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Rare Books and Special Collections McGill University Archives Affiliated collections & partner libraries About News & Events Fiat Lux: Reimagining. 17, (Columbia, S.C.), Funeral Services of. Gill University is the chief English- language university in the province of Quebec and houses one of Canada's most established music programs. In 1. 81. 3 James Mc. Gill, a prominent Montreal citizen and merchant, bequeathed . In 1. 82. 1 George IV granted a charter establishing the University of Mc. Gill College, a non- denominational institution. A reorganization of the college was ratified by an 1. Queen Victoria, and in 1. Mc. Gill University. Courses began in 1. Faculty of Medicine and in 1. Faculty of Arts, the campus gradually expanding from its original location on the southeast side of Mount Royal. By 2. 01. 0 Mc. Gill University comprised 1. Smith (Lord Strathcona) founded the Royal Victoria College for girls, and when it opened in September 1. Clara Lichtenstein from Europe to be in charge of its music department. Lichtenstein's remarkable work at the Royal Victoria College, the financial support of Lord Strathcona, and the moral encouragement of the principal, William Peterson, resulted in the establishment of the Mc. Gill Conservatorium in 1. The introduction in 1. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music of London (AB of the RSM), accomplished through the efforts of Charles A. E. Harriss, also established music's place at Mc. Gill University. Harriss was appointed director of the board of examinations as well as director of the conservatorium, which began classes 2. Sep 1. 90. 4 in Workman House (a gift of Lord Strathcona). Lichtenstein was named vice- director, a position she held until 1. At the official inauguration 1. Oct 1. 90. 4, in the presence of the Governor- General, Lord Minto, a recital was given by two young artists, the pianist Ellen Ballon and the violinist Albert Chamberland. The first school session was attended by 4. Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and New York State, and 2. During these early years the teaching body included Frederick H. Blair, Albert Clerk- Jeannotte, Guillaume Couture, Alfred De S. Illsley, Arthur Letondal, Romain- Octave Pelletier, and Horace Reyner, and instruction was offered in composition, theory, and performance. When Harriss resigned during the summer of 1. This request was granted by the university council, which, through a gift from Lieutenant- Colonel Jeffrey H. Burland, engaged as professor and director Harry Crane Perrin, the organist of Canterbury Cathedral. Lichtenstein filled the post 1. Perrin began a career at Mc. Gill University that was to span 2. He formed Mc. Gill's first university symphonic ensemble and in 1. Mc. Gill University's own system of music examinations in 5. Canada. By dissociating itself from the AB of the RSM, the institution reinforced its autonomy and established the originality of its contribution in teaching and examinations. A substantial endowment from Sir William Mac. Donald in 1. 91. 7 permitted the establishment 2. Apr 1. 92. 0 of a Faculty of Music. For the next 1. 0 years Perrin combined the duties of director of the conservatorium and dean of the faculty. Premises, professors, and budget were shared. Having laid the foundations for the teaching of music at the university level, Perrin resigned in 1. He was succeeded as dean of the faculty by Douglas Clarke, who had been appointed director of the conservatorium in 1. There followed a marked increase in musical activities of interest to the public. Clarke established a series of concerts (Sunday Evening Series) which featured such renowned musicians as Ernest Ansermet, Georges Enesco, Gustav Holst, Nicolas Medtner, Ignaz Jan Paderewski, Serge Prokofiev, Leopold Stokowski, and the London String Quartet, and such lecturers as Edmund Fellowes, Percy Scholes, and Charles Sanford Terry. On the academic side, the programs began to be revised in 1. The composer Claude Champagne was a member of the teaching staff 1. Clarke's main achievement undoubtedly remains the Montreal Orchestra (1. Mc. Gill students. After 1. 94. 5Growth of the faculty was impeded, however, by the fact that the position of dean still constituted the only full- time job, by meagre financial resources, and by the effects of World War II. In addition the school did not have suitable premises. Between 1. 94. 8 and 1. This did not deter the conservatorium from celebrating its 5. November- December 1. December with the participation of Ellen Ballon and Douglas Clarke. At this time the teaching staff consisted of 3. Following Clarke's retirement in 1. Marvin Duchow became acting dean. The conservatorium and the faculty were reorganized, and three departments were created within the faculty: theoretical music (chaired by Duchow), keyboard instruments and voice with Helmut Blume as chair, and instrumental music with Alexander Brott as chair. The conservatorium was divided into a senior department and a junior department, the courses of the former leading to diplomas and those of the latter confined to basic musical training. Duchow was confirmed as dean in 1. Under Helmut Blume (acting dean, 1. In 1. 