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Kyle Hutchinson is the recipient of the 2018 SOCAN Foundation/George Proctor Prize

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For Immediate Release – July 19, 2018

THE CANADIAN UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY AND THE SOCAN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNER OF THE 2018 SOCAN FOUNDATION/GEORGE PROCTOR PRIZE

The Canadian University Music Society and the SOCAN Foundation are pleased to announce that Kyle Hutchinson is the recipient of the 2018 SOCAN Foundation/George Proctor Prize for his presentation entitled “Tristan, Liszt,and Till Eugenspiegel: Chromatically-Altered Diminished Seventh Chords in Late Nineteenth-Century Harmonic Syntax”.

The SOCAN Foundation/George Proctor Prize is awarded for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the annual conference of the Canadian University Music Society. This award is for original research in any recognized branch of musical scholarship.

Kyle Hutchinson is a Ph.D. Candidate in Music Theory at the University of Toronto. His research explores chromatic harmony in the music of Wagner and Richard Strauss, focusing on ways their harmonic syntaxes extend prolongational tonality, and how these perspectives can inform analytic, hermeneutic, and cultural approaches to the works of these composers. Other research interests include historical approaches to analysis, the philosophical and ontological underpinnings of music analysis, and applying music theory and analysis to contemporary musical theatre. Kyle is also active and interested in pedagogy, and in 2017 was one of twelve graduate students at the University of Toronto shortlisted for the university-wide award for outstanding Teaching Assistants, and won a similar award from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music in 2016. Kyle has presented research at conferences across North America, most recently at the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, Music Theory Midwest, and MusCan. While finishing his dissertation in 2018–2019,Kyle will also be serving as one of MusCan’s Graduate Student liaisons, andpresenting pre-opera talks for the Canadian Opera Company’s productions of Elektra and La Bohème in Toronto.

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Austin Leung is the winner of the 2018 STUDENT COMPOSER COMPETITION.

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For Immediate Release – July 19, 2018

THE CANADIAN UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY ANNOUNCES THE WINNER OF THE 2018 STUDENT COMPOSER COMPETITION

The Canadian University Music Society is pleased to announce that Austin Leung is the winner of the 2018 STUDENT COMPOSER COMPETITION.

The jury selected Austin Leung’s energetic and playful string quartet, A Little Childish Fantasy, as the first prize winner.

Austin Leung is a Hong Kong-Canadian composer currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

Leung’s composition is distinctive in its manner of integrating contrasting musical materials in the same work. Materials range from tonal, expressive melodies to brutal contemporary noise. Such a compositional approach echoes Leung’s philosophical belief that the world is united, but also diversified. If the most contradicting musical materials can collaborate perfectly in a same piece of music, all humans, regardless of background or culture, should be able to coexist in the same world without discrimination, prejudice and war.

Recent performances of Leung's music include Music from the World by players from the Philharmonia Orchestra (UK), Prelude by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (Canada), and Serenity by the Ostrava New Orchestra (Czech Republic).

The Student Composer Competition is open to any university student who is a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant or who is studying at a Canadian institution, does not yet hold a doctorate and does not hold a full-time teaching position. The competition takes place in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Canadian University Music Society.

 

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Job: Brandon University - Musicology or Music Theory

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Assistant Professor or Lecturer (one-year term), Musicology or Music Theory, School of Music
 

The School of Music at Brandon University invites applications for a one-year term appointment at the rank of assistant professor or lecturer in music research (disciplinary area open).  Depending on the successful candidate’s expertise and experience, the teaching responsibilities will be comprised of a subset of the following courses:  undergraduate core music theory, music history survey, introductory aural and keyboard skills, upper years course in Romantic music history, and graduate research methods and bibliography.  Other teaching may be assigned in areas relevant to the successful candidate’s interests and expertise.

Job: Mount Allison University - Applied Brass

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The Department of Music at Mount Allison University invites applications for a position in Applied Brass. This is a full-time nine-month sessional appointment, beginning August 1, 2018, subject to budgetary approval. The appointment will be made at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor. Preference will be given to applicants with a doctorate in Brass Performance or Pedagogy, an established record as a performer, and successful studio teaching experience at the university level. Teaching responsibilities include weekly studio instruction in brass (trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba) of up to 15 students for approximately one hour each, brass chamber music, overseeing student performance preparation, and assessing performance juries associated with these students. In addition, the successful applicant will be expected to undertake departmental service, including outreach, recruitment, and committee work.

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