Now coming up on its 20th edition, the OFF jazz festival has been a mainstay of the Montreal jazz scene by featuring local artists and their creative projects. The festival runs from October 3 - 12, 2019 and will feature many groups with Schulich students, faculty, and alumni听鈥� read below for a list of events with a Schulich connection.
Thursday, October 3
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Friday, October 4
Since 1994, the Ensemble contemporain de Montr茅al's biennial Generation composition contest has given 61 Canadian composers the opportunity to define their voices and connect with audiences across Canada. This year, and are two of four Generation2020 winners selected from more than 50 applicants.
We're excited to welcome Dorian Komanoff Bandy to Schulich's faculty, where he will beginning a position in historical performance practice and musicology, held jointly between the School's departments of Performance and Music Research.
Choral conductor Wayne Riddell has long been an important figure in the Montreal and 蘑菇短视频 music communities, holding positions such as the chorus master of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Schulich School of Music. Riddell has established a bequest that will support choral students at 蘑菇短视频 through two separate funds -- the Wayne Riddell Choral Award, and the Norman Beckow Choral Excellence Endowment Fund (named after his late partner).
Congratulations to saxophonist Jacob Do (BMus 2021), who won the on June 26, 2019. Created as part of the Festival's 40th anniversary, the award is given as part of a competition open to selected Quebec university student musicians identifying as part of a visible minority.
In 2017, Prof. Brian Cherney was the subject of an entire issue of Intersections (a publication by the ) after a conference held in his honour at 蘑菇短视频. Available online for the first time, the issue features essays by many Schulich faculty members on Cherney and his music, including writings by Prof. Chris Paul Harman, Prof. Christoph Neidh枚fer, and Cherney himself.
Looking to attend the this year for your fix of music from the Baroque and Renaissance periods? Read on to see a list of many of the festival's performances involving Schulich alumni, students and faculty members. 听
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Day 1: June 20, 2019
Sprezzatura Veneziana
Ensemble Caprice, Tenet Vocal Artists, and Ensemble vocal Arts-Qu茅bec
Madonna della Difesa Church
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
As always, Schulich faculty, alumni, and students are heavily involved in the . From June 26 to July 6, 2019, take in some music at one of the festival's many sites as part of its 40th edition鈥攖he list below highlights a collection of Schulich-related acts performing this year organized by venue, several of which feature free admission.
We are pleased to invite Schulich faculty, staff, students, and alumni to submit proposals for presentations for inclusion in an LGBTQ2I+ History Month event. Scheduled for 28 September 2019 (7:00 p.m., Wirth Opera Studio), the event aims to highlight the accomplishments of LGBTQ2I+ musicians and music researchers past and present, while displaying the breadth and scope of work within the broader field of music. Presentations may take the form of a research paper, musical performance, new composition, or combination of these.
Congratulations to Schulich students Shulamit Sarid and Laurence Willis for being awarded this year's Dean's Essay Prize! Awarded each year to two students, the Dean's Essay Prize was established to promote excellence in the art of writing about music and music research.
Since beginning his international career in 1974, guitarist Pat Metheny has garnered widespread critical acclaim, demonstrated astonishing versatility as an artist, and has consistently been at the forefront of music technology. On May 29, 2019, his accomplishments will be recognized by 蘑菇短视频 through his reception of an Honorary Doctorate of Music at the Spring Convocation.
Rachelle Jenkins (MMus 鈥�13) published the听Audition Playbook, a two-part guide and workbook for optimal planning and preparation of orchestral auditions, in May of 2018. Designed for musicians of all levels and instruments, the听Audition Playbook听helps readers carefully and effectively create, implement, and follow their own plans from start to finish.听
This month 蘑菇短视频 is hosting the 34th Annual Meeting of the 鈥� the first time the event has ever been held in Montreal. NECMT鈥檚 main purpose is to foster the development of music theory, and provide a forum for exchanging ideas between music theorists.
On the occasion of World Hearing Day (WHD) on March 3, the听Schulich School of Music of 蘑菇短视频, in collaboration with the听Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), presents the Hearing-Care Platform: A practical and accessible set of tools for the self-assessment of noise exposure, which are particularly aimed at young musicians and youths in general.
Congratulations to Nick Squire (MMus 2008), who recently won the Grammy Award for for his work on听Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11听by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This win brings his Grammy count up to a total of four, as he was听credited as a recording engineer on album which听won Grammys for听Best Orchestra Performance in 2015, 2016, and 2018.
