Newswire | Azrieli Foundation Creates Hub for Collaborative Piano Program at McGill and UdeM
Montreal, May 19, 2022 – After two years of health restrictions that have often left concert halls empty and musicians struggling, a generous donation from…
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Education News
Last year, Canadian universities had to organize courses around the challenges of the pandemic. One year later, most of the music faculties we spoke to…
Back To School The Masked Show Must Go On
The challenge of returning to school is particularly complicated for opera workshops, which often include a large number of students and participants. But McGill University…
SMCQ, série hommage – Katia Makdissi-Warren: The Composer as Sound Director
Without them, movies would never be made and plays would never be seen. While they work in different media, film and stage directors must coax…
Impressive Mahler from the OUM — and some friends
Hard to fault the Mahler Third Symphony heard Saturday night (April 13, 2019) in Salle Claude-Champagne. Very hard, if the criteria are performing standards and…
Graphic Notation – Stepping Into a Visual World
Every musician has undoubtedly seen graphic notation written by John Cage, Morton Feldman and other masterminds of this link between music and visual arts. What…
Samy Moussa, Citizen of the World
Samy Moussa was calling from the Villa Massimo, the spacious former estate of an aristocratic family in Rome, where he has lodgings as a fellow…
Higher Education: New and Noteworthy
Concordia University Concordia’s Department of Music celebrates the Year of the Woman. Key among its celebrations is the hiring of Andrea Young as Artist-in-Residence. Joshua…
Vocal Arts Festival: the World’s Best Young Singers are in Town!
Montreal, June 5 2017 – Presented by the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (CVAI), the 14th edition of the Montreal Vocal Arts Festival offers you a privileged access…
Discovering the treasure of the viola: Pièces de concours by Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot
As soon as I entered her office, I felt the passion that drives Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot as she spoke about her instrument. She explained to me…
