Violinist Yolanda Bruno, BMus'11,was awarded the First Prize and the Audience Choice Prize at the inaugural Isabel Overton Bader Canadian Violin Competition, organized by the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University. This national competition was open to Canadian violinists from the age of 18 to 29. While studying at the Schulich School of Music, she was a violin student of Jonathan Crow.
The Schulich School of Music Teaching Awards are a public recognition of the excellence, commitment and innovation of our faculty, part-time instructors, and graduate teaching assistants. They serve to acknowledge the importance of these qualities in the academic experience of students at ۲ݮƵ. Four awards will be presented at the Schulich School of MusicSpring Convocation, taking placeat 3:00 p.m on Wednesday, May 31st on the ۲ݮƵ Lower Campus.
This yearthe recipients are:
The international conference Artistic Migration &Identity: Paris 1870-1940takes place April 27-29at the Schulich School of Music.
(By Chris Maskell)
After playing 350 concerts, recording two albums, and appearing at more than ten international music festivals, contemporary percussion ensemble broke new ground by paying homage to composer (and Director of the Schulich School of Music'sDigital Composition Studios) composerPhilippe Leroux in their newest release, De la percussion().
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۲ݮƵ will present Montreal-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin with an honorary degree. The University’s highest honour will be presented to Maestro Nézet-Séguin on May 14, at 3 p.m., at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, 1600 rue Saint-Urbain.
Despite being the most-performed operatic composer in the world, there’s a surprising lack of studies written on the style of Giuseppe Verdi’s works — a problem that Prof. Steven Huebner is addressing head-on. Recently, Huebner put out the first book in any language that offers an in-depth analysis of the composer’s musical style in the context of his 23 Italian operas, from Aida to Ernani.
Professor Julie Cumming,Associate Professor ofMusic History andMusicology, Interim Dean of the Schulich School of Music, has received theGraduate Faculty Teaching Award (Doctoral-level) 2016-2017 from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS). The association is comprisedof Deans and Associate Deans of graduate studies fromuniversities on the east coast of the US north of Washington DC, withinCanada, from universities inOntario, Quebec, and the Maritimes.
Two Schulich School of Music voice students were winners at theConcours de Musique du Choeur de la Montagne,which took place on April 8, 2017. Baritone William Reed Copeland, BMus'17/MMus'19 received first prize, and sopranoElizabeth Mary Jane Egan BMus'18 received second prize. Both were accompanied by Schulich School of Music Rehearsal coach, pianistLouise Pelletier.
(Revue du nouveau disque de Rémi Bolduc,du 8 avril,Le Devoir,Serge Truffaut)
Ce «Swingin’ avec Oscar» distille en huit pièces du pur bonheur
Following her debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Micaela inCarmenin 1964,Joan Patenaude-Yarnell went on to perform many of the lyric-coloratura soprano roles throughout North America (New York City Opera and San Francisco Opera, among others) and with many leading conductors of our time (Charles Mackerras, Seiji Ozawa, Julius Rudel).Her roles have included Violetta inLa Traviata, Alice Ford inFalstaff, Gilda inRigoletto, Nedda inI Pagliacci, the title role inSuor Angelica, Mimì inLa Bohème, Juliette inRoméo et Juliette, Elle inLa Voix Humaine, and Héro in
Acouphènes, hypersensibilité au bruit et perte d'audition:si la musique adoucit les moeurs, elle peut aussi blesser ceux qui la jouent. En raison de l'art qu'ils pratiquent, les musiciens sont fréquemment exposés à de hauts niveaux sonores, notamment au sein des orchestres. Sans protection, les blessures sont parfois permanentes.
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(Revue du nouvelalbum de Joe Sullivan, par Serge Truffaut, Le Devoir)
Il est tenace, Joe Sullivan, très tenace. Trompettiste, compositeur, arrangeur et professeur à ۲ݮƵ, il tient à bout de bras comme de pieds — faut bien battre la mesure! — un grand orchestre, aliasbig banddepuis plus ou moins 20 ans. En Amérique du Nord, cela est rare, extrêmement rare. Depuis peu, Sullivan nous propose un nouvel album intituléUnfamiliar Surroundingset publié par Perry Lake Records.
Professor Dominique Labelle was honoured at the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (PBO)and Chorale's annual Winter Gala, held on March 10, 2017. At the Gala, Labelle premiered a newly commissioned piece which was written for herby Pulitzer Prize winning composer CarolineShaw.
Professor David Dolan, a 2016-2017Catherine Thornhill-Steele Visiting Artist, willleadworkshops for Schulich School of Musicstudents and will alsogive a public lecture, sponsored jointly by the Department of Researchand CIRMMT.
(Blog post by Chris Maskell)
While ensembles at Schulich frequently put on class concerts throughout the school year, it’s much less common for them to collaborate with another of the school’s groups – let alone two. On Thursday, April 6, the ۲ݮƵ Baroque Orchestra, Cappella Antica and the Schulich Singers will come together to perform Handel’s legendary oratorio Israel in Egypt under the joint leadership of directors Valerie Kinslow, Jean-Sébastien Vallée and Hank Knox.