Harris grads start MA`s at Edinburgh Napier

Harris grads start MA’s at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland
Harris Grad’s Work Hailed as ‘Best of the Digital Decade’ Landmark
Faculty Member Eric McLuhan speaks at the Vatican and meets the Pope
RUSH Guitarist Alex Lifeson with John Harris and Bob Roper
Grad Producing Brainwaves!
Trevor Coleman is the Chief Operations Officer of
InteraXon, a company that produces brainwave controlled
experiences. It gained worldwide acclaim for an installation
at the Vancouver Olympics that let visitors control the lights
on the CN Tower, Niagara Falls and the Parliament
Buildings using brainwaves. The company recently showcased the world's first thought-controlled 3D TV experience
at the CES in Las Vegas. Coleman is a 2000 Honours
Graduate of Harris Institute. Visit interaxon.ca
Photo: Vince Nguyen
3 New McLuhan Books!
Eric McLuhan, the award winning lecturer and author on
communications and media, has three recently published
books. Theories of Communications (Hampton Press),
Media and Formal Cause (NeoPoiesis Press) and The
Human Equation (BPS Books) are currently available and
three other books are in preparation. McLuhan will be lecturing at the Vatican for the third time in June. He has
taught at Harris Institute since 1994 and is the college's
Director of Media Studies. Visit ericmcluhan.com
Dr. Eric McLuhan B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.
Barbados Scholarships
The Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
(COSCAP) Foundation will announce two scholarships for
Barbadian students to attend Toronto's Harris Institute. The
college's president, John Harris, will attend and speak at the
awards dinner on April 23 at the Hilton Barbados. Starting in
2012, two students from Barbados will receive full scholarships for either the one-year Audio Production Program (APP)
or the Arts Management Program (AMP). For information on
COSCAP visit coscap.org
Mike Denney
Unique Mentor Program
Two of Canada's national music industry associations have
partnered to create an unprecedented mentoring program
for senior Harris students. The Music Managers Forum
(MMF) Canada and the Urban Music Association of
Canada (UMAC) will present one-on-one mentoring sessions for students with international and national leaders
from all facets of the music industry. A 'networking lunch'
with members of MMF and UMAC and a panel discussion
by the guest mentors will follow the one-on-one sessions.
Grad Coordinating ‘Ultimate MC’
Colleen Brennan is the Production Coordinator for the 16-part
Hip Hop documentary series that will air on Aux TV starting in
June. 'The Ultimate MC' focuses on the history and future of
Canada's Hip Hop culture and features a competition of artists
selected in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal. The
winner receives $5,000. and a record deal. Frameblender, The
Stylus Group, CP Records and Aux TV are presenting the
series with host Bishop Brigante. For more information visit
ultimatemc.tv
Confidential Releases 35th CD
The graduating students of Harris Institute's Arts Management
Program (AMP) presented “Room Service”, a 'standing room
only' showcase for the 35th CD release by Confidential
Records. The event at Clinton's Tavern on March 31st featured
Willie Soraine, John Mavro, Paige Deem and The Combat with
MC Hugh Wilson. Sponsors included Blackline Studio, Long
and McQuade, Mill Street Brewery and Harris Institute. Visit
the new Confidential Records website created by Susan Deem
at confidential-records.com
Goodman Wins Troiano Scholarship
Toronto's Alex Goodman has won the 2011 Domenic Troiano
Guitar Scholarship. He receives $10,000 to pursue post-secondary guitar education. Goodman's most recent release,
'Convergence', was listed as one of the top ten jazz records of
2010. Trustees for the Troiano Scholarship are Kevin Breit, Rik
Emmett, John Harris, Shawne Jackson-Troiano, Bernie
LaBarge, Alex Lifeson, Jim Norris and Frank Troiano. The
deadline for the 2112 scholarship is November 30, 2011.
Details are at domenictroiano.com
New Harris Faculty
Willard Bond and Demetrius Nath have joined the Harris
Faculty. Bond was the top graduate of 'The Recording
Workshop' in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1984, has worked with
Loreena McKennitt, Rush, Blue Rodeo and The Stratford
Festival and is a 3rd degree black belt in karate. Nath is the
General Manager of Dale Speaking Ltd., has worked with
Broken Social Scene, Alexisonfire and Feist and is an Honours
Graduate of Harris. Bond is teaching Signal Processing and
Nath is teaching Video & Radio Promotion.
