Dean Michael Kim reflects on another successful year of in-person music making, re-opening performances to the public, and an exciting future of new possibilities including new faculty hires, investments in technology and seed-funding for student projects, and our home in Canada's first UNESCO-designated City of Music.

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Dean Michael Kim standing at a piano in von Kuster Hall, Music Building

Dean's Greetings from the Don Wright Faculty of Music

Dean Michael Kim reflects on another successful year of in-person music making, re-opening performances to the public, and an exciting future of new possibilities including new faculty hires, investments in technology and seed-funding for student projects, and our home in Canada's first UNESCO-designated City of Music.

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Microphone in Talbot College recording studio

New degree program

Creativity, collaboration and community are at the heart of Western's newest program - creative arts and production.

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Diana Wu pictured among graphics depicting madness in opera

Inspiring Minds

PhD candidate Diana Wu's research focuses on historical and psychiatric madness on the late twentieth-century operatic stage.

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Alumni Wall of Fame

Submit your nominations for this year's inductees by March 31. Missed last year's ceremony? Watch the recording now.

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Clarinet students on stage with guest artists Light of East Ensemble in von Kuster Hall

Love over hate student concert

Clarinet students joined Light of East Ensemble in a studio recital of Middle and Near-Eastern music, dedicated to love over hate.

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Alumna Dorothy Hollingsworth with Dean Michael Kim

Parsons and Poole Masterclass Series and Concert Fund celebrates 10 years

When piano duo Margaret Parsons and Clifford Poole came to Western in the late ’40s, the music they made was heard well beyond the music school. Now, more than 70 years later, their unique style and extraordinary talent continues to resonate across campus, and for all who benefited from the Parsons and Poole Concert and Masterclass.

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More news and updates

Flute student Gillian Derer earns social media sponsorships

Message from Dean Michael Kim in celebration of Black History Month

2021-22 Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition Winners - View recording

Fred Pattison Piano Competition Winner 2022

Expert insight: Why music should be part of parents’ pandemic survival strategy

Encore! Chamber music, friendship, and Mendelssohn's Octet concert and research series

Western Music well represented at Met Opera Competition

Celebrating World Choral Day

Dr. Tracy Wong named Assistant Professor of Choral Studies

In case you missed it: Second annual Create/Collaborate! Virtual Coffeehouse event

Summer Programs

Children singing

Kodaly Certification Program (Levels I, II, III) - July 4-15, 2022 - In this two-week intensive program, participants will strengthen their personal musicianship and pedagogical skills, with content grounded in a contemporary understanding of the philosophy inspired by Zoltán Kodály.

Oboe Intensive - Saturdays and Thursday June 4-30 (online) - 16 online hours via Zoom of performance classes and reed making advice designed to improve your oboe performance skills

Upcoming Events - In-Person and Online

von Kuster Hall in Music Building at Western University

Effective March 1, 2022, all performances at the Don Wright Faculty of Music are open to the public, with mandatory masking and vaccination policies. Please visit our Audience Information webpage for detailed health and safety protocols. 

We are pleased to continue to offer select live-streamed performances online for those unable to join us in person.

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