ADMISSIONS GuideBOOK 2015
FACULTY OF MUSIC
TABLE OF CONTENTS Music at Laurier 2013-2014 Achievements Residence Faculty Programs Choosing Your Program Honours Bachelor of Music • Comprehensive • Composition/Contemporary • Music Education • Music History • Music Theory • Performance - Strings and Chamber Music - Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion - Guitar, Lute and Harp - Voice - Opera - Keyboard
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Ensembles
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Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy
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Diploma Studies • Opera Diploma Program • Diploma in Chamber Music
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Graduate Studies • Master of Music Therapy • Master of Arts in Community Music Spring Programs Student Life Admission Information Awards, Scholarships, and Financial Assistance Audition Information Come for a visit
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A welcome from the dean
As dean of the Faculty of Music, I am excited to share information with you about Laurier’s renowned music programs. Our reputation is built on world-class faculty, world-class students and a supportive teaching and learning environment. Our range of undergraduate programs includes Performance, Composition/Improvisation, Music Education, Music Theory and Music History. We are also widely known for our Bachelor of Music Therapy and Master of Music Therapy and for our Master of Arts in Community Music. Laurier’s Faculty of Music admits 100 undergraduate students annually to work, not in competition, but in collaboration with one another. Our student numbers allow for easy access to instructors and small classes, yet we’re large enough to support a full range of ensembles, including a fine symphony orchestra, wind orchestra, several choirs, jazz ensemble and outstanding opera and contemporary music ensembles. We offer instruction in all orchestral instruments, plus piano, organ, voice, classical guitar and historical instruments, including fortepiano and harpsichord. Our programs prepare you for a lifetime in music, with skills to open new doors as your career unfolds. I know you will find your experience at Laurier both challenging and richly rewarding. Every day I am impressed by the talent and passion of the people who work and study in Laurier’s Faculty of Music. My work affords me opportunity to engage with colleagues and students who are as passionate about music as I am. I am very proud that Laurier is a vital partner in the local, national and international musical community. The information provided in this booklet and on our website is certainly helpful, but it is best if you spend a day with us and experience for yourself our outstanding programs and meet our wonderful students and dedicated faculty. If you do come for a campus visit, please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself to me.
Did you know? The Dean reviews every audition file
Sincerely,
Glen Carruthers Dean, Faculty of Music
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Top 10 Reasons to Study
Music at Laurier
Small classes The majority of our classes are capped between 25-35 students to ensure we offer an environment where you are the focus.
Student exchanges Want to travel? Why not study music in Germany, France, or the United Arab Emirates?
A welcoming community With 350 students, our Faculty is a close-knit community where students work together and faculty are accessible. We aren’t just a university – we are a family. 2 | wlu.ca/music
Generous studio lessons Each week you will meet with your studio instructor for 60 minute lessons to improve your performing ability and overall musicianship. Entering our performance concentration? Your lessons will be bumped up to 90 minutes in third and fourth year.
Your success is our passion Our faculty members inspire big dreams and help you to achieve them. Our bet is that at least one faculty member will become a mentor and continue to support you long after graduation.
Subsidized professional accompanying Need an accompanist? The Faculty of Music offers you the chance to work with professional coach-accompanists on the preparation and performance of your solo repertoire.
Masterclasses Weekly masterclasses bring you together to share and learn with Laurier instructors, guest instructors and your talented peers.
Laurier named Canada’s Best Music Campus
Outstanding faculty
Want to study at a university where music is valued and supported? In 2013, Laurier won CBC’s search for Canada’s best music campus.
Our courses are taught by distinguished scholars, performers and educators who are committed to providing you with a world-class education.
Performance opportunities Ensemble auditions will place you in one of our many ensembles where you will receive professional performance experience in our Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Theatre Auditorium and other performance venues across the region.
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June 2014
The 22nd annual QuartetFest welcomes Laurier’s Vogl Piano Quartet.
2013-2014 Faculty of Music
achievements September 2013
Laurier named Canada’s Best Music Campus by CBC Radio
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December 2013
The Penderecki String Quartet celebrates their 23rd year at Laurier by releasing its 29th recording
March 2014
The Faculty of Music partners with the American University of Sharjah (UAE) to offer students exchange opportunities March 2014
Alumnus Evan Mitchell (B.Mus. ’03) becomes Music Director of the Kingston Symphony
October 2013
Alumna Ashley Cummings (B.Mus. ’07) hosts a masterclass at Laurier to help address performance anxiety
JUNE 2013
Pianist Janina Fialkowska receives honorary degree from Laurier March 2014
Laurier faculty members Glenn Buhr, Guy Few and Jeremy Bell are nominated for a Juno award
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residence
Shape your experience. Nobody will tell you when to be home or bug you to eat your veggies. But then again, nobody will do your laundry, clean your room, or remind you to set your alarm. Going away to university will likely be the first time you have lived away from home and this sudden independence can take some getting used to. Waterloo residences Our 13 residences provide more than 2,700 spaces on or very near campus. You can apply to live in an apartment-style residence (single room or shared double) or a dormitory-style residence (single room or shared double). Students registered with Accessible Learning will be placed in a residence that is appropriate to their needs. All residences are wired for high-speed Internet access and most have recreation rooms, lounges, kitchenettes and laundry rooms. Residence costs range from $4,522 to $7,280 (proposed 2014-2015 fees; subject to change for 2015-2016) depending on the type of room and the style of the building.
Waterloo Meal plans The main difference between dormitory-style and apartment-style residences is the kitchen. Dormitory-style residences have limited shared cooking facilities, where apartment-style residences each have a kitchen. All students living in residence in Waterloo (dormitory and apartment-style) are required to purchase a meal plan.
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Residence is guaranteed to all first-year students.* * For all undergraduate students entering first-year studies for the first time. Applications and deposits must be received before June 1, 2015. Students with a midterm admission average of 90% or higher are also guaranteed their choice of building style and room type, space permitting.
Money on your mind? So, how much does it all cost, you ask? There’s tuition, living expenses, textbooks, technology, fees and parking costs. And don’t forget food, clothing, entertainment, transportation, phone bills and the occasional haircut! The good news is we can help.