Willard Bond
Demetrius Nath
Grad’s National Music Competition
Pavlo has launched a cross Canada music competition with
Grammy Award Winner Liberty Silver and 'Smooth Jazz
Broadcaster of the Year' Vickie Van Dyke. The 25 finalists will
receive cash awards and the winner will perform with Pavlo at
Roy Thomson Hall on February 24, 2012. A distinguished
panel of 10 judges will adjudicate the competition. The deadline for entries is May 15th and the winner will be selected at
the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts on July 5th.
For details visit pavlo.net
Programs Start July 11th
The one-year Audio Production Program (APP) and Arts
Management Program (AMP) start on July 11, 2011. Sixty-four
industry leaders teach the full-time Diploma Programs. The
schedule for the summer Professional Development Program
(PDP) on July 2/3 and 9/10 will be posted on the Harris site on
Monday, April 18. The weekend courses include 'networking
lunches' and members of 21 industry associations are eligible
for PDP Bursaries. For details on programs and graduate
news visit harrisinstitute.com
APP’s Amaze & Amuse
Four groups of graduating Audio Production Program students
presented exceptional final projects as part of Doug
McClement's 'Studio Management' course on March 30. Harris
Institute thanks the evaluating panel that included Orin Isaacs
(Swing Low Productions), Orest Sushko (DeLuxe Los
Angeles), Dave Dysart (HHB Canada), Noah Mintz (Lacquer
Channel Mastering), Dave Clark (Acoustical System
Designer), Sven Heidinga (Chief Engineer, Maison de
Musique) and Bob Buckberrough (Small Business Advisor).
2010 PEP Grads
Marketing With Gene Simmons
Students at Harris Institute attended a marketing presentation by renowned KISS member Gene Simmons at the
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on January 25.
Simmons was appearing as a feature of 'Advertising
Week'. He presented some of the unique marketing strategies he has developed over many years. Harris Institute
and its students thank honours graduate Mishelle Pack
(Creative/A&R, Sony/ATV Music Publishing) the Toronto
Star and 'Advertising Week' for arranging the opportunity.
Photo: Vince Nguyen
Grad Mounts Bahamas Conference
Terneille 'TaDa' Burrows launched the Music Momentum
Summit (MuMo) at the British Colonial Hotel in Nassau,
Bahamas. The first annual event featured international
keynote speakers, music industry executive panelists and
special concert events at the National Art Gallery. Music
producer 'Showtime Shaddy' won the 'MuMo Harris
Institute Scholarship' to attend the Audio Production
Program (APP) or Arts Management Program (AMP) at
Harris in Toronto. See 'MuMo a Success' click here
Terneille Burrows
Grad Launches 2nd Label
Mike Denney has launched Acronym Records with pop
music artists Ash Richards, Michael Ciufo and Jeffrey
Straker. His first label, MDM Recordings, will continue its
focus on country artists Jason Kirkness, Jerry Sereda,
Chad Brownlee, Jo Hick and Emily Taylor Adams. MDM
will present a showcase featuring seven of its artists at
The Cadillac Lounge during Canadian Music Week (CMW)
on Friday, March 11. See 'Standing Strong and True', dedicated to the Canadian troops click here
Mike Denney
Students Launch ‘Radio Harris’
Noah Siegel, Lumi Wang, Corey Wong, Hyun Gyo Hong
and Francis Domingo have launched 'Radio Harris', an
internet broadcaster on Apple's iTunes. The podcast programming features interviews and music of current Harris
students. ‘Radio Harris’ was created as part of Kathleen
Farley's course 'Digital Culture'. The first five episodes
have been posted with more to follow. To listen to 'Radio
Harris' on iTunes click here
MJ Cyr to UK
Toronto based recording artist MJ Cyr will be the first
Canadian artist to tour in Scotland as part of the
International Tour Management program coordinated by
students at Harris Institute and the University of the West
of Scotland. Cyr has toured extensively in Canada, the US
and New Zealand and has released two critically
acclaimed CD's, “The Bottom Line” and “Ladders”. See
“The Garden” music video click here
Grad’s Work A Landmark
Study Magazine featured Andrew Harris in its “Harris
Institute Grad's Work Hailed As a Landmark of The
Decade” story. Harris did the sound design for Dove's
Evolution Campaign, which won a 'Best of the Digital
Decade' in NY. Evolution previously won two Cannes
Lions Grand Prix Awards, CLIO Award, Epica D'Or and 2
Gold prizes at the London International Awards. See 'The
Making of Evolution' click here. For Study Magazine story
click here
Dove’s Evolution
Grad in 2 JUNO Nominations
Andrew Kilgour produced and engineered D-Sisive's
'Vaudeville' and engineered and mixed Ghettosocks 'Treat
of the Day' at his home studio “The Kilzone”. Both recordings are nominated for JUNO Awards for 'Rap Recording
of the Year'. Kilgour is a member of Backburner Records
and performs as 'Fresh Kils'. The 40th Annual JUNO
Awards will air live from the Air Canada Centre on CTV on
Sunday, March 27th. For Backburner Records click here
Andrew Kilgour
March Weekend Courses
Harris institute's Professional Development Program
(PDP) will feature eighteen weekend courses on new
developments in the music, audio and digital media industries on March 5/6, 12/13 and 19/20. Courses are from
10:00AM to 4:00PM on Saturdays and Sundays and
include 'Networking Lunches'. Members of 21 industry
associations are eligible for PDP Bursaries. For courses,
faculty, tuitions, application form, etc. click here
Student Council 'Schmoozed'
Following Gene Simmons' marketing presentation at the
Sony Centre, members of the Harris Institute Student
Council attended a reception with the iconic rock star.
