Bringing
Collaboration Research Creativity Ideas Curiosity Music
to life
2021 2022
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We make music. And when we make music, we make it better together. As I reflect on the past year, I am reminded the Schulich School of Music is built on a foundation of talent, intellect, dedication, and creativity. With these strengths, we as a community are able to envision new possibilities for education, performance, and research. With purpose and imagination, we see ways to shape not only our own future, but also the future of music itself.
Two Distinguished Visiting Professors will join us as Schulich Dean’s Chairs this year. Professor Aaron Williamon, head of the Performance Science program at Royal College of Music in London, is teaching a course on performance science as well as co-hosting, with Schulich Professor Isabelle Cossette, the International Symposium on Performance Science at McGill in October. Professor Johann Buis, from Wheaton College, IL, is teaching courses at the intersection of musicology, ethnomusicology, cultural theory, and social justice; engaging with the School’s diversity goals; and organizing public events related to the themes of his research. Also coming to Schulich is a phenomenal roster of Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artists, including Isabelle Demers, Darrin Milling, Tonya P. Mitchell-Spradlin, Sheila Jordan, Karen Burke, Joseph Pereira, and John Mortensen. These international guests will fuel Schulich with bold and innovative ideas, contributing their fresh perspectives to multiple disciplines and communities. Keep an eye out for opportunities to connect with these renowned musicians and scholars. The rhythm of our school year is revealed here page by page and note by note. As we return to a more familiar flow, I encourage you to step outside your musical comfort zone: find new-to-you composers, works, and styles; explore a different century and hear instruments played in novel ways; take a chance on a topic you have not considered before. Read on to discover our season and many of the vibrant voices of our community. Meet the people that make the place. Meet us here, where we make music.
BRENDA RAVENSCROFT, Ph.D. Dean, Schulich School of Music of McGill University
Dominick Gravel
In our continuing mission to offer the highest calibre of teaching and learning in an inclusive and inspiring environment, I am thrilled that we are welcoming three new jazz colleagues. Vocalist and saxophonist Camille Thurman, bassist Ira Coleman, and drummer Darrell Green are all world-class performing artists and gifted and committed jazz educators.
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Free Events Beyond the concerts you find in these pages, there are many other events to take advantage of at Schulich which range from large ensemble performances to solo recitals Visit bit.ly/SchulichFreeEvents for a complete listing
McGill Jazz Orchestra I Lex French, Artistic Director and Conductor
SEP
APR
McGill Baroque Orchestra Hank Knox and Dorian Komanoff Bandy, Artistic Directors and Conductors
OCT DEC FEB MAR APR
OCT DEC FEB MAR
McGill Jazz Orchestra II Marianne Trudel, Artistic Director and Conductor OCT NOV FEB
Opera McGill Patrick Hansen, Artistic Director Stephen Hargreaves, Music Director
APR
McGill Concert Choir Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Artistic Director; Philippe Bourque, Conductor
OCT NOV JAN MAR APR
NOV FEB MAR
McGill Univeristy Chorus Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Conductor; Jessie Pierpont, Yi Jin, Graduate students in choral conducting NOV MAR APR
McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble Jean-Nicolas Trottier, Artistic Director and Conductor OCT DEC FEB MAR
McGill Wind Orchestra Jonathan Dagenais, Artistic Director and Conductor OCT NOV FEB MAR
Schulich Singers Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Artistic Director and Conductor FEB
@schulichmusic
APR
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Cappella Antica Rona Nadler, Artistic Director and Conductor OCT NOV FEB MAR
Webcasts Tune into our webcasts and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! Visit bit.ly/SchulichWebcasts SEP
McGill Jazz Choir Bohdanna Novak, Artistic Director and Conductor
Schulich School of Music Competitions SEP OCT NOV DEC FEB MAR
DEC APR
Research Alive Stephen McAdams and Kit Soden, Co-Curators
APR
JAN
FEB MAR APR
live@CIRMMT SEP NOV DEC FEB MAR APR MAY
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture OCT NOV DEC JAN
FEB MAR APR
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator JAN
McGill Symphony Orchestra Alexis Hauser, Artistic Director and Conductor
with Leandro Cardoso, Kelly Lin, Gohar Manvelyan, master’s and doctoral students in orchestral conducting SEP OCT DEC JAN
APR
Conference and Festival OCT MAY AUG
Schulich in Concert OCT
McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble Guillaume Bourgogne, Artistic Director and Conductor
with Kelly Lin, Clément Lonca, Frédéric-Alexandre Michaud, master’s and doctoral students in orchestral conducting OCT NOV FEB
APR
FEB MAR
MAR
Words and Music OCT NOV
Intermezzo SEP OCT NOV JAN
FEB MAR
Musical 5 à 7 OCT NOV FEB
Schulich@Bon-Pasteur FEB MAR APR
LeVivier@CIRMMT OCT MAR
September 6
“
Every student should leave Schulich with a flexible and versatile perspective on their potential career trajectories — knowing what their skills and areas of expertise are, being able to recognize opportunities and knowing how those skills can be transferred and developed in a range of contexts. To those starting at Schulich, I say: seize opportunities; follow your interests; be curious; ask questions; think critically about where you can make a contribution.
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Andrea Creech, PhD Newly-appointed Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Professor of Music Pedagogy
Sept ember
September 7
“
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I am still a student in search for answers, trying to learn and understand more every day, with the goal to pass it on to my fellow musicians and to the public.
Fall Classes Begin
2018 / 2019
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Alexis Hauser Artistic Director of the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Associate Professor of Ensembles and Conducting
2017 / 2018
16
7:30 p.m.
R
2016 / 2017
2019 / 2020
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
live@CIRMMT
Si le temps [...], l’espace... Jeffrey Stonehouse, flute; Martin Carpentier, clarinet; Geneviève Liboiron, violin; Viviana Gosselin, cello; Daniel Áñez, piano; David Therrien Brongo, percussion Four new works for sextet and electronics by FRÉDÉRIC LE BEL, OFER PELZ, TERRI HRON, ANA DALL’ARA-MAJEK
Concert presented in collaboration with
24 / 25
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
SEP
APR
Doctoral Colloquium Isabelle Cossette, coordinator A supportive environment for Ph.D. students, professors, and guest lecturers to present their research, engage with peers, and seek professional development in a weekly lecture series.
