Trevor W. Payne, C.M. Scholarship in Black Music

The Scholarship is created though the generosity of Professor Trevor W. Payne, C.M. who holds a BFA in Music from Concordia University and graduated in 1980. Professor Payne is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. Founded in 1982 the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir earned a Juno award in 1995 for its CD “Jubilation V: Joy to the World.”

The Choir has performed for Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau as well as several other heads of state. Prof. Payne is also a composer and symphonic conductor who has produced works for Les Ballets Jazz du Québec. On May 22, 1996 Professor Payne was appointed to the Order of Canada (C.M.) by his Excellency Romeo Leblanc, Governor General of Canada on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Among his many other national and international awards, Prof. Payne has received the Thomas A. Dorsey Award for Pioneering Gospel Music in Canada, the Martin Luther King Jr. Prize and the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal.

The purpose of this award is to provide financial support to an undergraduate student enrolled full-time in the Department of Music or to a graduate student enrolled in the Diploma of Advanced Music Performance Studies, whose academic and creative work significantly reflect immersion in the Black Music tradition. This scholarship is renewable upon recommendation of the Department of Music.

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The choir meets the challenge, and the results are spectacular. Listen to the force and grace the choir brings to the dynamics and counterpoint of Nkosi Sikelel'iAfrika, the South African National Anthem.
Andrew Jones, Freelance journalist
It was in South Africa that he found the sound he was looking for: impish, jittery concertina, spidery, high-ly-strung guitar, low-slung, elliptical bass-lines, andrapid-fire Zulu singing.
Andrew Jones, Freelance journalist
“I don’t think you can be an artist without having a strong sense of spiritually.”
Peter Kerr, Editor: The Montrealer

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