News and updates for alumni and friends of the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University
On the cusp of a new academic year, Dean Michael Kim looks toward an extraordinary year of opportunities for our students and reflects upon the beauty and humanity of music.
On the cusp of a new academic year, Dean Michael Kim looks toward an extraordinary year of opportunities for our students and reflects upon the beauty and humanity of music.
'I wanted to be in the room, loud and proud of who I am.' Meet two-spirit Mi’kmaw of Ktaqmkuk Emma Pennell who recently graduated from the Bachelor of Music program.
Join us in person - or via livestream for select events, including the long-standing "Fridays @ 12:30" series - for an exceptional year of live music. World-class guest artists, residencies, and special research-inspired musical events continue to enrich our students' educational programming and we are proud to share these musical experiences with the community. Students are keen to perform together again, and welcoming new students to our stages. Here's to another year of making music together!
Tickets are now available for October's Parsons and Poole Concert, featuring the 15th Gold medallist of the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Yekwon Sunwoo. He has been hailed for his "unfailingly consistent excellence" (International Piano) and celebrated as "a pianist who commands a comprehensive technical arsenal that allows him to thunder without breaking a sweat" (Chicago Tribune).