McGill Symphony Orchestra Astrid Nakamura, violin, Winner of the 2020-2021 McGill Concerto Competition
JOHANN STRAUSS II • Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 • Morgenblätter Waltz, Op. 279 SERGEY PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 · GRAZYNA BACEWICZ Pensieri notturni FRANZ SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 in C major, D589
September 8
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I’m looking forward to getting to know more of the landscape of contemporary Canadian composers with the Graham Sommer Competition!
I’m curious about how different each work will be, specifically. I can’t wait to speak with the composers about their inspirations in writing the music we’ll premiere. It’s also cool to think that we’ll be bringing not one, but five brand-new works to life in the span of just a couple of weeks.
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3:30 p.m.
2
Bicentennial At-Home Homecoming 2021
2018 / 2019
2014 / 2015
2014 / 2015
Meagan Milatz BMus’15, MMus’17
26
OCT
2020 / 2021
R
POLLACK HALL
Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers 2021
Concert and Prize Gala Graham Sommer Trio
Amy Hillis, violin; Chloé Dominguez, cello; Meagan Milatz, piano ALEC HALL The National Anthem LAURENCE JOBIDON Hublots MICHAEL KIM-SHENG Burning in Clarity JARED MILLER Absolute MATTHEW RICKETTS Still There
Concert presented as part of the
28
12:00 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Intemezzo Odyssey: A musical journey through time Daniel Clarke Bouchard, piano (MUSA proposal selection)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 7
in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 FRANZ LISZT Études d’exécution transcendante, No. 4, S139 FRANZ LISZT Spanish Rhapsody, S254 TORU TAKEMITSU Rain Tree Sketch II WILLIAM GRANT STILL Three Visions CLAUDE DEBUSSY L’isle joyeuse, L106
29
12:00 p.m.
R
POLLACK HALL
Intermezzo
Smetana and Kabalevsky Martin Karlicek, piano
BEDŘICH SMETANA Dreams DMITRY KABALEVSKY Piano Sonata No. 2
in E-flat major, Op. 45
September 9
Oct ober “
I am excited to meet and collaborate with all students who have chosen to learn and speak the language of jazz, a language that leaves much room for creative individuality. In music, we are lifelong learners. When we first embarked on our musical journeys, we marvelled at and were intrigued by the magic of music. When students leave McGill, equipped with more tools to analyze and comprehend and execute music, I wish everyone to retain joy in playing and enthusiasm and excitement in learning. Ira Coleman Associate Professor of Jazz
”
October 10
3 things to love about contemporary music:
1
5:30 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Musical 5 à 7
Ariapalooza Redux
Members of Opera McGill; Patrick Hansen and Stephen Hargreaves, piano
“
1 The quest for the unheard of and the taste for risk 2 The collaboration between performers and composers 3 Being able to play works from all over the world
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Guillaume Bourgogne Artistic Director of the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, Associate Professor of Orchestral Conducting
Tommy Davis, saxophone; Brittany Rae, soprano
”
7:30 p.m.
$
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
あめぞふる
MICHAEL JARRELL Résurgences – TORU TAKEMITSU Ame zo furu
(Rain Coming) TANIA LEÓN Ritmícas OMER BARASH (Composer-in-Residence) Malachi (premiere)
2018 / 2019
2017 / 2018
2017 / 2018
2019 / 2020
2019 / 2020
October 11
9 13 Fall Break
4
4:30 p.m.
7
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Grand Concerti: Music in Eighteenth Century London
$
Works by CHARLES AVISON, FRANCESCO GEMINIANI,
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
LeVivier@CIRMMT
Les Espaces Physiques
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
8
Après le tremblement... Duo AIRS
Jean-Philippe Bonin, saxophone; David Therrien Brongo, percussion Works for saxophone-percussion duet and electronics by FRÉDÉRIC LE BEL and others
in collaboration with
Three works for percussion ensemble and electronics by
PETER SEEGER Concerto Grosso PIERRE MERCURE Pantomime ELIZABETH MACONCHY Music for
in collaboration with
LeVivier@CIRMMT
$
POLLACK HALL
Concert presented by
$
Concert presented by
7:30 p.m.
João Catalão, Julien Grégoire, Philip Hornsey, Kristie Ibrahim, Fabrice Marandola, Olivier Tremblay-Noël, percussion
CARMINE EMANUELE CELLA
7:30 p.m.
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
McGill Baroque Orchestra
Carmine Emanuele Cella (University of California, Berkeley)
7:30 p.m.
9
$
REDPATH HALL
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture
7
7:30 p.m.
McGill Wind Orchestra
and
JOHN HARBISON Music for
Eighteen Winds
Woodwind and Brass GUSTAV HOLST First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, Op. 28
and
15
12:00 p.m.
R
POLLACK HALL
Intermezzo
A Flight of Fantasies Stephen Hargreaves, harpsichord and piano
ÉLISABETH JACQUET DE LA GUERRE
Suite in D minor
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Fantasia in C minor, K475 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Fantaisie-impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 CLARA SCHUMANN Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 FLORENCE PRICE Fantasie Nègre No. 4 in B minor WILLIAM BOLCOM The Serpent’s Kiss (Rag Fantasy)
2018 / 2019
16
10 a.m.
4 p.m.
McGill’s Virtual Open House
Join us online for McGill’s Virtual Open House where prospective undergraduate and graduate students can learn more about our programs and requirements, speak with current students, and take a virtual tour of our facilities. mcgill.ca/music/events/open-house-2021
October 12
“
We are privileged to use music as the medium through which we encounter and embrace others who agree and those who disagree with our views. The humanity of all persons is expressed in creativity through the arts. Engaging in Music teaches us to be problemsolvers, collaborators, leaders and followers, persons who lament and triumph, persons who have to assert themselves at times and at other times to show grace and empathy to others.
”
Johann Buis, DA 2021-2022 Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair in Music OCT
NOV
Words and Music 5 à 7: Quatuor Mandigue
Social Justice and the Concert Stage: Case South Africa
16
FEB
Music Citizenship Montreal: Hidden Musicians and the Academy
5:30 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Words and Music
5à7
Johann Buis, Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair in Music presents: Quatuor Mandigue Nathalie Dussault, kora; Aboulaye Koné, guitar; Salif Sanou “Lasso”, flute, tama; Mamadou Koïta, balafon, calebasse
17
$
2:00 p.m.
