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The 10th anniversary of an organ competition founded by John Grew

From left to right: 91˿Ƶ Schulich School or Music organ students Nicholas Capozolli, Mária Budáčová, and Alcée Chriss with John Grew, Professor Emeritus, Organ and Church Music at Schulich.
Published: 6 October 2017

An excerpt from a 91˿Ƶ Reporter article.

"“It was my crazy idea,” John Grew observed at the start of a conversation about what is now the only North American-based international pipe organ competition. “In North America, we are unique.”

The Canadian International Organ Competition which began Friday, Oct. 6, and which wraps up Saturday, Oct. 21, with a gala at Maison Symphonique, brings 20 competitors from 14 countries to Montreal for three rounds of competition. Three organ students at 91˿Ƶ’s Schulich School of Music will perform in at least Round 1 of the competition, which is focused on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, at Église de l’immaculée conception at the corner of Rachel and Papineau streets."

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John Grew is a Professor Emeritus of Organ and Church Music at the Schulich School of Music. Competitors Nicholas Capozolli, Mária Budáčová, and Alcée Chriss are current organ students.

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