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class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-8cf5283ca0ddf991c19f91498753dc92 av-special-heading-h4 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Last concert recorded by CBC Radio-Canada<\/h4><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icimusique.ca\/#!genre\/classique\/actualite\/1278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to listen to\u00a0Ib\u00e9rie mystique, the opening concert of the 41st season\u00a0of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_two_third-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-bbb1d314fe9bcc37277aaa0bb67463e9\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-bbb1d314fe9bcc37277aaa0bb67463e9{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-bbb1d314fe9bcc37277aaa0bb67463e9 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-bbb1d314fe9bcc37277aaa0bb67463e9 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-bbb1d314fe9bcc37277aaa0bb67463e9 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Biographie<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Christopher Jackson\u00a0(1948 \u2013 2015)<br \/>\nvisionary and passionate<\/p>\n<p>Organist, harpsichordist, conductor, artistic director, teacher, mentor, renaissance man \u2026. Christopher Jackson\u2019s accomplishments are so numerous that it is difficult to choose a single word to describe him and the impact of his work.\u00a0Jackson\u2019s role as ancient music detective is one that he has inhabited for years, searching libraries and working with music historians and musicologists to revive previously unknown or unedited works.<\/p>\n<p>A pioneer of Montreal\u2019s fertile early music scene, Jackson was among the first to present period music to audiences in the early 1970s. He founded the world-renowned Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montr\u00e9al in 1974 and obviously struck a chord with music lovers\u00a0in that city: one of his first concerts attracted more than 400 people, an astonishing feat considering the Canadian period music movement was in its infancy at that time. His reputation has extended well beyond national borders \u2014 Jackson has been invited to conduct several prestigious ensembles in France, Belgium and Spain, and led a tour of Monteverdi\u2019s <i>Orfeo<\/i> across France in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>A leader in the academic world, Jackson was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University in 1994, a post he retired in 2005. He was also granted an honorary doctorate by Laurentian University in 1999 in recognition of his contribution to the world of music. Ever the pioneer, Jackson was one of the key minds behind an unprecedented partnership between Concordia\u2019s Engineering and Fine Arts Departments. The result is the state-of-the-art Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex, which opened in downtown Montreal in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jackson died of complications from lung cancer in Montreal on Sept. 25 at the age of 67.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden loss of Christopher Jackson has plunged us into great sadness and will, without a doubt, leave a large void in the music milieu.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-4e4f5744400eee2f352a623b4dcf6282\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4e4f5744400eee2f352a623b4dcf6282{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4e4f5744400eee2f352a623b4dcf6282 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4e4f5744400eee2f352a623b4dcf6282 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-4e4f5744400eee2f352a623b4dcf6282 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_toggle_container '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >TESTIMONIES<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-av_toggle_container-8e0c6e39d39b619a829887bd54fff3ed  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-2e7024e2516dd4705339e29f99912d5a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1'>Yves St-Amant, Doyen du choeur<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Hommage \u00e0 