REDPATH HALL
Schulich in Concert
Late-Romantic Sonatas for Violin and Piano
2017 / 2018
Axel Strauss, violin; Stéphane Lemelin, piano
MEL BONIS Sonate in F sharp minor, Op. 112 GABRIEL FAURÉ Sonate No. 2 in E minor,
Op. 108
RICHARD STRAUSS Violin Sonata
in E-flat major, Op. 18
17
7:00 p.m.
R
POLLACK HALL
2021-2022 McGill Concerto Competition - Piano, Harp, and Guitar
18
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra II
20
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra I
Hear & NOW
Works by THAD JONES, JACO PASTORIUS, KENNY WHEELER, JOHN HOLLENBECK, MARIANNE TRUDEL
Together, at Last! Works by THAD JONES, COUNT BASIE, CHARLES MINGUS, SAMMY NESTICO, BOB BROOKMEYER
21
5:30 p.m.
22 R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Musical 5 à 7
A Night at a 19th-Century Peruvian Salon
Karin Cuéllar Rendón, baroque violin; Gili Loftus, fortepiano; Simon Alexandre, baroque violin; Namgon Lee, baroque viola; Jessica Korotkin, baroque cello (MGSS proposal selection) PEDRO XIMÉNEZ ABRILL TIRADO • Sonata para piano y violin • Quarteto concertante para dos violines,
viola y violoncelo, Op. 68
7:30 p.m.
$
REDPATH HALL
Cappella Antica
Come far cuor mio Madrigali e canzonette
25
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble
October 13
Aaron Williamon, PhD 2021-2022 Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair in Music
2018 / 2019
OCT
International Symposium on Performance Science 2021
27 30
$
Online Registration TANNA SCHULICH HALL, MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
2018 / 2019
28
2018 / 2019
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
Isabelle Cossette, Schulich School of Music; Aaron Williamon, Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair in Music, Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music
Keynote Speakers:
Schulich in Concert
Nadia Azar (University of Windsor); Gerald Fried (McGill University); Margaret Osborne (University of Melbourne); Megan Popovic (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Bartók for Violin and Piano Andrew Wan, violin; Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
2017 / 2018
BÉLA BARTÓK • Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 for violin and piano
• Romanian Folk Dances for violin and piano, Sz. 56 • Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75 for violin and piano
International Symposium on Performance Science 2021 (ISPS) Performance Health and Wellbeing ISPS co-chairs:
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/ 30
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Symphony Orchestra HECTOR BERLIOZ Valse,
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 FRANCIS POULENC Sinfonietta, FP141 GEORGE WALKER Antifonys: For Chamber Orchestra JOHANNES BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16
Conference presented in collaboration with CIRMMT performancescience.org/isps-2021/
28
4:30 p.m.
R
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture Nadia Azar (University of Windsor) Lecture presented as part of the ISPS Conference
“
As a musician and teacher, my goal is always to delve deeper into the meaningfulness of making music, to connect with a language that transcends words and the material world. As an academic leader, my goal for this year, my last as Department of Performance chair, is to facilitate the return to campus for students and staff to the best of my abilities and to continue to advance the many initiatives that are underway.
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Stéphane Lemelin Chair, Department of Performance, Professor of Piano
Nov ember
November 15
2017 / 2018
5 / 6
8:00 p.m.
POLLACK HALL
7
2:00 p.m.
5 / 6
$
5:00 p.m.
2017 / 2018
$
Limited seating available KIN EXPERIENCE
Opera McGill
Opera McGill
Les Mamelles de Tirésias FRANCIS POULENC
Maiden/Mother/Crone
Pre-concert lecture one hour before each performance
KAIJA SAARIAHO Quatre Instants SAMUEL BARBER Mélodies passagères
Stephen Hargreaves, piano; Patrick Hansen, stage director
Jennifer Szeto, piano and music director Sawyer Craig, stage director
Concerts presented as part of the Lisl Wirth Black Box Festival
What are you most looking forward to when classes start?
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Community — re-establishing the joy of making music together and hearing live singing instead of over speakers! I love the sonic boom of opera singing and not knowing what might happen in rehearsal — surprises are where the magic lives! Patrick Hansen Artistic Director, Opera McGill
”
November 16
“
One of my aims since I started making music was to enjoy the whole process as thoroughly as possible, from the first idea for a programme through to the last note. That includes preparing oneself, whether as a soloist, a director or an ensemble performer, to give the most infectious performance possible, where the possibilities for a spontaneous moment of delight are wide open.
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Hank Knox Associate Professor of Early Music and Harpsichord
10
R
12:00 p.m.
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Intermezzo
Kreislerianas
Violaine Melançon, violin; Sara Laimon, piano ROBERT SCHUMANN Kreisleriana
for solo piano
HAROLD MELTZER • Kreisleriana for violin and piano • Recitativ and Scherzo-Caprice
for solo violin
FRITZ KREISLER • Lotus Land Op. 47 No. 1 - 4
7:30 p.m.
$
for violin and piano
13
2:00 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Words and Music
Bach in Tempore Covidorum How I Kept My Sanity for 15 Months Robert Silverman, piano (Alumni proposal selection) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (excerpts)
REDPATH HALL
Schulich in Concert
Essercizi per gravicembalo Hank Knox, harpsichord
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Exercises for Harpsichord (excerpts)
2020 / 2021
• Sadko for violin and piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
12
2016 / 2017
15
4:30 p.m.
R
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture
13
7:30 p.m.
