Schulich Music Students Win Awards / Les ˆ©tudiants de l’Äôˆâcole de musique Schulich gagnent des prix
Montreal,  December 11, 2009 ’Äì Schulich  School of Music Students end the year with prizes and nominations from  the OSM Standard Life Competition, The Canada Council for the Arts and  the Recording Academy.
OSM Standard Life Competition
Masters  students Tristan Longval-Gagnˆ©, piano and Benjamin Duinker,  percussion have each won first prizes at the 70th  OSM Standard Life Competition, held November 18-21. Longval-Gagnˆ© won  $10,000 in the piano category (class A) and also claimed the $2,000  prize for ’ÄúBest Performance of a Canadian Work,’Äù and also received  an Orford Arts Center prize, covering tuition and accommodation for  a two-week music session at the Orford Arts Center in 2010. Duinker,  who won the $10,000 first prize in the percussion category, also claimed  a $2,000 prize for ’ÄúBest Performance of a Canadian Work’Äù in the  percussion category. In addition to the first place wins, percussion  student Noam Bierstone won third prize in that category and received  the Domaine Forget Prize, a scholarship covering tuition and accommodation  for a two-week music session at Domaine Forget in 2010.
 
Grammy nomination
Graduate  voice students Jonathan Woody and Garry McLinn, vocal  students of baritone Sanford Sylvan, are part of a cast recording of  John Musto’Äôs ’ÄòVolpone,’Äô which has been nominated for a 2009 Grammy  Award for Best Opera Recording.  The Grammy Awards are the only peer-presented award to honour artistic  achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording  industry without regard to album sales or chart position. The 52 Annual  Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010.
 
Jules Lˆ©ger Prize
Doctoral  Composition Student Jimmie LeBlanc won the Canada Council for  the Arts 2009 Jules Lˆ©ger Prize for New Chamber Music for his work  ’ÄúL’ÄôEspace intˆ©rieur du monde’Äù.  The work was created for  15 musicians and electronics, and premiered in March 2008 in Lyon, France  by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. The $7500 prize, established in 1978,  is designed to encourage the creation of new Canadian chamber music  and to encourage its performance by Canadian ensembles. LeBlanc’Äôs  winning work will be broadcast nationally by CBC Radio 2 and also by  Radio Canada’Äôs Espace-Musique at a later date. 
 
About the Schulich School of Music:
Founded in 1904, the Schulich School of Music of McGill University embodies the highest international standards of excellence in professional training and research. The school is renowned for its orchestral, operatic, jazz, contemporary and early music training programs as well as its music research disciplines.Its leadership in sound recording and music technology are unparalleled in North America, and helps foster unique collaborative projects each year. The Schulich School of Music is recognized as one of the top music schools in North America and abroad and the reputation of its more than 240 professors attracts over 850 undergraduate and graduate students each year. The school presents approximately 700 concerts and events annually.Montrˆ©al,  le 11 dˆ©cembre 2009 ’Äì Les ˆ©tudiants de l'ˆâcole de musique Schulich  terminent l'annˆ©e en rˆ©coltant prix et nominations du Concours OSM  Standard Life, du Conseil des Arts du Canada et de la Recording Academy.
 
Concours OSM Standard Life
Les  ˆ©tudiants de maˆÆtrise Tristan Longval-Gagnˆ©, pianiste, et  Benjamin Duinker, percussionniste, ont remportˆ© chacun des  premiers prix au 70e Concours OSM Standard Life qui s'est  tenu du 18 au 21 novembre. M. Longval-Gagnˆ© a obtenu le prix de 10 000 $  dans la catˆ©gorie piano (classe A) et s'est vu ˆ©galement octroyer le  prix de 2 000 $ pour la ¬´ meilleure exˆ©cution d'une ‰ìuvre canadienne ¬ª;  il a aussi reˆßu un prix du Centre d'Arts Orford qui couvre les frais  et l'hˆ©bergement pour un stage de musique d'une durˆ©e de deux semaines  au Centre en 2010. M. Duinker a gagnˆ© le premier prix de 10 000 $ dans  la catˆ©gorie percussion ainsi qu'un prix de 2 000 $ pour la ¬´ meilleure  exˆ©cution d'une ‰ìuvre canadienne ¬ª dans cette catˆ©gorie. En plus  des premiers prix gagnˆ©s, le troisiˆ®me prix dans la catˆ©gorie percussion  a ˆ©tˆ© dˆ©cernˆ© ˆÝ l'ˆ©tudiant percussionniste Noam Bierstone  qui a ˆ©galement mˆ©ritˆ© le prix Domaine Forget, soit une bourse couvrant  les frais et l'hˆ©bergement pour un stage de musique de deux semaines  au Domaine Forget en 2010.
Nomination pour un prix Grammy
Les  diplˆ¥mˆ©s en chant Jonathan Woody et Garry McLinn, ˆ©tudiants  du baryton Sanford Sylvan, font partie du groupe d'enregistrement  de l'opˆ©ra Volpone de John Musto qui a ˆ©tˆ© mis en nomination pour  le Grammy 2009 du meilleur enregistrement d'opˆ©ra.  Les prix Grammy sont les seuls prix remis par des pairs pour souligner  la rˆ©alisation artistique, le savoir-faire technique et l’Äôexcellence  gˆ©nˆ©rale dans l’Äôindustrie de l’Äôenregistrement sans ˆ©gard au nombre  d’Äôalbums ni ˆÝ la position au palmarˆ®s. Les 52 prix Grammy annuels  seront dˆ©cernˆ©s le dimanche 31 janvier 2010.
Prix Jules-Lˆ©ger
L’Äôˆ©tudiant  en composition au doctorat Jimmie LeBlanc a ˆ©tˆ© le laurˆ©at  du Prix Jules-Lˆ©ger 2009 de la nouvelle musique de chambre du Conseil  des Arts du Canada pour son ‰ìuvre ¬´ L’ÄôEspace intˆ©rieur du monde ¬ª.  L’Äô‰ìuvre a ˆ©tˆ© crˆ©ˆ©e pour 15 musiciens et ˆ©lectronique, et a ˆ©tˆ©  jouˆ©e pour la premiˆ®re fois en mars 2008 ˆÝ Lyon, France, par le Nouvel  Ensemble Moderne. Le prix de 7 500 $ ˆ©tabli en 1978 a pour but d’Äôencourager  la crˆ©ation de nouvelles ‰ìuvres de musique de chambre canadienne et  d’Äôencourager leur exˆ©cution par des ensembles canadiens. L’Äô‰ìuvre  primˆ©e de M. LeBlanc sera diffusˆ©e ˆÝ l’Äôˆ©chelle nationale sur Radio 2  de CBC et sur Espace Musique de Radio-Canada ˆÝ une date ultˆ©rieure. 
 
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