Scholarships/finances
Estimated costs to attend Laurier* Waterloo campus Tuition
$5,980
Incidental fees
$1,013
Books
$950
academic subtotal
$7,943
Residence
$5,420 – $ 7,280
dorm Meal Plan
$4,190– $ 4,850
4 different options
apartment Meal Plan
$3,534
$1,734 + groceries ($225/month)
Clothing
$500
Travel/ transportation
$600
Personal (entertainment, hair, etc. $250/month)
$2,000
Parking fees
$255
Total approx.
$20,908
Did you know? The Faculty of Music awards close to $75,000 in scholarships to first-year students. Scholarships include: • • • • • • • •
Erich R. W. Schultz Music Entrance Award Helen Elsaesser Performance Scholarship for Viola and Violin James Mason Oboe Scholarship Ken Murray Entrance Scholarship The D. Smith Music Education Award The Motz Family Entrance Music Award W. J. Pitcher Scholarship Martens-Falk Award for Voice Performance 2014-2015 Entrance Scholarship†
95.0–100% $20,000* * For academic year 2014-2015. Refer to undergraduate academic calendar at wlu.ca/calendars for details. Fees subject to increase for 2015-2016. The chart is an estimate only.
90.0–94.9% $2,000
85.0–89.9% $1,000
* INCLUDES PRESIDENT’S GOLD SCHOLARSHIP - Awarded to applicants with mid-term or final average entering grades of 95% and over. $5,000 first year (including a $2,000 Entrance Scholarship). Potentially renewable at $5,000 in each senior year to a total value of $20,000. †Subject to change. For the most up-to-date figures, please check the Student Awards website wlu.ca/studentawards.
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Get involved
Student life
Composers’ and Improvisers’ Association
Student Employment
This group works to further the education of the composition and improvisation students at Laurier, creating a number of opportunities for them to receive additional experience, as well as exposure to the wider community. In addition to producing and marketing a number of new music concerts and events, the CIA also runs an improvisation ensemble which benefits from frequent workshops by established improvisers and alumni.
In addition to the many part-time positions available to students on campus, the Faculty of Music hires student assistants for a variety of positions. You may apply for such positions as Box Office Attendant, Auditions Assistant and Usher.
Music Association This committee represents all music students. It meets regularly with the dean, organizes special events including fundraising activities and contributes to the faculty’s collegial environment.
Music Therapy Student Association In addition to joint activities with the Music Association, this committee promotes music therapy as a profession. It organizes special events for music therapy students and brings guest speakers to the faculty to talk about various aspects of music therapy. For more information visit www.lauriermtsa.wordpress.com
Student Association of Music Educators This student chapter of the Ontario Music Educators’ Association supports the development of our country’s future music educators through a variety of programs. See page 20 for a more detailed description.
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An International Element As a faculty we place emphasis on providing our students with an international experience. Laurier has a student body comprised of students from multiple parts of the world and opportunities for students to perform outside Canada and student exchanges. Some of our current students come from mainland China, Germany, Japan, South Korea and the U.S., bringing their unique perspective to our program. Our Music students study outside Canada at such universities as the Lyon Conservatory of Music (France), the University of Osnabrueck (German) and the American University of Sharjah (UAE).
Laurier’s Faculty of Music is the permanent home of the NYOC’s annual Summer Training Institute!
Train with Canada’s preeminent orchestral and chamber music training institute!
Our Summer Training Institute includes: • • • • • •
2 week chamber music program and 3 to 4 week orchestral program 2 to 3 week concert tour in professional concert halls Guest performers and lecturers on topics including: career development,business skills and repertoire analyisis An innovative and integrated injury prevention and musicians’ health program Internationally renowned faculty Opportunity to work with a world-class conductor
Applications for the 2015 orchestra will open in October. For more information, please visit www.nyoc.org National Audition & Tour Sponsor
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Edwin Outwater Conductor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
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Our distinguished faculty Dean of the Faculty of Music Glen Carruthers B.Mus. (Brandon University); MA in Canadian Studies (Carleton University); PhD in Musicology (University of Victoria); ARCT Glen has been Dean of the Laurier Faculty of Music since 2010. He was Dean of the School of Music at Brandon University from 1998-2008 and prior to that taught for 10 years at Lakehead University, where he was founding Chair of the Department of Music. Glen has presented conference papers and guest lectures across Canada, the U.S., France, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Serbia, Italy, Greece, Spain and Brazil. He has published extensively in the fields of musicology and university music education. His articles have appeared in many sources, including the Journal of Musicology, Music Review, International Journal of Music Education, Clavier, Piano & Keyboard, Canadian University Music Review and International Journal of Community Music. He is a contributor to several books including A Celebration of Canada’s Arts 1930-1970 (Toronto), which he co-edited with Gordana Lazarevich; Reader’s Guide to Music: History, Theory and Criticism (Chicago); Annäherung IX – an sieben Komponistinnen (Kassel); MUSICANADA 2000: A Celebration of Canadian Composers/Un hommage aux compositeurs canadiens (Montréal); Inside, Outside, Downside Up: Conservatoire Training and Musicians’ Work (Perth); and Life in the Real World: How to Make Music Graduates Employable (Champaign). Glen is Chair of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician of the International Society for Music Education and Past-Chair of the New York State/St. Lawrence Chapter of the American Musicological Society. He served on the board of the Canadian University Music Society for many years and was president from 2001 to 2003. He has also served on the National Board and Regional Council of the Canadian Music Centre. His current research involves post-secondary music teaching and learning, music and democracy – particularly as reflected in the life, philosophies and works of Percy Grainger – and musical performance as aural historiography.
Graduate Profile
“ Laurier’s music program not only shaped my voice but it shaped me as a person. I’ll admit that the constant demand for excellence (in every subject) was exhausting and overwhelming, but, it was this standard that fostered my determination. I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it. After graduating from Laurier Music, I’m pretty sure I can do anything. My time in the music program taught me the importance of working hard, facing fears, testing limits, team work, practice and being prepared.”
LeeAnne Rorabeck
(B.Mus. ’07) Principal Gift Manager, Major Gifts at the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation.
