The upcoming projects of jazz drummer Val茅rie Lacombe
Blog post by Chris Maskell.
Jazz drummer Val茅rie Lacombe (BMus 鈥�18) is an active musician and leader in Montreal who has worked with many of the city鈥檚 most celebrated musicians. Having had just finished up her graduating recital on Monday, we interviewed Val茅rie over email about her experience here at Schulich as well as her upcoming projects.
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Taylor Donaldson: Promoting and Preserving Canadian Jazz
Trombonist, composer and arranger Taylor Donaldson (MMus 2011) has been actively involved in the Montreal music scene for almost a decade, performing in jazz ensembles of all sizes, with symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs and more.
Schulich at the Montreal International Jazz Festival
The Schulich School of Music is well represented this year at聽the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with our students, faculty and alumni appearing in a variety of concerts throughout the festival's program. Some of these performances include:聽聽
Kristin Franseen: Winner of Schulich's International Grant Competition
Congratulations to聽Kristin Franseen, a current doctoral candidate in musicology, who was awarded $10,000 in the聽International Grant Writing Competition聽for her grant application 鈥淕hosts in the Archive: The Queer Knowledge and Public Musicology of Vernon Lee, Rosa Newmarch, and Edward Prime-Stevenson.鈥� Kristin also won second place in the
Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize 2017-18
Through a unanimous agreement, the winner of this year鈥檚聽Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize is Sarah Rossy (BMus 鈥�17, MMus 鈥�19) who will work together with聽Jennifer Nulsen (MMus 鈥�18) on the project 鈥淛azz in the Balance: Exploring Music Making and Creation in Gender and Genre-Balanced Teams and Environments.鈥�
Matthew Ricketts to compose a new opera for the OSM鈥檚 85 season opening
To open the聽Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al鈥檚 85th season, composer聽Matthew Ricketts (BMus 鈥�09) has聽been commissioned to write a new chamber opera. Titled 鈥淐haakapesh, The Trickster鈥檚 Quest,鈥� this work showcases two singers, narrator, and orchestra, in three scenes.
Kit Soden, winner of the 2017-18 Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition
Congratulations to current PhD candidate Kit Soden,聽winner of the聽2017-18聽Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition.聽
Hannah Darroch: Vagues se brisant contre le vent
Flutist Hannah Darroch (DMus '19) is set to perform Canat de Chizy's聽Vagues se brisant contre le vent, for Flute and Ensemble聽with the UU直播 Contemporary Ensemble聽Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm in Pollack Hall.
Gavin Goodwin: Rhapsody for Orchestra and Saxophone
Saxophonist Gavin Goodwin (GDip '18) will be performing Debussy's Rhapsody聽for Orchestra and Saxophone聽with the UU直播 Contemporary Ensemble Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm in Pollack Hall. We caught up with Gavin in a recent email exchange to learn more about his upcoming performance.
David Braid performs at Schulich this week
(Blog post by Nick Walshe and Chris Maskell)
Recent Juno-award winning jazz composer and pianist David Braid will be visiting the Schulich School of Music this week to collaborate with jazz faculty and student improvisers in concert. Chris Maskell caught up with him in this recent interview to learn more about his music and聽his approach to improvisation.
Professor David Brackett wins the Irving Lowens Book Award for his book Categorizing Sound: Genre and Twentieth-Century Popular Music
We are proud to announce that Professor David Brackett recently won the Irving Lowens Book Award, for his book Categorizing Sound: Genre and Twentieth-Century Popular Music聽(University of California Press).
Alumn Eric Abramovitz appointed associate principal clarinet of Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Congratulations to Eric Abramovitz (B.Mus 2016), who was recently appointed as the associate principal/Eb clarinet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). We spoke to him in a recent email exchange about how studying at Schulich prepared him for this position.
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Critically acclaimed violinist Jinjoo Cho to join the Schulich School of Music string faculty
The Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce that聽violinist聽Jinjoo Cho聽will be joining the string faculty as Assistant Professor,聽beginning August 1st, 2018.
Launch of a pilot project assessing noise exposure experienced by Schulich School of Music students
On the occasion of the World Hearing Day, the Schulich School of Music of UU直播, in collaboration with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), announces the launch of a pilot project assessing noise exposure experienced by Schulich School of Music students.
Students & Guest Artists from four continents convene at the Schulich School of Music at UU直播 for Musical Chairs 2018
The Schulich School of Music at UU直播 welcomes an international array of guest artists and student ensembles for the Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival, two packed weeks of workshops, masterclasses, and performances 鈥� all open to the public.