Pictured from left to right: Lana Grove, Jian Ghomeshi
(host of the event), Ryan Mercer, Laura Levesque and
Vince Nguyen. For the Toronto Star article 'The Simmons'
Formula for Success' click here
Scholarship Winners
A highlight of the Harris Institute Graduation & Awards
Lobster Dinner at Captain John’s on Toronto’s waterfront
was the presentation of industry funded scholarships and
awards to (pictured from left to right): Brendan McQuade,
Jessica George (RAM Valedictorian), Cole Stephenson,
Beverley Wiscombe, Giacomo Sangalli, Jonathan House,
Jonathan Adediji, Nadya Hanlon (PEP Valedictorian) and
Chris Cunnane.
2010 RAM Grads
2010 PEP Grads
Grad in Scottish News
Caalvin Jno-Finn was featured in Scotland's largest
evening newspaper for graduating with Distinction
from the Bachelor of Arts Degree program in
'Commercial Music' at the University of the West of
Scotland. He is one of three to achieve the honour
with fellow Harris graduate Laura Wing. Says JnoFinn, “I am following a dream that led me to the UK
for an opportunity of a lifetime”. For story click here.
Caalvin Jno-Finn
Grad to Director of Marketing
Deddy Setton has been promoted to Director of
Marketing at Universal Music Canada. He was previously National Marketing Manager at Universal,
Assistant-Artist Marketing Department at Sony BMG
and Music Director & Assistant Programming
Director at mooma.com. Setton graduated with honours from Harris’ Recording Arts Management program (now Arts Management Program) in 2003.
Deddy Setton
Grad in Best of Decade
Andrew Harris, who did the Sound Design for the
2007 'Dove Evolution' campaign, is part of the creative team being awarded the BEST OF THE DIGITAL DECADE by The One Club at The Museum of
Modern Art in New York on January 11. Harris currently operates the west coast division of Vapor
Music from his Vancouver studio. To view the top ten
'Digital Advertising That Defined An Era' click here.
Andrew Harris
Grad at Roy Thomson Hall
Pavlo will perform at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto on
Friday, February 24, 2012. He is currently completing
a 48 city cross Canada tour with PRO (Pavlo, Rik
Emmett, Oscar Lopez) in support of their JUNO nominated album 'Trifecta'. Pavlo's PBS special,
'Mediterranean Nights' will be broadcast on Bravo on
January 10. To view the trailer and order tickets for
the Roy Thomson Hall concert visit pavlo.net
Pavlo
Grad at PRS in London
Laura Wing, who recently graduated with a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in 'Commercial Music' with Distinction
from the University of the West of Scotland, has relocated to London, England. She is now Music
Licensing Agent at PRS for Music (Performing Rights
Society) in the MCPS (Mechanical Copyright
Protection Society). Wing graduated with honours
from Harris Institute in 2009.
Laura Wing
Grad Wins Marketing Award
Paul Fairley's Admiral Entertainment was awarded
“Best Marketing Campaign” by Tourism Barrie for the
Barrie New Music Fest, which featured 90 artists at
10 venues and special performances by Big Sugar
and The Trews. Fairley graduated with honours from
Harris Institute in 2005 and earned a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in 'Commercial Music' at the University of the
West of Scotland in 2007. Visit admiralent.com
Paul Fairley
Grads at Massey Hall
Chris Munro, James Lockhart, Tweed Jones and
Andrew Wright's 'Open Wide Music' performed at
Toronto's legendary Massey Hall on November 17 as
part of a benefit concert for SOS Children's Villages
hosted by CHUM's Duff Roman. The 4 members of
'Open Wide Music' met at Harris in ’99 while attending the Producing/Engineering Program (now Audio
Production Program). Visit openwidemusic.com
Open Wide Music
Grads Win ‘Indie Week’
Bryan Lowe, Gary Peter and Mark Stanfield’s These Electric
Lives won ‘Indie Week Canada’ in October. They were
awarded airfare, hotel and ground transportation for a week
headlining the touring festival ‘Indie Week Ireland’ in 2011.