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Full-time faculty Ahonen, Heidi MA (Helsinki), PhD (Joensuu); Professor, Music Therapy Alexeyev, Anya Diploma, ARCM (Royal College of Music, London, England); Associate Professor, Piano Arnason, Carolyn AMM, B.Mus. (Manitoba), BMT (Laurier), MTA, MSW (Laurier), DA in Music Therapy (New York); Associate Professor, Music Therapy; Music Therapy Program Graduate Co-ordinator Barber, Kimberly B.Mus., Opera Dip. (Toronto); Associate Professor, Voice Administrative Coordinator, Opera Bell, Jeremy B.Mus. (Toronto), M.Mus., DMA (SUNY, Stony Brook); Artist-in-Residence, Violin, Strings, Chamber Music; Penderecki String Quartet Buhr, Glenn B.Mus. (Manitoba), M.Mus. (UBC), DMA (Michigan); Professor, Composition De’Ath, Leslie MusBac, MA (Toronto), ARCT; Professor, Piano, Vocal Diction, Coaching; Music Director of Opera Program de Sousa, Beth Ann B.Mus. (Laurier), M.Mus. (Western), ARCT; Coach-Accompanist-in-Residence, Instrumental Ferenc, Anna B.Mus., MA (McGill), Certificate of Musicological Study (Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory), PhD (Michigan), ARCT; Associate Professor, Theory
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Froese, Elvera B.Mus. (Manitoba); Coach-Accompanist-inResidence, Vocal; Vocal Literature; Choral Director
Pulford, Paul DRSAM (Royal Scottish Academy of Music); Professor, Cello, Strings, Chamber Music; WLU Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Hamilton, Amy B.Mus. (Eastman), M.Mus. (Indiana), DMA (Northwestern); Professor, Flute; Co-ordinator of Winds
Santosuosso, Alma B.Mus., M.Mus. (British Columbia), PhD (Illinois); Professor, Musicology
Hatch, Peter MusBac, M.Mus. (Toronto), DMA (British Columbia); Professor, Composition Kaplanek, Jerzy B.Mus. (Bytom, Poland), M.Mus. (Katowice, Poland), Diploma in Chamber Music (Wisconsin); Associate Professor, Violin, Strings, Chamber Music; Director, Chamber Orchestra; Penderecki String Quartet, Director Kun, Jessica B.Mus., BEd, Masters Certificate in Conducting (Calgary), M.Mus. (Manchester), DMA (Arizona State); Associate Professor, Conducting, Orchestration; WLU Wind Orchestra Conductor Lee, Colin Andrew BA (Colchester, England), Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy (London, England), PhD (City University, London); Professor, Music Therapy; Music Therapy Program Undergraduate Coordinator Lichti, Daniel Associate Professor, Voice Morrison, Charles B.Mus. (University of Manitoba), MA, PhD (UBC); Professor, Music Theory; Theory; Co-ordinator of Music Theory
Schlaikjer, Katie B.Mus., M.Mus. (Stony Brook), DMA (Stony Brook); Artist-in-Residence, Cello, Strings, Chamber Music; Penderecki String Quartet, Laurier String Academy Director Shackleton, Peter B.Mus. (Northwestern), Certificate in Chamber Music Performance (Wisconsin); Musician-inResidence, Clarinet Swinden, Kevin B.Mus. (Western), PhD (SUNY, Buffalo); Associate Professor, Theory; Associate Dean of Music Taves, Heather B.Mus. (McGill), M.Mus. (Indiana), DMA (SUNY, Stony Brook); Associate Professor, Piano Vlajk, Christine B.Mus.Ed, B.Mus. (Colorado), M.Mus. (Wisconsin); Artist-in-Residence, Viola, Strings, Chamber Music; Penderecki String Quartet Willingham, Lee B.Mus., BEd, M.Mus., DEd (Toronto); ARCT; Associate Professor; Co-ordinator of Music Education, Laurier Singers , Master of Arts in Community Music Program Co-ordinator, Director of LCMC Yri, Kirsten B.Mus. (UVic), MA, PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook); Associate Professor, Musicology
Part-time instructors Bauman, Carol Percussion Techniques, Musical Skills
Ladano, Kathryn Improvisation Concerts Ensemble (ICE)
Bindig, Marianne Voice
Lalonde, Amanda History
Brickman, Nina French Horn
Larson, Larry Trumpet
Ronai, Anna Accompanying, Vocal Coaching
Campion, David Percussion
Lau, Elaine Piano
Seabrook, Deborah Music Therapy
Castello, Joseph Trombone
Leis, Brandon Voice
Schirm, Ron Jazz Ensemble
Clements-Cortes, Amy Music Therapy
Ludolph, Debbie Lou Voice Techniques
Coates, Shannon Vocal Pedagogy
Maness, Jane Tuba
Shalanko, Lorin Accompanying, Vocal & Instrumental Coaching
Conrod, Derek French Horn
Mara, Stephanie Accompanying, Instrumental Coaching
Davenport, Judith Viola/Violin Techniques Dorsey, Richard Oboe Edwards, Ross Clarinet Fagan, Leslie Voice Ferretti, Joseph Piano Few, Guy Trumpet Gemmell, Lori Harp Greer, George Double Bass Hall, Eric Bassoon Kearns, Michael Trombone Techniques Kroetsch, Terry Musical Skills, Piano
Ramessar, Kevin Guitar Techniques Robertson, Katherine French Horn
Smith, Linda Catlin Composition St. Pierre, Vicki Voice
Mason, James Oboe
Thomas, Rachel Trombone
McKenna, Terry Guitar
Neumann VanderBurg, Carolyn Music Education
McKittrick, Cam Composition McLean, James Voice Melville, Alison Baroque Flute Mieske, Lynda Voice Mullin, Carolyn Music Theory Nagtegaal, Marlin Organ O’Donnell, Kevin Flute Paynter, Terry Music Theory, Musical Skills
Vascotto, Norma Music History Van Weelden, Marnie Piano Wallace, Sharlene Harp Wagler, Trevor Musical Skills Wiffen, David Saxophone Whitman, Ian Double Bass Yun, Gerard WLU Choir, Music History
Graduate Profile
“ Quite simply, the training Laurier offers on all fronts was very thorough and encouraged critical thinking. It was also tailored to the individual needs of each student. Each class - whether it was of a historical/ musicological bent, of a theoretical or more practical nature - really delved deep into its subject matter and helped students to acquire skill in writing, research, critical analysis and listening, in addition to the more standard areas of performance, composition, theory, sight-reading etc.”
