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Prof. Julie E. Cumming and Dr. Peter Schubert discuss the historical and religious impact of Gregorian Chant on ancient and modern society.
Dr. Eleanor Stubley talks about Canadian composer Jean Coulthard’s fascination with Emily Carr, and how her paintings influenced Coulthard’s musical works.
As a performer himself, Professor Ilya Poletaev discusses the interpretations of Bach’s compositions and how they came to be so diverse.
Dr. Gary Scavone discusses his research on the quality of string instruments and their influence on musicians.
Talent, passion and dedication are musts, so are presence and experience. What that means and why it matters.
Recording music follows three basic chapters: Recording, editing, and mixing. This lecture will provide a guided tour of a recording project from start to finish, from the audio engineer’s point of view. Audio examples will be presented and explained in detail, according to their role in the project.
What goes through the mind of a jazz improviser? Harmony, form, inner time, inner ear – what do these terms mean? Rémi Bolduc teaches you to understand and appreciate jazz by illustrating the basics through the ears of a jazz musician.
From the early baroque to jazz and the contemporary avant garde – discover how composers and innovators can’t get enough of the violin, and why so many think of it as the closest instrument to the human voice.
Watch us undo centuries of technological and musical evolution, excavating instruments from three or more centuries ago, peering at the marks on old sheets of music, arguing over the instruction manuals and comments of our musical predecessors… all in the service of bringing forth forgotten musical treasures and revealing them as they might have been [...]
How the Voice of God is both delivered and embodied in the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ of George Frideric Handel and Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Hallelujah’. How one was on purpose and one was not. How one exemplifies an old paradigm of singular authorship and how one exemplifies a much older paradigm of distributed authorship. How one became [...]
In this Mini-Music, Jens Lindemann, visiting professor of trumpet at the University of Los Angeles in California, joins us for a candid conversation.
In this Mini-Music, Cynthia Leive, head of the Marvin Duchow Music Library, leads a virtual tour through the cutting-edge world of musical information.
In this Mini-Music, percussion professors Aiyun Huang and Fabrice Marandola get hearts pounding with their history of drums and other rhythm-makers.
Chamber music professor Douglas McNabney offers an introduction to the era of classical music and the classical quartet.
Anton Kuerti is an internationally recognized pianist, teacher, composer, concert organizer, artistic director and social activist.
Tom Beghin is Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he teaches music history, performance practice, and fortepiano.
Dean of the Schulich School of of Music since 2001, Don MacLean has been teaching at McGill since 1988. He is a music theorist by specialization with expertise in the areas of Schenkerian theory and analysis and the music of Alban Berg.
Professor Aiyun Huang is Percussion Area Chair in the Department of Performance, Schulich School of Music, McGill University. Fabrice Marandola teaches in the Department of Performance, Schulich School of Music.
Professor Lloyd Whitesell teaches in the Department of Musicology in the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. His current research project theorizes glamour in the Hollywood musical. Other areas of interest include neo-Romanticism and modernist culture.
Dean of the Schulich School of Music since 2001, Don MacLean has been teaching at McGill since 1988. He is a music theorist by specialization with expertise in the areas of Schenkerian theory and analysis and the music of Alban Berg.
Dr. Gordon Foote is Associate Dean, Student and Academic Affairs, at the Schulich School of Music.
Sean Ferguson is an assistant professor of Composition, Director of the Digital Composition Studios and Associate Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology.
Martha de Francisco is a professor of Music Research at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Julian Wachner is an associate professor of Performance at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Reisa Lipszyc is an instructor and senior recruitment officer at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Dean of the Schulich School of Music since 2001, Don MacLean has been teaching at McGill since 1988. He is a music theorist by specialization with expertise in the areas of Schenkerian theory and analysis and the music of Alban Berg.
Steven Huebner is the James McGill Professor in Musicology, Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Abe Kestenberg is a professor of Performance at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Stephen McAdams is Director and Sean Ferguson is Associate Director of McGill’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media & Technology (CIRMMT). Marcelo Wanderley is a professor Music Technology at the Schulich School of Music.
Dr. Foote is Associate Dean, Student and Academic Affairs, at the Schulich School of Music.