AMPD’s Top 10 Moments of 2021 2021 had its challenges. From adapting to online learning to navigating being back on campus for the first time in our new normal. Still, it was a year of excitement, progress and resilience. As we enter 2022, let’s reflect on just some of the many moments that made 2021 …
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Don Ross wins 2021 Walter Carsen Prize
Prof. Christina Petrowska Quilico makes CBC’s top 21 classical albums of 2021
Dance Innovations premieres compelling new student work
York University AMPD and Arizona State University Virtually Unite Gospel Choirs with Kirk Franklin’s Arrangement of the Johnson Brothers’ “Lift Every Voice & Sing”
York AMPD and Arizona State University Virtually Unite with “Lift Every Voice & Sing” “Lift Every Voice & Sing” premieres on Sunday, September 26th, 2021, at 5PM EST on YouTube. Seventy students across academic disciplines, geographic locations and cultures in international chorus. Students are accompanied by Corey Butler in harmony with Kirk Franklin’s arrangement of …
AMPD Music Professor Elected to The Royal Society of Canada
Celebrating the great Oscar Peterson
York Music alumna earns spot in Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program
York Music alumna earns spot in Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program Soprano Jonelle Sills (BFA ’16) earns a spot in the Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program lead by industry leaders Leslie Dala, Kinza Tyrrell, Tina Chang and Vancouver Opera Music Director Emeritus Jonathan Darlington. Winner of the Dora Award winner …
Music Professor Ron Westray to release autobiography this fall
Music Professor Ron Westray to Release Autobiography this Fall Originally featured on York YFile York University Associate Professor Ron Westray, in the Department of Music, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, is releasing an autobiography this September titled Life in Reverse: Tales of a Very Stable Narcissist (Anthem Press). “It is possible that we exist in …
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Luis Ramirez to Premiere with Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Music PhD Student to Premiere with Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced that Luis Ramirez, a York University PhD candidate in Music, has received a commission for an original composition in their 2022 season. His “Celebration Prelude” will be making its world premiere, and will be conducted by Gustavo Gimeno, the Toronto …
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