In August, Mezzo-soprano Carla Dirlikov joined officials from the White House, fellow Hispanic artists and Americans for the Arts staff at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics' Policy Forum for Music and the Arts. A member of the Americans for the Arts Artist Committee, Carla Dirlikov spoke to students, parents and school officials at Meadow Homes Elementary School in Concord, California about her firsthand experience in pursuing the arts, becoming a role model, and the opportunities that school and music teachers provided for her.


Infusion Baroque won both the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize at the Early Music America Baroque Competition held at the University of Chicago. The group is made up of four Schulich School of Music grads: Sallynee Amawat, baroque violin, Alexa Raine-Wright, baroque flute and recorder, Camille Pacquette-Roy, Baroque cello, and Rona Nadler, harpsichord. The prize is worth 3,000$ plus 5 concerts with major presenters of early music, a feature article in the Early Music America magazine and other opportunities.

Winners were announced today for the Student Recording Competition at the 137th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society in Los Angeles. Two students of the sound recording area were finalists.
Pawel Leskeiwisz won Silver in the Traditional Acoustic Recording category and Fei Yu won Gold in the Modern Studio Recording category.

The Banting Fellowships program provides funding to exceptional postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the Canada's economic, social and research‑based growth. The 70k renewable fellowships are designed to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow.

The competition, begun in 1986, has launched the careers of many Early Music ensembles, and has been incorporated into the Utrecht Early Music Festival as of this year. Twelve semi-final groups participated in the competition. Pallade Musica were Grand Prize winners at the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition in New York, October 2012, and consists of three Schulich alumni :Tanya LaPerrière, baroque violon, Elinor Frey, baroque cello, Esteban La Rotta, theorbo, as well as Mylène Bélanger, harpsichord.

The competition, held last month in Bremen, Germany, is in honour of the country's most important Baroque Organ builder. Third prize winner, Mark McDonald is a doctoral student at the Schulich School of Music of ɬ where he studies organ and harpsichord performance and teaches classes in musicianship.

The Prize guarantees the first prize winning quartet quartet a place at the 2015 ɬ International String Quartet Academy, and will cover travel, accommodation and per diems. The winner of the prize will be announced at the same time and in the same manner as all other prizes, at the awards ceremony after the final on Sunday March 29th, 2015.


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From Elton John to Tchaikovsky, Lloyd Whitesell's course examines the role that stigmatization plays in musical creation and explores the taboos in classical music.
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Praised for her deeply hued, heady and potent voice for her role as Medea in Handel's opera Teseo, Professor Dominique Labelle begins teaching at Schulich this fall.

Pianist Chris Kusuhara, a student of Kyoko Hashimoto has been awarded Second Prize and the Special Award at the National Music Festival held in Kelowna, B.C. In 2013 he received a Developing Artist Grant from the Hnatyshyn Foundation.
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Chris Howard has worked as a research analyst for Gartner since 2005, studying technology trends. Earlier in 2014, he was promoted to VP Distinguished Analyst, and continues to provide thought leadership on emerging tech and business trends. His travels take him around the world, and he is in demand as a keynote speaker for major events. When home with his wife Anne and 5 dogs, Chris still plays and composes in his studio and on his 1954 Mason and Hamlin A.

Dans l'ombre des grands musiciens
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Ǿ:Professeur agrégé, École de musique Schulich de l'Université ɬ
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پپԳپDzԲ:Gagnant de 12 prix Grammy, il est le seul ingénieur de son à avoir récolté des statuettes autant pour la musique classique (11) que non classique (1). Ses étudiants l'ont aussi élu professeur de l'année en 2013.
«Placer les micros, ajuster les niveaux, équilibrer les instruments après coup...»

With a total of seven prizes at the SOCAN Foundations Awards to Young Composers, the Schulich School of Music Composition Area has performed remarkably. Four out five of the 2014 SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers have been awarded to current or former Schulich Students, and prize winners in the Sir Ernest MacMillan awards Category consist exclusively of former Schulich Students. Congratulations to all recipients and their respective professors.