96. 6 the Mc. Gill Preparatory School of Music replaced the Mc. Gill Conservatorium; the budget and teaching staff of the school initially were shared with the faculty, but the two institutions were separated in 1. The faculty of music, having grown until it occupied all or part of half- a- dozen different buildings, finally received adequate and permanent premises, moving in 1. Royal Victoria College on Sherbrooke St West, which was renovated and renamed the Strathcona Music Building in 1. Through a bequest from the Maurice Pollack Foundation in 1. Assembly Hall on the floor above was converted into a modern 6. Through careful planning excellent control of the acoustics was achieved. The stage could be reduced by using movable reflecting wall panels, and for opera performances or certain stage productions the orchestra pit could be concealed from view by extending the stage floor. The Pollack Concert Hall was inaugurated 1. Apr 1. 97. 5 with a concert including works by Beethoven, Liebermann, Kelsey Jones (The Prophecy of Micah), and Bengt Hambraeus (Intrada). This concert was followed by the Mc. Gill Music Month, a festival of 3. That year 7. 5 teachers gave courses to 4. The dean continued to be in charge of the faculty of music and the preparatory school until 1. Mc. Gill Conservatory of Music. Oleg Telizyn was the conservatory's first director, succeeded by Kenneth Woodman 1. Peter Freeman 1. 98. Michael Isador 1. Carl Urquhart 1. 99. Peter Freeman 2. 00. Dean Jobin- Bevans 2. Cl. He also had the idea for Mc. Gill University Records, a series to which composers, soloists, and ensembles of the faculty have contributed. Dean Pedersen was succeeded by John Rea 1. John Grew 1. 99. 1- 6, Richard Lawton 1. Don Mc. Lean beginning in 2. In 2. 01. 0, the academic staff of the music school was made up of 6. Music Degrees and Diplomas. The Mc. Gill Conservatorium introduced in 1. L MUS) for instrumentalists who had completed three years of study. The associate diploma after one year was also granted 1. The Faculty of Music began awarding the concert diploma at the post- graduate level in 1. Quebec Ministry of Education's Dipl. The B MUS degree, first offered in 1. B MUS in theory (honours) and B MUS in history in 1. A B MUS (honours) in performance (orchestra conducting) was offered between 1. MMA degrees were offered in composition in 1. M MUS in composition, the MA in musicology, the MA in theory, and the M MUS in performance. A general B MUS and an MA in school music (later music education) were introduced in 1. The first B MUS in jazz performance in Canada was offered at Mc. Gill in 1. 98. 1. An M MUS in sound recording was introduced in 1. Wieslaw Woszczyk, and a modern recording studio opened in January 1. The D MUS in composition, offered 1. Charles Henry Mills was the first to earn it, in 1. Ph. D programs in musicology, theory, and music education were introduced in 1. Music degrees include the B MUS (performance, composition, theory, history, music education, and computer applications); the Licentiate in Music, an advanced three- year performance program; and the Artist Diploma, designed for performers with exceptional professional promise. Performance students may specialize in keyboard instruments, guitar, strings, harp, voice, woodwinds, brass, percussion, church music, early music, and jazz. At the graduate level, the MA is offered in education, technology, musicology and theory, while the M MUS is offered in composition, performance, and sound recording. The D MUS is offered in composition and performance studies, and the Ph. D is offered in music technology, sound recording, theory, musicology, and music education. Performing Groups. Various instrumental and vocal groups for students have flourished at Mc. Gill University, including the Mc. Gill Symphony Orchestra (see Youth Orchestras), the Sinfonietta, the Concert Choir, the Collegium Musicum, the University Chorus, the jazz bands, as well as various ensembles of early and contemporary music, jazz improvisation, brass, guitars, voices and woodwinds. The first Mc. Gill String Quartet was formed in 1. Alexander Brott reorganized the quartet in 1. Mc. Gill Chamber Society took over and served as sponsor until 1. An independent body unaffiliated with the university, the society later sponsored the concerts of the Mc. Gill Chamber Orchestra, which Brott founded. The Mc. Gill Opera Studio, founded by Luciano and Edith Della Pergola in 1. Opera Mc. Gill in 1. Bernard Turgeon as director and Timothy Vernon as conductor. It has staged more than 4. Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1. Weill's Street Scene (1.
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