April 11, 2012: York jazz artist Steve Koven at home and abroad
Canadian jazz pianist and York University music alumnus Steve Koven will cross the convocation stage again this June to receive his second York degree: a ...

April 09, 2012: Faculty publications demonstrate range of fine arts research
The remarkable diversity of research and research creation in the fine arts is illustrated by a spate of recent publications by members of the Faculty ...

March 27, 2012: York U music faculty and alumni in the running for Juno Awards
York University music faculty and alumni are in the spotlight as nominees for Canada’s most prestigious music awards, the Junos. The 2012 edition rolls ...

March 13, 2012: York U grad student researchers at Rutger’s Institute of Jazz Studies
Two PhD candidates in York’s Graduate Program in Music are among the half-dozen international scholars awarded study grants this year by the Morroe Berger ...

February 21, 2012: York University’s Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance Ron Westray inspires Youth through Share the Music
Trombonist Ron Westray, Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance in York University’s Department of Music, returns to Toronto’s Massey Hall on Thursday, Feb. 23 ...

February 21, 2012: York U artists re-imagine Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas”
Established and emerging artists in York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts bring their collective talents to a riveting new production of a baroque classic: Henry ...

January 31, 2012: The Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates research
From investigating how typography could reduce medication errors, to using math as a tool to teach jazz, Faculty of Fine Arts scholars and practitioners ...

January 27, 2012: York U Faculty Concert Series features Sundar Viswanathan with Jaffa Road
Versatile performer, composer, international touring artist and York music professor Sundar Viswanathan takes centre stage with the award-winning world music ensemble Jaffa ...

January 03, 2012: Violinist Jacques Israelievitch and pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico perform contemporary Canadiana
Two of Canada’s leading classical performers come together for a thrilling concert featuring contemporary Canadian works on January 17 in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall ...

December 20, 2011: York U Faculty of Fine Arts delegation visits India January 2012
York University's Faculty of Fine Arts is expanding its international relations and deepening existing relationships with a trip to India, January 1 to 18, 2012. ...

November 28, 2011: Fine Arts alumni and students re/connect at networking event
More than 40 alumni working in a broad spectrum of careers returned to York’s Keele campus October 23 for the third annual Faculty of Fine ...

November 25, 2011: Fine Arts Dean Barbara Sellers-Young receives international award for service to dance research
There are many awards for personal achievement, ranging from the most valuable player in an amateur sports team to the Nobel Prize. Such achievements, big ...

November 15, 2011: York U music student a double nominee for Hollywood Music in Media Awards
On November 17, music student Isaias Garcia will walk the red carpet into Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre and take a seat.

November 03, 2011: Trichy Sankaran wins Muriel Sherrin Award for international achievement in music
Master percussionist and York University Music Professor Trichy Sankaran has won the Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Music. The award honours an ...

October 21, 2011: York U Faculty Concert Series features soprano Janet Obermeyer in “The Lieder of Richard Strauss”
Soprano Janet Obermeyer steps into the spotlight November 1 with her long-time collaborator, pianist Leslie De’Ath, in a recital of songs by Richard Strauss ...