R
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
道
live@CIRMMT McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble JOHN CAGE Music for Seven XU YI Le plein du vide JONATHAN HARVEY
Wheel of Emptiness FRANCIS BATTAH
(Composer-in-Residence) Traduttore, Traditore (premiere)
November 17
2018 / 2019
2020 / 2021
2017 / 2018
15
2018 / 2019
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
Schulich in Concert
Haydn, Mozart, Schubert Laura Andriani, violin; Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
JOSEPH HAYDN Sonata No. 7 in F major WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART • Sonata in E-flat major, K481 • Sonata in A major, K526 FRANZ SCHUBERT Rondo in B minor,
D895
18
5:30 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
18
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
Musical 5 à 7
Schulich in Concert
Drama Queens
Anja Burmeister Strauss, soprano; Olivier Godin, piano
Opera Queens Mike Fan, tenor; Rain Saran Senavinin, countertenor; Rose Naggar-Tremblay, mezzo-soprano; Sawyer Craig, soprano; Mollie Lawler, mezzo-soprano (Alumni proposal selection) Arias and scenes from:
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Alcina and Giulio Cesare
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Dalila FRANCESCO CILEA Adriana Lecouvreur PAULINE VIARDOT Scène d’Hermione HENRY PURCELL Dido & Æneas
Mad about Wolf
HUGO WOLF Selections from
Mörike-Lieder, Goethe-Lieder, Eichendorff-Lieder, and Italienisches Liederbuch
19
12:00 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Intermezzo
Harp and Tuba Duo
Jennifer Swartz, harp; Austin Howe, tuba Works and arrangements by ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, JULES MASSENET, JÖRG DUDA, BERNARD ANDRES, KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI, CLAUDE DEBUSSY
November 18
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In my opinion, the greatest asset of an organist is flexibility. We constantly have to adjust to new instruments in different spaces, over a very short period of time. Moving forward, with the pandemic following its ebb and flow, I think flexibility will be required of everybody, on a very broad scale — being able to convert a series of concerts into a recording project, for example, or going to a different venue. Organists may have a bit of a head start as we always need to have Plan B or Plan C in case things don’t work out as expected. We deal with complicated yet fragile machines and have to adapt to their will – not entirely unlike our current Corona foe!
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Isabelle Demers, DMA organ 2021-2022 Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist
2017 / 2018
2017 / 2018
2020 / 2021
19
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Wind Orchestra EDGAR VARÈSE Intégrales KURT WEILL Little Threepenny Music BARBARA KOLB Crosswinds ERNST KRENEK Drei lustige Märsche, Op. 44
21
7:00 p.m.
R
2021-2022 Classical Concerto Competition 7:30 p.m.
$
REDPATH HALL
Cappella Antica
Voci di clausura
Music from Italian Convents
26
7:30 p.m.
$
REDPATH HALL
Schulich in Concert
Isabelle Demers, organ
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra II
POLLACK HALL
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Canadian sounds and beyond
Kevin Turcotte, trumpet (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist) Works by GIL EVANS, JOE SULLIVAN, KENNY WHEELER, MARIANNE TRUDEL
Dec ember “
Gathering ensembles of different levels and from different milieus allows for unique human and musical collaborations. The growth and development of artists doesn’t happen in silos; it is rather through collaborations with musicians from outside our regular circle that we learn and discover what it means to be 21st-century artists. The pandemic gave us the time to reflect on our responsibilities as artists, and through meaningful discussions we deepened our understanding of what it means to be a music community.
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Jean-Sébastien Vallée, DMA Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Studies, Ensembles & Conducting Area Coordinator
December 20
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The first orchestra rehearsal is always a special moment when everyone is fairly excited; a first meeting where we get to know each other.
”
2019 / 2020
2018 / 2019
Sandra Joseph MMus’10
2019 / 2020
2018 / 2019
1
2018 / 2019
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra I
3 / 4
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Symphony Orchestra
Sandra Joseph, marimba (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist) EDMOND DÉDÉ Chicago
(Grande Valse à l’américaine)
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS Homenaje
a Federico García Lorca
MICHAEL TORKE Mojave:
Old, New, Borrowed, Blues
Works and arrangements by Schulich faculty and students
2
7:30 p.m.
R
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
live@CIRMMT
Object II
Concerto for Marimba
PIOTR ILITCH TCHAIKOVSKY
Souvenir de Florence in D Major, Op. 70
3
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
McGill Jazz Choir
6
4:30 p.m.
R
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture
6
7:00 p.m.
R
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Noam Bierstone, Ben Duinker, Alexander Haupt, Alessandro Valiante NICOLA GIANNINI Expansion FREDRIK GRAN Deployment Roll HANNA HARTMAN Shadow Box ANA DALL’ARA-MAJEK Archikube
2021-2022 Chamber Music Competition
2020 / 2021
17
7:00 p.m. R POLLACK HALL 2021-2022 Golden Violin Award: Semifinal
19
2:00 p.m. R POLLACK HALL 2021-2022 Golden Violin Award: Final
2017 / 2018
7 21
Fall Recital and Exam Period
6
7:30 p.m.
$
REDPATH HALL
McGill Baroque Orchestra
Out of the Woods Music from Nature
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Violin Concerto in A major, “The Frogs” JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU Les Boréades ARCHANGELO CORELLI Concerto Op. 6, No. 8, Pastorale
6
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble
“
Never in your life will you have access to as many resources and opportunities at the same time as when you’re a student at Schulich. You can play in a symphonic orchestra, an opera production, a contemporary ensemble, and a baroque orchestra on period instruments — or you could even be a soloist with one of these amazing ensembles! You can play chamber music at the highest level with your peers, premiere new works by students and professors, be an assistant teacher, be part of research projects for new technologies, and record with the best technicians and engineers using top-quality equipment. You have access to endless resources and scores at the music library, you can attend concerts every night if you want, and you can perform in a number of different concert halls. Prepare to broaden your horizons.
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Chloé Dominguez ArtDp’03, MMus’05, DMus’09, Golden Violin Award Winner 2008-2009
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The Schulich School of Music is a large school where many disciplines related to music are represented; CIRMMT helps Schulich professors and students to go beyond the boundaries of their relative fields to develop interdisciplinary projects. CIRMMT’s unique set of labs, equipment and technical expertise offers the best playground for them to tackle new research endeavours. The MMR is an incredibly large laboratory – think symphonic orchestra wide – which is equipped with both a physical and an electronics system to control acoustical features, including reverberation time.
Pick any concert of the live@CIRMMT series: you will be sure to experience something new, and in most cases literally un-heard before!
Jan uary
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Fabrice Marandola, PhD Associate Professor of Percussion, Area Coordinator, Director of CIRMMT
January 23
What is it like to revisit a piece, as you are doing with your composition, The Drum Major Instinct this season?
5
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Winter Classes Begin
2018 / 2019
2017 / 2018
12
5:00 p.m.
