Schulich School of Music of McGill University | 2022-2023 Season Brochure

Bringing music to life

It’s the thrill of discovering something new and the joy of hearing a long-loved masterpiece. It’s the energy of playing in an ensemble and the fun of improvising a solo. It’s watching masters at their craft and up-and-coming talents hone their skills. It’s unforgettable and exhilarating. And it’s what we do.

Welcome to the 2022–2023 season at the Schulich School of Music. On these pages you’ll find all the ways our community will move you with sounds and stories. It’s your invitation to a year of exploration and a promise of time well spent.

We are privileged to provide the highest standard of musical education to the young artists and scholars who pass through our doors. Every teacher at the Schulich School of Music is devoted to being their best as an artist, educator, and mentor. It is through this motivation to excel in research, pedagogy, and performance that we are able to offer the variety of events you see here. You’ll want to save the dates for our Schulich in Concert series to catch our professors front and centre. But it’s not just what the faculty gives, it’s what the students bring. Our students are remarkable. Their desire and drive come alive in every opportunity put before them. They flourish in ensembles large

and small and will astound you in their solo recitals. As they travel through our concert halls, recording studios, classrooms, and labs, they build a repertoire of abilities that encourage their individual excellence.

When you’re deciding which event to attend, we suggest all of them! And if you aren’t able to enjoy a performance in person, tune in to any one of our select student-led webcasts to really get a sense of how devoted everyone is to their craft.

We love seeing our graduates spread the knowledge they’ve gained through their experiences at Schulich out in the world — but it’s also great to welcome them back. Alumni shine throughout our season in the Intermezzo and Musical 5 à 7 series and more.

For a change of pace, take in Research Alive, conferences, and masterclasses to witness the diverse perspectives that will shape what’s next for music. It’s the exchange between our faculty, students, and guests — such as Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair Daphne Leong — that results in us all building the future of music together.

Another incredible season is here! Everything is waiting to be read, to be played, to be heard. All that’s missing is you. It’s time to pick your concerts and reserve your place.

There is nothing like a concert. bring music to life with us!

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This schedule is subject to change and taxes and service fees may be applicable to some events. For more information on tickets and our partner box offices, see page 46.

September Fall Classes Begin August 31

SEP APR

Fridays 4:30 p.m.

C-201

Doctoral Colloquium

Brian Cherney, coordinator

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A supportive environment for PhD students, professors, and guest lecturers to present their research, engage with peers, and seek professional development in a weekly lecture series.

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TANNA SCHULICH HALL CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture

Sensorimotor skill and cultural factors in digital musical instrument design

Andrew McPherson, Associate Professor, Queen Mary University of London (UK) 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Words and Music Orchestration for the String Quartet: research-creation with the ACTOR Project

Robert Hasegawa, coordinator Quatuor Bozzini

Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung, violin Stéphanie Bozzini, viola Isabelle Bozzini, cello New works by Marilou Buron, Chelsea Komschlies, Miko Sabatino, Showan Tavakol with researchers Robert Hasegawa, Jimmie LeBlanc, Emmanuelle Majeau-Bettez, Jade Roth 5:00 p.m. F

23, 24 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL McGill Symphony Orchestra

Gregory Vandikas, piano, Winner of the 2021-2022 McGill Concerto Competition

Scott Joplin Act one - No. 1 Overture, Treemonisha Alexander Scriabin Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

30 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert Spotlight! 19th Century Women Composers of German Lied

Anja Burmeister Strauss, soprano Kerry Agnew, piano Works by Clara Schumann, Josephine Lang, Luise Adolpha Le Beau, Fanny Hensel, Alma Mahler, Emilie Zumsteeg, and Ingeborg Von Bronsart

Concert presented as part of

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert Goldberg

Ilya Poletaev, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 7:30 p.m.

Concerts presented as part of

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Schulich in Concert Goldberg Variations

Ilya Poletaev, harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 7:30 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Distinguished Lecture future of mixed reality is adaptive

David Lindlbauer, Assistant Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) 5:00 p.m.

