Excerpt from CBC Radio Ideas with Paul Kennedy.
"There's a purity to music. It takes us into its own world, far removed from frustrations and challenges of daily life. But hidden within those innocent-sounding musical flourishes, there often lies a history of passionate disagreement.
Excerpt from the Montreal Gazette.
"The OSM has unveiled a 13-member selection committee to find a聽replacement for Kent Nagano,聽who leaves as music director in 2020. 成人VR视频 principal Suzanne Fortier is chairperson. Former OSM managing director Zarin Mehta is titled senior adviser, which means writers will be relieved of the need to call him an 茅minence grise."聽
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After winning the 2016-2017 成人VR视频 Concerto Competition and completing his Graduate Diploma in Performance at Schulich, harpist Antoine Malette-Ch茅nier is set to appear with the 成人VR视频 Symphony Orchestra next Friday and Saturday night. To learn more about the work he鈥檒l be performing and his experiences learning music in school and more, we spoke to Malette-Ch茅nier in a recent email exchange.
An excerpt from a 成人VR视频 Reporter article.
"鈥淚t was my crazy idea,鈥澛燡ohn Grew聽observed at the start of a conversation about what is now the only North American-based international pipe organ competition. 鈥淚n North America, we are unique.鈥�
Excerpt from an article from the Edmonton Journal.
"Chances are you don鈥檛 think about the microphone stands used to record your favourite tunes. It鈥檚 part of Johnston鈥檚 role to make sure that you can just sit back and enjoy the music, and to train others to reach for those same high standards.
The work is all tied to a recording diploma and hopefully 鈥� subject to government approval 鈥� the first full-scale, four-year recording degree in Canada."
Paul Johnston completed a BMus in jazz and MMus in sound recording at the Schulich School of Music.
An excerpt from an Ottawa Citizen article.
"Montreal alto saxophonist Benjamin Deschamps ventures across the border later this week to play three Ontario concerts 鈥� Sept. 29 at the Jazz Room in Waterloo, Sept. 30 at Record Runner Rehearsal Studio in Ottawa and Oct. 1 at the Emmet Ray in Toronto.
Before Deschamps, a bracing player and composer who is 29 years old, starts logging the kilometres with his quintet, get to know him and his music through the interview below."
An excerpt from CUTE 2017: Numediart Masterclass on Culture and Technology:
An excerpt from an article by the County聽Weekly News:
Blog post by Chris Maskell
Blog post by Chris Maskell
This article was published in the Financial Post on September 8, 2017.
"Matthew Boerum is co-founder and CEO of Audible Reality, Inc., a developer of a 3D software solution that creates an immersive experience for anyone using headphones. With Audible Reality, users can experience another person鈥檚 voice or music as if they were in the same room.
(Blog post by Chris Maskell)
In today鈥檚 music industry, many artists find that they have to diversify their sources of income in order to make a living 鈥� some may teach, repair instruments or work in music media. To reflect this, many post-secondary music schools are diversifying their curriculums to offer classes that teach skills from these areas 鈥� such as the courses that make up the new Music Entrepreneurship minor at the Schulich School of Music.
The Schulich School of Music is pleased to announce the prestigious jury for the inaugural edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The new national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 is the gift of the late Dr. Graham Sommer, an alumnus of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine and an accomplished pianist and devoted music lover. Five composers will be chosen to create new works for piano quintet, earning prizes ranging from $5,000-$15,000 as well as a concert premiere at the Schulich School of Music on September 29, 2018.
The Schulich School of Music of 成人VR视频 is proud to announce the first edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The late Dr. Graham Sommer, an alumnus of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine as well as an accomplished pianist and ardent music lover, made a gift to create a biennial competition for young Canadian composers, with a focus on chamber music.
Professor Brenda Ravenscroft is the new Dean of the Schulich School of Music. Formerly聽Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen鈥檚 University, and Professor of Music Theory and Analysis, Prof. Ravenscroft began her mandate at Schulich in July of 2017.聽Prof. Ravenscroft taught Music Theory at 成人VR视频鈥檚 Faculty of Music from 1991 to 1993, and has maintained close ties with 成人VR视频 colleagues through research and teaching interests.