Research Alive
Search and ye shall find
15
Medieval music manuscripts in the digital age
14
12:30 p.m.
F
REDPATH HALL
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator
Almost every edition has had different performers, so over time the piece has evolved because of what the musicians bring to it. It is a joy to hear them bring their creativity to the piece and collectively help the piece evolve.
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John Hollenbeck Professor of Jazz Performance
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TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Julie E. Cumming, Professor, Music History/Musicology; Ichiro Fujinaga, Associate Professor, Music Technology
Since first performing it 30 years ago, it is in some ways comforting, like when you see an old friend after a long hiatus. On the other hand, the serious problems and issues that MLK Jr confronts us with are as universal and relevant as ever!
7:30 p.m.
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TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Schulich in Concert 2019 / 2020
The Drum Major Instinct
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day Schulich faculty and students with guests JOHN HOLLENBECK
The Drum Major Instinct: Three settings of Martin Luther King Junior’s last sermon for drumset, piano, trombone trio, accordion, vibraphone/marimba, electric guitar with the voice of MLK Jr.
January 24
2017 / 2018
2016 / 2017
2019 / 2020
16
2:00 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
Schulich in Concert
Piano Trios by Women Composers
Jinjoo Cho, violin; Matt Haimovitz, cello; Kyoko Hashimoto, piano 2017 / 2018
CÉCILE CHAMINADE Piano trio No.1
in G minor, Op. 11 AMY BEACH Piano trio in A minor, Op. 150 FANNY MENDELSSOHN Piano trio in D minor, Op. 11
20
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12:00 p.m.
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Intermezzo
Luba Zuk Piano Duo Composition Prize Performances Itamar Prag, Alexey Shafirov, piano
HENRI COLOMBAT (2018-2019 Winner)
Cent traces, sur de vastes plaines PHILIPPE McNAB-SÉGUIN
(2019-2020 Winner) Stained Glass, Caustic Fly
21
12:30 p.m.
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REDPATH HALL
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator
21 / 22
7:30 p.m.
2018 / 2019
$
24
4:30 p.m.
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POLLACK HALL
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
McGill Symphony Orchestra
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture
TBA, Winner of the 2021-2022 Classical Concerto Competition (competition details NOV ) HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS O trenzinho
do Caipira, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K543
23
2:00 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
Schulich in Concert
Haydn, Mozart, Schubert Laura Andriani, violin ; Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
JOSEPH HAYDN Sonata No. 7 in F major WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART • Sonata in E-flat major, K481 • Sonata in A major, K526 FRANZ SCHUBERT Rondo in B minor,
D895
25
5:00 p.m.
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TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Research Alive
The colourful quartet Anton Webern and Klangfarbenmelodie
Matthew Zeller, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the ACTOR project, Schulich School of Music with Quatuor Bozzini Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung, violin; Stéphane Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello
January 25
26 28
Artist in Residence 2021-2022 Sheila Jordan jazz singer and songwriter (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)
26
11:00 a.m.
27
12:00 p.m.
Masterclass
28
Masterclass
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Schulich in Concert
Sheila Jordan, jazz singer and songwriter
2017 / 2018
27 / 28 / 29 30 2:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m. $
MONUMENT-NATIONAL: LUDGER-DUVERNAY HALL
Opera McGill
Don Giovanni
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
25
Stephen Hargreaves, conductor; Patrick Hansen, stage director with McGill Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
$
Pre-concert lecture one hour before each performance Tickets to be purchased through the Monument-National Box Office (Taxes and service fees apply)
POLLACK HALL
Schulich in Concert
Revolutions
Salle Ludger-Duvernay
Jinjoo Cho, coordinator with Schulich students and guests IGOR STRAVINSKY Suite italienne LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet
No.7 in F Major, Op.59 No.1
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K364
28
12:30 p.m.
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REDPATH HALL
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator
29
F
POLLACK HALL, TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Day of Percussion
Fabrice Marandola and Shawn Mativetsky, coordinators Schulich faculty and students with Joseph Pereira, timpani/percussion (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visting Artist)
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Opera is the joining of numerous individuals to create a moving expression of music and drama. All contributors add to the richness and universality of the expression. Stephen Hargreaves Music Director of Opera McGill, Associate Professor of Voice
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Making and learning music both involve being a keen listener. There has to be a willingness to step outside of yourself and have sensitivity to others in the creative process. You cannot interact or comprehend what is happening musically if you’re not open and willing to listen. All music is a language that involves conversation. Within that language is expression, individuality, surprise — all elements that make us human and the musical experience that is relatable and enjoyable for everyone (the common ground). If you’re not willing to listen, then you’re not willing to partake in the conversation or learn how to communicate and you will miss out on what could be a great musical experience.
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Camille Thurman Assistant Professor of Jazz
February 27
“ 2017 / 2018
2016 / 2017
2
7:30 p.m.
$
18 -Century Trio Sonatas for Recorder and Violin
László Rózsa, recorder; Dorian Komanoff Bandy, baroque violin; Lucia Capellaro, baroque cello; Hank Knox, harpsichord JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Trio Sonata
in G major, BWV 525
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN Trio Sonata
in A minor, TWV 42:a4 GIOVANNI PLATTI Trio Sonata in G major LÁSZLÓ RÓZSA and DORIAN BANDY Improvisation GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Trio Sonata in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, HWV389
3
5:00 p.m.
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Tommy Davis Doctoral Student in Saxophone Performance
2018 / 2019
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Schulich in Concert th
All my professional projects include collaboration with other artists. eTube was inspired by Master of Music Technology student Vincent Cusson’s vision to collaborate on a project which integrates programming and instrument design with performance and improvisation and necessitates both of our research specialties. The tube’s sound world is uncommon and limited and it is a perfect fit for this type of electronic augmentation research project.
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ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY
Musical 5 à 7
Crossview
Pillow Shots from Two Pianos Tong Wang and Stanford Cheung, piano, DMus Performance (MGSS proposal selection) ARVO PÄRT Hymn to a Great City RYUICHI SAKAMOTO 1919 – Pillow Shot
Improvisation No. 1 JOE HISAISHI arr. Wesley Chu Spirited Away – Pillow Shot Improvisation No. 2 ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Fantasy in A minor DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Concertino for Two Pianos in A minor, Op. 94 – Pillow Shot Improvisation No. 3
3
7:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
live@CIRMMT
A week of improvisation
Monique Jean, electroacoustic composer; Lori Freedman, clarinet; Émilie GirardCharest, cello; Tommy Davis, saxophone; Vincent Cusson, music technology; and others KEVIN GIRONNAY Insinuations MONIQUE JEAN Elm Tree-o TOMMY DAVIS and VINCENT CUSSON
Etu{d,b}e
February 28
2018 / 2019
4
7:30 p.m.