Imri Talgam, piano, Post-Doctoral Fellow 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Research Alive Ligeti’spolymetric Études:

06 5:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Musical 5 à 7 Crossview Sessions

F5:00 p.m. Bar Opens Fall Break 10 → 12

Erich Barganier, guitar and electronics Stanford Cheung, piano (Music Graduate Students’ Society selection)

Yasujirō Ozu Tokyo Story Scene Nos. 1–4

Live scoring and improvisations by Stanford Cheung and Erich Barganier

07 12:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Maria Gajraj, organ

07 7:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL McGill Baroque Orchestra

The Theatre of Magic

Sorcery-inspired music from the London stage, including overtures, suites, and grand concertos by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, George Frideric Handel, and Francesco Geminiani

07 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL McGill Wind Orchestra

Finally Tutti

Charles-Simon Catel Overture in C Percy Grainger arr. Frederick Fennell Lincolnshire Posy David Maslanka Traveler Peter Meechan let this place

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13 7:30 p.m. $

REDPATH HALL Cappella Antica

Quam Pulchra Es

Sacred works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, and Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers

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Owen Spicer, organ 14 12:30 p.m.

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REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

14 7:30 p.m. $

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM LeVivier@CIRMMT Akousma

Concert presented by Le Vivier in collaboration with Akousma and CIRMMT

Tickets: levivier.ca

16 3:00 p.m. R

CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR Schulich@Bon-Pasteur Revolutions

Jinjoo Cho, coordinator with Schulich students and guests

16 3:00 p.m.

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM

LeVivier@CIRMMT

Alla Zagaykevych Portrait

Concert presented by Le Vivier in collaboration with CIRMMT

Tickets: levivier.ca

17 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

Words and Music

My Teacher, the Flute

Mika Putterman, historical flute

Excerpts of flute repertoire ranging from 1600–1920

$

22 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Schulich in Concert Lovers, Voyagers, and Jesters: Picture-Music for Two Violins

Violaine Melançon, baroque violin Dorian Komanoff Bandy, baroque violin and viola

Georg Philipp Telemann Suite in D major “Gulliver’s Travels”, TWV 40:108

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Luigi Boccherini Sonata in E-flat major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. D. Bandy and V. Melançon

Arias from Le Nozze di Figaro Jean-Marie Leclair Selections of duo movements Friedrich Hartmann Graf Duo économique

McGill’s Open House

Join us for McGill’s Open House where prospective undergraduate and graduate students can learn more about our programs and requirements, speak with current students, and take a tour of our facilities. bit.ly/SSoM-OpenHouse2022

MAISON SYMPHONIQUE

McGill Symphony Orchestra, Schulich Singers, McGill Concert Choir and McGill University Chorus

McGill University’s Closing Bicentennial Celebration

Alexis Hauser, conductor

Jean-Sébastien Vallée, chorus master

Charlotte Siegel, soprano

Jenny Ivanovna, mezzo-soprano

Benjamin Butterfield, tenor

Philippe Sly, bass-baritone

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

Tickets to be purchased through the Place des Arts Box Office 3:00 p.m.

24 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

McGill Chamber Jazz Ensembles II and III

25 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble I

Bogdan Gumenyuk, tenor saxophone (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

Arrangements of music from Ukraine and works by John Hollenbeck, Bryn Roberts, et al.

27 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

McGill Jazz Orchestra I

The collaboration of Horace Silver and Louis Hayes

Louis Hayes, drums (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist) with Schulich faculty and students

Legendary drummer Louis Hayes has played with some the greatest in jazz history. Hear him in an unforgettable concert highlighting his years of collaboration with pianist and composer Horace Silver.

$

28 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert Septura presents: Pictures at an Exhibition

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Septura Brass Septet (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artists) Aaron Akugbo, James Fountain, Simon Cox, trumpet

Matthew Gee, Matthew Knight, Simon Minshall, trombone Peter Smith, tuba

Sergei Prokofiev Suite, 10 Pieces, Op. 12 Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet, No. 8 Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

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29 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble Free Instrumentation

Louis Andriessen Workers Union John Cage Atlas Eclipticalis (excerpts) Winter Music (excerpts) Cornelius Cardew Treatise (excerpts) alcides lanza Interferences III Mauricio Kagel Prima Vista Christian Wolff Edges

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Abraham Ross, organ 28 12:30 p.m.

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REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

What is essential to making music?

The exhilaration of creating music out of thin air and sharing it with others. For me, music is a social activity that enriches the lives of those who are lucky enough to make it and those who are lucky enough to experience it.

Sean Ferguson Dean, Schulich School of Music

Going beyond music. Having a life beyond the practice room and the classroom; trying new things and not being afraid of difficulties.

Ellen Bakulina Associate Professor of Music Theory, BMus’07, MA’10

A fundamental feature in the best music-making spaces is trust: trust between the performers that they will support each other while working together to push the boundaries of their artistic practice.