Christopher Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 18 octobre 2015<\/p>\n<p>Merci d\u2019\u00eatre venus assister \u00e0 ce concert d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 la m\u00e9moire de Christopher Jackson, notre chef et directeur musical d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 25 septembre dernier. Mes coll\u00e8gues et moi sommes tr\u00e8s touch\u00e9s de vous voir ici aujourd\u2019hui en si grand nombre. Sans la fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 de son public, cette grande aventure qu\u2019est le Studio de musique ancienne de Montr\u00e9al n\u2019aurait pu se poursuivre si longtemps.<\/p>\n<p>Mon nom est Yves Saint-Amant. C\u2019est \u00e0 l\u2019automne 1975 \u2013 il y a donc exactement 40 ans \u2013 que j\u2019ai chant\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois avec le Studio de musique ancienne sous la direction de Christopher Jackson. Christopher a occup\u00e9 une tr\u00e8s grande place dans ma vie et, \u00e0 n\u2019en pas douter, dans la vie de tous les chanteurs et instrumentistes qui ont fait partie du Studio pendant ces quatre d\u00e9cennies. Sous sa direction, nous avons particip\u00e9 \u00e0 des centaines de concerts, ici m\u00eame, \u00e0 St-L\u00e9on-de-Westmount, \u00e0 la chapelle du Grand S\u00e9minaire, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9glise Notre-Dame-du-Tr\u00e8s-Saint-Sacrement et dans combien d\u2019autres \u00e9glises de Montr\u00e9al. Nous avons fait plusieurs tourn\u00e9es et particip\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreux enregistrements sur disque et pour la radio. Le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Christopher est pour nous une grande perte. Nous aimions tellement faire de la musique sous sa direction.<\/p>\n<p>En tant que doyen du ch\u0153ur du Studio, j\u2019aimerais aujourd\u2019hui \u2013 en mon nom et au nom de mes coll\u00e8gues \u2013 rendre hommage au chef, \u00e0 l\u2019interpr\u00e8te hors du commun, au grand artiste qu\u2019\u00e9tait Christopher Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>En plus de diriger les chefs-d\u2019\u0153uvre de la p\u00e9riode baroque\u00a0\u2013 les <em>V\u00eapres<\/em> de Monteverdi, le <em>Messie<\/em> de Handel, la <em>Messe en si<\/em>, la <em>Passion selon saint Jean<\/em>, l\u2019<em>Oratorio de No\u00ebl<\/em> et les motets de Bach, \u2013 Christopher nous a fait d\u00e9couvrir une multitude d\u2019\u0153uvres de musique sacr\u00e9e compos\u00e9es par les grands polyphonistes de la Renaissance. Il ne s\u2019est pas limit\u00e9 \u00e0 la musique ancienne. Il a dirig\u00e9 des motets de Mendelssohn, Brahms et Bruckner qui s\u2019inscrivent dans la grande tradition contrapuntique, a enregistr\u00e9 la musique d\u2019Arvo P\u00e4rt et plus r\u00e9cemment, mont\u00e9 un programme Taverner et Tavener que nous avons donn\u00e9 en tourn\u00e9e. Christopher \u00e9tait fascin\u00e9 par ce vaste r\u00e9pertoire que constitue la mise en musique des textes sacr\u00e9s. Combien de messes, de psaumes, de motets, d\u2019oratorios nous avons chant\u00e9s ! C\u2019\u00e9tait l\u00e0 son r\u00e9pertoire de pr\u00e9dilection, le r\u00e9pertoire qui a compos\u00e9 la grande majorit\u00e9 des programmes de concerts du Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher \u00e9tait un interpr\u00e8te in\u00e9gal\u00e9 de ce r\u00e9pertoire. Il en ma\u00eetrisait parfaitement le langage. Il abordait ce r\u00e9pertoire en musicien, bien s\u00fbr, mais aussi en orateur qui connaissait on ne peut mieux les r\u00e8gles et les proc\u00e9d\u00e9s de la rh\u00e9torique musicale et leur application \u00e0 la musique vocale. Cela lui permettait de suivre pas \u00e0 pas les mouvements de la musique, de donner \u00e0 chaque phrase sa signification, sa couleur, son relief. S\u2019il insistait sur la beaut\u00e9 du son, la justesse, la pr\u00e9cision de l\u2019articulation et du rythme, l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9gance du phras\u00e9, ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas seulement pour leur valeur propre. Tous ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e9taient pour lui des moyens qu\u2019emploie la musique pour exprimer le sens du texte.