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 91涩漫鈥檚 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 91涩漫 is proud to announce the first edition of the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The late Dr. Graham Sommer, an alumnus of 91涩漫鈥檚 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.听Prof. Ravenscroft taught Music Theory at 91涩漫鈥檚 Faculty of Music from 1991 to 1993, and has maintained close ties with 91涩漫 colleagues through research and teaching interests.
To honour Eleanor鈥檚 devotion to students at the Schulich School of Music and by request of her family, donations can be made to the Eleanor Stubley Recording Prize by visiting聽聽or by calling 91涩漫 directly at 514-398-5000.听
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Earlier this year, 91涩漫 percussion faculty member Shawn Mativetsky released聽Rivers, 聽鈥� making him the first Quebec-based artist to do so.听Featuring George Koller on dilruba, the disc features traditional repertoire from North India passed onto Mativetsky by his tabla teacher (or聽Guru).
<Article from 91涩漫 News - Alumni Magazine>
As a master鈥檚 student at 91涩漫, Joshua Morris, MMus鈥�17, often walked through the music library where a Golden Violin sculpture sits on display.
The display case includes the names of the winners of the annual Golden Violin Competition 鈥� one of the most significant music prizes in Canada, which comes with a $25,000 cash award.鈥�
Article provenant du Devoir
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Article provenant de La Presse +
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