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I Medici di McGill: Concert-conférence du printemps

Dimanche, 19 avril, 2015 16:00à18:00

Notre Dame de Grâce Church, 5333 ave NDG, Montréal, QC H4A 1L2

Prix:

Regular ticket: $20, Student ticket: $10

I Medici di McGill Orchestra of the McGill Faculty of Medicine, directed by Gilles Auger, invites you to a concert of the works of Schubert, Bruch, and Mozart featuring the solo viola playing of Isaac Chalk and Martha DiFrancisco as 27th lecturer in the I Medici's series on Biology of Music.

Born in Quebec City, Gilles Auger is a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Music (New-York) and a student of the late Leonard Bernstein. He is currently a conductor and teacher at the Quebec’s Conservatory and music director of the Lévis Symphony orchestra.

Canadian violist, Isaac Chalk, is a graduate of McGill University, where he was a recipient of many awards including the prestigious Golden Violin Award, the largest privately funded music scholarship in Canada. Mr. Chalk is Principal Viola for les Violons du Roy.

An acknowledged leader in the field of sound recording and a pioneer in digital recording, Martha DeFrancisco is Associate Professor at the McGill Schulich School of Music. She is a graduate of the Tonmeister program at the Muskhochschule Detmold in Germany, and previously worked as a producer/engineer/editor for Philips Classics. Martha is a frequent lecturer at international professional conferences.

Franz Schubert: Symphonie No 8 “inachevé” / Symphony No. 8 “unfinished”
Max Bruch: Romanze pour Alto Op 85 / Romanze for Viola Op 85
Wolfgang A. Mozart: Symphonie No 31 /“Paris”/ Symphony No 31

Martha DeFrancisco
Creating an alternative musical reality – Acoustics and Music Recording in the 21st Century

Tickets on sale at the door and through McGill University’s secure online payment.

Gilles Auger

Starting with the 26th season I Medici di McGill Orchestra is under the musical leadership of Maestro Gilles Auger. Born in Quebec City, Gilles Auger is a graduate in clarinet, chamber music and conducting of Quebec’s Conservatory of music. He has been awarded a Master of Music Degree from the Juilliard School of Music (New-York) with the help of grants from the Canada Council and the New-York’s Bruno Walter Scholarship. His principal teachers were James DePreist, Mario Bernardi, Sixten Ehrling, Jorge Mester and Leonard Bernstein.