Megan Batty MA’20, current MMus

Curiosity breeds open-mindedness and a willingness for collaboration, both of which are essential to making and learning music.

Theodora Nestorova Current PhD

Be a human first, then a musician second. We’re just small specks in this vast universe. Lead with compassion, grace, and genuine kindness. And with that, speak through your music.

Solina Lee BMus’21, GDip’22, current MMus

01 12:00 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

Intermezzo

Pushing Rhythm to the Limit

Imri Talgam, piano

Enno Poppe Thema mit 840 Variationen Olivier Messiaen Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus (excerpts)

Conlon Nancarrow Studies for Player Piano transcribed for piano (excerpts)

03 5:30 p.m. F5:00 p.m. Bar Opens

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Musical 5 à 7 Latin Flute Follies III

Lisa Lorenzino, Gabriel Schwartz, Nilton Moreira, Jean-Pierre Zanella, flute

Carlos Jiménez, guitar Erivan Duarte, bass

Aquiles Melo, percussion

Works and arrangements by Tom Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Fernando Lerman, et al.

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REDPATH HALL

McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Samuel Lee, organ 04 12:30 p.m.

Lisl Wirth Black Box Festival

04, 05 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL Opera McGill Plaything

Anna Pidgorna

Maria Reva, libretto

Jennifer Tung, conductor Sheree Spencer, stage director

The Judgement of Pygmalion (premiere)

Dean Burry

Stephen Hargreaves, conductor Anna Theodosakis, stage director

Pre-concert lecture one hour before each performance

05 2:00 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Opera McGill

Black Box Conversations: Creating Opera in 2022 Labyrinth of Tears (excerpts)

Alice Ho Tong Wang, libretto

Jennifer Szeto, piano and music director

Patrick Hansen, stage director

06 2:00 p.m. F

POLLACK HALL Opera McGill

The Limit of the Sun

Luna Pearl Woolf

Andrea Stolowitz, libretto

Jennifer Szeto, piano and music director

Anna Theodosakis, stage director

Concerts presented as part of the Lisl Wirth Black Box Festival

07 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Distinguished Lecture of pitch and time in music

Carol Krumhansl, Professor of Psychology, Cornell University (USA)

10 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert

Clara Schumann and Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Montreal Piano Trio

Axel Strauss, violin

Yegor Dyachkov, cello

Ilya Poletaev, piano

Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

11 12:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL

McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Simone Vebber, organ (guest artist)

F

17 5:30 p.m. F5:00 p.m. Bar Opens

ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY Musical 5 à 7 Music for Viola, Soprano, and Piano

15 5:00 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

Research Alive

Dominique Labelle, soprano Edward Klorman, viola Stéphane Lemelin, piano

Johannes Brahms Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91

Jules Massenet Élégie Charles Martin Loeffleur La chanson des ingénues

Hermann Reutter Fünf antike Oden, Op. 57

Julie E. Cumming, Professor, Music History and Musicology

Ichiro Fujinaga, Associate Professor, Music Technology with Ann Marie Holland, Rare Books Librarian

Presented in collaboration with ROAAr, McGill Library

16 7:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL

Schulich in Concert

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Unpremeditated Art: A Concert of Improvised Baroque Music

John Mortensen, harpsichord (guest artist)

Dorian Komanoff Bandy, baroque violin featuring students and faculty from the Early Music Area

Improvisations around the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomas Baltzar, Giovanni Battista Bovicelli, George Frideric Handel, and Francesco Rognoni Taeggio

Raphaël Ashby, organ 18 12:30 p.m. F

REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

18 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL McGill Wind Orchestra Pictures at an Exhibition

Cait Nishimura Echoes of a Northern Lake Éric Champagne Champ-de-Mars, par jour de lumière Modest Mussorgsky arr. Tohru Takahashi Pictures at an Exhibition

Search and ye shall find: Medieval music manuscripts in the digital age

18 7:30 p.m.

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM

live@CIRMMT

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Mixed Spatiality, Mixed Music, and Gamelan

Kyle Hutchins, alto saxophone

Elizabeth Lantz, flute

Charles Nichols, electric violin and electronics

Gamelan Ensemble Giri Kedaton Charles Nichols Liberosis Sonder

I Putu Arya Deva Suryanegara Works for Gamelan and electronics

19 5:00 p.m.

