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The winners have been announced, and Schulich faculty, students, and alumni are among the talented list of nominees and winners!The Schulich community has won accolades in two categories this year: jazz vocal album of the year and classical album of the year.

Classified as: schulich school of music, Awards
Published on: 16 May 2022

Congratulations to all who received prizes at the 25th edition of the Conseil québécois de la musique’s Opus Awards! With a number of laureates from the Schulich Community, we couldn't be prouder of our faculty and alumni. The ceremony celebrated the ongoing creativity of the Quebec music scene during the 2020-2021 season.

Published on: 14 Mar 2022

The 2022 JUNO Awards nomineeshave been announced! There are a number of Schulich Faculty, students and alumni featured, and we're are so proud to see our community’s achievements in the spotlight. From Vocal Jazz Album of the year to numerous Classical accolades, there is so much to celebrate. Congratulations to all our faculty, students and community members that help bring music to life with their accomplishments year after year.

The 2022 JUNO Awards Ceremony takes place on May 15, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario.

Classified as: schulich school of music
Published on: 14 Mar 2022

ճ2022Nomineeshave been announced, andwe’re thrilledto see Schulich faculty and alumni among those named!Presented by the Recording Academy since 1958, the GRAMMYs are peer-based and represent a significant achievementin the music industry.Celebratingperformances, engineering, visuals, album liner notes and more from the pastyear, it remainsanincrediblerecognitionof one's work.We are so proud of thenumerousaccomplishmentsoftheSchulichCommunity and extend our biggest congratula

Classified as: schulich school of music
Published on: 26 Nov 2021

ճGraham Sommer Competitionis proud to announce thatMatthew Rickettsis the grand prize winner of thesecondedition of the  Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers. The $18,000 first prize forMatthew’snew work for piano trio,“Still There,”was among$54,000in total prize earnings awarded at the Concert and Prize Gala on Sunday,September26at Pollack Hall.This national competition for Canadian composers under the age of 35 was founded byDr.

Classified as: External, faculty, Graham Sommer Competition, staff, students
Published on: 28 Sep 2021

Congratulations to all who received prizes at the 24th edition of the Conseil québécois de la musique’s Opus Awards! Many of the laureates were from the Schulich Community, and we couldn't be prouder. The ceremony celebrated the inspired resilience of the Quebec music scene during the 2019-2020 season, which included musical projects presented both before and since the pandemic began.

Published on: 16 Feb 2021

Professor Brian Cherney has been appointed a Member ofthe Order of Canada (OOC)

Being recognized"for his lifelong devotion to Canadian music, as an internationally renowned composer, educator and scholar", the Schulich School of Music congratulates Prof. Brian Cherney for this momentous appointment to the Order of Canada.

About Brian Cherney

Classified as: Music in the News
Published on: 15 Jan 2021

Among this year’s new appointments to the Order of Canada was Schulich School of Music’s Professor alcides lanza. lanza was named as a Member of the Order of Canada for his “decades-long contributions to the contemporary music scene and for championing Canadian music here and abroad”. Renowned composer, conductor and pianist specializing in avant-garde repertoire, lanza was a Professor of Composition at 91 from 1971 to 2014, as well as the director of the Electronic Music Studio at 91 from 1974 to 2003.

Published on: 30 Jan 2020

Opera 91 is proud to present Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. From January 31 to February 2, you can catch Opera 91 students, accompanied by 91 Symphony Orchestra musicians, at the gorgeous Monument National. Under the direction of Patrick Hansen and lead by conductor Brian DeMaris, our students bring Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer-winning play of the same name to life with true dramatic and musical spectacle. You won’t want to miss Street Scene, and here are 8 reasons why!

Published on: 28 Jan 2020

Congratulations to the many members of the Schulich community who brought home prizes from the twenty-third edition of the Opus Awards! The annual Gala was held this Sunday, January 19, 2020, and once again testified to the many contributions made by Schulich musicians to Quebec’s diverse and vibrant music scene.

Published on: 22 Jan 2020

Le prestigieux Chœur de chambre Schulich de l’Université 91 sera à nouveau de passage à Québec le vendredi 31 janvier 2020 à 19 h 30 à la Chapelle du Musée de l’Amérique francophone. Ce chœur de 35 chanteurs et chanteuses est sous l’habile direction de maestro Jean-Sébastien Vallée, une vedette montante sur la scène internationale.

Published on: 15 Jan 2020

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.

Published on: 20 Nov 2019

Rebecca Henry (MMus 2012) enjoys an active career as both conductor and mezzo-soprano across North America. Her conducting spans opera, operetta, orchestral, and contemporaryrepertoire, and she recently completed theLinda 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.

Published on: 11 Nov 2019

Francis Choinière has been awarded the second annualHnatyshyn Foundation – 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 theHnatyshyn Foundation, a charity founded by Canada’s twenty-fourth Governor General to support the development of young artists.

Published on: 4 Nov 2019

Congratulations to pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin (BMus 2011), who won two different awards as part of this year's ADISQ Gala—one for a recording with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the other with Schulich professor Andrew Wan:

Album del’année- Classique /Soloisteet petit ensemble
(Analekta) - Charles Richard-Hamelin / Andrew Wan

Published on: 28 Oct 2019

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