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With this issue of Interlude, we commemorate the 80th birthday of legendary Royal Conservatory alumnus Glenn Gould, applaud our many Conservatory alumni Olympians, and share the international achievement of one of our current Conservatory students.
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| Conservatory Celebrates Glenn Gould's 80th Birthday |
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On September 23 and 24, The Royal Conservatory celebrates the 80th birthday of Glenn Gould, one of our many illustrious alumni. He will be honoured through two genre-spanning concerts offering a banquet of Bach, the composer with whom he is most often identified. Gould himself will make a special appearance!
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 Stewart Goodyear
Celebrated alumnus Stewart Goodyear presented a pop-up concert in front of The Royal Conservatory on July 24, performing Beethoven's Piano Sonata in F Minor, op. 57, no. 23, "Appassionata," 3rd movement. The event was part of Play Me, I'm Yours, an initiative that brought 41 pianos to locations across Toronto. In this video
of the performance, he explains how The Conservatory fostered his passion for music.
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Student Wins International Competition
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Fourteen-year-old Annie Zhou (pictured with Emanuel Ax), a student of The Royal Conservatory's Young Artists Academy, is the first Canadian to win First Prize in the under-15 category of the13th International Competition for Young Pianists held in Enttlingen, Germany. The prize was announced on August 11.
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Strategies for Engaging Special–Needs Students
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Our most recent Royal Conservatory Piano Pedagogy Summit featured internationally respected author and educator Dr. Scott Price sharing his successful approaches for teaching – and reaching – students with a variety of special needs. His guiding philosophy, which
attracted the attention of Lang Lang, is: "music doesn't discriminate, neither should the teacher."
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Winter Examination Session
November 6, 2012
Registration Deadline
December 14–15, 2012
Theory Examinations
January 14–26, 2013
Practical Examinations
April Examination Session
January 8, 2013
Registration Deadline
April 15–20, 2013
Practical Examinations
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Sunday, September 23
David Louie Celebrates Bach and Gould
Monday, September 24
Glenn Gould's Birthday BACHanalia
Saturday, September 29
The Royal Conservatory's Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
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Thursday, October 4
Hong Kong Sinfonietta, conducted by Yip Wing-sie
Friday, October 5
Royal Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Uri Mayer
Sunday, October 14
Barry Shiffman and Friends
Thursday, October 18
Miloš
Friday, October 19
Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio
Friday, October 26
Season Gala: Valery Gergiev and the Stradivarius Ensemble |
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At the recent London 2012 Summer Games, Conservatory alumni made Canada proud, bringing home 18 
In the lead-up to Glenn Gould's 80th birthday, we asked James Anagnoson, Dean of The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School, to share his personal list of the legendary pianist's essential recordings:
