Rémi Bolduc, Chair of the Jazz Department at the Schulich School of Music, was awarded an Opus Prize in a ceremony held Sunday, February 7 at the Salle Bourgie. His concert performance of "L'Hommage à Dave Brubeck" featured performances by Schulich School of Music jazzstudents Andrew Boudreau, Mathieu McConnell-Enright and Louis-Vincent Hamel. Bolduc says"Having this opportunity to give a concert with some of my students from the Schulich School of Music is an inspiration for me and alsofor them.
British Columbian soprano Chelsea Rus was named the winner of the 2016 Wirth Vocal Prize in the inaugural edition of the competition held Sunday, February 7in Tanna Schulich Hall. Ms. Rus performed a program that included worksby Puccini, Massenet, and Strauss. Sheis a master's student in the studioof Joanne Kolomyjec.
The nominees for the 2016 JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)at a press conferencein Toronto yesterdaymorning. Schulich alumni and faculty who are up for awards including:
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR Legacy Live Jens Lindeman, BMus'88(Independent)
Discover five Quebec universities and their diversified training programs in , a series of60 minute broadcasts filmed last season with Canal Savoir. The Schulich School of Music, along with University of Montreal, University of Sherbrooke, Laval University and University of Quebec at Montreal each participated with Canal Savoir.
The winners of the 2015-2016 Schulich School of Music Chamber Music Competition have been announced.
Exchange visit to the Mozarteum, Saltzburg: Elizabeth Skinner, violin; Jaewon Ahn, cello; Meagan Milatz, piano
Exchange visit to a European ConNext Conservatory: Eric Abramovitz, clarinet; Roman Fraser, violin; Jeremy Ho, piano.
Finalists for the Conseil Québécois de la musique's Prix Opus were announced last week, and there are many nominated who areSchulich alumni and/or faculty. The Prix Opus were established in 1996 to highlight the excellence and diversity of Québec's musical offering, and are awarded in many different categories. The winners will be announced in a Gala event to be held on February 7, 2016. Artists with a Schulich connection are highlighted in bold.
William Caplin and Philippe Lerouxwere inducted as fellows of the Royal Society of Canada on November 26th, 2015. The Royal Society of Canada (RSC): The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada was established under an Act of Parliament in 1883 as Canada’s National Academy, the senior collegium of distinguished scholars, artists and scientists in the country. The primary objective of the Society is to promote learning and research in the arts, the humanities and the natural and social sciences.
The winner of the prestigious 2015 Fernand Lindsay Award is recorder player and Schulich graduate Vincent Lauzer,BMus'10, MMus'12. Worth $50,000, this award is a springboard to an international career for this extremely talented young musician. Watch a video of Vincent Lauzer performing
The complete press release is foundin the sidebar link.
Arthur Kaptainis, music critic at the National Post, attended the ۲ݮƵ Symphony Orchestra's concert on November 17th in Toronto's Koerner Hall. Here is the text in his article that refers to the McGIll Symphony Orchestra. The full review can be found in the sidebar link.
On Sunday, November 22, Zhenni Li, a second year Doctoral piano student of Stéphane Lemelin won the ۲ݮƵ Classical Concerto Competition. She will perform withthe ۲ݮƵ Symphony Orchestra on January 22 and 23, 2016 in Redpath Hall.
Professor Leroux was awarded this prize for his workQuid sit musicus ?, recorded by Solistes XXI under the direction of Rachid Safir.The Grand Prix du Disque et du DVD given out by the Académie Charles Crosrecognize outstanding achievements in recorded music and musical scholarship. Prizes are awarded in the field of popular song, classical music, jazz, and other categories of recorded music, as well as for outstanding books ofmusicology.
Prepare to see a lot more of the back of Jordan de Souza's head: the young conductor is tackling some major Toronto assignments this upcoming year. De Souza, who studied music at ۲ݮƵ University, has been on its teaching staff since 2011. He was still a teenager when he was named conductor of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal in 2008.
Read the full article in the sidebar link, from the Toronto Star.
(article from the Ottawa Gazette) During his 55 years, pianist Jean-Michel Pilc has repeatedly embraced change headlong.
In his 20s, the Paris-born Pilc worked as an engineer, although jazz was his after-hours passion. At 27, the self-taught pianist, who says he fell in love with jazz at the age of eight, switched to making music full-time and was playing with France’s finest jazz artists.
(This article, written by Arthur Kaptainis,appeared in the Montreal Gazette on November 5)
The question arises before, and indeed during, any Viennese-themed concert of the type given Sunday afternoon by the OSM: To schlepp or not to schlepp?
۲ݮƵ vies for Canadian music school supremacy
Thanks to general government and philanthropic support, music education gets priority at Schulich School.
By:William LittlerMusic Columnist,Published on Sat Nov 07 2015
MONTREAL—Canada’s finest music school?
First a confession. I happen to teach at one of the candidates, the Royal Conservatory of Music, home to Toronto’s beloved Koerner Hall and neighbour to another candidate, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, home to the country’s pre-eminent music library.