{"id":38898,"date":"2016-09-30T09:40:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=38898"},"modified":"2016-09-30T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:41:53","slug":"the-scoop-mcgill-university-announces-composers-competition-following-1-million-dollar-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/09\/30\/the-scoop-mcgill-university-announces-composers-competition-following-1-million-dollar-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | McGill University Announces New Competition For Young Composers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38899\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/Graham-Sommer-McGill.jpg\" alt=\"McGill University's Schulich School of Music announces new competition for  Canadian composers.\" width=\"770\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/Graham-Sommer-McGill.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/Graham-Sommer-McGill-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McGill University&#8217;s Schulich School of Music announces a new competition for Canadian composers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McGill University&#8217;s Schulich School of Music has announced a new competition open to all Canadian composers age 35 or younger. The competition will be funded by a $1 million donation from McGill alumnus Dr Graham Sommer.<\/p>\n<p>The Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers will &#8220;shine a spotlight on the best young composers from across Canada, bringing them to the attention of the Canadian public and the international musical world,\u201d said Schulich School of Music&#8217;s Interim Dean, Julie Cumming.<\/p>\n<p>The first annual competition is slated to begin in the Spring of 2017\u00a0and will commemorate Canada\u2019s 150th and Montreal\u2019s 375th-anniversary celebrations. Contest details will be release later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Born in British Columbia, Sommer graduated from McGill in 1972 and went on to a successful career in radiology at Stanford University. 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