As part of International Week events on campus, students in the Don Wright Faculty of Music are offering special performances to end celebrations on a high note this Friday. Tabla performer, Toronto Tabla Ensemble founder and artistic director Ritesh Da …
Don Wright Faculty of Music
Music Issue: Reviving a lost art from long ago
Wilma Van Berkel is on a mission to resurrect the lute.
Music Issue: Passing along her passion for performance
A blonde, middle-aged, former showgirl was the perfect role for actress Kristina Baron-Woods.
Music Issue: Physical reminders of music’s power
Fiona Wilkinson’s career as a flutist was just taking off when it almost ended one night on Vancouver Island in 1980.
Music Issue: Teaching, singing complete this artist
Throughout his operatic career, baritone Todd Wieczorek has had his fair share of wardrobe malfunctions. But his most embarrassing experience was during a high school summer theatre production when he split his pants while doing what he calls a “spread eagle.”
Music Issue: Realizing her dream in face of reality
The setting sun on the villa was her stage, seating was in the backyard, and there were rugged mountains in the background of the Tuscan landscape. Kelsey Vicary was ready to step out on the stage in the role of Countess Almaviva last year in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Music Issue: Playing, studying the world around her
Playing with other musicians and instruments in her spare time inspires Music Education professor Kari Veblen’s academic life. Every Wednesday, Veblen and a group of friends get together to share their love of music.
Student embraces ‘hardest thing I’d done in my life’
Music student Sarah Bell wanted to teach, until she spent some time living beside a sweatshop in Bangladesh.
Campus Digest: Can a gold-plated micro-chip detect the growth of cancer?
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, led by scientists in London and Toronto, is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival.
Alumna fiddles around with Canadian tradition
The soundtrack for Celina Di Cecca’s homecoming is lively.
Six pianos, six players, one stage
Don’t miss the chance to hear the one and only performance of the Six Pianos Ensemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 in the Paul Davenport Theatre. Admission is free.
UWOpera brings Mozart close to home
Over the years, Mozart’s ‘Cosi fan tutte’ has been interpreted in many ways, but this is clearly UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas.
Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage
Over the years, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte has been interpreted in many ways, but this is UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas. “The story is completely contemporary in setting,” said Theodore Baerg, director. “Relationships haven’t...
Music Issue: Reviving a lost art from long ago
Wilma Van Berkel is on a mission to resurrect the lute.
Music Issue: Passing along her passion for performance
A blonde, middle-aged, former showgirl was the perfect role for actress Kristina Baron-Woods.
Music Issue: Physical reminders of music’s power
Fiona Wilkinson’s career as a flutist was just taking off when it almost ended one night on Vancouver Island in 1980.
Music Issue: Teaching, singing complete this artist
Throughout his operatic career, baritone Todd Wieczorek has had his fair share of wardrobe malfunctions. But his most embarrassing experience was during a high school summer theatre production when he split his pants while doing what he calls a “spread eagle.”
Music Issue: Realizing her dream in face of reality
The setting sun on the villa was her stage, seating was in the backyard, and there were rugged mountains in the background of the Tuscan landscape. Kelsey Vicary was ready to step out on the stage in the role of Countess Almaviva last year in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Music Issue: Playing, studying the world around her
Playing with other musicians and instruments in her spare time inspires Music Education professor Kari Veblen’s academic life. Every Wednesday, Veblen and a group of friends get together to share their love of music.
Student embraces ‘hardest thing I’d done in my life’
Music student Sarah Bell wanted to teach, until she spent some time living beside a sweatshop in Bangladesh.
Campus Digest: Can a gold-plated micro-chip detect the growth of cancer?
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, led by scientists in London and Toronto, is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival.
Alumna fiddles around with Canadian tradition
The soundtrack for Celina Di Cecca’s homecoming is lively.
Six pianos, six players, one stage
Don’t miss the chance to hear the one and only performance of the Six Pianos Ensemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 in the Paul Davenport Theatre. Admission is free.
UWOpera brings Mozart close to home
Over the years, Mozart’s ‘Cosi fan tutte’ has been interpreted in many ways, but this is clearly UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas.
Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage
Over the years, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte has been interpreted in many ways, but this is UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas. “The story is completely contemporary in setting,” said Theodore Baerg, director. “Relationships haven’t...