Nick Storring (B.Mus. ’06) Toronto-based composer, cellist, improviser, and journalist
List of part-time instructors current at time of printing.
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Choosing your program All students will initially enter Laurier’s Bachelor of Music: Comprehensive concentration. Students will be given the opportunity to explore courses like music skills, music history, introductory composition, introductory music therapy and much more. This mix of course offerings will give you the chance to decide which concentration (listed below) is right for you. Honours Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) (four-year program) Comprehensive
Music History
Would you like to have a strong understanding of all aspects of music? See page 17.
Do you love history and want to know how historical events shaped the music of the time? See page 22.
Composition/Contemporary Music
Music Theory
Are you inspired to create your own music and express yourself through your own compositions? See page 18.
Do you have an intellectual curiosity about how and why music works? See page 24.
Music Education
Do you have aspirations of becoming a professional performer or a teacher of performance? See page 27.
Do you want to pass on your love of music to younger generations, nurturing the musical gifts of elementary and secondary students? See page 20.
Performance
Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy (B.Mus.Th) (four-year program) Do you want to be a musician who helps people heal through music? See page 51.
Non-music courses (Students must take a minimum of eight courses outside of the Faculty of Music) Minor
A secondary area of concentration requiring at least six courses in a subject area outside of the Faculty of Music. Options
Options are enhanced minors where students can take six-10 courses in a subject area.
Popular options include Management option and Legal Studies option. Major/Double Major
Students are able to complete double majors within two music streams but not in combination with programs in other faculties.
Graduate Profile
“ The placements in the Bachelor of Music Therapy were the most important factor that contributed to my music therapy career. During these placements I was able to put into practice the theories and techniques that were being taught, I was able to use the musical skills that I had been honing for years and I was able to see firsthand the value and effectiveness of music therapy. One of the most profound moments in my studies was when, after a placement session, my supervisor told me, ‘that was music therapy.’”
Bonnie Brittain (B.Mus.Th ’09,M.Mus. ’13) Music Therapist, Fermata Music Therapy (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Honours bachelor of music
B.Mus.: Comprehensive This program is designed to allow students to gain an excellent, well-rounded musical education with freedom to choose electives in a variety of subjects, inside and outside of music. Comprehensive Program In addition to the core courses required for all B.Mus. students, Comprehensive majors choose electives to create a program of study in accord with their specific musical interests. Students in this program study their instrument or voice and participate in at least one instrumental or vocal ensemble in each of their four years. Four courses are required in music history and theory and two courses in post-tonal and contemporary music. Students have the option of pursuing a directed-studies graduation project in fourth year. In addition to the music requirements, there is elective space for as many as 12 courses in subjects outside music.
SAMPLE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM AND Upper Year Courses Year 1
Upper Year Courses
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MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Three non-music courses
Intro to Music Therapy Music in the Romantic Period Contemporary Music since 1975 Music and New Musicology Conducting Modern Music 1890-1975
Distinguished Graduate Alexandra Apolloni (B.Mus. ’07) completed her PhD in Musicology at UCLA in 2013.
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B.Mus.: Composition/Contemporary Music This program emphasizes learning through listening. Student compositions are frequently performed by other students at public concerts held throughout the year. After a first-year composition course, which may be taken by any music student in any year, composition majors study individually with faculty members (years two to four) and participate in composition seminars. In their final year, students write an extended work as their graduation composition. All students also take an electro-acoustic music course. The composition faculty encourages stylistic diversity and the development of each student’s compositional voice. Composition-Improvisation The Composition-Improvisation stream of the Contemporary Music program is designed for composers who want to integrate their own performances into their creative work through improvisation and ensemble interaction. Students in this stream develop and perform an hour-long recital as their major fourth-year project. CompositionImprovisation students are also encouraged to cultivate their own ensemble as a medium for their creative work. Participation in the Improvisation Concerts Ensemble (ICE) is required. Entrance to the program is by audition at the end of second year.
from the University of British Columbia following his MusBac and MusM degrees from the University of Toronto. Some of his work incorporates theatrical and multi-media elements, reflecting his interest in extending traditional concert music performance practices. He has also been very active in music curation: founder of NUMUS Concerts, he was Composer-in-Residence with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony from 1999-2003, Artistic Director of the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound from 1998-2012 and Arts and Culture Curator with the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics from 2011-2013. Cameron McKittrick
Select Composition Faculty Glenn Buhr Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Professor Glenn Buhr’s music has been performed by orchestras, chamber ensembles and ballet companies all over the world. He has toured extensively as a jazz artist, improvisational pianist and guitarist/songwriter, and has guest conducted most of Canada’s major orchestras. His many honours include a Genie Award and multiple JUNO Award nominations. In 1998, he was named University Research Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, the first time that honour had been given to a creative artist. His full-length ballet Beauty and the Beast has toured Asia and the UK several times. Buhr’s music is often heard on the CBC and is available on CD on various labels. Peter Hatch Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
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Cameron McKittrick’s recent activity has focused on musical action, identity and empowerment by demonstrating sensitivity to the definition of musical roles, to media, and to the importance of heritage in musical reception. He has worked as a composer with the Standing Wave ensemble, the Vancouver New Music Ensemble, the Arraymusic ensemble and others. He is a member of the electronic arts trio Finger. He holds a B.Mus. degree from Laurier and a M.Mus. degree from the University of British Columbia. Linda Catlin Smith
Linda Catlin Smith is a composer of new classical music. She grew up in New York and lives in Toronto. Her music is performed across Canada and in the US, England, France, Spain, Germany and Japan. In Canada, her music has been performed and/or recorded by: Tafelmusik, CBC Radio Orch, Windsor and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphonies, Arraymusic, Tapestry New Opera, Evergreen Club Gamelan, Eve Egoyan, Trio Fibonacci and the Penderecki and Bozzini quartets, among many others. In 2005, her work Garland (for Tafelmusik) was awarded Canada’s prestigious Jules Léger Prize. Her CD Ballad was released internationally on the World Editions label.
