Brent Proseus, a second year trumpet Performance Major in the class of Richard Stoelzel has been chosen one of six students to compete this week in the prestigious Ellsworth Smith Solo competition. The competition will be live streamed .  Brent Proseus is also a 2016 International Solo Competition winner and a winner of the McGill Concerto Competition, 

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Published on: 30 Aug 2016

Introducing the Minor in Music Entrepreneurship: a collaboration between the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management.

Published on: 17 Aug 2016

Interesting article in University Affairs about the Montreal New Horizons Band, founded in 2014 by PhD candidate Audrey-Kristel Barbeau. Read the article here.

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Published on: 10 Aug 2016

MISQA (McGill International String Quartet Academy) was founded in 2010 by Mrs. Constance Pathy. Since its inception, Prof. André J. Roy has assumed its leadership as per his position of general & artistic director. Each year, the academy invites the most significant practitioners of the genre to share their experience with and to educate some of the worlds most promising young quartets; four senior quartets and four junior quartets are selected every year. Private lessons, master classes and concerts are all part of the academy during two weeks.

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Published on: 5 Aug 2016

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sandy Pearlman (August 8, 1943 – July 26, 2016). Producer, Lyricist, Manager, and in his words, a Relentless brainstormer of the ever-tightening embrace of Music by Technology and Technology by Music.

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Published on: 29 Jul 2016

Schulich School of Music Alumna Alexa Raine-Wright brings home the $10,000 Devonna & Amos Gerber Grand Prize and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra Prize at the 2016 Indianapolis International Baroque Competition. Vincent Lauzer, Schulich Alumnus also won the Dee Garrett Laureate and Stanley Ritchie Audience Prizes.

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Published on: 12 Jul 2016

The student musicians in the McGill Symphony Orchestra have easy access to mentors who regularly perform for a world-renowned orchestra. Almost two dozen members of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal teach at McGill’s Schulich School of Music and roughly one-third of the OSM’s musicians are McGill graduates. Read the full McGill Alumni article here.

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Published on: 29 Jun 2016

It's been a great month for clarinettist David Dias Da Silva (ArtDip'16).  Not only did he win the 2016 Prix d'Europe, but he has also just been awarded first place in the  Canadian Music Competition's (CMC) Stepping Stone Competition.  In addition to a $10 000 prize, he will also perform at the 2016 CMC’s Gala Concert with the Orchestre symphonique de Drummondville, on July 5, 2016, at Maison des arts Desjardins.

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Published on: 22 Jun 2016

Clarinettist David Dias da Silva (ArtDip'16) has won the 2016 Prix d'Europe.  Third prize, the Le Prix Québecor  and the Prix Guy Soucie  were awarded to violinist and DMus candidate Elizabeth Skinner (MMus'15).  Soprano Erin Berger (BMus'11, MMus'13) received the Prix du Lied et de la mélodie, and flutist Lara Deutsch (BMus'12, MMus'14) was awarded the Prix du Centre de musique canadienne au Québec.

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Published on: 17 Jun 2016

Susan McClary, B.Mus. (Southern Illinois University), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard University) was  named Doctor of Music honoris causa at  this year's spring convocation, which took place on May 31st.

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Published on: 14 Jun 2016

Professor Ichiro Fujinaga has been appointed Associate Dean for Research and Administration for 2016-17.  Professor Fujinaga is one of the leading figures worldwide in the fields of Music Information Retrieval and Digital Humanities in Music.  He is also a successful and productive researcher, who has received major grants from many sources, including the US National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation, and Canadian SSHRC, CFI, and FRQSC.

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Published on: 9 Jun 2016

The McGill Trumpet Ensemble and professor Richard Stoelzel, Brass Area Chair, recently participated in the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Anaheim, California.  Their prelude concert collegiate performance received astanding ovation. "In my over 20 years going to these conferences, I have never witnessed a prelude concert collegiate trumpet ensemble receive a standing ovation," said Prof. Stoelzel.

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Published on: 9 Jun 2016

Prof. Julie Cumming has been named Interim Dean of the Schulich School of Music, beginning 1 July 2016, following the conclusion of Prof. Sean Ferguson’s term as Dean.

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Published on: 8 Jun 2016

The Schulich School of Music welcomes tenor John Mac Master to the Voice Faculty of the Schulich School of Music this fall, building on its remarkable faculty.  

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Published on: 6 Jun 2016

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and the Faculty of Music of l’Université de Montréal are creating a unique interconnected research hub that will quite literally link two exceptional spaces at two of Canada’s most renowned music schools.

Remarkable public and private investment

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Published on: 3 Jun 2016

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