomas's trip in The Recorder
Doctoral composition student Jimmie Leblanc named July laureate by the Fond de recherche du Québec
Doctoral composition student Jimmie Leblanc named July laureate in the Societé et culture section of the Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles award by the Fond de recherche du Québec for his paper 'Xenakis' Aesthetic Project: The Paradoxes of a Formalist Intuition.' Read more
Georgina Born named Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair for 2013-2015
The Schulich School of Music welcomes Georgina Born, Professor of Music and Anthropology at Oxford University and Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College, to McGill and Montreal. Professor Born will hold the Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair in Music from 2013 to 2015.
Recent Schulich grads Camille Renaud and Maria Fuller awarded first and second places at the National Music Festival
Congratulations to Camille Renaud, trombone, for winning first place and to Maria Fuller, piano, for winning second place in their respective categories at the National Music Festival. The National Music Festival is organized annually by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (www.fcmf.org) and was held August 7-10 2013 at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Ontario.
Early Music Doctoral Student Gili Loftus awarded 2nd Prize & Audience Prize at International Competition (updated)
Update (August 9, 2013): Schulich Doctoral Student Gili Loftus, pianoforte, has been awarded the 2nd Prize and Audience Prize at the 2013 Bruges International Musica Antiqua Competition.