Students at Harris and the University of the West of Scotland
are planning to extend the tour to Scotland and England as
part of their ‘International Tour Management’ program. To
listen to/order These Electric Lives album “Hit The Ground
Running” visit . . . . .
theseelectriclives.com
These Electric Lives
Grads Start MA’s
Danen Sloan, Shahab Mobasher, Sunny Wan and Jeff Hreljac
started Master’s Degrees in Sound Production at Edinburgh
Napier University in September. They will be the first to earn
college Honours Diplomas, university Honours Degrees and
Master’s Degrees in less than 3 years. The MA includes
Certified Pro Tools training, audio post for film, TV & games,
orchestral recordings, sound design and theatre sound
reinforcement. For information on the new Master’s in Sound
Production visit . . . . .
courses.napier.ac.uk
Sloan
Mobasher
Wan
Hreljac
BSS World Tour
Broken Social Scene linchpins Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin
met at Harris Institute and are currently on a world tour that
includes France, Australia, Japan, Germany, England, United
States, Russia, Spain, Mexico, Singapore, Scotland, New
Zealand, Taiwan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland,
Holland, Belgium, Turkey, Finland, Croatia, Portugal, Italy and
Switzerland in support of their latest release Forgiveness Rock
Record. Read the Pitchfork interview with Kevin Drew and Charles
Spearin at . . . . .
pitchfork.com/features
Broken Social Scene
Congratulations Stephan & Jamie!
Yanofsky
Stephan Moccio’s ‘I Believe’, sung by Nikki Yanofsky
with lyrics by Alan Frew, was #1 on the Canadian
Billboard HOT 100 Chart for 4 weeks and is Certified
4x Platinum by CRIA. The song is based on Moccio’s
theme music for CTV’s Olympic broadcast. He previously composed ‘A New Day’ for Celine Dion and has
been managed by Harris Honours grad Jamie Porter’s
RAMJAM since 1995 . . click here for HD Music Video
Congratulations Sven!
Stephen (Sven) Heidinga engineered the 250 versions
of the theme music for CTV’s Olympic broadcast over
18 months in Harris Institute’s origianl studio at 296
King E. Stephan Moccio’s ‘Maison du Musique’ has
operated the studio since 2002. Heidinga was the first
recipient of MIP Certification for completing both programs at Harris with Honours in 2007. He has won a
Platinum and 2 Gold Certifications since graduating!!!
Heidinga
Grad Wins $3,500.
Jessica Leigh George was presented with the 2010 ‘Fred
Sherratt Award’ and $3,500 at a ceremony at MuchMusic’s
MuchOnDemand studio in Toronto. The award, presented
annually to 12 outstanding students from across Canada for
‘Excellence in Music & Music Industry Education’ is funded by
CTV and administered by the Canadian Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences. Ms. George is currently a
Submissions Coordinator at FACTOR where she works with
fellow Harris grads Lorie Guillemet and Julia Train.
George
Sherratt
85 City US Tour
Pavlo, who graduated with Honours from RAM in
1994, began an 85 city US tour on Sept. 2nd that
will end in Rodondo Beach, California on Feb.
21, 2009. He previously won an unprecedented
lawsuit against R. Kelly and his PBS concert
spectacular ‘Mediterranean Nights’ is one of the
most successful in PBS history. Visit pavlo.net
Pavlo
“The New Guard”
SOCAN’s Words & Music has named Cheryl Link
(Hons.RAM’95) & Mishelle Pack (Hons.RAM’07)
as part of “The New Guard” in its “Five up-andcomers to watch out for in Canadian music publishing”. Link is Creative Manager at peermusic
Canada and Pack is A&R/Creative Consultant at
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada.