REDPATH HALL

Words and Music Choral Conversations

Choral Collective Conducted by Members of the Collective (Music Graduate Students’ Society selection)

F

21 5:00 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture

Automatic music transcription and music understanding

Simon Dixon, Professor, Queen Mary University of London (UK)

21 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert Piano Trios by Women Composers

Jinjoo Cho, violin

Joshua Morris, cello Kyoko Hashimoto, piano

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Works by Christopher Ducasse, Alex Van Sant, Megan Batty, Victoria Vasta, Vidita Kanniks, B.E. Boykin, Dale Trumbore, Matthew Emery, and Robert Ingari

20 7:00 p.m.

POLLACK HALL

2022–2023 Classical

Concerto Competition

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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

22 12:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Intermezzo

Luba Zuk Piano Duo Composition Prize Performances

Mai Miyagaki, Alexey Shafirov, piano

Henri Colombat (2018–2019 Winner)

Cent traces, sur de vastes plaines

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Philippe Macnab-Séguin (2019–2020 Winner) Stained Glass, Caustic Fly Sergei Rachmaninov Suite No. 2, Op. 17

24 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

McGill Chamber Jazz Ensembles II and III

27 2:00 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert

Up, Older, Wiser, Deeper: From Cradle to Grave, and Beyond

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

McGill Jazz Orchestra II

Mingus@100: Celebrating the Artistry of Charles Mingus

Ira Coleman, double bass 7:30 p.m. $

25, 26 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL

McGill Symphony Orchestra

Samuele Parrini, violin, Winner of the 2021–2022 McGill Concerto Competition

Chelsea Komschlies, Winner of the 2020–2021 Andrew Svoboda Composition Award

Adolphus Hailstork Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin

Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Chelsea Komschlies The Sunken Cathedral (premiere) Leoš Janáček arr. Heinz Stolba Sinfonietta

Martha Guth, soprano Graham Johnson, piano Works by Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Francis Poulenc, and Benjamin Britten

Concert presented as part of the

27 3:00 p.m. R

CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR Schulich@Bon-Pasteur Journeys

Schulich Singers Jean-Sébastien Vallée and Gabrielle Gaudreault, conductor

Kalen Smith (composer-in-residence) Dawn, Song & Love (premiere)

Works by Benjamin Britten, Kile Smith, Judith Weir, Christopher Ducasse, Stephanie Martin, et al.

29 12:00 p.m. F

RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE (TORONTO)

Schulich@COC

Julia Mirzoev, violin, Winner of the 2021–2022 Golden Violin Award Meagan Milatz, piano

Works by Franz Schubert, Nikolai Kapustin, and Elizabeth Raum

30 12:00 p.m. F

RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE (TORONTO)

Schulich@COC

Elisabeth Saint-Gelais, soprano, Winner of the 2021–2022 Wirth Vocal Prize Louise Pelletier, piano

Works by Hector Berlioz, Henri Duparc, Richard Strauss, Barbara Assiginaak, and Antonín Dvořák

29 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble I

Works by John Hollenbeck, Bryn Roberts, et al.

30 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL McGill Concert Choir and McGill University Chorus Songs of Love & Hope

Gabrielle Gaudreault, Ryan Doyle Valdés, Jessie Pierpont, and Christopher Ducasse, conductor

Works by Felix Mendelssohn, Carmen Braden, Sydney Guillaume, Tracy Wong, et al.

How does music move you?

I believe music is the art that transcends the imperfect nature of our world and allows us to forget for a while our urge and longing for peace.

Elizaveta Miller Assistant Professor of Music Performance in Early Music, Harpsichord

Music moves me particularly by its ability and power to communicate an artistic message in such a direct way, regardless of where we come from.

Jonathan Dagenais Course Lecturer of Instrumental Conducting, Artistic Director Conductor the McGill Wind MMus’10

Music is energy, is rhythm, is constant motion even when there is silence... We just have to listen to it and let the rest do its thing...

Juan Sebastián Delgado MMus’13, DMus’17

I think music is a language that everyone can communicate and understand, so I feel moved when I can feel that connection.

JuEun Lee Current MMus

As a listener, music is the soundtrack of my life, transporting me through different landscapes and moods. As a composer, music offers me an outlet to organize and express my thoughts, emotions, and experiences. As an improviser, music offers me the ability to channel raw emotion into spontaneous creation.

Anthony Paolini Current MMus

I especially love what music brings up in listeners’ own individual minds, such as associations and memories, and things we have trouble putting into words.

