In the spirit of this year’s Grammy Awards, we celebrate some of our own University of Ottawa musical geniuses and learn what really inspires them. Name: Louis Trépanier, guitarist Accomplishments: Member of the Canadian Guitar Quartet, published arranger and composer.
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Beyoncé’s “Video Phone” presents us with a complex commentary on technology, surveillance and handheld media devices. Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” and “Telephone” offer a compelling critique of fame, celebrity status and consumer culture. With the advent of YouTube and the proliferation
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Students who have a passion for both music and science no longer have to choose which path to pursue. A new program at the University of Ottawa gives students the opportunity to simultaneously pursue rigorous training in music and advanced
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After a few years of teaching music in a home studio, recent uOttawa graduates Nadia Zaid and Ashley Martyn realized their dream and opened Barrhaven Music Academy (BMA) in July. “My advice to anyone who’s wishing to start a business
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The University of Ottawa received a gift of the estate of the late Sally Benson on Tuesday, August 21. In the spring of 2012, the long-time NAC Orchestra violinist died of cancer. She was a friend of many uOttawa professors
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Remember her name and her face. The astonishing rise to success of opera singer Ania Hejnar is the pride of uOttawa’s School of Music. Ania is a charming young soprano and she has recently been acquiring a number of significant successes,
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School of Music professor David Currie celebrates 30 years at uOttawa “You know, the stage is no place for the timid,” says University of Ottawa School of Music professor David Currie, and he should know. This year, Currie celebrates 30
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It’s rare to find people who can say that they spend their days pursuing their passion, like Venessa Lachance, a first-year undergraduate music student. Her love of the piano, which she got from her mother starting at the age of
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Fire and Neon, a three-man band that includes uOttawa students Phillip Konopka on keyboards and David Wijsman on guitar is one of the six finalists in the The Big Money Shot music contest organized by local radio station Live 88.5. Their friend
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