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Brubeck 脿 l鈥檃p茅ro

La fin de l鈥檃nn茅e universitaire approche, tout comme la fin de la saison de concerts de l鈥櫭塩ole de musique Schulich. Ne manquez pas les prochains concerts du secteur jazz : Le jeudi 26 mars, 脿 17 h 30, R茅mi Bolduc, directeur du secteur jazz 脿 UU直播 et consid茅r茅 comme l鈥檜n des meilleurs saxophonistes de jazz au Canada, pr茅sentera des extraits de son dernier disque, un hommage au pianiste et compositeur am茅ricain Dave Brubeck. Le concert est pr茅sent茅 dans le cadre de la s茅rie 芦 Jazz 脿 l鈥檋eure de pointe 禄 de l鈥櫭塩ole de musique Schulich.

Entrevue avec Philippe Sly, baryton-basse (Tutti-magazine)

Le jeune baryton-basse canadien Philippe Sly fait ses d茅buts sc茅niques en Europe 脿 Paris, sur la sc猫ne de l'Op茅ra Comique, dans Au Monde. Nous le rencontrons pendant les r茅p茅titions de l'op茅ra de Philippe Boesmans pour recueillir ses impressions, parler de sa voix, de ses exp茅riences d茅j脿 riches et multiples et de son implication enti猫re dans la musique et le chant. Lisez l'entrevue ici.

Review of D茅nes V谩rjon's piano recital.

As part of the Montr茅al en Lumi猫re Winter Festival, internationally renowned pianist D茅nes V谩rjon was invited to perform a solo recital at UU直播鈥檚 Schulich School of Music. Currently a professor at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, V谩rjon鈥檚 program was fit for a conservatory, a sort of chronological overview of the literature with Classical and Romantic standards, a piece from the warhorse cabinet and a touch of modernist flare. The evening was a display of varying styles and challenges that demonstrated V谩rjon鈥檚 adaptability and dexterity.

UU直播 Concerto Competition Piano Winners Announced

Geoffrey Conquer, student of Marina Mdivani and Zhenni Li, student of St茅phane Lemelin, were declared joint winners of the Schulich Concerto Competition, piano. 听Conquer, who performed the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor and Li who performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, will both play with the UU直播 Symphony Orchestra in the 2015-2016 season.听

Violist Marina Thibeault wins UU直播 Concerto Competition for Strings.

The String Area Winner of the UU直播 concerto competition is violist Marina Thibault, a student of Andr茅 Roy. 听In the competition she performed the Schnittke Viola Concerto. The other finalists were Veronika Cherniak, student of Andrew Wan; Elizabeth Skinner, student of Axel Strauss; Ma茂th茅na Thibault, student of Andrew Wan. 听Congratulations to all who participated.

Renowned violist Steven Dann appointed to Schulich String Faculty

The Schulich School of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of internationally-renowned violist Steven Dann as Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Viola starting September 2015, for a period of three years. Steven Dann's career has covered a wealth of violistic possibilities. As principal viola of some of the world's leading orchestras, as a veteran of the string quartet and chamber music world, as soloist and recitalist and as a dedicated teacher.

Thierry Tidrow, BMus 09 awarded Jules L茅ger Prize for New Chamber Music

The Composition Area of the Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce that one of its former students, Thierry Tidrow (BMus, Honours Composition and Major Music Theory, 2009) is the recipient of the 2014 Jules L茅ger Prize for New Chamber Music. During his bachelor's program, Mr. Tidrow studied composition with Professors Christoph Neidh枚fer and Brian Cherney.

An interview with Thierry Tidrow about his winning work may be found on the website of the Canada Council for the Arts (see sidebar)

Grammy Awards for Professor Richard King.

Professor Richard King received two Grammy awards this past weekend in the categories of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album ("Bass & Mandolin" 听Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer) and听Best Orchestral Performance (John Adams: "City Noir" 听David Robertson, conductor, St. Louis Symphony) 听both on the Nonesuch label. 听With these two latest awards, Prof. King now has a total of 14 Grammy awards.听

Another great review for pianist St茅phane Lemelin's CD of Piern茅 and Vierne quintets.

Chair of Music Performance St茅phane Lemein has recently released a CD of piano quintets with the Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc.听Read more from Le Devoir critique Christophe Huss's February 6th review in which he describes the recording 听as 'intelligently programmed- a real jewel.' 听(Full review in French)听

Quintettes avec piano de Piern茅 et Vierne

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Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc, St茅phane Lemelin (piano).

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Doctoral Student Laura Risk awarded a Prix Mn茅mo for her CD Musique et chanson de la Gasp茅sie, Douglastown

Risk produced 听an archival CD for a community in the Gasp茅, and the prize recognizes the remarkable docmentation or research in a field connected to dance, music, song, and traditional Francophone storytelling within the Americas. 听 听The CD was the result of extensive research into the musical traditions of the Gasp茅 community. 听Laura Risk and her collaborator Glen Patterson first digitized and catalogued over 70 hours of recordings and then selected the 46 tracks that are found on the recording. 听The CD is accompanied by a bilingual booklet which also contains photographs.听

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Schulich and UU直播 grads and faculty nominated for Juno Awards

Nominations for Canada's top music prize, the Junos, were announced last week. 听Schulich and UU直播 grads & faculty factor into 22 nominations:

Professor Mark Fewer, violin, to return to Schulich in July 2015

A valued member of the听Schulich School of Music since 2007, Professor Mark Fewer was recently named a William Dawson Scholar, an award which recognizes a faculty member's outstanding and original contributions as well as their world-class caliber. Fewer is a highly-regarded soloist and chamber musician, whose performances of both classical and jazz have been described as 鈥済enre-bending鈥�. He has appeared widely in North America and also abroad throughout Europe, Australia, and the Far East.

New Horizons Band Students Join Education Class

Description: EDEA 472 students in their final semester of their听Music Education degree are combining with volunteer members from听the New Horizons Montreal Band, a intergenerational concert band听now in their second year of operation. The seniors are learning听how to play band instruments (most are in their 2nd year of this听process), and the UU直播 Students are learning to become听teachers.