<\/p>\n<p>Le rapport texte-musique le passionnait. Il cherchait sans cesse \u00e0 saisir les intentions du compositeur et n\u2019h\u00e9sitait pas \u00e0 remettre en cause la justesse de ses interpr\u00e9tations.\u00a0 Parfois, durant les r\u00e9p\u00e9titions du ch\u0153ur, il y avait un grand moment de silence. Christopher \u00e9tait assis et r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissait. Nous nous demandions ce qu\u2019il allait bien nous dire. Il arrivait qu\u2019il se mette \u00e0 m\u00e9diter \u00e0 voix haute sur le sens du texte, sur diff\u00e9rentes possibilit\u00e9s d\u2019interpr\u00e9tation d\u2019un verset de psaume. Il poursuivait alors devant nous sa r\u00e9flexion, un peu comme un pr\u00e9dicateur. Nous aimions beaucoup ces moments-l\u00e0. Ses propos \u00e9taient toujours fort int\u00e9ressants et inspirants.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher dirigeait la musique ancienne comme personne d\u2019autre. Il recherchait la souplesse. \u2013 Une de ses expressions favorites \u00e9tait qu\u2019il fallait jouer et chanter \u00ab\u00a0de fa\u00e7on ductile\u00a0\u00bb (<em>nimble<\/em>). Combien de fois il a employ\u00e9 ce mot, et chaque fois, cela nous faisait sourire. Il recherchait des tempi, des dynamiques qui permettraient \u00e0 la musique de parler, qui lui laisseraient le mieux exprimer le sens du texte. Il ne croyait pas qu\u2019il soit n\u00e9cessaire d\u2019user d\u2019artifices, d\u2019avoir recours \u00e0 des tempi rapides pour rendre la musique int\u00e9ressante ou de chanter <em>fortissimo<\/em> pour impressionner l\u2019auditeur. Au contraire, il privil\u00e9giait des tempi plut\u00f4t lents qui permettaient d\u2019entendre le texte et les harmonies, il \u00e9tait convaincu qu\u2019une \u00e9nergie contenue \u00e9tait plus \u00e9loquente qu\u2019un <em>fortissimo<\/em>. Il savait faire ressortir les th\u00e8mes, \u00e9quilibrer les structures, souligner l\u2019apparition d\u2019un accord expressif. Il voulait que tout soit \u00ab\u00a0lisible\u00a0\u00bb \u2013 un autre de ses mots pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9s. La musique qu\u2019il faisait \u00e9tait sensuelle, subtile, \u00e9l\u00e9gante, et surtout, elle avait de la profondeur, elle avait de l\u2019\u00e2me.<\/p>\n<p>Bien que tr\u00e8s r\u00e9serv\u00e9, Christopher \u00e9tait dot\u00e9 d\u2019un grand charisme. Sa pr\u00e9sence, son attitude suffisaient \u00e0 en imposer. Il avait beaucoup d\u2019autorit\u00e9 mais c\u2019\u00e9tait une forme d\u2019autorit\u00e9 qui n\u2019excluait ni le doute, ni la vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9\u2026 ni l\u2019humour. Il \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s exigeant, pouvait \u00eatre tr\u00e8s critique. Il lui suffisait de dire avec une petite moue d\u00e9daigneuse\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est pas tr\u00e8s bon\u2026\u00a0\u00bb, et nous savions alors qu\u2019il fallait faire mieux. Son id\u00e9al \u00e9tait plac\u00e9 tr\u00e8s haut.<\/p>\n<p>Pourquoi voulions-nous tant lui plaire\u00a0? Pourquoi tenions-nous tant \u00e0 chanter avec le Studio ? Pour recevoir des compliments de sa part\u00a0? \u2013 Il en faisait rarement. \u00a0Parce que nous avions conscience de faire partie d\u2019un petit groupe de privil\u00e9gi\u00e9s ? \u2013 C\u2019est s\u00fbrement cela, c\u2019\u00e9tait un privil\u00e8ge de pouvoir faire cette musique magnifique sous sa direction. Et il arrivait parfois que la magie se produise, que le ch\u0153ur, l\u2019orchestre et le chef entrent en symbiose. Nous oubliions alors qui nous \u00e9tions et o\u00f9 nous \u00e9tions. Nous nous perdions dans la musique, dans l\u2019\u0153uvre qui \u00e9tait en train de se r\u00e9aliser, intemporelle et ineffable.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00eame s\u2019il n\u2019a pas laiss\u00e9 de trait\u00e9 r\u00e9sumant ses conceptions, sa vision de la musique ancienne et de son interpr\u00e9tation, Christopher a exerc\u00e9 une tr\u00e8s grande influence. Il a fait comprendre et aimer la musique ancienne \u00e0 tant de gens.