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DESCRIPTION:Free concert-conference on Music and talent\, to be held at Sal
 le Claude Champagne\, Université de Montréal on January 19th 2013\, at 4pm
 . Organized by the Centre for Research on Brain\, Language and Music at Mc
 Gill University\, the evening features 16 year old pianist virtuoso Tiffan
 y Poon\, who will play from her repertoire\, plus Gary McPherson (Melbourn
 e University) and Danick Trottier (Université de Montréal) who will demyst
 ify musical talent!  PROGRAMMEThis bilingual\, free event\, jointly organi
 zed by CRBLM and OICRM\, is open to all. It will be held at the SALLE CLAU
 DE CHAMPAGNE\, Université de Montréal. No registration required.4pm. Confe
 rence byProf. Gary McPherson (Melbourne University)followed by Tiffany Poo
 n at the piano (first part)Scarlatti – “Sonata in E Major\, K380″\; “Sonat
 a in A major K322″\, “Sonata in G major\, K455″Beethoven – “Sonata No.23 i
 n F Minor\, Op.57 “Appassionata”  5pm. Conference byProf. Danick Trottier 
 (Université de Montréal)followed by Tiffany Poon at the piano (second part
 )Mathieu – “Printemps Canadien”Ravel – “Sonatine”Chopin – “Variations Bril
 lantes in B-Flat Major\, Op.12″Liszt – “Hungarian Rhapsody No.2″  The conf
 erence-concert will be followed by questions to Gary McPherson\, Danick Tr
 ottier and Tiffany Poon.    ABOUT GARY MCPHERSONGary McPherson\, Ormond Pr
 ofessor and Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in Australia
 \, studies giftedness: the characteristics and development of people who h
 ave an unusually high potential for greatness. Tiffany Poon\, an exception
 ally talented young pianist\, clearly possesses that qualification. A stud
 ent at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York\, Tiffany already part
 icipates in an active recital schedule\, displaying extraordinary artistry
 \, musical maturity\, and a profound love of playing the piano.  Professor
  McPherson\, working with Tiffany’s family\, has observed Tiffany’s growth
  as a musician over her lifetime. On January 19th 2013\, Prof. McPherson w
 ill talk about giftedness and traits of child prodigies\, including curren
 t research in this field\, before Tiffany sits down at the keyboard to sha
 re her talent in a piano recital that will leave the audience spellbound.G
 ary McPherson has served as President of the Australian and International 
 Societies for Music Education\, given over 55 keynote addresses in 16 diff
 erent countries\, and presented guest lectures at over 65 universities in 
 more than 20 countries. Gary’s published research has examined the acquisi
 tion and development of musical competence\, and motivation to engage and 
 participate in music from novice to expert levels. Of particular interest 
 is his work on exceptional abilities during childhood\, as evidenced in tw
 o longitudinal studies he has undertaken with highly involved students mus
 icians in Australia and the United States\, and his case study of Tiffany 
 Poon\, who is currently studying at Juilliard in New York.    ABOUT TIFFAN
 Y POONTiffany Poon\, age l6\, was born in Hong Kong. She began formal pian
 o lessons at the age of 4.   At age 9\, Tiffany moved to the United States
  to study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division in New York with a 
 full scholarship.  She currently studies piano with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky.
   She is also a high school junior at the Calhoun School.Tiffany has won n
 umerous prizes at piano competitions\, including Gold Medal at the Young P
 ianist Competition of New Jersey in 2006 and the Grand Prize and First Pri
 ze at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati\, Ohio in 2007.  Most rece
 ntly\, she won the First Prize and the Best Performance of Concerto Award 
 at the VIII Moscow International Frederick Chopin Competition for Young Pi
 anists in September 2012.Tiffany made her concerto debut at the age of 10.
   Since then\, she has given solo recitals across the United States\, as w
 ell as in Italy\, Australia and China.  She has performed at such prestigi
 ous concert venues as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall\, Steinway Hall i
 n New York City and Sala Mozart in Bologna\, Italy.  Tiffany has appeared 
 as a soloist with orchestras such as Plainfield Symphony Orchestra\, Fort 
 Smith Symphony Orchestra\, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra\, and Moscow Chambe
 r Orchestra of Pavel Slobodkin Centre.Tiffany was granted the title of Hon
 orary Citizen and was presented with the Key to the Frontier by the mayor 
 of Fort Smith for her outstanding performance with Fort Smith Symphony Orc
 hestra in March 2008.  She was selected as “2009 Jack Kent Cooke Young Art
 ist” and was awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.  She has appe
 ared on NPR’s “From the Top” live taping radio show at Saenger Theatre in 
 Mobile\, Alabama.  Tiffany was also awarded the David & Goldie Blanksteen 
 Fellowship Grant by Salon De Virtuosi at the age of 11 and she became the 
 youngest prize winner in its 21 years of history.  She has been a grant re
 cipient from the Children’s Foundation for the Arts since 2008.Her upcomin
 g performances include a solo recital in the XIV International festival “T
 he Young Musical Kremlin” in Moscow on April 19th\, and also a concert tou
 r in Italy and Germany in November.    ABOUT DANICK TROTTIERDanick Trottie
 r est chargé de cours à la Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal 
 et agent de recherche à l’Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et d
 e recherche en musique (OICRM)\, où il codirige l’équipe de sociomusicolog
 ie. Trottier détient un doctorat en musicologie (Université de Montréal/EH
 ESS) et a finalisé en 2010 un stage postdoctoral à l’université Harvard. I
 l fut responsable de 2006 à 2010 des recensions francophones à la revue In
 tersections et a été rédacteur invité pour le numéro des Cahiers de la Soc
 iété québécoise de recherche en musique intitulé «Éthique\, droit et musiq
 ue». Il a publié dans des revues telles Argument\, Circuit\, Filigrane\, I
 ntersections et Les Cahiers Debussy. Ses recherches portent sur la profess
 ionnalisation en musique\, le développement de public et la critique music
 ale de l’entre-deux-guerres\, de même que sur les logiques commémoratives 
 et les processus de canonisation.
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LOCATION:CA\, Salle Claude Champagne\, Université de Montréal\, 220\, avenu
 e Vincent-d'Indy \n Montréal (métro Édouard-Montpetit) \n 514 343-6427
SUMMARY:Musicians: Born or made? Featuring 16 year old pianist virtuoso Tif
 fany Poon\, Dr. Gary McPherson (Melbourne University) and Dr. Danick Trott
 ier (Université de Montréal) 
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