Mishelle Pack
Cheryl Link
Lifeson “Enlightens”
Thank you Alex Lifeson for Guest Lecturing at Harris
Institute and for the very generous donation of
$15,000. to the Domenic Troiano Guitar Scholarship
with RUSH and Anthem Entertainment. A Producing/
Engineering Program (PEP) student commented after
the lecture “that was most enlightening”. Recipients
of theTroiano Scholarship are at domenictroiano.com
John Harris
Alex Lifeson
Bob Roper
President
RUSH
Chair, RAM
Photo: Justin Lee
Harris International Program
Senior staff from the University of the West of
Scotland (UWS) visited Harris Institute on June
24/25 to discuss expanding a partnership that
includes transatlantic student, faculty and artist
exchanges. Nine UWS students started work
placements in Toronto on July 13 and eight
Harris Graduates start BA & BSc Degrees at
UWS on September 7, 2009.Visit UWS click here
Confidential Records celebrated its 10th
Birthday and 31st release with a packed show
at The Drake Underground on July 7 featuring
Carmen Elle, YUKA, Classy Johnny Massy and
The Abyss. Net proceeds were donated to
‘Horizons for Youth’. Confidential is operated by
students in the Recording Arts Management
(RAM) Program at Harris Institute.
Photo: Allison Janzen
Confidential Packs Drake
Bob & Doug, Vice Presidents, eh!
Roper
McClement
Founding Faculty Members Bob Roper, Chair of the
Arts Management Program (AMP) and Doug
McClement, Chair of the Audio Production Program
(APP), have been appointed Vice Presidents of Harris
Institute. “Bob and Doug have been major contributors to the evolution of the college for over 20 years,”
says John Harris. “They will continue as Chairs of
APP & AMP.” For program information . . . . . click here
Graduate Horror Story
Producing/Engineering Program (PEP’02) graduate John Geddes took his first feature film to the
Cannes Film Market. Geddes and Jesse Cook
wrote, directed, produced and star in “Scarce”, a
horror story about cannibal hillbillies. DVD
rights to the $430,000 Super 16-mm film have
been sold to Anchor Bay Entertainment and the
film will be broadcast on Superchannel on October 1, 2008. View the trailer at scarcemovie.com
0% + 0% =
John Geddes in Cannes
Ranked Best Again
For a second consecutive year Harris institute has
ranked best in the Ministry of Training, Colleges and
Universities annual Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
for Student Loan Default Rates with 0%. KPI’s have
been published by the government since 1996 to
help students evaluate programs at Ontarios’ 191
post secodary institutions. Harris Institute may be
the only school anywhere to have achieved these
results. For Default Rates by institution and program see “Choosing Wisely” at
osap.gov.on.ca
Duffy Wins Again!
Patrick Duffy won the 2008 CCMA “Album Design
of the Year” Award in Winnipeg for Doc Walker’s
‘Beautiful Life’. He has been nominated in the category twenty-two times over the past thirteen years
and has won the award an unprecedented eight
times. Duffy has taught Graphic Design and Print
Production/ Packaging in Harris Institute’s Recording Arts Management (RAM) Program for 12 years.
Patrick Duffy
McLuhan at Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI
McLuhan
Eric McLuhan has been invited to speak at the
Vatican for a second time. He spoke there in May
2008 and will return on March 12, 2009. In 2007 he
was presented with the Neil Postman Award in
Mexico City for Career Achievement in Public
Intellectual Activity. Dr. McLuhan has been Director of Media Studies at Harris Institute for 14 yrs.
Garbutt Wins!
Don Garbutt has won the “AstoundSound”
music competition and the $10,000 award from
GenAudio. The winner was determined on how
creatively AstoundSound’s 4D audio was applied
to a one minute composition. Garbutt has been
the Director of Electronic Music at Harris Institute for 19 yrs. Listen to ‘Alien Planet’ click here
Garbutt presents for GenAudio in NY
Faculty Members Nominated
Martin
Pilchner
Doug
McClement
Patrick
Duffy
Yuri
Gorbachow
Worlwide Metronome Support
Over 4,200 letters have been received by the
ministers responsible for the Stimulus Fund
from 142 cities in every Canadian province and
9 countries. 2,600+ supporters from all
provinces and 19 countries are now Facebook
Fans. Never before has a Toronto initiative
been actively supported by Canadians from
coast to coast and people around the world.
Join the parade at
metronomecanada.com
Martin Pilchner nominated for 4th time for
‘Studio Designer of the Year’ TEC Award, Doug
McClement for 10th time for ‘Best Sound in a
TV Variety Program’ Gemini Award, Patrick
Duffy for 23rd time for ‘Album Design of the
Year’ CCMA Award, Yuri Gorbachow for 2nd
time for ‘Best Sound in a Dramatic Series’
Gemini. Pilchner, McClement, Gorbachow and
Duffy have taught at Harris for 72 yrs.
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