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.

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September 2023 Web Version

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Wind Ensemble students on stage looking forward with pride

Dean's Greetings

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.

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Jacquelyn Norman and Bruce Vogt

Alumni Wall of Fame

Congrats to inductees Jacquelyn Norman, BMus'90, BEd'91 and Bruce Vogt, BMus'74.

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Joel Martinez-Lorenzana leading participants in his Music Making Creative Lab in El Salvador

Community Music

PhD student Joel Martinez-Lorenzana leads Music Making Creative Lab in El Salvador.

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A row of smiling Music students waiting to give alumni tours at Homecoming

Homecoming 2023

Reunite with friends and join us on campus us for concerts, tours and more September 22-24.

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Student Madeline Hall playing guitar in front of a camera

CBC's Top 30

Guitarist, composer, student Madeline Hall named to CBC Music's classical "30 under 30."

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Emma Pennell on stage singing in von Kuster Hall

Class of 2023: Music grad Emma Pennell raises their voice

'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.

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More news and updates

Two top finalists from Western at Chicago International Music Competition

Class of 2023: DMA graduate Connor O’Kane pianist for Banff Centre’s summer opera program

BMus student Sophia Daunt, soprano, earns First Place at London Kiwanis Music Festival Rose Bowl

Making music with artificial intelligence: Composition grad Jeff Lupker is co-founder of Staccato

Five singers, one collaborative pianist selected for COC Summer Opera Intensive

Take a bow! Western well represented in NYO Canada 2023 program

Doctoral student Ethan Allers joins Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan De Souza’s Music Theory Spectrum article among “Most Read of 2022”

Social media feature: DMA Candidate Yumi Jang performed in three major concert halls this summer

The season begins!

Flutist Katie Kirkpatrick performs with the Western University Symphony Orchestra

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!

Browe all 2023-24 events

Parsons and Poole Concert and Masterclass

Yekwon Sunwoo mid-performance at a grand piano

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). 

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For more information about the Faculty's philanthropic priorities, please contact:
Allison Price
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