Rebecca Henry (MMus 2012) enjoys an active career as both conductor and mezzo-soprano across North America. Her conducting spans opera, operetta, orchestral, and contemporary repertoire, and she recently completed the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. Designed to further the careers of distinctively talented female conductors, the Institute is celebrating its 5th year with faculty Emmanuel Villaume, Carlo Montanaro, and Nicole Paiement.

Published on: 11 Nov 2019

Francis Choinière has been awarded the second annual Hnatyshyn Foundation – Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Fellowship in Conducting! Launched in 2017 in honour of the late conductor Franz-Paul Decker and his wife, Christa, this $15,000 fellowship is the result of a collaboration between the Schulich School of Music, the Decker family, and the Hnatyshyn Foundation, a charity founded by Canada’s twenty-fourth Governor General to support the development of young artists.

Published on: 4 Nov 2019

Congratulations to pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin (BMus 2011), who won two different awards as part of this year's ADISQ Gala—one for a recording with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the other with Schulich professor Andrew Wan:

Album de l’année - Classique / Soloiste et petit ensemble
Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano no. 6, 7 et 8 (Analekta) - Charles Richard-Hamelin / Andrew Wan 

 

Published on: 28 Oct 2019

Over the past few weeks, performers, listeners, teachers, and professionals in the worlds of opera and classical music have been united in mourning the death of soprano Jessye Norman (1945 - 2019). Born in Augusta, Georgia (USA), she remains one of the world's most powerful and moving dramatic sopranos. She was one of the first and only Black singers to rise to international stardom in the opera and recital world, and she inspired several generations of young performers.

Published on: 17 Oct 2019

A highlight of the Quebec cultural scene, the Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque (ADISQ) Gala honours artists and music industry professionals who released standout recordings or were involved in remarkable productions over the last year. In advance of the main ADISQ Gala taking place on October 27, 2019, read below for a list of all nominees with a Schulich connection. Congratulations to all!

 

Album de l’année - Classique / Orchestre et grand ensemble 

Published on: 20 Sep 2019

Prof. John Rea and Prof. Hank Knox are among the latest inductees into the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), which includes nine McGill researchers and professors among the total of 93 new Fellows. Fellows in the RSC's Academies of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science are elected by their peers for outstanding achievements in their fields — an extremely high honour. 

Published on: 10 Sep 2019

Flutist Lara Deutsch is this year’s recipient of the $125,000 Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer 2019-20 Award for Collaborative Emerging Artist! Presented biennially in honour of Jean-Pierre Goyer and his contributions to music, arts, and culture in Montreal and the rest of Canada, the Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer is Canada’s largest classical music prize for emerging young artists.

Published on: 9 Sep 2019

Now coming up on its 20th edition, the OFF jazz festival has been a mainstay of the Montreal jazz scene by featuring local artists and their creative projects. The festival runs from October 3 - 12, 2019 and will feature many groups with Schulich students, faculty, and alumni — read below for a list of events with a Schulich connection.

Thursday, October 3

Joel Miller: UNSTOPPABLE, 8 p.m. at le Gesù

Friday, October 4

Published on: 5 Sep 2019

Since 1994, the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal's biennial Generation composition contest has given 61 Canadian composers the opportunity to define their voices and connect with audiences across Canada. This year, Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière (DMus ’19) and Matthew Ricketts (BMus ’09) are two of four Generation2020 winners selected from more than 50 applicants.

Published on: 3 Sep 2019

We're excited to welcome Dorian Komanoff Bandy to Schulich's faculty, where he will beginning a position in historical performance practice and musicology, held jointly between the School's departments of Performance and Music Research.

Published on: 6 Aug 2019

Choral conductor Wayne Riddell has long been an important figure in the Montreal and McGill music communities, holding positions such as the chorus master of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Schulich School of Music. Riddell has established a bequest that will support choral students at McGill through two separate funds -- the Wayne Riddell Choral Award, and the Norman Beckow Choral Excellence Endowment Fund (named after his late partner).

Published on: 4 Jul 2019

Congratulations to saxophonist Jacob Do (BMus 2021), who won the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal's inaugural Oliver Jones Award on June 26, 2019. Created as part of the Festival's 40th anniversary, the award is given as part of a competition open to selected Quebec university student musicians identifying as part of a visible minority.

Published on: 27 Jun 2019

In 2017, Prof. Brian Cherney was the subject of an entire issue of Intersections (a publication by the Canadian University Music Society) after a conference held in his honour at McGill University. Available online for the first time, the issue features essays by many Schulich faculty members on Cherney and his music, including writings by Prof. Chris Paul Harman, Prof. Christoph Neidhöfer, and Cherney himself.

Published on: 25 Jun 2019

Looking to attend the Festival Montreal Baroque this year for your fix of music from the Baroque and Renaissance periods? Read on to see a list of many of the festival's performances involving Schulich alumni, students and faculty members.  

 

 

 

 

Day 1: June 20, 2019
Sprezzatura Veneziana
Ensemble Caprice, Tenet Vocal Artists, and Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec
Madonna della Difesa Church
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Published on: 20 Jun 2019

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