On the morning of Sept. 1, Tasman Tantasawat, a second-year master’s student at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, reached First-St Andrew’s United Church on Queens Avenue. The 22-year-old was carrying his viola, and was about to begin his audition for the …
UWOpera will stage Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia’ as part of Western’s Benjamin Britten Festival. Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22-23, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College. Tickets are $25/$15 in advance from the Grand Theatre box office at 519-672-8800 or cash at the door.
Western honours Michael and Kelly Meighen for their generosity and dedication to philanthropy and public service.
The first notes of a construction symphony have sounded as the Don Wright Faculty of Music prepares for major renovations and construction involving its two main buildings – Talbot College and the Music Building.
Playing for music fans in great European cities is the next musical horizon for a Western concert band.
When Vienna is mentioned, a waltz is often the soundtrack – for good reason: the dances of Waltz King Johann Strauss II are some of the most famous melodies in the world. But not too many people imagine their own waltz playing in Vienna.
A failure of political leadership, combined with an inability to see beyond today, has created an uncertain future for today’s graduates, warned successful businessman Edmund Clark.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
From Charlie Chaplin’s memorable ‘Tramp walk’ to U.S. President Richard Nixon’s visit to China, from mythical tales of Orpheus and Euridice to tunes everyone knows from Bugs Bunny cartoons, Operafest offers something for everyone.
Genevieve Fisher is up against one of the biggest names in country music, but that doesn’t faze the Don Wright Faculty of Music student. She is competing for Female Artist of the Year at the first edition of the Country Music Association of Ontario awards to be held May 27 at the Markham Theatre in Markham.
Betty Anne Younker, Don Wright Faculty of Music dean, has been named president-elect of the College Music Society.
Remix EPs, EDM and FACTOR grants are not usually terms used in connection with university music programs. But, Western’s unique Popular Music Studies is anything but the usual course fare.
Jason Stanford stands with four students around a stack of electronic equipment twisting knobs and explaining their functions. A tangle of wires leads from the backs of two computer monitors to a microphone and a series of speakers that line the room.
UWOpera will stage Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia’ as part of Western’s Benjamin Britten Festival. Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22-23, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College. Tickets are $25/$15 in advance from the Grand Theatre box office at 519-672-8800 or cash at the door.
Western honours Michael and Kelly Meighen for their generosity and dedication to philanthropy and public service.
The first notes of a construction symphony have sounded as the Don Wright Faculty of Music prepares for major renovations and construction involving its two main buildings – Talbot College and the Music Building.
Playing for music fans in great European cities is the next musical horizon for a Western concert band.
When Vienna is mentioned, a waltz is often the soundtrack – for good reason: the dances of Waltz King Johann Strauss II are some of the most famous melodies in the world. But not too many people imagine their own waltz playing in Vienna.
A failure of political leadership, combined with an inability to see beyond today, has created an uncertain future for today’s graduates, warned successful businessman Edmund Clark.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
From Charlie Chaplin’s memorable ‘Tramp walk’ to U.S. President Richard Nixon’s visit to China, from mythical tales of Orpheus and Euridice to tunes everyone knows from Bugs Bunny cartoons, Operafest offers something for everyone.
Genevieve Fisher is up against one of the biggest names in country music, but that doesn’t faze the Don Wright Faculty of Music student. She is competing for Female Artist of the Year at the first edition of the Country Music Association of Ontario awards to be held May 27 at the Markham Theatre in Markham.
Betty Anne Younker, Don Wright Faculty of Music dean, has been named president-elect of the College Music Society.
Remix EPs, EDM and FACTOR grants are not usually terms used in connection with university music programs. But, Western’s unique Popular Music Studies is anything but the usual course fare.
Jason Stanford stands with four students around a stack of electronic equipment twisting knobs and explaining their functions. A tangle of wires leads from the backs of two computer monitors to a microphone and a series of speakers that line the room.