ԱٳپDavid Dias da Silva (ArtDip'16) has won the 2016 Prix d'Europe. Third prize, the Le Prix Québecor and the Prix Guy Soucie were awarded to violinist and DMus candidate Elizabeth Skinner (MMus'15). Soprano Erin Berger (BMus'11, MMus'13) received the Prix du Lied et de la mélodie, and flutist Lara Deutsch (BMus'12, MMus'14) was awarded the Prix du Centre de musique canadienne au Québec.
Susan McClary, B.Mus. (Southern Illinois University), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard University) was named Doctor of Music honoris causa at this year's spring convocation, which took place on May 31st.
Professor Ichiro Fujinaga has been appointed Associate Dean for Research and Administration for 2016-17. Professor Fujinaga is one of the leading figures worldwide in the fields of Music Information Retrieval and Digital Humanities in Music. He is also a successful and productive researcher, who has received major grants from many sources, including the US National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation, and Canadian SSHRC, CFI, and FRQSC.
The ۲ݮƵ Trumpet Ensemble and professor Richard Stoelzel, Brass Area Chair, recently participated in the in Anaheim, California. Their prelude concert collegiate performance received astanding ovation. "In my over 20 years going to these conferences, I have never witnessed a prelude concert collegiate trumpet ensemble receive a standing ovation," said Prof. Stoelzel.
Prof. Julie Cumming has been named Interim Dean of the Schulich School of Music, beginning 1 July 2016, following the conclusion of Prof. Sean Ferguson’s term as Dean.
The Schulich School of Music welcomes tenor John Mac Master to the Voice Faculty of the Schulich School of Music this fall, building on its remarkable faculty.
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), the Schulich School of Music of ۲ݮƵ University and the Faculty of Music of l’Université de Montréal are creating a unique interconnected research hub that will quite literally link two exceptional spaces at two of Canada’s most renowned music schools.
Remarkable public and private investment
Par Raymond Desmarteau | francais [at] rcinet [dot] ca
jeudi 19 mai, 2016
Violist Marina Thibault, MMus'15, has been named a Révélation musicale 2016-2017 by Radio-Canada. While a student at the Schulich School of Music she was in the class of Prof. André Roy, and was a winner of the ۲ݮƵ Concerto Competition. The Révélations musicales program provides both artistic support and a performance platform for talented young artists.
Artist Diploma piano student Karl Hirzer, MMus 2015, has been named resident conductor with Calgary Philharmonic and also assistant conductor to Boris Brott at the National Academy Orchestra for the summer of 2016. Karl Hirzer is a Canadian pianist and conductor from Vancouver, BC. In May of 2015, he completed his Master’s degree in piano performance studying with Ilya Poletaev at the Schulich School of Music, where he also studied orchestral conducting with Alexis Hauser.
The Schulich School of Music is conducting an internal competition to select its candidate for the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition.
The deadline to submit applications for institutional review is May 17, 2016.
Eligible candidates must demonstrate potential to pursue a research-intensive career in an area aligned with research interests at the Schulich School of Music and with the strategic priorities of ۲ݮƵ University. Candidates must have fulfilled all requirements for a PhD or PhD-equivalent degree:
Professor Stephen McAdams, Canada Research Chair in Music Perception and Cognition, is one of six outstanding Canadian researchers to be awarded a Canada Council for the Arts Killam Research Fellowship. He is the second Killam Research Fellowship recipient from the Schulich School of Music.
The Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) have named graduate musicology student Laura Risk a recipient of a 2016 SWAAC Graduate Student Award of Merit. This award was established to recognize women who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their university and in the community while maintaining an exemplary academic record. The award, which consists of $3000 and a plaque, will be presented on Friday, April 29th at the SWAAC annual conference.
When he retired in 2010, Lawrence Mysak, Professor Emeritus in ۲ݮƵ’s Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, capped an illustrious and award-winning career in science and mathematics. But his research and teaching career ran parallel to another passion. Mysak is also an active musician, and has played the flute for over two decades as a member of the I Medici di ۲ݮƵ Orchestra. Recently he established the Lawrence A. Mysak Prize for Woodwinds at the Schulich School of Music, an annual undergraduate award whose first recipient will be announced in 2016.
Rihab Chaieb has been awarded a First Prize at the 2016 Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition in New York. She graduated with BMus in Voice from the Schulich School of Music before becoming a member of the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble program. Currently finishing her first year at the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann program, Chaieb studied voice at Schulich with Professors Winston Purdy and Sanford Sylvan.