Chelsea Komschlies Current PhD

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM

McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble

Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

José Hernandez Romero, oboe Yulin Yan (composer-in-residence) New Work

Brian Cherney Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

Benjamin Lavastre (composer-inresidence) New Work

Alla Zagaykevych By the Underground River 7:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL McGill Baroque Orchestra and Cappella Antica

A Schütz Christmas

Marking the 350th anniversary of Heinrich Schütz’s death, with a performance of his Weihnachtshistorie alongside other 17th-century vocal and chamber works from both sides of the Alps. 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Choir 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Orchestra I Body and Soul

Ranee Lee, jazz voice

Celebrating a career milestone of 60 years in jazz, incomparable singer Ranee Lee, recipient of the 2022 Montreal International Jazz Festival Oscar Peterson Award, joins the band for an evening that’s sure to swing!

Works and arrangements by Sammy Nestico, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jimmy Mchugh, Frank Foster, and Nelson Riddle 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL 7:00 p.m. F

Improvising New Winds

Monique Jean, electronics

Paul Buser, Linnea Kirby, t-Tree Greg Bruce, feedback-saxophone

Vincent Cusson, electronic support for eTube and EWI

Tommy Davis, eTube

Maryse Gagnon-Legault, clarinet and EWI

Monique Jean Miss Take

Paul Buser and Linnea Kirby Planting Seeds: An inaugural performance of the t-Tree Kevin Gironnay Déambulations for piano, cello, violin and electronics

New work for Feedback Saxophone

Quentin Lauvray Mixed work for spatialized eTube

Tommy Davis and Greg Bruce Improvisations for eTube and Feedback Saxophone

Maryse Gagnon-Legault The Eighth Wave for clarinet and EWI 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. p.m.

MUSIC

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Winter Classes Begin

JAN MAY JAN FEB

Daphne Leong, Professor of Music Theory (University of Colorado), Schulich Distinguished Visiting Chair in Music

Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

Fall 2023 Undergraduate Admission Application Deadline

How to apply: bit.ly/ SchulichMusicUndergradAdmission

16 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Schulich in Concert

The Drum Major Instinct

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Schulich faculty and students with guests

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18 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Words and Music

The Music of Dialect: Compositions for Guitar, Electronics, and Recorded Speech

Steve Cowan, guitar Jason Noble, piano and electronics Jason Noble we never told nobody Take Me Back fantaisie harmonique One Foot in the Past

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19 5:30 p.m. F

RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE (TORONTO)

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.

Schulich@COC

Camille Thurman presents The Schulich Jazz Conglomerate

Camille Thurman, vocals and saxophone with Schulich students

19 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert

Sonate nuove e oscure

Axel Strauss, violin Stéphane Lemelin, piano

Ruth Crawford Seeger Sonata for Violin and Piano

Gabriel Fauré Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108

Chris Paul Harman After Clementi (premiere)

$

23 5:00 p.m. F

POLLACK HALL CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture

Happy Accidents and Blurred Boundaries

Pamela Z, composer, performer, and media artist working with voice, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and video (USA)

Hans Pfitzner Sonata in E minor, Op. 27

20 12:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Maria Gajraj, organ

20, 21 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL McGill Symphony Orchestra

Jorge Ahumada, Leandro Cardoso, Gohar Manvelyan, master’s and doctoral students in conducting

22 2:00 p.m.

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert

Penumbra: Spotlight in Shadow

Frédéric Lambert, viola Ali Kian Yazdanfar, double bass

Gareth Wood Duo for Viola and Bass Jean Françaix Thème varié pour contrebasse solo

Igor Stravinsky Elegy for Solo Viola Efraín Oscher Escenas del Sur Evan Chambers Fisherstreet Duo

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25 12:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Intermezzo

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From the Reign of Terror to the Conservatoire: Music of Devienne, de Montgeroult and Rasetti

Joanna Marsden, flute Michel Bettez, bassoon Gili Loftus, fortepiano (Alumni selection)

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François Devienne Sonate en do majeur avec flûte et basson obligés, 4e année, No. 29, Journal de pièces de clavecin par différens auteurs Hélène de Montgeroult Sonata in A minor, Op. 2, No. 3

Amédée Rasetti Second trio in C major for fortepiano with flute and bassoon

26 F5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Bar Opens

ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY Musical 5 à 7 Resonance: Music for Marimba and Cello

Stick&Bow Krystina Marcoux, marimba Juan Sebastián Delgado, cello (Alumni selection)

Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Nina Simone, Astor Piazzolla, Louise Jallu, Stéphane Grappelli, Luigi Boccherini, Robert Schumann, Jason Noble, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Radiohead

