Music provides healthy way to express emotions during school closures, for both children and parents
Don Wright Faculty of Music
Laughter, love and ‘permanent astonishment’ mark grad’s new memoir
Pianst and playwright Tomson Highway shares stories of his ‘most spectacular’ childhood
Mapping ‘the magic’ of music, movement and the brain
Neuroscientist Jessica Grahn awarded prestigious NSERC research fellowship
Elephantine chant book dates to 1600
Newly acquired volume bears ‘fingerprints of 400 years’ of music history
Opera grad helps COVID ‘long-haulers’ breathe through song
Amy Steggles is showing post-COVID syndrome patients how to find their breath and lose anxiety
Critical thinking in music education can change the world
Students learn from international scholars in unique summer music course
El Salvador research project receives major grant
Western researcher leads collaborative project to document civil war memories.
‘Thriving Educators’ cultivate caring campus community
As Western’s student affairs professionals learned how best to support students, they found support in each other.
Inspiring Minds: Helping Western graduate students tell stories, hone skills
Master’s and doctoral students are invited to share their research in 150 words, with a chance to heighten the profile of their work
Michael Kim to become new dean of Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music
The Juilliard-trained pianist is also an accomplished academic administrator.
Music mural rooted in pandemic resilience
New artwork symbolizes how Western music students have persevered and blossomed throughout a trying pandemic year.
Creating connections: Western’s complexity science research hub
The Complex Adaptive Systems lab is an interdisciplinary network encouraging cross-campus collaboration.
Juno nominations reflect diverse talents of alumni, faculty
From chamber music to chart-topping global sensations, five Western community members are up for awards in upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of Canadian music.
Students take on challenge to ‘Change the World’
Nineteen Western students recently participated in a global, experiential learning program where they developed solutions for real-world sustainability problems.
Abe Oudshoorn, Betty Anne Younker, alumni make Mayor’s Honour List
More than half the recipients have Western connections
Year in review: Western research addresses One Big Problem
Every faculty at Western brought some new research insight to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Western’s Michael Cavanagh appointed Royal Swedish Opera artistic director
The prolific Canadian opera director starts his appointment next summer.
Music research pivots amidst the pandemic
For some Music faculty, the considerable challenges of conducting research during a pandemic have also been accompanied by unexpected opportunities.
Musicians’ health measures ‘new for everybody’
Soprano Adriana Orozco Burbano practises an aria while wearing her facemask – one of many health precautions adopted at Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music this fall.
Grad thrives in concert of art and science
Carolyn Tran has found balance in the beauty of science and music.