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The School of the Arts, McMaster University, and The Gregorian Institute of Canada present
Traditions in Western Plainchant
McMaster University
Hamilton ON
August 13-16, 2009
Plenary speaker, Joseph Dyer
Featured Artist, Juan Carlos Asensio (Schola Antiqua of Spain) and Schola Saint Gregoire (Montreal).
Full range of lectures and workshops in English and French; liturgical offices and concerts.
For full conference information please visit www.gregorian.ca
Source: William Renwick, conference director.
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Congratulations to Jon-Tomas Godin and Robert Rival, who have been selected as co-winners of the 2009 George Proctor Prize for the best student paper at the annual conference of the Canadian University Music Society, held May 28-31 at Carleton University.
Jon-Tomas Godin, a doctoral candidate at the Université de Montréal, presented his paper on the topic of, "L'emploi des marqueurs formels dans les sonates de Schubert."
A doctoral student at the University of Toronto, Robert Rival offered his paper entitled, "The Comfort of Denial: Metre, Cyclic Form, and Narrative in Shostakovich's Seventh String Quartet."
Best wishes and congratulations are also extended to Proctor Prize finalists David Cecchetto (University of Victoria) and Philip Gareau (Université de Montréal) for their outstanding work.
Many thanks to the preliminary round jurors, Alexander Fisher, Catrina Flint and Joelle Welling, and to the final jury consisting of Jean Boivin, Lynn Cavanagh and Brian Power, for their effort and careful consideration in coming to a decision.
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Beginning in September 2009, the Digital Audio Arts program is unique to Western Canada as the only undergraduate degree program of its kind.
Read more: New Digital Audio Arts Degree offered at University of Lethbridge
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Now available from Syracuse University Press
THE MUSICAL TRADITION OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN SYNAGOGUE
VOLUME 2: THE WEEKDAY SERVICES
By Sholom Kalib
Provides the most comprehensive coverage to date of the intonation of prayers of all services of the Jewish calendar year, except those of the Sabbath and Biblically ordained holidays.
This volume includes multiple renditions of every prayer, thus illustrating the broad diversity within traditional intonation of each prayer mode. In accordance with the traditional role assigned to the prayer leader of each service, renditions are presented at levels appropriate to the lay cantor (baal t'filo) as well as the professional cantor (chazz'n). Liturgical texts that were traditionally intoned by cantor and choir, or by choir alone, are also included.
Read more: Now available: The Musical Tradition of the Eastern European Synagogue Vol. 2