Zi Hua Tan finalist for the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award
聽Zi Hua Tan, a Doctoral composition student of Prof. John Rea has been named a聽finalist for聽the 2017 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. 聽Out of 115 entries from 36 countries, Zi Hua Tan鈥檚 composition, 鈥t the still point鈥β爓as chosen to be among the four finalists of the聽Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2017.
Schulich nominees for the Prix Opus
Finalists for the Conseil qu茅b茅cois de la musique's Prix Opus were announced last Friday, and once again聽there are many nominated who are聽聽Schulich alumni and/or faculty. 聽 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. 聽The winners will be announced in a Gala event to be held on Sunday, February 5, 2017.
Schulich Chamber Music Competition Winners Announced
The 聽Annual Schulich School of Music Chamber Music Competition took place 聽Tuesday, December 6,聽in Tanna Schulich Hall. 聽Two groups were declared winners and will travel to Europe for exchange visits to conservatories.
Rice University Students Visit Schulich School of Music
Last month, seven Rice University students traveled from Houston to Montr茅al to expand Rice鈥檚 Gateway Study of Leadership research program聽at UU直播. Much of the time spent at UU直播 was at the Schulich School of Music, where the students met with Interim Dean Julie Cumming, Prof.
Alex Soloway announced winner of the UU直播 Classical Concerto Competition
Artist Diploma Piano Student聽Alex Soloway has been announced as the winner of this year's Classical Concerto Competition. He is a student of Prof. Ilya Poletaev and was also a winner in 2014 of the UU直播 Chamber Music Competition as a member of the Aeolus Trio.
Grammy Nominations for Schulich alumni and professors
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the聽59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Included in this list were several聽nominees from Schulich. 聽
First and third prizes to Rashaan Allwood and Joel Peters in OSM Manulife Competition
The 2016 edition of the OSM Manulife Competition took place last week. 聽This year's categories聽were strings and organ, for which the semi-final string rounds took place in Tanna Schulich Hall at the Schulich School of Music. 聽The semifinals for organ took place in the 脡glise Saint-Jean-Baptiste and the finals in the Maison symphonique聽de聽Montr茅al聽at the Grand-Orgue-Pierre-B茅ique.
Compositional Collaboration between the OSM and the Schulich School of Music.
When Schulich School of Music composition students write pieces for orchestra it may be that they dream of their works someday being performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al, with all the finesse and polish that a world-class orchestra brings to contemporary music.聽 聽For three students, Doyoon Kim, Francisco Ferro and Xue Han, this was exactly what happened, when on November 10th, the O
Mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh wins Wirth Vocal Prize
Following an evening of聽exceptionally high-level聽vocal artistry from聽all three finalists, Jean-Philippe Mc Clish, Simone McIntosh and Igor Mostovoi, last night the members of the Jury declared mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, a Master's voice student of Dominique Labelle聽the winner of the 2016-2017 Wirth Vocal Prize
Jordan de Souza, le monsieur 100 000 volts du classique
Jordan de Souza聽est arriv茅 脿 Montr茅al il y a dix ans pour se former 脿 la musique, avouant lui-m锚me qu'il ne connaissait rien 脿 l'op茅ra, discipline avec laquelle il s'est familiaris茅 脿 UU直播.
Peter Schubert receives UU直播's Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning
On 聽November 2nd, 聽Schulich School of Music Theory聽Professor Peter Schubert was named the recipient of UU直播鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning.
Finalists announced for the Wirth Vocal Prize
The three finalists聽chosen to compete for the Wirth Vocal Prize this year are mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, bass-baritone Igor Mostovoi and bass Jean-Philippe Mc Clish.
Robert Hasegawa receives a Society for Music Theory award
Robert Hasegawa, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Area Chair for Music Theory at the Schulich School of Music, has received聽the 'Emerging Scholar Award' at the 2016聽Society for Music Theory conference held in Vancouver. 聽His article聽鈥淐lashing Harmonic Systems in Haas鈥檚 Blumenst眉ck and in vain鈥� was published in the journal Music Theory Spectrum 37/2 (Fall 2015).
