Schulich School of Music

Schulich School of Music
École de musique Schulich (French)
Strathcona Music Building
Named forSeymour Schulich
TypeFaculty (music school)
Established1904; 120 years ago (1904)
Parent institution
McGill University
DeanSean Alastair Ferguson
Academic staff
200+[1]
StudentsApproximately 875
Address
Strathcona Music Building,
555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
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Canada
CampusUrban
Websitemcgill.ca/music

The Schulich School of Music (also known as Schulich) is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 555, Rue Sherbrooke Ouest (555, Sherbrooke Street West). The faculty was named after the benefactor Seymour Schulich.[2]

McGill University's Schulich School of Music runs 50 different programs in research and performance and holds 700 concerts annually.[3] Over 35% of the student body is international.[3] At least 13 Grammy Award winners have been affiliated with the Schulich School of Music, including George Massenburg, Estelí Gomez, Serban Ghenea, Steven Epstein, Jennifer Gasoi, Brian Losch,[4] Chilly Gonzales, Win Butler, Nick Squire,[5] Leonard Cohen, Richard King, Régine Chassagne, and Burt Bacharach.

  1. ^ "About the Schulich School of Music". Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Lewington, Jennifer (29 June 2017). "Mega-donor Seymour Schulich sets the bar higher for education - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ a b "The advancement of learning through the free expression of ideas and pursuit of research and artistic creation". McGill Schulich School of Music. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Esteli Gomez and Brian Losch are the latest Schulich Grads to win Grammys". McGill Schulich School of Music. 29 Jan 2014.
  5. ^ "Nick Squire wins Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Classical". McGill Schulich School of Music. 28 Feb 2019.