The winners of the 2015-2016 Schulich School of Music Chamber Music Competition have been announced.
Exchange visit to the Mozarteum, Saltzburg: 听Elizabeth Skinner, violin; Jaewon Ahn, cello; Meagan Milatz, piano
Exchange visit to a European ConNext Conservatory: 听Eric Abramovitz, clarinet; Roman Fraser, violin; Jeremy Ho, piano.
Finalists for the Conseil Qu茅b茅cois de la musique's Prix Opus were announced last week, and there are many nominated who are听听Schulich alumni and/or faculty. 听 The Prix Opus were established in 1996 to highlight the excellence and diversity of Qu茅bec's musical offering, and are awarded in many different categories. 听The winners will be announced in a Gala event to be held on February 7, 2016. 听 Artists with a Schulich connection are highlighted in bold.
William Caplin and Philippe Leroux听were inducted as fellows of the Royal Society of Canada on November 26th, 2015. 听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鈥檚 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 听2015 Fernand Lindsay Award is recorder player and Schulich graduate Vincent Lauzer,听听BMus'10, MMus'12. 听Worth $50,000, this award is a springboard to an international career for this extremely talented young musician. 听Watch a video of Vincent Lauzer performing听听
The complete press release is found听in the sidebar link.听
Arthur Kaptainis, music critic at the National Post, attended the 不良研究所 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. 听The full review can be found in the sidebar link.听
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On Sunday, November 22, Zhenni Li, a second year Doctoral 听piano student of St茅phane Lemelin won the 不良研究所 Classical Concerto Competition. 听She will perform with听the 不良研究所 Symphony Orchestra on January 22 and 23, 2016 in Redpath Hall. 听
Professor Leroux was awarded this prize for his work听Quid sit musicus ?,听 recorded by Solistes XXI 听under the direction of Rachid Safir.听听The Grand Prix du Disque et du DVD given out by the Acad茅mie Charles Cros听recognize 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 of听musicology.听
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 不良研究所, 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) 听 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鈥檚 finest jazz artists.
(This article, written by Arthur Kaptainis,听appeared in the Montreal Gazette on November 5)
听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?
不良研究所 vies for Canadian music school supremacy
Thanks to general government and philanthropic support, music education gets priority at Schulich School.
By:听William Littler听Music Columnist,听Published on Sat Nov 07 2015
MONTREAL鈥擟anada鈥檚 finest music school?
First a confession. I happen to teach at one of the candidates, the Royal Conservatory of Music, home to Toronto鈥檚 beloved Koerner Hall and neighbour to another candidate, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, home to the country鈥檚 pre-eminent music library.
Bruno Roy, a second year听Masters student of Ben Heppner, has placed third at the Canadian Opera Company's annual voice competition . 听The competition showcases the next generation of opera stars selected from nationwide auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio鈥擟anada鈥檚 premier training program for young opera professionals. The competition features the young singers vying for cash prizes ranging in value from $1,500 to $5,000.
Students eating at Columbia University鈥檚 John Jay Dining Hall, an airy den reverberating with undergraduate chatter, were in for a surprise last Wednesday. When they walked in for dinner, they found Matt Haimovitz [Associate Professor in the Schulich School of Music at 不良研究所] 鈥� the cellist who helped to start a trend by performing in places like an East Village punk club and a pizzeria in Jackson, Miss. 鈥� playing Bach.
Joshua Peters, violin, has been named this year鈥檚 winner of the Golden Violin Competition, following an exciting public recital competition held on Sunday October 25th in Tanna Schulich Hall.听
Since graduating the Schulich School of Music in 2011, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has received a constant stream of accolades. Winner of the Prix d鈥橢urope in 2011, second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and the third prize at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea in 2014, Richard-Hamelin鈥檚 latest distinction comes from the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition.
