Trombonist Ron Westray, Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Music, returns to Toronto鈥檚 Massey Hall on Thursday, Feb. 23 for an innovative youth outreach program. He will lead 鈥淩hythm Counts鈥, an invitational workshop for young people, just before his former bandmates, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton […]
Two of Canada鈥檚 leading classical performers come together for a concert featuring contemporary Canadian works on Tuesday, Jan. 17 in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall at 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico, both professors in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Music, offer an evening of repertoire as diverse and inspiring as the […]
Sixty years later, many historians consider [Rocket 88 by Ike Turner] the first-ever rock 'n' roll song, and musicians revere the tune, as well as the band's livewire performance, wrote The Canadian Press May 22: And yet, most regular people don't know that the track even exists. "If I went to my local grocery store […]
Over the next four months, ethnomusicologist Judith R. Cohen will spend her days in Washington, DC鈥檚 Library of Congress poring over the 1952 diaries of Alan Lomax, the legendary field collector of folk music in the 20th century. For the past 10 years, Cohen, a 91亚色 lecturer and performer who specializes in Judeo-Spanish Sephardic songs, […]
The Gaelic Song Project is 91亚色 music Professor Dorothy de Val鈥檚 next project once her book on Lucy Broadwood, the English folk song collector, is published in May. De Val is studying traditional Gaelic songs and aiming to foster an awareness of the language while also contributing to its preservation. A key part of this […]
A slew of entertainers will perform at the Winters Gala Fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for the renovation of student space in Winters College. The gala evening will take place Tuesday, March 22, starting with student performers at 6pm, followed by headlining acts from 7 to 10pm. Right: Rita di Ghent Jazz musician and […]
Juno-nominated pianist and 91亚色 music Professor Christina Petrowska Quilico will launch her 24th and 25th CD, Glass Houses Revisited and The Liszt Anniversary Collection, at a concert Thursday at the Glenn Gould Studio. The CD launch and recital will take place at 7:30pm, March 17, at the Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front St. […]
With the rich monastic history of some of England鈥檚 universities, the tradition of聽choral evensong still thrives, creating a thirst for new settings for the canticles. As Canada is not steeped in the same rituals, few Canadians take this work on, making 91亚色 music Professor Stephanie Martin the exception. She composed a new setting of the […]
91亚色 jazz Professor Barry Elmes has been a mainstay of the Canadian jazz scene since the early 1980s. A drummer, composer, producer, recording artist and educator, he has performed all over the world and his work has been documented on more than 60 CDs. On Thursday and Friday, the renowned jazz musician will perform at […]
91亚色's Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance, Ron Westray, makes his Faculty Concert Series debut March 1 with a swinging concert of jazz standards and original works in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall on 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. Joining Westray on stage will be Toronto jazz artists Chris Banks and John Maharaj on bass and […]
Keeping up that intense feeling of personal connection via the Internet is incredibly important in marketing to the Justin Bieber demographic, says Rob Bowman, who teaches popular music in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Fine Arts, wrote The Globe and Mail May 29: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e appealing to a certain adolescent group who鈥檝e got fairly innocent notions of […]
The research and creative work of 91亚色 music professors spans a wide range of genres and media formats. Disseminated through recordings, print publications and live performances, it鈥檚 reaching growing audiences at home and around the world. Composer and choral conductor Professor Stephanie Martin (left), who serves as music director of Toronto鈥檚 historic Church of St. […]
91亚色 music professor and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico has much to celebrate this spring. Just as her latest CD was being released, she received word that she had won the inaugural Harry Freedman Recording Award and an Ontario Arts Council grant to support her next recording project. 3 Concerti, Petrowska Quilico鈥檚 23rd CD and her […]
Research at 91亚色 is broader than books, journal articles, scientific findings or data sets. In the Faculty of Fine Arts, research can result in a dance, piece of music, or animation fit for the world stage. While the athletes and competitive games are the major focus of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 91亚色 fine arts […]
A series of聽films, concerts,聽workshops, artist talks and community events will usher in Black History Month this February,聽under the title聽Performing Diaspora 2010: Celebrating Black History Month through Expressive Culture 鈥 Afro Diasporic Women in Focus. Produced聽by 91亚色's Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, Performing Diaspora 2010聽is聽designed to聽serve as a catalyst […]
Performer, composer and educator Ron Westray has been appointed as the Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance at 91亚色. 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited and honoured to have an artist of Ron Westray鈥檚 calibre as the Chair,鈥 said 91亚色 President聽& Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淭his Chair will enable us to further advance the quality of education for […]