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2024
Winter
- Meet Alumna Beth Bayley (BMus '07): From Laurier to Director of Operations at the Glenn Gould School
- Elizabeth Mitchell Receives Prestigious SSHRC Grant
- Renowned Composer and Jazz Ensemble Director Kevin Day to Focus on Composing Career in California
- 2024 Graduation Recitals
- Composer Justin Lapierre's (BMus ’21) Journey from Laurier to Center Stage
- WLU Trombone Choir Recital Program
- Woodwind, Brass, Percussion Student Recital Program, March 2024
- Voice Lab 2024: Classical, Music Theatre and Cross-Training
- Unveiling Cantus: Dr. Debra Lacoste's (BMus '92) Journey in Preserving Ecclesiastical Chants
- Double Reed Day 2024 Gala Concert
- Composing for Rodents
- Janina Fialkowska and Jane Archibald Illuminate Laurier's Musical Legacy
- In Review: Shad's Residency at Laurier—Igniting Creativity and Inspiring Futures
- "GO ON, Tell Your Story!": LaToya A. Webb Unveils Empowering Narratives of Women Band Directors
- Laurier 2024 Concerto Competition Results
- Laurier Alumnus Adonijah Mitchell's Orchestral Odyssey in Composition for Film, Games, and Beyond
- Laurier Double Reed Day 2024
- Remembering Terry Kroetsch: A musical legacy of passion, excellence, and joy
- Laurier's Winds, Brass, and Percussion Instrument Day on Jan. 20th!
Summer
- Music at Noon 2024-2025
- PSQ Presents Concert Series
- Laurier's 2024-2025 Concert Season Announced
- Allyson McHardy joins Laurier’s Faculty of Music as a Voice Instructor
- Dean Turner's Eventful Summer
- Welcoming Shane Guse as the New Director of ICE
- Explore the Newly Renovated Savvas Chamberlain Music Building at Laurier during Doors Open Waterloo Region
- Shad returns to teach "Hip-Hop to the World" course at Laurier
- Laurier Alumna Samantha M. Cooper (BMus '16) Receives Prestigious Award
- Matthew Emery Joins Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Music
- Laurier Musicians Madison Keats and Keri Bailey to Represent Canada at WASBE Youth Wind Orchestra in South Korea
- Welcome Dr. Leah McGray: Wilfrid Laurier University's New Wind Orchestra Director
- Laurier's Master of Music Therapy Program Recognized by CRPO
- Laurier Student Composers and the Musicians of the KW Symphony Orchestra Unite
Fall
- Graduate Program Webinars
- Janfest 2025: An Unmissable Opportunity for Young Musicians!
- James Campbell – Conn-Selmer Artist in Residence 2024/25
- Welcome to Laurier's Musician in Residence: Baritone, Elliot Madore
- Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music Welcomes Dr. Sylvanus “Kwashie” Kuwor as Visiting Professor
2023
Winter
Summer
- Free Mental Performance Speaker Series for Music Students
- Laurier composer Kevin Day awarded MacDowell Fellowship for Music Composition
- The Wait is Over: Practice Rooms Opening in August
- Opera Laurier stars in Brott Opera’s La Traviata
- How Nauroz Tanya’s Kurdish dance captivated the Toronto Symphony and their audience on Canada Day
- Wilfrid Laurier University Welcomes Brennan Connolly as New Musician in Residence
- Celebrated bassoonist, Kathleen McLean, joins Laurier’s Faculty of Music
- The tuba comes alive with Jonathan Rowsell’s new role at Laurier
Fall
- Rodrigo Chavez Residency: Experience the Rhythms of Latin America
- Laurier Shines at NATS Showcase 2023
- Laurier Alumni's Significant Contributions at the 2023 American Musicological Society Conference.
- Steven Page's Performance Lights Up Laurier
- Penelope Walcott Inspires Laurier Students in Sound Design
- True North Brass Residency 2023
- Anishinaabe Composer Barbara Assiginaak Premieres Poignant Piece Honoring Heritage and Healing
- Faculty of Music Fall Open House 2023
- Anna Smilek wows at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Competition
- Homecoming 2023
- Faculty of Music Statement: Gendered and Sexual Violence
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- Faculty of Music Response to News of Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony 2023-24 Season Cancellation
- Laurier Alum Shad Returns to Laurier as Hip Hop Artist in Residence
- New Wireless Microphones
- Laurier alumnus James Baker (BMus '20) takes first place
- Shad Laurier as Hip Hop Artist in Residence Calendar of Events
2022
Winter
Summer
- Musicology and Community Musician Karen Cyrus joins Laurier’s Faculty of Music.