2017 / 2018
$
POLLACK HALL
Schulich in Concert
From Despair to Ecstasy
Violaine Melançon, violin; Stéphane Lemelin, piano
2017 / 2018
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Thème et variations
pour violon et piano BRETT DEAN Berlin Music ROBERT SCHUMANN Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
4
7:30 p.m.
2019 / 2020
$
REDPATH HALL
McGill Baroque Orchestra
2018 / 2019
Classical Concertos and Serenades Works by REGINA STRINASACCHI arr. Hester Bell Jordan (premiere), MARIANNA MARTINES, ANNA AMALIA, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
5
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt! Annette Tsang, narrator
URI CAINE 3 Mosaics LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN arr. U. Caine
Symphony No. 9 (excerpts) GUSTAV MAHLER arr. U. Caine • Funeral March • 3rd movement, Symphony No. 1 FREDERICK LAU (Composer-in-Residence)
遇見．預見 (La Promesse de l’Aube) (premiere)
10
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12:00 p.m.
REDPATH HALL
Intermezzo
The Shoah Songbook
8
5:00 p.m.
F
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Jaclyn Grossman, soprano; Nathaniel Ben-Horin, piano (Alumni proposal selection)
Research Alive
Works by GIDEON KLEIN, ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY, VIKTOR ULLMANN, ILSE WEBER, EDWIN GEIST, ERICK WOLFGANG KORNGOLD,
A perception-informed approach
KAREL ŠVENK
Performing Ligeti’s polymetric Études
Imri Talgam, piano, Post-Doctoral Fellow
9
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra II
Celebrating Black History Month Ranee Lee, voice
Works by COUNT BASIE, DUKE ELLINGTON, and others
11
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12:30 p.m.
REDPATH HALL
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator
11
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
Schulich in Concert
Krzysztof Jablonski, piano (Dorothy Morton Visiting Artist)
February 29
12
7:00 p.m.
21
F
7:30 p.m.
POLLACK HALL
REDPATH HALL
2021-2022 McGill Concerto Competition - Strings
Cappella Antica
14
Charpentier and Carissimi 7:30 p.m.
McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble
24
7:30 p.m.
$
CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR
Schulich@Bon Pasteur 7:30 p.m.
Unpremeditated Art
$
POLLACK HALL
Schulich Singers and McGill Concert Choir
Even after all this Time Works by FRANCIS POULENC, HUSSEIN JANMOHAMED, CARMEN BRADEN, REENA ESMAIL, JONATHAN DOVE, WILLIAM BYRD, CY GIACOMIN, EDWIN H. NG (Composer-in-Residence)
16
Historiae Sacræ
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
16
$
7:30 p.m.
A Concert of Improvised Baroque Music
John Mortensen, harpsichord (guest artist); Dorian Komanoff Bandy, baroque violin; featuring students and faculty in the Early Music Area Improvisations around the works of CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, THOMAS BALTZAR, GIOVANNI BATTISTA BOVICELLI, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL,
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Making music with others, whether in person or not, has always been a special and valuable activity to me, and it is without a doubt one of the practices that has drawn me so strongly to music as a vocation.
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Anita Pari BMus’20, Masters Student in Composition, Current Composer-in-Residence for McGill Wind Orchestra
FRANCESO ROGNONI TAEGGIO
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra I
Black History Month Works by MARY LOU WILLIAMS, DUKE ELLINGTON, THAD JONES and others
25
12:30 p.m.
F
REDPATH HALL
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator
18
F
12:30 p.m.
REDPATH HALL
McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series Adrian Foster, coordinator
26
2020 / 2021
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TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Bassoon Day
Stéphane Lévesque, coordinator
19
7:00 p.m.
2021-2022 McGill Concerto Competition - Woodwind, Brass, Percussion
21
4:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
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POLLACK HALL
18
McGill Wind Orchestra
28 4
MAR
Winter Study Break
IGOR STRAVINSKY Symphonies
of Wind Instruments
OSKAR MORAWETZ Memorial to
Martin Luther King ANITA PARI (Composer-in-Residence) Bright Distance Blurring PAUL HINDEMITH Symphony in B-flat major
“
I want to be a part of the Schulich School of Music community because of its commitment to excellence. We all need to be reminded that there are places and spaces in this world where people strive to go beyond the ordinary, and in so doing, inspire us to bring that spirit into our everyday living.
We can show we care and support our students by being enthusiastic audiences for their performances — by attending concerts and recitals, and by acknowledging and celebrating their academic accomplishments. Music reminds me that we are not alone in this world; that we are most alive when in communion with others.
Mar ch
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Edmund Nash BEng’80, Member of Schulich Faculty Advisory Board and Conservatory parent
March 31
9
McGill24 Make an Impact giving.mcgill.ca
2020 / 2021
10
7:00 p.m. F POLLACK HALL 2021-2022 Wirth Vocal Prize: Semifinal
12
7:00 p.m. F POLLACK HALL 2021-2022 Wirth Vocal Prize: Final 2018 / 2019
10
7:30 p.m.
$
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
12
7:30 p.m.
$
MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
LeVivier@CIRMMT
LeVivier@CIRMMT
Noam Bierstone, Ben Duinker, Alexander Haupt, Alessandro Valiante, percussion Concert presented by
Works composed and peformed by students from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Université de Montréal, Concordia University and Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
in collaboration with
Concert presented by
Works for percussion and electronics
Vivier InterUniversity
7:30 p.m.
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CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR
Schulich@Bon-Pasteur
Russell Iceberg, violin, Winner of the 2020-2021 Golden Violin Award and Winner of the 2021-2022 Golden Violin Award (competition details DEC )
14
7:30 p.m.
