Jeff Toyne, BMus’97, got his start crafting music for films while he was a student at Western. It led him to a successful career crafting music for television and movie projects, including his latest venture with AppleTV+ series Palm Royale. Th …
Don Wright Faculty of Music
Richardson takes place as guest conductor
Western’s Colleen Richardson was guest conductor of the 2012 National Youth Band of Canada, an ensemble of 53 musicians, aged 16-21, which gathered in Manitoba last week for a time of learning, performing and lifelong memories.
New duets dawn thanks to support
String quartets are a dime a dozen, or a quarter a quartet perhaps. The opportunity to hear violin and viola duets is a rarer experience. London audiences will have the chance 8 p.m. Thursday, April 26 in von Kuster Hall at Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music.
Alumna eyes Juno Award – UPDATED
Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music alumna Kerri Ough, BMus’03, and her Good Lovelies mates are up this weekend for a Juno Award in the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group category.
Special Juno honour for alumnus
Gary Slaight, BA’73, president and CEO of Slaight Communications and founder of Slaight Music is the 2012 recipient of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, given by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Campus Digest
March 22, 2012
Loving that step onto the big stage
Had Jesse Grandmont not been watching TVO as a toddler, who knows what he would have grown up to be.
No way to typecast this student
Conniving, murderous empress one week. Naive flower child the next. It’s all in a day’s work for Jennifer Kee.
Alumna adds Juno nod to accolades
Western University alumna Kerri Ough has one more reason to celebrate. Nominations for this year’s Juno Awards were just announced and Ough and her Good Lovelies mates are up for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group.
Die Fledermaus flies into Western
Die Fledermaus (The Bat) will fly thanks, in part, to 34 instrumentalists and a whole lot of preparation.
‘Schoolhouse’ rock: Program takes students from idea to iPod
For those who want to rock, Western is the place to be.
Free concert reflects charm of Spain
If visions of sunny Spain appeal to you, you’re in luck. Don Wright Faculty of Music piano professor John-Paul Bracey will transport you to Andalucia with the music of Joaquin Turina on Sunday (Jan. 8) at 3 p.m. for a free concert in Western’s von Kuster Hall.
Campus Digest, Dec. 8
Western News deadlines for 2012 Today’s Western News edition represents the semester’s final. We’ll return on Thursday, Jan. 5. Coming events and advertising deadline for that edition, the first of 2012, is noon Thursday, Dec. 15. UWOFA announces scholarship winners...