For the first time ever, a collaboration among current students and alumni of Western will look at the changes within the popular music industry, and what this means for young talent about to enter it. On Dec. 8, Western is hosting the first ‘Charti …
As she walks down the halls of Talbot College, Sherry Steele stops each person she passes to say hello and asks how they’re doing. “Stressed” is the universal answer from Music students, which draws a sympathetic smile and words of encouragement from a cheerful Steele.
Everything in Sophie Roland’s life says music.
When Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) opened in Paris in 1913, the ballet nearly caused a riot. Now, a century later, Don Wright Faculty of Music lecturer Miranda Wickett’s paper, Spring in Wartime: The Post-War Effects on Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps, is causing a similar stir amongst dance researchers.
The times may be a-changin’, but the recipe for a Top 40 hit, however, has always remained the same, according to Popular Music Studies professor Robert Toft.
“If Bob Dylan did it, I could do it.” Western Music professor Jay Hodgson knew a modest voice was not going to stop him from pursuing a career in music.
A soft piano melody floats through the hallway of the Music Building, where Anita Krause-Wiebe sits in her studio. It’s a small room, but it has all the essentials – a baby grand piano, a shelf full of music books, two chairs – and her voice.
Want to be a singing superstar? Grab your running shoes, and get to a gym. Quick.
Whether it’s because Music professor Kim Lundberg is playing bits of his own composition on his piano, helping students with harmonies or compositions or chatting with colleagues, the door to his office is always open.
With a shiny saxophone strapped around his neck, Donald George Laidlaw demonstrates conductor hand signals to his students.
Irena Welhasch Baerg did not set milestones. She set a deadline.
“I don’t know what’s so interesting about me,” Tina Yanchus said. “My job here is to help each individual achieve their own goals. I love teaching.”
A blonde, middle-aged, former showgirl was the perfect role for actress Kristina Baron-Woods.
As she walks down the halls of Talbot College, Sherry Steele stops each person she passes to say hello and asks how they’re doing. “Stressed” is the universal answer from Music students, which draws a sympathetic smile and words of encouragement from a cheerful Steele.
Everything in Sophie Roland’s life says music.
When Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) opened in Paris in 1913, the ballet nearly caused a riot. Now, a century later, Don Wright Faculty of Music lecturer Miranda Wickett’s paper, Spring in Wartime: The Post-War Effects on Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps, is causing a similar stir amongst dance researchers.
The times may be a-changin’, but the recipe for a Top 40 hit, however, has always remained the same, according to Popular Music Studies professor Robert Toft.
“If Bob Dylan did it, I could do it.” Western Music professor Jay Hodgson knew a modest voice was not going to stop him from pursuing a career in music.
A soft piano melody floats through the hallway of the Music Building, where Anita Krause-Wiebe sits in her studio. It’s a small room, but it has all the essentials – a baby grand piano, a shelf full of music books, two chairs – and her voice.
Want to be a singing superstar? Grab your running shoes, and get to a gym. Quick.
Whether it’s because Music professor Kim Lundberg is playing bits of his own composition on his piano, helping students with harmonies or compositions or chatting with colleagues, the door to his office is always open.
With a shiny saxophone strapped around his neck, Donald George Laidlaw demonstrates conductor hand signals to his students.
Irena Welhasch Baerg did not set milestones. She set a deadline.
“I don’t know what’s so interesting about me,” Tina Yanchus said. “My job here is to help each individual achieve their own goals. I love teaching.”
A blonde, middle-aged, former showgirl was the perfect role for actress Kristina Baron-Woods.