Schulich Alumni and Faculty at the 54th JUNO Awards!
Several Schulich faculty members and alumni are among this year’s JUNO Award winners and nominees! We are so proud to see these talented artists honoured for their contributions to Canada’s vibrant music industry.
Celebrating excellence in Canadian music, the 2025 JUNO Awards took place March 30 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
And the winner is:
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SMALL ENSEMBLE
Rituæls, collective9 - Andrea Stewart, cello (MMus'09, ArtDip'11, DMus'15); TJ Skinner, violin (MMus'15, DMus'20); John Corban, violin (BMus’01, MMus’03); Scott Chancey, viola (BMus’15); Thibault Bertin-Maghit, bass; Chloé Chabanole, violin; Jérémie Cloutier, cello; Xavier Lepage-Brault, viola; and Robert Margaryan, violin
Schulich nominees:
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)
Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth, India Gailey, cello (MMus’19), Karl Hirzer, conducting (MMus 2015)
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: SMALL ENSEMBLE
Rituæls, collective9 - Andrea Stewart, cello (MMus'09, ArtDip'11, DMus'15); TJ Skinner, violin (MMus'15, DMus'20); John Corban, violin (BMus’01, MMus’03); Scott Chancey, viola (BMus’15); Thibault Bertin-Maghit, bass; Chloé Chabanole, violin; Jérémie Cloutier, cello; Xavier Lepage-Brault, viola; and Robert Margaryan, violin
East is East, Infusion Baroque - Sallynee Amawat, baroque violin (MMus’12, DMus’16); Alexa Raine-Wright, baroque flute and recorder (BMus'11, MMus’13); Camille Pacquette-Roy, baroque cello (MMus’11), and Rona Nadler, harpsichord (artistic director of Capella Antica, BMus’05, MMus’11)
Album recorded by Leaf Music, Jeremy VanSlyke (BMus'11, MMus'13)
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: LARGE ENSEMBLE
These two orchestras feature several Schulich School of Music graduates and faculty members
Sibelius 2 & 5 - Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte Nacht - Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP
Harbour, Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra – Christine Jensen (BMus'94, MMus'06)
VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Hello How Are You?, Caity Gygory (MMus ‘22)
Did we miss anyone? Let us know!
Email us at communications.music [at] mcgill.ca with your nomination details and degree information to be included.
