Cellist Joshua Morris receives 2016 Peter Mendell Award

Joshua Morris is a Masters in Cello Performance student of Professor Brian Manker.  He was recently a semifinalist in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and has also been a finalist of the McGill Classical Concerto Music Competition.  The Peter Mendell Award is intended to foster the development of musical excellence, and was founded by lawyer Peter Mendell in 2005.  Past Schulich recipients include Elizabeth Skinner, violin; Joshua Peters, violon; Christopher Whitley, violin; Bénédicte Lauzière, violin; Ewald Cheung, violin; Alexander Read, violin; Jeffrey Dyrda, violin; Christian J. Elliott, cello.