Electro-Acoustic Music Studio Composition students have access to a fully-equipped Electro-Acoustic Music Studio: The EMS has been assembled to facilitate digital audio recording, processing and storage, using either MaxMSP or Digidesign Pro Tools via a DIGI-001 audio/MIDI interface. MIDI-based composition is also possible, in either software program, via external sound modules, synthesizers and rack-mount effects units. Once completed, projects can be realized to various playback media. Real-time and multi-media applications can also be explored. The EMS is complemented by the faculty’s Computer-Assisted Instruction Lab. Students may transfer their studio work to and from the lab for use of a variety of other music software applications.
SAMPLE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM AND Upper Year Courses Year 1 • • • • • • •
MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • MU160B: Composition • Two non-music courses Upper Year Courses • Music and New Technology • Electric-Acoustic Music Programming • Percussion Techniques • Visual Expression in Art • Composition 3 & 4 • Contemporary Music since 1975
Distinguished Graduates John Estacio (B.Mus. ’89) is one of Canada’s most important composers of opera and orchestral music. Jennifer Butler (B.Mus. ’99) is President of the Canadian League of Composers. David Cecchetto (B.Mus. ’02) is the winner of the 2011 CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation award, granted by the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies to the top Canadian dissertation in the Fine Arts.
Distinguished guests Pauline Oliveros Renowned music improvisor and sound artist, founder of the Deep Listening Institute. R. Murray Schafer Renowned Canadian composer, founder of acoustic ecology, groundbreaking music educator. George Crumb World-renowned composer, Pulitzer Prize winner.
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B.Mus.: Music Education For students wishing to pursue a career in teaching music at the elementary or secondary level, the Music Education program combines the core music credits of the B.Mus. program with instruction in conducting, instrumental and choral techniques, methods, materials, philosophy of music education and allows for study of a second teaching subject. Music education courses are taught by distinguished and experienced music specialists and in-school educators. Select Music Education Faculty Lee Willingham
Associate professor Lee Willingham holds a M.Mus. and PhD from the University of Toronto. Prior to his appointment at Laurier in 2004, he was at OISE/UT, after serving as Music Curriculum Coordinator for the Scarborough Board. Previously, he taught music in an urban high school. At Laurier, Willingham coordinates music education, the choral programs, is director of the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community and is the program coordinator for the new Master of Arts in Community Music. He has recently served as guest conductor, adjudicator and presented research papers in Toronto, London, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Hungary. In summer, 2014, he presented two papers at the ISME conference in Brazil.
Music Education Techniques Courses The specific skills required to teach voice and the various instruments are taught by some of Canada’s finest performers/pedagogues.
Opportunities for Research As part of the activities of the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community (LCMC), there are opportunities for students to assist in various research projects. Both service-learning and directed studies credits may be applied for in third and fourth year programs. See page 55 for more details about LCMC.
The Student Association of Music Educators (S.A.M.E.) S.A.M.E. is a dynamic addition to the Faculty of Music’s student body. As a student chapter of the Ontario Music Educators’ Association, it hosts guest speakers, organizes field trips, presents a mid-winter music workshop and supports the professional development of our country’s future music educators. A popular event in the life of the music education students is the monthly social, where students from all levels have an outlet where friendships and networks are developed. A key feature of S.A.M.E. is the school placement program. Laurier music students are connected with schools for volunteer experience in music classrooms. Both public and Catholic schools in the Waterloo Region welcome Laurier students for valuable first-hand experience in teaching and learning music. As graduating students prepare for the professional service programs (Bachelor of Education degree and Ontario College of Teachers certification), S.A.M.E. in consultation with associate professor Lee Willingham present an information session and ongoing support in the preparation of the required application profiles for Faculties of Education.
Did you know? Last November music education students attended the Ontario Music Educators Association Conference where they were able to network and learn from current music educators.
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SAMPLE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM AND Upper Year Courses Year 1
Upper Year Courses
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• Intro to Elementary Music Education • Methods for Teaching Music at the Intermediate/Senior Levels • Technique Courses (e.g. Trumpet, French Horn, Oboe, Cello, Voice, Guitar) • Studies in Classical Music • Choral Conducting • Arts/Science/Business courses for teachable
MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Three non-music courses
Distinguished graduates Danielle (LaCasse) Sirek (B.Mus., ’07) obtained a M.Mus. from the University of Toronto and is pursuing her PhD at the Royal Northern College of Music. Bethany Reed (B.Mus., ’08) obtained her M.A. in Community Music at the University of Limerick in Ireland with First Class Honours, the first Canadian graduate of the program. She is student services co-ordinator for Toronto Dance Theatre. Katelynn Howard (Good) (B.Mus. ’09) After completing her Bachelor of Education at the University of Western Ontario, Katelynn is now a full-time teacher with the Waterloo Region District School Board.
Distinguished guests James Pinhorn, Agincourt Collegiate – choral instructor. Doug Friesen, University of Toronto – creative classroom. DUO PERCUSSION, an innovative and highly sought-after percussion duo made up of Brennan Connolly and Dave Robilliard. Peter Wiegold, Brunel University, London, U.K. – Scholar of composition, improvisation, and music in the community.
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B.Mus.: Music History Music History considers music in its historical and cultural contexts. Thinking critically and writing about music through the study of selected repertoire from all periods of music history is also emphasized. Students take at least eight courses in music history and musicology, three courses in a foreign language and in their final year write a major research paper. The goal is to prepare students for graduate work in musicology, library science, or for other careers that demand a broad knowledge of music, while giving them the skill to write about it. Select Music history Faculty
Kirsten Yri
Alma Santosuosso
Professor Alma Santosuosso has a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research in medieval music and music theory has been funded by consecutive awards from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The author of five books on medieval music-theory manuscripts, she is the leading expert on medieval notations that use letters of the Greek and Latin alphabet to record pitches. Her book, Letter Notations in the Middle Ages is a study of these notations. As well, she has written many articles. Her recent work focuses on music treatises in medieval Norman monasteries.
Associate professor Kirsten Yri received her MA and PhD from SUNY Stony Brook. Yri’s interests extend from medievalism, modernism, exoticism and feminism to popular music. She teaches courses in cross-cultural intersections; music, culture, and technology; music in popular culture; musicology; and twentieth and twenty-first century music. Her courses incorporate critical theories from disciplines such as women’s studies, postcolonialism, literary criticism and cultural studies in an effort to shed light on the role and meaning of music in both contemporary and historical times. Yri has published in the musicology journals American Music; Women and Music; Current Musicology; Early Music; and Intersections and has presented her research at numerous international and national conferences.