- Accomplished Music Therapist, researcher and performer Demian Kogutek, joins the Faculty of Music as Assistant Professor of Music Therapy.
- Laurier appoints internationally acclaimed composer Kevin Day to Assistant Professor in Composition
2021
Fall
Summer
- Dr. Laurel Swinden joins Laurier as Flute Faculty
- Suzuki String School of Guelph partners with the Faculty of Music
- Classical Trailblazer Ron Cohen Mann to lead Oboe Studio at Laurier
- Laurier Music student wins national Economics competition
- Laurier appoints Barbara Assiginaak to Assistant Professor in Composition
- Dean's Welcome Message
- Laurier appoints Elizabeth Mitchell to Assistant Professor in Music Therapy
- Laurier appoints new dean of the Faculty of Music
2020
Fall
Summer
- Anna Ferenc Appointed Acting Dean, Faculty of Music
- Laurier's Bachelor of Music in Community Music celebrates first graduating class
- New online summer theory preparation course for incoming music students
- Laurier Campus magazine: A look back at the Opera Laurier production ‘Dunstan and the Devil’
- Laurier opera alumni shine on the international stage
Winter
- The Llandovery Castle, full production set to premiere on YouTube, Mon. April 6 at 9:00 p.m.
- Laurier's Penderecki String Quartet, mourns Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki
- 2020 Piano Lab High School Day
- 2020 Piano Lab
- Remembering 50 years of opera at Laurier
- Despite overwhelming odds and overcoming violence, Kurdish composer finds success at Laurier
- 2020 Voice Lab High School Day
- Voice Lab 2020
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program: Faculty of Music
- Savvas Chamberlain Family Foundation gives $4 million to boost Laurier's Making Space for Music campaign
2019
Fall
Summer
- Faculty of Music: Dean's Honour Roll 2018/19
- Laurier’s sold-out Arts Express camp for children with special needs concludes with free public performance
- Bringing identity to the forefront is key to alumnus' successful performance career
- NYO Canada returns to Laurier
- Countless musical opportunities and a Juno later, music alum is grateful to call the Yukon, and community music, home
- Laurier announces annual QuartetFest concert line-up
- Student finds her true calling through community music
- Voice student can’t say enough about his Laurier Music experience
- Why you should hire a Laurier music graduate
Winter
- Public invited to weekend of events offered by The Gahu Project
- World-renowned soprano Leslie Fagan accepts tenure-track position with Laurier’s Faculty of Music
- 2019 Voice Lab High School Day
- Deanna Yerichuk receives Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award for Teaching Excellence
- Making Space for Music Gala
- Award-winning conductor to join Laurier Symphony Orchestra
- Voice Lab 2019
- The Many Roads to Freedom
- Victor Martens Musical Celebration of Life
- Laurier remembers community builder and music patron Ken Murray
- Alumna Jamie Groote named to Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio
- Beckett School at Laurier student wins chance to play with the Laurier Orchestra
- Laurier Music Symposium
- Paint along with The Yacht Club
- Gospel music workshops at Laurier connect students and community to rich musical tradition
- Laurier student awarded inaugural George Stroumboulopoulos Music Therapy Scholarship
- 2019 Faculty of Music graduate recitals
- Laurier-KWS production of Carmen comes full circle
2018
Fall
- 2019 Trumpet Day with Guy Few
- Bizet's Carmen and Alumni Reception
- Join our alumni Spotify playlist
- Laurier mourns Professor Emeritus Victor Martens
- Laurier alumna Jamie Groote (BMus '16, OpDip '18) selected as finalist in Canadian Opera Company competition
- Tuba and Euphonium event to take place Nov. 3
- 2018-19 Concert Season begins Sept. 13
Summer
- Faculty of Music: Dean's Honour Roll 2017/18
- Victoria Melik (BMus '14) on making music in Milan
- Arts-Express-2018
- NYO Canada arrives at Laurier
- Award-winning Laurier music student instrumental in helping other students succeed
- Alumnus Keenan Reimer-Watts (BMus ’14) Busks for Change
- Integrated Musical Arts joins Laurier's program offerings
Winter
- Voice Lab High School Student Day
- Join the Alumni Choir for Messiah in May
- Your unique voice gives your music its edge: Stephanie Orlando (BMus ’15) on composition
- Pianist Walter Delahunt performs at Laurier March 4-5
- 2018 Faculty of Music graduate recitals
- Assistant Professor Leslie Fagan appointed to the Order of Ontario
- Violinist Emily Kistemaker wins 2018 Ken Murray Concerto Competition
- Alumna Rebecca Hass introduces students to her three practices for creating ease and balance
- Master of Arts in Community Music student Katherine Carleton receives Order of Canada