LUDGER-DUVERNAY HALL Opera McGill and McGill Symphony Orchestra Hänsel und Gretel Engelbert Humperdinck Patrick Hansen, conductor and stage director with the EMSB Chorale Patricia Abbott, chorus master Tickets to be purchased through the Monument-National Box Office 27, 28 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. $

REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series 12:30 p.m. F

Samuel Lee, organ

27 7:30 p.m. R

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM live@CIRMMT

Gesture, Voice and Live Electronics with guest artist Pamela Z

Kalun Leung, mubone Bettina Szabo, dance Pamela Z, voice and electronics Kalun Leung Collaborative Artworks for Mubone Works by Pamela Z

RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE (TORONTO) Schulich@COC

Dominique Labelle, soprano Elizaveta Miller, harpsichord with Schulich students Works by Henry Purcell and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville 12:00 p.m. F

What is your favourite moment in a concert?

I love the moment of expectation just before the performer plays their/her/his first note.

Joanna Marsden Baroque Flute Instructor, DMus’18

As a performer, I always look forward to that moment when we get in “the zone”. It’s hard to put into words, but it feels like complete self-abandonment in the music. It doesn’t always happen, but when it does, it’s quite special.

Carlos Jiménez

Jazz Guitar Instructor, Artistic Director of the McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble III, BMus’06, MMus’08, current DMus

My favourite moment in a concert is the beginning — the expectation of presenting something for an audience. What will it be? The excitement of not knowing what is ahead.

Lisa Lorenzino Assistant Professor in Music Education, Music Education Area Coordinator

Watching the performer and wondering “how is this possible” or how could anyone compose/improvise this music. Hearing an ‘out of this world’ sound, experiencing catharsis.

Frédéricka Petit-Homme BMus’02, MMus’04, current PhD

When the hall falls totally silent because of the depth of the audience’s involvement in the music – this is the performer’s ultimate reward. For me, it is greater than applause...

Ilya Poletaev Associate Professor of Music Performance, Piano

02 7:30 p.m.

CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR

Schulich@Bon-Pasteur

Looking Back and Urging Forward

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04 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble

Violaine Melançon, Julia Mirzoev, violin Wilhelm Magner, viola Elizabeth Dolin, cello Meagan Milatz, piano

Antonín Dvořàk Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Five Melodies for Piano Trio, Op. 59, No. 1 Charles Villiers Stanford Piano Quintet in D minor, Op. 25

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

Bailey Wantuch, violin Lila Wildy Quillin (composer-inresidence) New Work Keiko Devaux Arras Kaija Saariaho Graal théâtre

06 5:00 p.m.

F

F

REDPATH HALL

McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Owen Spicer, organ 12:30 p.m.

03 7:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL

McGill Baroque Orchestra La Stravaganza!

A festive evening of virtuosic baroque concertos and showpieces, with solo appearances from our talented students and the McGill Baroque Orchestra debut of harpsichord professor Elizaveta Miller.

$

TANNA SCHULICH HALL CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture

Matthew Smith, Audio Director and videogame developer, Electronic Arts (Canada)

08 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL

Schulich Singers German Romantics

Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

Works by Felix Mendelssohn, Anton Bruckner, Max Reger, Johannes Brahms, and Franz Schubert

Secular works by Guillaume De Machaut, Josquin Des Prez, and Claude Le Jeune 7:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL Cappella Antica La Bonne Chanson

10 12:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Abraham Ross, organ

10 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL McGill Wind Orchestra Movements

David Brongo, percussion

Sergei Prokofiev arr. Paul Yoder March, Op. 99

Michael Camphouse Movement for Rosa Jennifer Higdon Concerto for Percussion

Paul Hindemith Symphony in B-flat for Band

11 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Schulich in Concert

Jean-Michel Pilc Solo

Jean-Michel Pilc performs solo piano improvisations

14 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Words and Music

Resilience: Music of Marginalized Voices

Music Undergraduate Students’ Association of McGill University Benefit Concert

F

16 F5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Bar Opens

ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY Musical 5 à 7 Wanderlust

Lara Deutsch, flute Adam Cicchillitti, guitar (Alumni selection)

$

Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango

Gabriela Ortiz 5 pa’2

Jason Noble Folk Suite, arr. for flute and guitar

POLLACK HALL 2022–2023 McGill Concerto Competition Piano 16 7:00 p.m. F

$

16, 18 19 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.