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Bradley Spiers (B.Mus. ’12) is completing his Masters in Musicology at Tufts University.
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Studies in the History of Music Genre Music in the Romantic Period Studies in Canadian Music Studies in Renaissance Music Language courses (German, French, Italian, Latin) • History of Rock Music
Kaleb Doyle (B.Mus. ’13) is enrolled in the Masters of Musicology program at the University of Toronto. Natalie Oshukany (B.Mus. ’13) is enrolled in the PhD program in musicology at the City University of New York (CUNY).
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B.Mus.: Music Theory Students in the Music Theory program study the various analytical and compositional procedures of music. They take music theory courses every year and at least one course in composition. Because of the connections between theory and performance and the understanding of music gained in performance, theory majors also do practical study every year. Focusing on musical design of tonal and non-tonal music, the program also deals with perceptual, aesthetic and interdisciplinary studies in such fields as literary criticism, philosophy and cultural studies. In each year of the program, students are engaged in musical analysis, research paper writing and/or criticism of the historical and theoretical literature dealing with music. A graduation project in musical analysis, aesthetics or history of theory is an option in fourth year. The Music Theory program is designed to prepare students for further academic study at the graduate level.
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MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) Three non-music courses
18th-Century Counterpoint Orchestration Music Aesthetics and Criticism Music and New Technology Schenkerian Analysis
Select Music theory Faculty Anna Ferenc
Associate professor Anna Ferenc holds B.Mus. and MA degrees in music theory from McGill University, an ARCT Piano Performer Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Musicology Certificate from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and a PhD in music theory from the University of Michigan. She is a past-recipient of Postdoctoral Fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Killam Memorial Fund at the University of British Columbia. Research interests include the work of Nikolai Roslavets and Alexander Scriabin, music theory pedagogy, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. On these topics, Ferenc has published articles and conducted presentations at national and international conferences. Charles D. Morrison
Professor Charles Morrison completed his B.Mus. degree in composition at the University of Manitoba and his MA and PhD degrees in music theory at UBC. He has presented papers at national and international conferences and published on music aesthetics, modes of musical listening and analysis of Modern Music, especially that of Bartók, Ligeti and Schoenberg.
Morrison’s current research involves an aesthetic-perceptual study of Keith Jarrett’s solo improvisations and a project on the construction of the musical-temporal present. He is also engaged in research on theories of teaching and learning and on broader issues related to post-secondary education. He served as Dean of Laurier’s Faculty of Music from 1999 to 2010 and is currently the Co-ordinator of Music Theory. Kevin J. Swinden
Kevin Swinden is an associate professor of Music Theory, and currently serves as the associate dean of music. Swinden was the 2013 recipient of the Alumni Association’s award for Teaching Excellence. He received a B.Mus. from the University of Western Ontario and a PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo where he was awarded the Thomas J. Clifton Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in the area of music theory. In 2006, he was awarded a fellowship to the Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory. Specializing in chromatic harmony of the late 19th century, Swinden has published articles in Music Theory Spectrum, College Music Symposium, Music Analysis, and contributed a chapter to the Cambridge Companion to Bruckner. He presents papers frequently and internationally, including delivering the keynote address at two regional conferences.
Distinguished Graduates Jennifer Bain (B.Mus. ’90), Laurel Parsons (B.Mus. ’80), and Stephanie Lind (B.Mus. ’03) teach music theory at Dalhousie, Quest, and Queen’s University respectively. Having completed M.Mus. degrees, Gillian Robertson (B.Mus. ’09), Vivian Luong (B.Mus. ’10) and Katie Walshaw (B.Mus. ’10) are pursing doctoral studies in music theory at Florida State, University of Michigan and Western respectively.
graduate Profile
“ I’ve had an incredible experience at Laurier; it is the place that has allowed me to become the musician I am today. The small school feel provided me with opportunities that would not have been possible elsewhere, like being commissioned professionally and joining the NYOC. I have not only received high quality training as a composer and violist, but also as a well-rounded musician and I know that I will take the skills I have learned during my undergrad into my professional career.”
Emily Walker, (B.Mus. ’14) Enrolled in Glenn Gould School of Music
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Honours bachelor of music: performance
The B.Mus. Performance Program The B.Mus. Performance program is designed for students who aspire to have performance careers. Instruction is available in piano, organ, voice, standard orchestral instruments, classical guitar, historical instruments, fortepiano and harpsichord. Masterclasses
Students in the B.Mus. Performance program participate in weekly masterclasses providing the opportunity to perform for their peers and receive constructive feedback from their instructor. Masterclasses by guest artists are offered regularly. During weekly masterclasses, students learn to perform repertoire in a collaborative group environment and discuss performance-related issues. Studio Lessons
In weekly private lessons, students study technique, sight-reading and a wide variety of repertoire. Students in years three and four of the program receive 90-minute weekly private studio lessons with access to professional coach-accompanists. Performance Opportunities
The size of the Faculty of Music’s community gives students, especially those in the performance program, multiple performance opportunities during the school year. The Wind Orchestra and the WLU Symphony Orchestra provide magnificent opportunities to prepare for a professional career. Other ensembles, weekly student recitals, student composers’ concerts, chamber music recitals, third- and fourth-year recitals and Laurier’s annual concerto competition offer additional performance opportunities. Chamber music opportunities are available in years two, three and four. Beyond the classroom
Support from peers and teachers ensure a healthy atmosphere and create friendships that last well into professional careers and beyond. During the summer months, a host of workshops allow students to maintain and build their performance skills. Throughout the year, more than 100 concerts by faculty, graduates, students and visitors in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, delight and more importantly, inspire.
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B.Mus. Performance: Strings and Chamber Music
Did you know? Our graduates can be found in major orchestras and chamber groups in Canada, USA and worldwide. They hold teaching positions in public and private schools, many at the university or conservatory level.