\u00a0Il a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 former les nombreux chanteurs et instrumentistes qui ont travaill\u00e9 sous sa direction, dont certains ont ensuite constitu\u00e9 leur propre groupe. Il a partag\u00e9 ses connaissances avec une foule de musiciens amateurs, entre autres lors des sessions de Cammac. Ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, j\u2019ai eu l\u2019occasion de participer avec lui \u00e0 quelques fins de semaine Bach. Le plaisir qu\u2019il \u00e9prouvait \u00e0 faire travailler les cantates de Bach \u2013 de la musique somme toute assez difficile ! \u2013 aux musiciens amateurs \u00e9tait \u00e9vident. Et j\u2019avais l\u2019impression que ce qui les amenait \u00e0 se surpasser, c\u2019\u00e9tait surtout ce qu\u2019il leur communiquait sur le sens de l\u2019\u0153uvre et du texte, sur les intentions du compositeur. Il attachait beaucoup d\u2019importance \u00e0 cette forme d\u2019enseignement. Il \u00e9tait \u00e9galement une source d\u2019inspiration pour les jeunes chefs et les \u00e9tudiants en direction chorale \u00e0 qui il a donn\u00e9 des ateliers. Christopher se survit par ses enregistrements bien s\u00fbr, mais je dirais qu\u2019il se survit surtout dans l\u2019amour et la compr\u00e9hension qu\u2019il nous a laiss\u00e9s de la musique ancienne. Il continue de faire de la musique \u00e0 travers nous.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis quelques ann\u00e9es, apr\u00e8s les concerts, je disais merci \u00e0 Christopher. Merci de faire que toute cette beaut\u00e9 puisse se r\u00e9aliser, et merci de me permettre d\u2019y participer. Aujourd\u2019hui, m\u00eame s\u2019il n\u2019est plus l\u00e0, j\u2019aimerais lui dire encore une fois merci, en mon nom et au nom de tous mes coll\u00e8gues actuels et pass\u00e9s, chanteurs et instrumentistes qui font partie de cette grande famille que forme le Studio de musique ancienne de Montr\u00e9al, et enfin, en votre nom \u00e0 vous, auditeurs nombreux et fid\u00e8les avec qui il a partag\u00e9 la musique qu\u2019il aimait tant.<\/p>\n<p>MERCI, Christopher, tu as enrichi nos vies. Tu vas nous manquer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-8caf19dbe896492a1bca9d2ce285e9d3'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2'>Kelly Rice, Directeur \/ Avancement universitaire \/ \u00c9cole de musique Schulich Universit\u00e9 McGill<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>I owe my career to Christopher.\u00a0 When I was 17, he heard me play at the Kiwanis music festival in Sydney NS.\u00a0 His encouragement that day led me to Montreal to study early music at McGill.\u00a0 There are many of you here today who have similar stories about his mentorship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For 20 years, I recorded SMAM as a producer and host for CBC Radio 2.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>The Monteverdi Vespers, les Grands Motets and Histoires sacr\u00e9es of Charpentier, The 40 part motet of Tallis, the Psalms of Schutz &#8212;&#8211; this is music that I discovered because of Christopher, and it was a priviledge to share it with listeners from across the country.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s concert is typical of how Christopher put a programme together.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>He takes a composer or a theme and he explores it in a variety of ways\u00a0:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Through different colours and textures for example. \u00a0<\/strong><strong>It\u2019s an intellectual as well as a sensual experience. <\/strong><strong>We are taken on a spiritual journey through sound over 90 minutes, a<\/strong><strong>nd he is our trusted guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It says a lot about the sophistication of Montreal audiences that we traveled with him for more than 40 years, always in a spirit of discovery and curiousity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He was our maitre de chapelle, and Montreal was his parish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-3e8633b407ec6385fb27e45cac27b8cc'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3'>Bernard Labadie, directeur artistique et chef, Les Violons du Roy<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Le d\u00e9part de Christopher laisse un grand vide dans la vie musicale montr\u00e9alaise et canadienne, et dans le coeur de ceux qui, au fil des ans, ont pu profiter de son immense comp\u00e9tence, de son charisme et de son humanit\u00e9. Ayant moi-m\u00eame \u00e9chapp\u00e9 de peu au cancer cette ann\u00e9e, sa mort me touche profond\u00e9ment et nous rappelle une fois de plus &#8211; comme si c&#8217;\u00e9tait n\u00e9cessaire! &#8211; l&#8217;insoutenable fragilit\u00e9 de nos existences. Mes sympathies \u00e0 sa famille et \u00e0 tous ceux qui l&#8217;ont connu de pr\u00e8s. Rest in peace Christopher.