$
REDPATH HALL
Schulich in Concert
Brahms and Schubert
Aline Kutan, Anja Strauss, soprano; Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Treviño, baritone; Michael McMahon, Olivier Godin, piano Duets and Quartets by JOHANNES BRAHMS and FRANZ SCHUBERT
5:00 p.m.
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TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Research Alive
Crossmodal correspondences in composing and listening to music
Chelsea Komschiles, composer, Winner of the 2021-2022 Research Alive Student Prize The Research Alive Student Prize is made possible by a generous donation from Ms. Jill de Villafranca and Dr. David Kostiuk.
in collaboration with
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16
17
7:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
live@CIRMMT
Le medium, c’est l’espace...
Acousmatic works and live electronics performances, under the artistic direction of Robert Normandeau
March 32
18
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Wind Orchestra
Tonya P. Mitchell-Spradlin, conductor; Darrin C. Milling, bass trombone (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artists)
14 18
Artist in Residence 2021-2022 Karen Burke conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)
CHARLES-SIMON CATEL Ouverture en do MICHAEL COLGRASS Old Churches MARK CAMPHOUSE A Movement for Rosa JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND Dream Elegy IAN DETERLING Quest ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2 2019 / 2020
Workshops
With Schulich Singers, McGill Concert Choir and McGill University Chorus
15 19
Artist in Residence 2021-2022 Darrin C. Milling bass trombone (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)
17
12:00 p.m.
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
Intermezzo
Darrin C. Milling, bass trombone (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)
18
7:30 p.m. Wind Orchestra
2019 / 2020
21
4:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
30
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture
McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble I
29
31
7:30 p.m.
$
REDPATH HALL
Cappella Antica
German Motets Bach, Buxtehude and Weckmann
7:30 p.m.
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CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR
Schulich@Bon-Pasteur
Winners of the 2021-2022 Schulich Competitions
March 33
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I find few things as exciting as helping students discover the joys, freedom, and expressive intensity of historical performance.
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Dorian Bandy, PhD Professor of Musicology and Early Music, Area Coordinator, Early Music
25 / 26 27 2:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m. $
POLLACK HALL
Opera McGill
Orlando
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Hank Knox, conductor; Patrick Hansen, stage director with McGill Baroque Orchestra 2019 / 2020
Pre-concert lecture one hour before each performance
23
5:00 p.m.
Research Alive
Cuteness speaks up to cynicism
Recreating Japanese animation music in North America Tong Wang, piano, Finalist of the 2021-2022 Research Alive Student Prize The Research Alive Student Prize is made possible by a generous donation from Ms. Jill de Villafranca and Dr. David Kostiuk.
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I love stepping outside my comfort zone and expertise to investigate different genres and styles, which also allows me to connect with a different community of artists and researchers. Venturing into the unknown can stimulate a new appreciation for the multitude of paths out there for one to pursue!
2019 / 2020
Tong Wang 2019 / 2020
2019 / 2020
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TANNA SCHULICH HALL
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MMus’19, GrDip in Perf’20, Doctoral Fellow in Piano
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Feed your curiosity and learn how to nourish it for when you leave McGill. Be open to new experiences and perspectives while allowing yourself to fail and be wrong. Work on and love music not for the compliments and praise, but for the love of your community and knowing what you can give to those around you.
Apr il
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Simone McIntosh MMus’17, Wirth Vocal Prize Winner 2016-2017
April 35
2018 / 2019
2016 / 2017
2018 / 2019
4
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
McGill Jazz Orchestra II
2019 / 2020
1
7:30 p.m.
Women Composers in Jazz
2018 / 2019
$
PLACE DES ARTS: MAISON SYMPHONIQUE
2
CHRISTINE JENSEN
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill Concert Choir
Schulich Singers
McGill Concert Choir, St. Lawrence Choir and Orchestra
Josh Devane, baritone
Lobgesang
Philippe Bourque, conductor
JOHANNES BRAHMS Schicksalslied FELIX MENDELSSOHN Lobgesang
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the St. Lawrence Choir
Works by MARY LOU WILLIAMS, CARLA BLEY, MARIA SCHNEIDER,
Winterreise
FRANZ SCHUBERT arr. Gregor Meyer
Die Winterreise
6
7:30 p.m.
$
POLLACK HALL
McGill University Chorus
Welcome Joy, Welcome Sorrow Works by IMOGEN HOLST, JOSÉ MAURICIO NUNES
8
5:00 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
Research Alive
The ACTOR Composer-performer Orchestration Research Ensemble project Stephen McAdams, Professor, Music Technology; Guillaume Bourgogne, Associate Professor, Orchestral Conducting This lecture will be followed by a concert at 7:30 p.m.
April 36
9
7:30 p.m.
11
$
POLLACK HALL
“
To me, mentorship is to guide, to encourage, to share experiences, to listen, to look out for, to help excel, to prepare, to advise, to empathize and motivate.
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Darrell Green Assistant Professor of Jazz
7:30 p.m.
$
TANNA SCHULICH HALL
McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
McGill Jazz Choir
Imri Talgam, harpsichord
14
À l’île de Gorée
NORIKO BABA Au clair d’un croissant IANNIS XENAKIS (100th anniversary)
À l’île de Gorée
GEORGE E. LEWIS Flux PRIAM DAVID (Composer-in-Residence)
Crooked and Uncanny
10
7:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
live@CIRMMT
Double and simulacra TAKUTO FUKUDA Simulacra STUART JACKSON Dialogue de
l’ombre double: Transcription for Metals
2:00 p.m.
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WIRTH OPERA STUDIO
Opera McGill
OMG Beta Lab! Excerpts from:
LUNA PEARL WOOLF and ANDREA STOLOWITZ The Limit of the Sun JAMES GARNER and PATRICK HANSEN
21
7:30 p.m.
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CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR
Schulich@Bon-Pasteur
Emily Richter, soprano, Winner of the 2020-2021 Wirth Vocal Prize and Winner of the 2021-2022 Wirth Vocal Prize (competition details MAR )
Much Ado!
WESLEY CHU and TONG WANG
Labyrinth of Tears
SOPHIE KASTNER and ALICE ABRACEN
All Things Lovely RYAN TREW and RACHEL KREHM Come Closer
25
4:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture 2018 / 2019
13 29
2017 / 2018
7
8:00 p.m.