SEGAL STUDIO Opera McGill And the World Goes ’Round

$

F

John Kander Fred Ebb, lyrics Chris Barillaro, music director Jonathan Patterson, stage director Tickets to be purchased through the Segal Centre Box Office

17 12:30 p.m.

REDPATH HALL McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series

Raphaël Ashby, organ

F

17 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Orchestra I Feminine Creation

A spotlight on women composers and arrangers featuring legends such as Mary Lou Williams and Toshiko Akiyoshi as well as original contemporary composers such as Maria Schneider, Christine Jensen, and Marianne Trudel.

19 7:00 p.m.

POLLACK HALL 2022–2023 McGill Concerto Competition Strings, Harp, and Guitar

20 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Chamber Jazz Ensembles II and III

21 5:00 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Research Alive The Vibrato Wars across genres: Hearing, seeing, and analyzing the spectrum of variability

17 7:30 p.m.

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM

LeVivier@CIRMMT

Concert presented by Le Vivier in collaboration with CIRMMT

Tickets: levivier.ca

18 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert Anniversary!

Aline Kutan, soprano Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano Kyoko Hashimoto, piano

Duos and songs by Max Reger, Sergei Rachmaninov, and Édouard Lalo

Theodora Nestorova, soprano, current PhD, winner of the 2022–2023 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

22 12:00 p.m. F

REDPATH HALL Intermezzo

The Shoah Songbook

Jaclyn Grossman, soprano Nathaniel Ben-Horin, piano (Alumni proposal selection)

Works by Viktor Ullmann, Ilse Weber, Edwin Geist, Karel Švenk, Percy Haid, Abraham Brudno, and Mark Warshawsky

22 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Orchestra II #BAM: Black American Music

McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble I 23 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

23 7:30 p.m.

CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR Schulich@Bon-Pasteur

Winners of the 2022–2023 Schulich School of Music Competitions

23, 24 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL

McGill Symphony Orchestra

Huizi Wang, percussion, Winner of the 2021–2022 McGill Concerto Competition

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D759, “Unfinished” Jean Lesage Karnevalszelt (premiere)

Kalevi Aho Sieidi, Concerto for Solo Percussion and Orchestra

Concert presented as part of the Montreal/New Musics Festival (MNM) in collaboration with the

REDPATH HALL

McGill Noon-Hour Organ Series 24 12:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY → MARCH

Winter Study Break

What do you hope audiences experience at

I hope that the audiences allow themselves some time to get away from other matters of life. I hope that Schulich concerts help audiences “bring down the tempo” a little bit, and that people can put their worries aside, and just immerse themselves in the beautiful music and all the wonderful emotions it’s bound to bring.

Seungwoo Han MMus’22

I hope the audience finds something there that nourishes their souls.

Marianne Trudel Artistic Director of the McGill Jazz Orchestra I, BMus’01

I hope that people will feel like they’re transported elsewhere for a moment in their busy schedules. Lara Deutsch BMus’12, MMus’14

I hope that everyone leaves the concert with at least one morsel of something unfamiliar; a timbre, a lyric, a chord progression, or even a whole new composer.

Chenuka Lakwijaya Current BMus

MAR APR Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

F

CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

POLLACK HALL 2022–2023 Wirth Prize: 7:00 p.m. F

Dorothea Röschmann, soprano Wolfram Rieger, piano Concert presented as part of the 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert

POLLACK HALL Schulich in Concert

Kevin Kenner, piano (Dorothy Morton Visiting Artist) Works by Borys Lyatoshynsky, Frédéric Chopin, and Franz Liszt 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL 2022–2023 Wirth Prize: 2:00 p.m. F

14 5:00 p.m. F

TANNA SCHULICH HALL Research Alive Choreomusical conversations in Montreal’s swing dance community

Megan Batty, musicology, master’s student in conducting, finalist of the 2022–2023 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

20 5:00 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture

23 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Orchestra

At the heart of the jazz tradition

Charles McPherson, saxophone (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist) with Schulich faculty and students

F

$

McGill24

Make an impact: giving.mcgill.ca

16

F5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Bar Opens

ELIZABETH WIRTH MUSIC BUILDING LOBBY Musical 5 à 7 Femmusicale 5 à 7:

A Multidisciplinary Concert Celebration of Women in Music

Theodora Nesterova, soprano Sawyer Craig, stage director (Music Graduate Students’ Society selection)

A high-energy concert welcoming exceptional alto saxophonist and composer Charles McPherson, where his rich musical style, rooted in the blues and bebop, will be on full display! Get ready for works by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, and of course, Charles McPherson!

