Recent Grad wins prestigious scholarship

Congratulations to 2008 graduate Greg Harrison for receving the Sabian/Pasic Scholarship to attend the Percussive Arts Society conference in Austin, Texas. There is only one annual scholarship awarded and this year it went to Greg. Greg recently graduated with Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion performance, studying with Mark Adam.

SOM people on national CBC

I want to congratulate Derek Charke for his interview on CBC's The National. It was a great profile of him and a good preview of the piece Tundra Songs. From the clips, the piece looks very exciting.

Also, congratulations to former Musical Theatre student Kyla Tingley who, as of last night, made it to the final 10 for the How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? competition on CBC.

The new website for the Acadia School of Music is up and running. Check it out at music.acadiau.ca

I want to congratulate Christoph Both for his successful tour of Russia with Sanctuary Trio and Derek Charke for the world premiere of Tundra Songs with the Kronos Quartet and Tanya Tagaq.

Also, congratulations to students Matthew Martin and Maren McLean for their impressive showing in the provincial finals competition. Matt won the senior guitar category and Maren won the senior brass category. Maren was recommended to compete at the 2008 National Music Festival finals in Edmonton, August 14-16.

Finally, former music theatre student Kyla Tingley will be competing on June 15th and 16th in the How Do you Solve a Problem Like Maria competition on CBC television. Good luck Kyla!