$
Winter Recital and Exam Period
PLACE DES ARTS: MAISON SYMPHONIQUE
McGill Symphony Orchestra Axel Strauss, violin
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major
2018 / 2019
May “
Music is about expressing not just beauty but also humanity. Music has the power to educate and bring us together. As humanity evolves, we learn that music has no boundaries. It is an art form that incorporates vitality and culture in ways no scientist could explain. As we continue to appreciate how our diverse community shapes our artistic voices, I want to be an active part of my art form’s revolution. Yan Li BMus’21
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May 38
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Winter Graduate Recital Period
26
7:30 p.m.
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MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM
live@CIRMMT
CIRMMT Student Commissions Ensemble {(pc)(pi)}^2
Anne Chabot-Bucchi, Joseph Fox, percussion; Justine Pelletier, Felipe Vardugo, piano; Joshua Bucchi, electronics, diffusion, narration Martin Daigle, percussion JOSHUA BUCCHI Shreds MÉLANIE FRISOLI Le chant de la machine MARTIN DAIGLE, EDUARDO MENESES, JASON NOBLE The drummer as soloist,
conductor, and ensemble in one: gesture-controlled DSP for drumkit XUE HAN En passant
2019 / 2020
2016 / 2017
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There are many paths you can take in a musical career — an orchestral job is not the only option. The path you end up following should align with your values, life goals, and personal definition of success. What your teacher chose to do or what your peers are currently doing might not be what works for you and your strengths!
Be resilient. A career in music requires a lot of patience and the ability to move past rejection. You get back what you give, which means a lot of putting yourself out there and making your own opportunities, especially at the beginning.
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Lara Deutsch BMus’12, MMus’14
2017 / 2018
May 39
2017 / 2018
20 28
$
ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY, POLLACK HALL, TANNA SCHULICH HALL, REDPATH HALL
Musical Chairs
Bringing together musicians from institutions across four continents, the Musical Chairs Chamber Music Festival presents workshops, concerts, and masterclasses featuring top-level students and distinguished professionals. Featured guests, like Martin Beaver*, violinist and James Campbell*, clarinetist joining Schulich faculty and students and invited conservatories: Central Conservatory of Music (China),
Haute école de musique Genève (Switzerland), Mozarteum University Salzburg (Austria), Norwegian Academy of Music (Norway), Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (Australia), Royal Conservatory of The Hague (The Netherlands), Sibelius Academy (Finland), Thornton School of Music University of Southern California (USA) Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore) *Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artists
21
7:30 p.m.
$
28
8:00 p.m.
F
POLLACK HALL
POLLACK HALL
Musical Chairs Opening Concert
Musical Chairs Closing Concert – Chamber Music Marathon
Aug ust
2011
7 20
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McGill International String Quartet Academy
André J. Roy, General and Artistic Director
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2019 / 2020
2016 / 2017
Box Office
2017 / 2018
555 Sherbrooke Street W. 514-398-4547 mcgill.ca/music/events
McGill Ensembles and Series Strathcona and Elizabeth Wirth Music Buidlings
Baroque Orchestra, Cappella Antica, Chamber Jazz Orchestra, Concert Choir, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Jazz Choir, Jazz Orchestra I and II, Schulich in Concert, Schulich Singers, Symphony Orchestra, University Chorus, Wind Orchestra Opera
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Free admission with an access pass, available online with service fee at bit.ly/Bon-Pasteur_EN
Free admission with reservation
Tickets for collaborations with Le Vivier in the MMR are available at: levivier.ca
Tickets are available for purchase online or at the box office, open Monday to Friday, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and one hour prior to each performance Tickets can also be purchased over the phone using American Express, VISA or MasterCard during box office hours. This schedule is subject to change and some events may be subject to taxes and service fees. Please consult our website to confirm ticket pricing and listings: mcgill.ca/music/events
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Venues Building Accessibility To read complete accessibility information for Schulich’s halls and facilities (including individual directions to all concert halls), visit bit.ly/SchulichFacilityAccessibility or contact the Schulich Box Office
McGill
Montreal Area
STRATHCONA MUSIC BUILDING Clara Lichtenstein Hall, Pollack Hall
CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR 100 Sherbrooke Street East Montreal, Quebec H2X 1C3
527 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3 McGill · Bus 24 555a Sherbrooke Street West
ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING Lobby, Music Multimedia Building (MMR), Tanna Schulich Hall, Wirth Opera Studio 527 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3 McGill · Bus 24 527 Sherbrooke Street West
REDPATH HALL McGill Campus
Saint-Laurent · Bus 24, 55
CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW & ST. PAUL 3415 Redpath Street Montreal, Quebec H3G 2G2 Guy-Concordia · Bus 24
KIN EXPERIENCE SAINTE-CATHERINE 397A Sainte-Catherine Street West, Suite 202 Montréal, Quebec H3A 2G3 Place-des-Arts · Bus 24, 125
MAISON DE LA CULTURE DE POINTE-AUX-TREMBLES 14001 Notre-Dame Street East Montreal, Quebec H1A 1T9 514-872-2240 Honoré-Beaugrand · Bus 189
3461 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9 Peel · Bus 24 South Entrance
MONUMENT-NATIONAL Ludger-Duvernay Hall 1182 Saint-Laurent Boulevard Montreal, Quebec H2X 2S5 Box Office: 514-871-2224 TICKETS: $40 / $35 / $20
Photo credits: Brent Calis Owen Egan Amélie Gagné Jordan Gasparik Dominick Gravel Peter Matulina Tam Photography Devon Wilkinson
Saint-Laurent or Place-des-Arts Bus 55, 150
PLACE DES ARTS Maison Symphonique 600 Saint-Urbain Street Montreal, Quebec H2X 0S1 Box Office: 514-842-9951 TICKETS: Prices vary by event, see mcgill.ca/music/events Place-des-Arts · Bus 24, 125
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Community is vital to music. I am grateful to my colleagues, both faculty and staff, for designing this spectacular season together—and I thank the students and audience members who complete the community circle. I hope this season brochure serves as a small doorway into a big world — a musical space filled with energy, purpose, and beauty. It is our privilege and joy to share it with you. Come, bring music to life with us.
Brenda Ravenscroft, Ph.D. Dean, Schulich School of Music
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Version française disponible bit.ly/Brochure Schulich21-22
mcgill.ca/music