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Description: EDEA 472 students in their final semester of theirMusic Education degree are combining with volunteer members fromthe New Horizons Montreal Band, a intergenerational concert bandnow in their second year of operation. The seniors are learninghow to play band instruments (most are in their 2nd year of thisprocess), and the 鶹AV Students are learning to becometeachers.

Published on: 4 Feb 2015

The Schulich School of Music is thrilled to announce the appointment of legendary Canadian tenor Ben Heppner to the voice faculty of the Schulich School of Music for the academic year 2015-16. One of Canada’s greatest artists, Mr. Heppner has received acclaim on the world’s most prestigious opera stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, and the Vienna State Opera. Mr. Heppner will teach over a dozen voice students and contribute immensely to the rich and dynamic life of the Voice Area at the School.

Published on: 30 Jan 2015

Professor Fabrice Marandola is interviewed by LeDevoir in a special section dedicated to the grand opening of LeVivier at his new address, the 'Gesù-Centre de création' inMontreal. Le Vivier comprises 34 music ensembles andorganisations dedicated to new music. Fabrice Marandola has been thePresident of the Board of Directors since last fall.

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Published on: 30 Jan 2015

The live@CIRMMT concert, "De souffles et de machines" performedby the Quasar saxophone quartet, has been selected as a finalistfor a 30th Grand Prix du Counseil des arts de Montréal.

Published on: 20 Jan 2015

Next season look for the participation of several Schulich alumni in different productions at the Canadian Opera Company. In October 2015 the COC will present the world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe, written by composer Barbara Monk Feldman. The work is inspired by the beauty, light, and colour of her native Gaspé Peninsula and is a timeless story of star-crossed lovers. In February 2016 Jordan de Souza will conduct two performances of the Canadian Opera Company's production of Le Nozze di Figaro.

Published on: 20 Jan 2015

Working with researchers from the Technische Universität Berlin and the University of Montreal, Prof. McAdams compared reactions to various pieces of music from two groups of people: 40 Mbenzélé Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest and 40 Canadians in Montreal. “The emotional diversity of music depends on who we are, what we’ve experienced and who we identify with — that’s the most exciting part of music,” McAdams says.

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Published on: 13 Jan 2015

Schulich Professor alcides lanza, pianist, conductor and composer is the winner of the XIII Prize Tomás Luis de Victoria 2014, offered by the SGAE Foundation in Madrid. This prize recognizes his substantial contribution to the enrichment of the musical life of the Ibero-American people. It also recognizes lanza's distinguished career as a composer and pedagogue.The award ceremony took place on May 28, 2015, at the Auditorium of the Real Academia de las Artes, Madrid, Spain

Published on: 13 Jan 2015

The Schulich School of Music congratulates former Dean of Music, Professor John Grew, alumni Jens Lindemann (BMus’88), and Faculty Advisory Board Member Joan Ivory (BA’54) on their being named among the 95 newest appointees to the Order of Canada named December 26th, 2014. The honour, established in 1967 by the Queen, recognizes contributions to Canada; its motto, desiderantes meliorem patriam means "they desire a better country." Appointees are made on the recommendation of an independent advisory council headed by Canada's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Published on: 13 Jan 2015

Prof. Dominique Labelle's performance in thePhilharmonia Baroque’s concert performance of Handel’s “Teseo” at Alice Tully Hall was featured in the New York Times as one of the funniest classical music performances of 2014.

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Published on: 13 Jan 2015

The 鶹AV Symphony Orchestra with conductor Alexis Hauser and soprano soloist Jane Archibald performed to an appreciative audience which included members of the Franz Paul Decker family and Mrs. Catherine Thornhill Steele, in whose honour the Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist Fund is named. The first review to appear (in Le Devoir) remarks on the quality of the program the of the conductor, soloist and orchestra.

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Published on: 4 Dec 2014

Followingthe recent cross-country tour ofGénération2014,a series of concertsproduced by the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+),Mr. Anthony Tan won both the Jury Prize and the Audience Prize for his composition entitledKsana II,which received its world premiere performance in Banff on November 6, 2014.Mr Tan is in the PhD program (composition), jointly supervised by Profs. John Rea and Stephen McAdams.

Published on: 27 Nov 2014

The 75thanniversary of the OSM Standard Life Competition was held from November 18 to 22, 2014, in Montreal. Schulich School of Music alumni were well represented amongst the winners. Since its creation in 1940, the OSM Standard Life Competition has helped launch the careers of some 300 prizewinners onto the national and international scene.

Published on: 27 Nov 2014

Prof. McAdams, the Canada Research Chair inMusic Perception and Cognition at the Schulich School of Music,delivered the 2014 William Poland Lecture in Music Theory at OhioState University's School of Music. The Poland lectures are anendowed series that presents cutting-edge perspectives on musictheory. Prof. McAdams presented the work from a research projecton Orchestration and Perception supported by the Quebec Societyand Culture funding agency (FRQSC).

Published on: 27 Nov 2014

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