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B.Mus. Performance: Strings and Chamber Music
Strings and chamber music Our Instructors
The Penderecki String Quartet (PSQ), one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of its generation, has been in residence at Laurier since 1991, evidence of the attention given to chamber music by the Faculty of Music. Together with cellist Paul Pulford, the PSQ forms the core of the string faculty (ps4.ca). Performance Opportunities
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the many performance opportunities that exist both formally and informally within the faculty and the community — most string students can expect to play in a chamber music group and the WLU Orchestra for all four years of their program. Advanced players may also play in mixed ensembles and a chamber orchestra. Each ensemble receives weekly coaching from a faculty member and performs regularly in the weekly class. String students also have the opportunity to play the latest compositions, including pieces by Laurier student composers. The faculty holds concerto competitions each year; winners perform with the WLU Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Other performance opportunities include weekly noon-hour student recitals, student chamber music concerts and third- and fourth-year recitals. String Pedagogy
The string program at Laurier is also unique for offering the string pedagogy course which is based on Mimi Zweig’s string pedagogy method. Participants in this course have an opportunity to work closely with the teachers and students of the Laurier String Academy. Ready to Audition?
We understand that where and with whom you spend four years studying are incredibly important decisions. You must work with the faculty with whom you feel most comfortable. During the Laurier audition process, the members of the core string faculty offer one complimentary private lesson to give students an opportunity to get to know their potential teacher and explore their teaching style. Student requests for specific teachers are accommodated whenever possible.
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B.Mus. Performance: Strings and Chamber Music
Select stringS and chamber music Faculty VIOLIN Jeremy Bell Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
A native of Toronto, violinist Jeremy Bell earned a B.Mus. degree from the University of Toronto and from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he received his Masters and Doctor of Music. Bell is a prize winner of the Eckhardt‑Grammatté National competition and the Conseil Québécois’ Prix Opus. He has studied with David Zafer, Joyce Robbins, Metro Kozak and with members of the Juilliard and Orion string quartets. Joining the Penderecki String Quartet in 1999, Bell has toured recently to China, Brazil, Mexico, France, Italy, Spain, Russia and has recorded over 25 discs. In addition, Bell has performed as soloist with the Toronto Symphony and other orchestras. jerzy kaplanek Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Violinist Jerzy Kaplanek has been a member of the Penderecki String Quartet since 1987. With the quartet and as a soloist and chamber musician, he performs more than 80 international concerts each season. His discography includes over two-dozen recordings. Kaplanek was born in Poland. He received a B.Mus. degree from the Conservatory in Bytom and a Master’s Degree from the Academy of Music in Katowice. He studied in the U.S. with Sylvia Rosenberg, the Fine Arts Quartet and the Guarneri String Quartet. He is in great demand as a soloist, adjudicator at international competitions and teacher at summer festivals and masterclasses in Canada and abroad. His students perform and teach internationally.
CELLO Katie Schlaikjer Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Cellist Katie Schlaikjer is a recognized quartet player, performer, teacher and the newest member of the Penderecki String Quartet. Katie received her Doctoral and Master’s degrees from Stony
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Brook University and her Bachelor’s degree from the New England Conservatory. She became a member of the Colorado Quartet in 2009 and joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 2010. As a former member of the Avalon Quartet, she received top prizes from the Concert Artist Guild, the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition. Katie has performed at the Ravinia, Tanglewood, Aspen and Caramoor festivals, and recorded for Albany Records. PAUL PULFORD Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Cellist/conductor Paul Pulford has 30 recordings to his credit, including three highly acclaimed discs of the complete works for cello by Beethoven and Brahms with fortepianist Boyd McDonald. He has performed extensively on four continents with Blue Rider Ensemble, the Penderecki and Orford String Quartets, Galliard Ensemble and as a soloist. Currently the conductor of the Laurier Symphony, he has been Music Director of the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra, the New Brunswick and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestras and principal conductor of the NUMUS Ensemble. His students are frequent members of the NYOC and have won a number of first prizes at the national level including the Canada Council Michael Measures Award.
VIOLa Christine Vlajk Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Christine Vlajk has graced major concert stages around the world including the Weill Concert Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has held the positions of violist of the Penderecki String Quartet and Artist-inResidence in viola and chamber music at Laurier since 1997. Before that, Vlajk played with the Montclaire String Quartet for 15 years. Vlajk holds B.Mus.Ed and B.Mus. (Viola Performance) degrees from the University of Colorado and a M.Mus. (Viola Performance) degree from the University of Wisconsin. As a soloist, she has performed numerous recitals internationally. As a member of the Penderecki String Quartet and the Montclaire Quartet, Vlajk has recorded on many labels including Marquis Classics and EMI.
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Double bass George Greer
George Greer received a B.Mus. degree in performance from the University of Toronto. He was principal double bass with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and played with the London Symphony Orchestra (London, England). Since returning to Canada, he has been with the Canadian Opera Company, the National Ballet of Canada, Hamilton Philharmonic, Mainly Mozart, and Stratford Festival orchestras. He is associate principal double bass with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and principal double bass with the Mississauga Sinfonia and the Elora Festival Orchestra.
Distinguished GRADUATES Cathy Anderson (B.Mus. ’99), cello, earned a masters of music degree from Yale University. Frequently heard on CBC Radio, she is a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Emma Banfield (B.Mus. ’03), violin, recently completed a doctorate of music at Northwestern University and is a member of the Blue Spruce String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at the Shaw Festival in Niagaraon-the-Lake. Robin Braun (B.Mus. ’01) is first violin in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Laurissa Chitty (B.Mus. ’08), violin, is a member of the Saint John String Quartet. Amber Ghent (B.Mus. ’01), cello, is a member of the Madawaska String Quartet & Ensemble. Newest instructor with the Laurier String Academy. David Glidden (B.Mus. ’99), violin and viola, is a founding member of the critically acclaimed Harmonie Universelle (dir. Florian Deuter, Köln, Germany) and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie (dir. Jérémie Rhorer, Paris, France).
Distinguished GUESTS
Ian Whitman
Ian Whitman has served as Principal Bassist for the KitchenerWaterloo Symphony since 2008 and joined the faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2012. Following two years of study in jazz and popular styles culminating in a performance degree at Grant MacEwan College, he received a B.Mus. Degree from McGill University and a M.Mus. Degree from Yale University. Thanks to his diverse educational and performance background, he is fluent in many styles of music on electric and double bass. Beyond the KW Symphony, Whitman performs regularly in Waterloo, Hamilton, Toronto and across Ontario with orchestras and chamber ensembles while committing intensively to solo repertoire and pedagogy.