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-av_toggle-e2ae1bf7c2604388e18adf85379a0006'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4'>Walter Bruno, music-lover<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' class='toggle_wrap  '  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>As someone who has returned to the city after many years, it was a delight to discover the SMAM and Chris Jackson. May he always be celebrated. 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REVIEW<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/culture\/musique\/451062\/christopher-jackson-1948-2015-deces-du-pilier-de-la-musique-ancienne-au-canada\">Christopher Huss, Le Devoir, 26 septembre 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/entertainment\/christopher-jackson-67-was-master-of-renaissance-music\">Arthur Captainis, The Montreal Gazette, 27 septembre 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/music\/conductor-christopher-jackson-helped-musicians-shine\/article26817180\/\">Conductor Christopher Jackson helped musicians shine,\u00a0Robert Rowatt, Globe and Mail, 14 octobre 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/events\/cunews\/main\/stories\/2015\/09\/28\/in-memoriam-christopher-jackson-dean-fine-arts.html\">Christopher Jackson (1948-2015): \u2018He inspired everybody\u2019, Concordia University<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/events\/cunews\/main\/stories\/2015\/09\/28\/in-memoriam-christopher-jackson-dean-fine-arts.html\">28 septembre 2015<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icimusique.ca\/#!radio\/animateurs\/davoinefrancoise\">De tout choeur avec vous, Fran\u00e7oise Davoine, Radio-Canada, 27 septembre 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francemusique.fr\/actu-musicale\/deces-du-chef-de-choeur-canadien-christopher-jackson-107863\">France Musique, 28 septembre 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/music.cbc.ca\/#!\/blogs\/2015\/9\/Remembering-Christopher-Jackson-organist-conductor-and-early-music-pioneer\">Remembering Christopher Jackson, Robert Rowatt, CBC, 28 septembre 2015.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-dcd2069817a0e3d34ae04cad8f3443c7 hr-default  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-e49afe9f213d1c843aa4b354b20f419a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e49afe9f213d1c843aa4b354b20f419a{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e49afe9f213d1c843aa4b354b20f419a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e49afe9f213d1c843aa4b354b20f419a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-e49afe9f213d1c843aa4b354b20f419a av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pencil in memory of Christopher<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">In the past year, Christopher<\/span> <span class=\"hps alt-edited\">use <\/span><span class=\"hps alt-edited\">to conduct<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">with a red<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">pencil.<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">It is a nice<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">way to make<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">it a<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">daily<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">tribute<\/span><span class=\"\">. <a href=\"http:\/\/smamontreal.ca\/en\/tickets\/products\/pencil-hommage-to-christopher-jackson\/\"><strong>Get yours through the online box 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