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Prof. Julie E. Cumming and Dr. Peter Schubert discuss the historical and religious impact of Gregorian Chant on ancient and modern society.
Dr. Eleanor Stubley talks about Canadian composer Jean Coulthard’s fascination with Emily Carr, and how her paintings influenced Coulthard’s musical works.
As a performer himself, Professor Ilya Poletaev discusses the interpretations of Bach’s compositions and how they came to be so diverse.
Dr. Gary Scavone discusses his research on the quality of string instruments and their influence on musicians.
Nicole Biamonte talks about the The Secrets of Music Theory in this episode.
Recording music follows three basic chapters: Recording, editing, and mixing. This lecture will provide a guided tour of a recording project from start to finish, from the audio engineer’s point of view. Audio examples will be presented and explained in detail, according to their role in the project.
How the Voice of God is both delivered and embodied in the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ of George Frideric Handel and Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Hallelujah’. How one was on purpose and one was not. How one exemplifies an old paradigm of singular authorship and how one exemplifies a much older paradigm of distributed authorship. How one became [...]
Talent, passion and dedication are musts, so are presence and experience. What that means and why it matters.
What goes through the mind of a jazz improviser? Harmony, form, inner time, inner ear – what do these terms mean? Rémi Bolduc teaches you to understand and appreciate jazz by illustrating the basics through the ears of a jazz musician.
From the early baroque to jazz and the contemporary avant garde – discover how composers and innovators can’t get enough of the violin, and why so many think of it as the closest instrument to the human voice.
Watch us undo centuries of technological and musical evolution, excavating instruments from three or more centuries ago, peering at the marks on old sheets of music, arguing over the instruction manuals and comments of our musical predecessors… all in the service of bringing forth forgotten musical treasures and revealing them as they might have been [...]
In this Mini-Music, Jens Lindemann, visiting professor of trumpet at the University of Los Angeles in California, joins us for a candid conversation.
In this Mini-Music, Cynthia Leive, head of the Marvin Duchow Music Library, leads a virtual tour through the cutting-edge world of musical information.
In this Mini-Music, percussion professors Aiyun Huang and Fabrice Marandola get hearts pounding with their history of drums and other rhythm-makers.
Chamber music professor Douglas McNabney offers an introduction to the era of classical music and the classical quartet.
McGill Psychology Professor Daniel J. Levitin talks about his latest research study, looking at how musicians communicate emotion by manipulating the “expression” of a musical piece. Also, find out how the music industry might react to his latest research on musical expression.
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.
Anton Kuerti is an internationally recognized pianist, teacher, composer, concert organizer, artistic director and social activist.
Tom Beghin is Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he teaches music history, performance practice, and fortepiano.
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.



