The performance potential of our string students develops and thrives not just because of the personalized approach of the faculty but also thanks to the many opportunities for learning available to them.

The program encourages regular participation in masterclasses. Guest artist-teachers at the Faculty of Music have included violinists Maxim Vengerov, Michael Frischenschlager, Cho-Liang Lin, Martin Beaver and Veronika Eberle; violists Maxim Rysanov, Antoine Tamestit, Françoise Gnéri and Thomas Selditz; and cellists Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Colin Carr, Clive Greensmith and Jean-Guihen Queyras.

Moreover, opportunities to perform in concert in one of the Faculty halls are numerous, whether as soloist, chamber player or orchestral musician. Throughout their training, students get to join a number of Faculty of Music ensembles so as to enjoy the experience of ensemble music in all its diversity:

• String quartets and various chamber music ensembles 
• Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal
• Ensemble de musique contemporaine
• Atelier de musique baroque

Lastly, every year the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal concerto competition crowns three prizewinners from the different Faculty of Music performance programs, who perform in concert with the orchestra at Salle Claude-Champagne. Students also have the opportunity of participating in numerous other competitions at the faculty, national and international levels.

One of our missions is to furnish students with tools and learning adapted to the realities of the professional world ‒ as evidenced by the presence of our graduates in numerous music ensembles on the international scene, an illustration of the quality of our undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs.