RCM Community Recognized at the 2025 JUNO Awards

The 2025 JUNO Awards were held on March 30 and the event capped an exciting year for the greater RCM community as 47 musicians from faculty, alumni, and Koerner Hall artists were nominated in 16 categories!
 
After a stellar year which included a second appearance on Saturday Night Live, RCM alumna Tate McRae walked away with four JUNOS including Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Another highlight of the night was in the Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble category where the Toronto Symphony Orchestra won the JUNO for their album Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie. Performers on the album include 12 current RCM faculty members and 11 alumni!

 
All RCM community winners at the 2025 JUNOs:
 

• Toronto Symphony Orchestra for Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble). Featured on the recording are numerous faculty of The Glenn Gould School and The Taylor Academy, including: Atis Bankas (violin), Heidi Bearcroft (harp), Jeffrey Beecher (double bass), Jonathan Crow (violin), Christopher Gongos (horn), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Rachael Kerr (piano), Kelly Zimba Lukić (flute), Gabriel Radford (horn), Charles Settle (percussion), Gordon Wolfe (trombone), Steve Woomert (trumpet). RCM alumni also featured are: Jesse Dietschi (double bass), Emily Eng (viola), Ivan Ivanovich (viola), Jessy Kim (violin), Daniel Lalonde (double bass), Byungchan Lee (violin), Luri Lee (violin), Daniel Morphy (percussion), Declan Scott (trumpet), Patrick Smithers (trumpet), and Tanner Tanyeri (percussion).
• Emily D’Angelo (Koerner Hall artist) for freezing (Classical Album of the Year: Solo Artist)
• Leandra Earl (RCM alumna), member of The Beaches (Group of the Year)
• Deantha Edmunds (Koerner Hall artist) for Angmalukisaa (Classical Composition of the Year)
• Caity Gyorgy (Koerner Hall artist) for Hello! How Are You? (Vocal Jazz Album of the Year)
• Jeremy Ledbetter Trio (Koerner Hall artist) for Gravity (Jazz Album of the Year: Group)
• Kaia Kater (Koerner Hall artist) for Strange Medicine (Contemporary Roots Album of the Year)
• Big Dave Mclean (Koerner Hall artist) for This Old Life (Blues Album of the Year)
• Tate McRae (RCM alumna) for Think Later (Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Artist of the Year) Exes (Single of the Year)

 


Additional RCM community nominees included:
 

• Laila Biali (RCM alumna) for Wintersongs (Vocal Jazz Album of the Year)
• Measha Brueggergosman-Lee (Honorary Fellow) for Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song (Classical Album of the Year: Small Ensemble)
• Deantha Edmunds (Koerner Hall artist) for Alikeness (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble)
• James Ehnes (Koerner Hall Artist) for Williams Violin Concerto No.1; Bernstein Serenade (Classical Album of the Year: Solo Artist)
• Mark Fewer (RCM alumnus) for Alikeness (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble)
• India Gailey (RCM alumna) for Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth (Classical Album of the Year: Solo Artist)
• Karina Gauvin (RCM alumna) for Marie Hubert: Fille du Roy (Classical Album of the Year: Small Ensemble)
• Marc-Andre Hamelin (Koerner Hall artist) for Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble)
• Barbara Hannigan (RCM alumna and Koerner Hall artist) for Messiaen (Classical Album of the Year: Solo Artist)
• Christine Jensen (Koerner Hall artist) for Harbour (Jazz Album of the Year: Group)
• Sarah Jerrom (RCM alumna) for Magpie (Vocal Jazz Album of the Year)
• Hill Kourkoutis (RCM alumna) for Ghost and Should We (Recording Engineer of the Year)
• Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Honorary Fellow) for Sibelius 2 & 5 (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble)
• Audrey Ochoa (RCM alumna) for The Head of a Mouse (Jazz Album of the Year: Solo)
• Jonelle Sills (Rebanks Fellow) for Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song (Classical Album of the Year: Small Ensemble)
• Alexander Stewart (RCM alumnus) for Bleeding Heart (Pop Album of the Year) and (Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year)

 
See the full list of winners and nominees here. Congratulations to all!