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Azimut diffusion pr茅sente Marina Thibeault dans le cadre de la s茅rie 芦听Les p鈥檛its dimanches ensoleill茅s听禄 le 5 novembre 脿 11h 脿 la salle Georges-Codling du March茅 des arts Desjardins.
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Blog post by Chris Maskell
As winner of the 2016-2017 UU直播 Concerto Competition, violinist Amy Hillis (D.Mus 2019) is set to perform next weekend as a featured soloist with the UU直播 Symphony Orchestra. In advance of this appearance, we spoke to Hillis about the repertoire, her experience at Schulich and more in a recent email exchange.
The Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce the prestigious jury for the inaugural edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The new national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 is the gift of the late Dr. Graham Sommer, an alumnus of UU直播鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and an accomplished pianist and devoted music lover. Five composers will be chosen to create new works for piano quintet, earning prizes ranging from $5,000-$15,000 as well as a concert premiere at the Schulich School of Music on September 29, 2018.
This Sunday, September 3 at 4 p.m. and Monday, September 4 at 7 p.m.听you can hear from the 2016 Midwest International Piano Competition听on听Symphonies of Iowa,听a program on Iowa Public Radio. Among the featured pianists is Zhenni Li, who took the third prize in the competition and performed听Rachmaninoff鈥檚 Elegie in E-flat minor, Op. 3 No. 1 as her encore. Recently, Ms.
Blog post by Chris Maskell
The Fall marks two significant milestones for bassist Cole Birney-Stewart (B.Mus 2013)鈥� the return to Schulich for his Master of Music in jazz performance and the release of Champlain Bridge, his first album as a bandleader. Featuring Birney-Stewart, along with Jules Payette (B.Mus 2016), Evan Shay (M.Mus 2018), Maxime Tremblay-Rheault (M.Mus 2018) and others, the music is complex and gripping.
Written by Madison Duenkler for the UU直播 Daily (Feb 20, 2017)
Visual by Madison Duenkler
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On Monday, February 13, UU直播 students and members of Montreal鈥檚 music community gathered at the Wirth Music building for a panel discussion, entitled 鈥淢usician鈥檚 Health Throughout a Performing Career.鈥�
The Peter Mendell Award was recently given to violinist Elizabeth Skinner, a student of Prof. Axel Strauss. 听 She receives a bursary of $2500. 听All violin, viola, cello, and bass students 听under the age of 25 and enrolled on a full-time basis in one of Quebec鈥檚 universities, all cycles, or the Conservatoire de musique du Qu茅bec, 听in third, fourth, and fifth cycles are eligible. 听
Schulich 听organ students 听Stephen Boda and Helen Tucker won 听first and second prize in the Royal Canadian College of Organists National competition in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in conjunction with the Winnipeg Organ Festival. 听They are students of Hans-Ola Ericsson.
Sometimes an artist鈥檚 most meaningful projects arise by chance, in everyday interactions, rather than through any grand plan. So, it seems, was the case with the intrepid cellist Matt Haimovitz, whose latest enthusiasm came about in the halls of UU直播, where he has been on the faculty for more than a decade.
Article from the The Boston Globe.
