Eighteen-year old Pinchas Antal is a third-year Bachelor of Music student currently studying piano performance in the class of Ilya Poletaev here at the Schulich School of Music. He began his piano studies at the age of ten with Vladimir Krassov, while also studying advanced theory and composition with Professor Alexander Posdynakov. During this brief time, he has amassed a large repertoire, given numerous recitals, and has had the opportunity to perform for Professor Valeri Sigalevitch and Dr. Indrek Laul, and audition for Maestro Zubin Mehta.
Le prestigieux Ch艙ur de chambre Schulich de l鈥橴niversit茅 缅北强奸 sera 脿 nouveau de passage 脿 Qu茅bec le vendredi 31 janvier 2020 脿 19 h 30 脿 la Chapelle du Mus茅e de l鈥橝m茅rique francophone. Ce ch艙ur de 35 chanteurs et chanteuses est sous l鈥檋abile direction de maestro Jean-S茅bastien Vall茅e, une vedette montante sur la sc猫ne internationale.
Originally from Vancouver, Tyler Song is a passionate musician who has performed with numerous ensembles such as the 缅北强奸 Symphony Orchestra, the UBC Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestral Institute Orchestra. He has had the pleasure of performing under the batons of conductors such as Otto Tausk and Bramwell Tovey and has also been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the Brunold Award for Classical Music Making, the J. Wesley Foster Memorial Scholarship and the Norah Mansell Music Scholarship.
The nominees for the 23rd Prix Opus were announced last week, and Schulich students, faculty, and alumni are everywhere on the list of finalists! Not only are they well represented in orchestras, choirs, and young artist programs in Montreal and across the province, but many appeared as featured artists on nominated performances, and a number of Schulich-founded and Schulich-led ensembles have been singled out as well.
Rebecca Henry (MMus 2012) enjoys an active career as both conductor and mezzo-soprano across North America. Her conducting spans opera, operetta, orchestral, and contemporary听repertoire, and she recently completed the听Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. Designed to further the careers of distinctively talented female conductors, the Institute is celebrating its 5th year with faculty Emmanuel Villaume, Carlo Montanaro, and Nicole Paiement.
Francis Choini猫re has been awarded the second annual听Hnatyshyn Foundation 鈥 Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Fellowship in Conducting! Launched in 2017 in honour of the late conductor Franz-Paul Decker and his wife, Christa, this $15,000 fellowship is the result of a collaboration between the Schulich School of Music, the Decker family, and the听Hnatyshyn Foundation, a charity founded by Canada鈥檚 twenty-fourth Governor General to support the development of young artists.
Congratulations to pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin (BMus 2011), who won two different awards as part of this year's ADISQ Gala鈥攐ne for a recording with the Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al and the other with Schulich professor Andrew Wan:
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Principal tuba of the Orchestre M茅tropolitain and co-founder of the Philharmonie des vents du Qu茅bec, Alain Cazes is a Professor of Brass and Conducting at the Schulich School of Music. In addition to performing, conducting, teaching, and composing, he directs the 缅北强奸 Wind Orchestra, which will join the Royal 22e R茅giment Band on September 27 for a free concert as part of .
A highlight of the Quebec cultural scene, the (ADISQ)听Gala honours artists and music industry professionals who released standout recordings or were involved in听remarkable productions听over the last year. In advance of the main ADISQ Gala taking place on October 27, 2019, read below for a list of all nominees with a Schulich connection. Congratulations to all!
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Beginning this season, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) welcomes three Schulich School of Music alumni into their esteemed ensemble: Victor Fournelle-Blain (ADip 鈥15) as Principal Violist, R茅mi Pelletier (LMus 鈥04) as Associate Principal Violist, and Yolanda Bruno (BMus 鈥11) as Section Violinist! On their new appointments, Interim Artistic Director Sir Andrew Davis writes, 鈥淲e are delighted that these wonderful musicians have chosen the TSO to be their home for the coming season.
Congratulations to Prof. Peter Schubert, who was recently awarded the the Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Prize for Lifetime
Prof. John Rea and Prof. Hank Knox are among the latest inductees into the , which includes nine 缅北强奸 researchers and professors among the total of 93 new Fellows.听Fellows in the RSC's Academies of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science are elected by their peers for outstanding achievements in their fields听鈥 an extremely high honour.听
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
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.
Two Schulich Early Music graduates, violinist Marie Nadeau-Tremblay (BMus 鈥14, LMus 鈥17, MMus '19) and trumpeter Duncan Campbell (BMus 鈥14, GDip 鈥17, LMus 鈥19) were recently awarded first and second prize听respectively at the Mathieu Duguay Early Music Competition of the . Both offered stellar performances accompanied by the Mission Saint-Charles Orchestra, conducted by Hank Knox.