23 7:30 p.m.

CHAPELLE HISTORIQUE DU BON-PASTEUR Schulich@Bon-Pasteur

R

Winner of the 2022–2023 Golden Violin Award (competition details DEC)

24 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL McGill Wind Orchestra Elements

Minh Tram Nguyen (composer-inresidence) New Work

POLLACK HALL McGill Symphony Orchestra

Winner of the 2022–2023 Classical Concerto Competition (competition details NOV)

José Maurício Nunés Garcia Zemira Overture

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major 18 7:30 p.m. $

Jan Van Der Roost Canterbury Chorale Julie Giroux Symphony No. V: Elements

Gustav Holst Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52

25 7:30 p.m. $

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM

McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

Kristen de Marchi, mezzo-soprano

José Evangelista Alap et Gat Hamid-Reza Khalatbari (composer-inresidence) New Work

Luciano Berio Folk Songs

Dinuk Wijeratne Chamber Concerto ‘About Sankhara’

27 7:30 p.m.

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Chamber Jazz Ensembles II and III

Claire Devlin, saxophone (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist) 29 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Orchestra II New Horizons: Contemporary Works for Jazz Orchestra

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Chamber Jazz Ensemble I 30 7:30 p.m. $

MARCH 31 , APRIL 01 7:30 p.m. $

PARADOXE THEATRE

Opera McGill, McGill Baroque Orchestra and Cappella Antica Orfeo ed Euridice

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Stephen Hargreaves, conductor Patrick Hansen, stage director

03 7:30 p.m.

POLLACK HALL

McGill Concert Choir and McGill University Chorus Night and Day

Gabrielle Gaudreault, Ryan Doyle Valdés, Jessie Pierpont, and Christopher Ducasse, conductors

Works by Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, Florence Price, Andrew Balfour, Lionel Daunais, et al.

$

05 7:30 p.m. $

POLLACK HALL Schulich Singers In Our Voices

Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor (Catherine Thornhill Steele Visiting Artist)

Works by Adolphus Hailstork, Mari Alice Conrad, John Corigliano, Ruth Watson Henderson, et al.

05 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL

McGill Jazz Orchestra I

Teachers and students: a living force!

The spotlight shines on the exceptional talent working within the jazz department! Hear a mix of compositions and arrangements by Schulich students and faculty when profs join the band for an impressive night of music.

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM LeVivier@CIRMMT Productions Super Musique/Cléo PalacioQuintin

Concert presented by Le Vivier in collaboration with CIRMMT Tickets: levivier.ca 7:30 p.m. $

TANNA SCHULICH HALL McGill Jazz Choir 7:30 p.m. $

18 7:30 p.m. $

MUSIC MULTIMEDIA ROOM LeVivier@CIRMMT Duo Airs

Louis-Philippe Bonin, saxophone David Brongo, percussion Concert presented by Le Vivier in collaboration with CIRMMT

Tickets: levivier.ca

Venues

McGill University

Strathcona Music Building

C-201, Clara Lichtenstein Hall, Pollack Hall

555 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3

Metro: McGill Bus 24

555a Sherbrooke Street West

Elizabeth Wirth Music Building

Lobby, Music Multimedia Room (MMR), Tanna Schulich Hall

527 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3

Metro: McGill Bus 24

Building Accessibility

McGill Downtown Campus

Redpath Hall

3461 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9

Metro: Peel Bus 24 South Entrance

Montreal Area

Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur

100 Sherbrooke Street East Montreal, Quebec H2X 1C3

Metro: Saint-Laurent Bus 24, 55 Monument-National Ludger-Duvernay Hall

1182 Saint-Laurent Boulevard Montreal, Quebec H2X 2S5

Metro: Saint-Laurent Bus 55, 150

Paradoxe Theatre

5959 Monk Boulevard Montreal, Quebec H4E 3H5

Metro: Monk Bus 36, 37

Place des Arts

Maison symphonique

600 Saint-Urbain Street Montreal, Quebec H2X 0S1

Metro: Place-des-Arts Bus 15 Segal Centre for Performing Arts

Segal Studio

5170 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine Montreal, Quebec H3W 1M7

Metro: Côte-Ste-Catherine Bus 129 5550 Westbury Ave.

Toronto Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts

Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre

145 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 4G1

Outside of Montreal Credits

Dominick

Sebastien

Tam