How to Build an Opera
As part of the Classes Without Quizzes series, McGill’s Director of Opera Studies Patrick Hansen uses the theory of “multiple intelligences” put forth by Harvard professor Howard Gardner in 1983 to demonstrate how opera’s various aspects combine to bring the show to life for an audience.
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December 18, 2009 at 2:30 pm | Tags: cwoq, hansen, music, opera
Beethoven’s Late Piano Works
Anton Kuerti. is an internationally recognized pianist, teacher, composer, concert organizer, artistic director and social activist.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:48 pm | Tags: Anton Kuerti, beethoven, classics, composition, mini, mini-music, music, piano, string
A Composer, His Dedicatee, Her Instrument and I: A Complete Recording of Haydn’s Keyboard Works
Tom Beghin is Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he teaches music history, performance practice, and fortepiano.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:47 pm | Tags: composition, haydn, mini, mini-music, music, piano, string, tom beghin
What to Listen for in… Schoenberg
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.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:47 pm | Tags: don mclean, mini, mini-music, music, schoenberg
Flams, paradiddles and other Striking Ideas: Fundamentals of Playing Percussion Instruments
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.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:40 pm | Tags: aiyun huang, fabrice marandola, mini, mini-music, music, percussion
Riots in the Concert Hall: Musical Controversies
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.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:39 pm | Tags: concert, lloyd whitesell, mini, mini-music, music
What to Listen for… Bruckner and Heavy Metal
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.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:36 pm | Tags: bruckner, don mclean, metal, mini, mini-music, music
What is This Thing Called Jazz?
Dr. Gordon Foote is Associate Dean, Student and Academic Affairs, at the Schulich School of Music.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:36 pm | Tags: gordon foote, jazz, mini, mini-music, music
A Composer in the Lab
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.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Tags: composition, mini, mini-music, music, research, sean ferguson
The Art of Music Recording
Martha de Francisco is a professor of Music Research at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
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April 22, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Tags: martha de francisco, mini, mini-music, music, recording
