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This year’s recipients of the Young Composer Awards and Emerging Screen Composer Awards include several members of Schulich’s community!

Congratulations to:

Published on: 27 Oct 2020

The Schulich School of Music is proud to welcome back Dr. Tammy Kernodle as a special guest in our Jazz Area’s Jazz History Series. She will present on Melba Liston, Alice Coltrane, and Mary Lou Williams on October 30 from 1-3 pm. This event is open to all Schulich students.

Published on: 16 Oct 2020

The award-winning Canadian soprano and conductor is slated to virtually visit Schulich’s Voice Area! An artist at the forefront of creation, Hannigan is known for her performances of contemporary opera. She has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time and has performed premieres of over 85 new works.

Published on: 15 Oct 2020

We are pleased to virtually welcome conductor, composer/arranger, vocal contractor, singer, and musical activist to the Schulich School of Music as a ReVoice guest lecturer to discuss the he co-authored as well as programming considerations in choral music.

Published on: 5 Oct 2020

Congrats tosoprano (Grad Dip ’18) andpianist Jesse Plessis (Current DMus)for winning this year’s.The duo performed works by Canadian composersJocelyn Morlock, Gordon Fitzell, Ana Sokolovic, and Claude Vivier.

On her recent win Brittany wrote:

Published on: 23 Sep 2020

This year’sAES educational grant recipientsinclude several members of Schulich’s sound recording program!

Congratulations to:

Published on: 22 Sep 2020

ʰǴ.Shawn Mativetsky has released ’RUDIMENTAAL’, a collection of rudimental snare drum pieces inspired by the tabla drumming of North India. By bridging together two principal percussion instruments and their respective musical traditions, the book works as a gateway into North Indian drumming for drummers and percussionists from all backgrounds.

Published on: 15 Sep 2020

When ۲ݮƵ University announced that Fall 2020 activities will be offered predominantly through remote delivery, Schulich’s professors went to work preparing innovative new courses that would temporarily replace most large and small ensembles. In this article, we highlight Prof. Jean-Sébastien Vallée’s plans for ۲ݮƵ Choral Studies, including the launch of ReVoice.

Published on: 14 Sep 2020

(MMus'08, DMus'13) has been appointed Interim Artistic Director of theOttawaChamberfest!

Currently a member of the National Arts Centre Orchestra,andthe Ironwood Quartet,she alsoserves as co-Artistic Director of both the Ritornello and Classical Unboundchamber music festivals.Carissaperforms on aVuillaumeviolin on loan from the CanadaCouncil Musical Instrumentbankand officially startedher new role atthe OttawaChamberfestonAugust 17, 2020.

Published on: 31 Aug 2020

A large congratulations to Bo-rum Hammond (current MMus) and Jarred Dunn (current DMus), who have won first and second prize respectively in the “University Graduate” category of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Association (CFMTA)’s annual National Essay Competition! This competition invites submissions of essays on topics related to music teaching, pedagogy, or performance practice. Entries are judged by nationally recognized scholars in the fields of music pedagogy and performance and winning essays are published in the CFMTA magazine and website.

Published on: 20 Aug 2020

Congratulations to Aaron Chan (BMus'20), Francis Choinière (BMus'19, current MMus and featured in this article's image), Marcel d’Entremont (ADip '18, GDip '19), Spencer Klymyshyn (current BMus), Bryn Lutek (BMus ’16), Hillary Simms (BMus'16), Elizabeth Skinner (MMus'15, DMus'20), and Tyler Song (current BMus), who were featured in the 2020 edition of CBC Music's annual "30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30" roundup.

Published on: 5 Aug 2020

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, July 31, 2020 -In light ofthe COVID-19 pandemic and with the health and well-being of the composers, musicians, jury, and audience in mind, the 2020 edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers (GSC) has been postponed untilSeptember 2021.

Dr. Graham Sommer’s intention for this competition was to create works with the potential to connect with the concert-going public, and we are confident that this decisionsupports hisvision.

Published on: 31 Jul 2020

Members of Schulich’s community were recently interviewed to discuss their perspectives on how COVID-19 is influencing music, performance, and education.

Published on: 27 Jul 2020

Conductor Simon Rivard (MMus '17) has been named Associate Conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir!

Published on: 23 Jul 2020

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