Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers wins Pauline Alderman Award
Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1960鈥�2000 by Laurel Parsons and Dean Brenda Ravenscroft has won the 2017 Pauline Alderman Award for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music in the book category!
Spring Convocation 2020 featured a virtual choral rendition of Hail, Alma Mater
This year鈥檚聽Virtual Convocations聽took place June 17-18. As is customary in UU直播鈥檚 traditional graduation ceremonies, these virtual convocations featured short musical performances including a recording of UU直播鈥檚 Hail, Alma Mater, a song that has been sung by the late Prof. Winston Purdy, Prof.
2019-20 Teaching Award Winner: Claire McLeish
Congratulations to Claire McLeish, winner of Schulich鈥檚 2019-20 Teaching Award in the graduate instructor award!
2019-20 Teaching Award Winner: Hannah Darroch
Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Darroch, winner of Schulich鈥檚 2019-20 Teaching Award in the graduate instructor category!
2019-20 Teaching Award Winner: Jerry M. Cain
Congratulations to Dr. Jerry M. Cain, winner of Schulich鈥檚 2019-20 Teaching Award in the part-time category!
2019-20 Teaching Award Winner: Patrick Hansen
Congratulations to Professor Patrick Hansen, winner of Schulich鈥檚 2019-20 Teaching Award in the full-time category!
2019-20 Teaching Award Winner: Nicole Biamonte
Congratulations to Professor Nicole Biamonte, winner of Schulich鈥檚 2019-20 Teaching Award in the full-time category!
Schulich School of Music Student Award Winners 2019-20
Over the past few weeks, several of our students have received awards for their exciting research projects. Follow the links to read more about each winner's exciting projects.
International Grant Writing Competition at the doctoral level
Omer Barash, winner of the 2019-20 Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition
Congratulations to Omer Barash, winner of the 2019-20 Andrew Svoboda Memorial Prize for Orchestral Composition. Omer鈥檚 orchestral piece will be premiered by the UU直播 Symphony Orchestra in the 2021-2022 season.
Cathy Martin receives a 2020 UU直播 Library Excellence Award
A huge congratulations are in order for Cathy Martin, Coordinator and Liaison Librarian at the Marvin Duchow Music Library, on being awarded UU直播鈥檚 2020 Librarian Excellence Award! This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the Library, its users, and its mandate.
In memoriam of Professor Kenneth Gilbert
It is with great sadness that we聽announce the passing of Professor Kenneth Gilbert on April 16, 2020.
A world-famous harpsichordist and scholar 鈥� and the founder of the Early Music Program at UU直播 鈥� Prof. Gilbert maintained a long and distinguished association with our faculty as a professor from 1964 to 1972 and then again as an Adjunct Professor from 1999 to 2015; he was awarded an honorary doctorate from UU直播 in 1981.
Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize 2019-20: Martin Daigle and Omar Miranda
The Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce that this year鈥檚 Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize will go to Martin Daigle (MMus '20) and Omar Miranda (M.Mus. '21) for their project 鈥淢ossy Cobblestone鈥�.
Launch of the Hearing Care Platform
On the occasion of World Hearing Day, the Schulich School of Music of UU直播 and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) are pleased to announce the launch of their Hearing Care Platform (HCP). Conceived in partnership with the NSERC-EERS Industrial Research Chair in In-Ear Technologies (CRITIAS) at the 脡cole de technologie sup茅rieure (脡TS), this project is designed to assess the noise exposure experienced by UU直播 music students.
Article from Vox Humana: John Grew and French Organ Music
Vox Humana, an affiliate publication of the American Guild of Organists, featured Professor Emeritus in Organ and Church Music John Grew in an interview about French Classical performance practice in Canada. In this interview, Prof. Grew discusses how his passion for French art and music first developed out of his affinity for the Normandy area of France, as well as how French Classical organs faciliate the production of true characteristic sound.
Schulich's represented in this year's Juno Award Nominees and Winners
The 2020 Juno Award Nominees have been announced, and we are thrilled to see so many Schulich faculty, students, and alumni represented! From Vocal Jazz Album of the year to various Classical Albums of the Year, the Schulich community has appeared in six different award categories.
