On March 21st, 2016 the听QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 were announced and 不良研究所's Schulich School of Music was named the top Canadian performing arts university in the country.听QS听rankings highlight the world鈥檚 top universities in 42 subjects, based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. 听The Schulich School of Music was ranked 26th overall. 听Other participating Canadian institutions include University of British Columbia, University of Montreal, and University of Toronto.
Le Ch艙ur Schulich de l'Universit茅 不良研究所 sera en concert 脿 la Chapelle du Mus茅e de l'Am茅rique 脿 Qu茅bec vendredi 11 mars. C'est un retour aux sources pour le directeur artistique du Ch艙ur Schulich, Jean-S茅bastien Vall茅e, qui vient de Qu茅bec et y a poursuivi ses 茅tudes en musique.
Research at 不良研究所 is often celebrated for its international collaborations and recognition; but its importance at home, in the province of Quebec, is equally meritorious. This was never more apparent than at the recent award ceremony of the 听(SQRM) when the outstanding work of six young 不良研究所 musicologists and theorists were recognized. 听On Nov. 11, 2015, four 不良研究所 students were the finalists for the annual paper competition. 听听
Professor Marcelo M. Wanderley听has been awarded anInternational Chair for 2016-2020.听Prof. Wanderley is the first 不良研究所 researcher to be awarded this chair and is among the four awardees this year.听Inria听is the听French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. This is the first time a Professor of Music is awarded this chair, attesting to the wide variety of research directions and the impact of the work developed at the Schulich School of Music at 不良研究所. 听 听
Anna Peletsis, a doctoral听piano听student of Professor Marina Mdivani, has won the 不良研究所 Concerto Competition and will perform next season with the McGIll Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of the听Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatoire where she with professors Sergey Dorensky, Pavel Nersessian and Nikolai Luganski, she also听won the 1st prize of the International Piano Competition "Nikolai Rubinstein" in Paris in 2004. She has participated in the 鈥淛ose Iturbi鈥 masterclasses in Valencia, Spain and in a听听master class听of French Music in Paris, France.
Brent Proseus, a student of Professor Richard Stoelzel, Brass Area Chair, has been named听winner of the 2016 Schulich School of Music Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion competition. 听Brent鈥檚 first听trumpet teacher was his father, Eric and he听听continued his听studies with Gregg Good. Brent was principal trumpet in听the Michigan Junior High All-State Band and he was principal trumpet in the Michigan All-state Orchestra as well as the lead trumpet in the Michigan All-State Jazz Band.
On Feb. 7,听Chelsea Rus听was named the winner of the inaugural Wirth Vocal Prize. According to the Schulich School of Music鈥檚 website, the $25,000 prize is given to 鈥渁n exceptional voice student鈥 in recognition of outstanding accomplishment as a singer and significant promise for an international career.鈥 Pretty heady stuff for any young singer 鈥 but especially so for Rus, who had never even heard an opera until her first year of college in 2009 back home in Abbotsford, B.C.
If, as Mark Twain said here in 1881, you can鈥檛 throw a brick in Montreal without breaking a church window, it must be equally true that you can鈥檛 go very far in this once very religious city without stumbling across a pipe organ. And often a damned good one.
Cellist , an alumni of the Schulich School of Music,听has won听the early-music recording of the year award for her disc听Berlin Sonatas on the label. 听 Fascinated with the cello鈥檚 origins and the creative process of new music, Elinor Frey plays both period and modern instruments.
Professor Emeritus John Grew, former Dean of Music,听will be invested into the Order of Canada on Friday, February 12th 2016 in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. The ceremony, which begins at 10:30am听EST,听will be webcast live from the Governor General of Canada's . A webcast听link will be available on their homepage before 10:30am on Friday.
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R茅mi 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. 听His concert performance of 听"L'Hommage 脿 Dave Brubeck" featured performances by Schulich School of Music jazz听students Andrew Boudreau, Mathieu McConnell-Enright and Louis-Vincent Hamel. 听Bolduc says听听"Having this opportunity to give a concert with some of my students from the Schulich School of Music is an inspiration for me and also听for 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 7听in Tanna Schulich Hall. 听Ms. Rus performed a program that included works听by Puccini, Massenet, and Strauss. 听She听is a master's student in the studio听听of Joanne Kolomyjec.
The nominees for the 2016 JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)听at a press conference听in Toronto yesterday听morning. 听Schulich alumni and faculty who are up for awards including: 听
INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 听Legacy Live Jens Lindeman, BMus'88听(Independent)
Discover five Quebec universities and their diversified training programs in , 听a series of听60 minute broadcasts filmed last season with Canal Savoir. 听The Schulich School of Music, along with University of Montreal, University of Sherbrooke, Laval听 University and University of Quebec at Montreal each participated with Canal Savoir.