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• MU100: Music and its Contexts • MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 • MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 • MU161: Theory 1 • MU162: Theory 2 • MU181: Ensemble (full year) • MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Three non-music courses
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Chamber Music String Pedagogy Conducting Studies in Romantic Music Music Aesthetics and Criticism • Contemporary Music Since 1975
Richard Aaron, cello, University of Michigan and The Juilliard School. Martin Beaver, violin, Tokyo Quartet, Yale University. Jeanne Lamon, violin, Music Director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, University of Toronto and the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory. Clive Greensmith, cello, Tokyo Quartet, Yale University Jutta Puchhammer-Sedillot, viola, University of Montréal. Mayumi Seilier, violin, soloist, Artistic Director Via Salzburg Chamber Ensemble. Mimi Zweig, violin, Indiana University.
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B.Mus. Performance: Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Woodwinds, brass and percussion Students in winds, brass and percussion have the opportunity to play in the Wind Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble or Improvisational Concert Ensemble. Wind and brass students may also enrol in chamber music class. There are regular masterclasses for each instrument, where students perform for each other and explore such topics as reed-making, orchestral excerpts, chamber music and jazz. Each wind and brass student is assigned to a professional coach-accompanist who assists with the performance of solo repertoire. Laurier is fortunate to have a close association with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Many of our woodwind and brass instructors are members of this professional ensemble.
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B.Mus. Performance: Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Select woodwinds, brass and percussion Faculty Flute Amy Hamilton Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Professor Amy Hamilton received a B.Mus./ Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a M.Mus. from Indiana University and a Doctor of Music from Northwestern University. She has performed with the Toronto Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet of Canada, and appears in solo recitals and chamber concerts. Recordings include Canadian Flute Quartets with Quartet Laurier and Canadian Music for Flute and Piano, Tryptique with the Meridian Trio. Hamilton has completed Canadian Music Centre annotated bibliographies of flute and piano and flute chamber music. The Laurier Flute Ensemble under her direction recorded a CD of Canadian flute octets titled 8 Pieces for 8. Kevin O’Donnell
Kevin O’Donnell received a MusBac in Flute Performance from the University of Toronto, completed the Orchestral Training Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music and has studied with many of the world’s leading flutists including Geoffrey Gilbert, Peter Lloyd, Carol Wincenc, William Bennett and Walfrid Kujala. He has held the positions of Principal Flute with Symphony Nova Scotia and Second Flute/Piccolo with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. He performs regularly with the National Ballet of Canada, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and with the Festival Orchestras of Stratford, Charlottetown, Elora and Westben. He is on the faculty of Inter-provincial Music Camp and has taught at Laurier since 1996.
OBOE Richard Dorsey
Dick Dorsey recently retired as principal oboe from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra after more than a quarter century. He has also been principal oboist with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Canadian Chamber Ensemble, the Oklahoma City Symphony and has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He also teaches at the University of Toronto and the Glenn Gould School.
James Mason
One of Canada’s most prominent oboists, both as performer and teacher, Jim Mason has been principal oboe with the KitchenerWaterloo Symphony and an instructor at Laurier since 1979. No fewer than six Canadian composers have written solo works just for him. He has recorded much of the chamber and solo repertoire for the oboe and has performed as principal oboe with the Boston, Toronto, Montreal and National Art Center Orchestras. His former students are in professional orchestras across the United States and Canada and they regularly win positions in Canada’s prestigious National Youth Orchestra and National Academy Orchestra. He has given masterclasses across Canada and around the world.
Clarinet Ross Edwards
Ross Edwards has been principal clarinet with the National Arts Centre, Vancouver Symphony and Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestras. He is principal clarinet with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. He has participated at Tanglewood and been a featured artist at the Scotia Festival of Music and the Vancouver International Chamber Music Festival. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in recitals across Canada and for CBC Stereo. Peter Shackleton
Peter Shackleton joined the Faculty of Music in 2011 as a Musician-in-Residence. He holds the Principal Clarinet chair with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, is a member of Music in Common and performs with Tafelmusik on historical clarinet. In 1993, he was awarded First Prize at the 27th CBC Radio Competition and has since performed as a soloist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik. He has served as Principal Clarinet of Orchestra London Canada and has performed with Les Violons du Roy and the Milwaukee Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Stratford Festival Orchestras.
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Bassoon
French Horn
ERIC hall
Nina Brickman
Eric Hall holds the principal bassoon position in three different organizations: the Canadian Opera Company, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago. An avid performer and chamber musician, Hall has performed at festivals around the world and as a soloist with the Niagara Symphony, the New World Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado and the Waterloo Symphony in Iowa. Hall has recorded with the Canadian Opera Company and the Grammy nominated Grant Park Orchestra. Hall received a M.Mus. from the Juilliard School, a B.Mus. and Perfomer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and he was a teaching assistant at Yale University, working for Stephen Maxym.
Nina Brickman, a native of Montreal, was a member of the Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Chamber Ensemble from 1975 to 2005. She studied french horn at McGill University (L.Mus.) and the Manhattan School of Music in New York City (B.Mus.) and has been a member of the music faculty of Wilfrid Laurier University since 1978, where she was appointed “Musician-in-Residence” from 2006 to 2009. She coordinated the Windfest Workshop at Laurier from 1995 to 2009.
Saxophone Dave Wiffen Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
A graduate of Laurier and the Eastman School of Music, Dave Wiffen toured the U.S. with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and has performed with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Orchestra London and the Hamilton Philharmonic. He has backed up such legends as Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Michael Brecker, Peter Appleyard, Marvin Hamlisch, Martin Short and The Temptations among others. He has played numerous productions at the Stratford Festival and many Toronto productions including The Full Monty and The Producers, and has performed all over North America, in Japan, Holland, Mexico and Dubai. He has been the saxophone instructor at Laurier since 2000.
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Derek Conrod
Derek Conrod is a member of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), the Aeolian Winds, National Ballet Orchestra (Toronto), Music in Common and the Stratford Festival Orchestra. He also teaches at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester) and the University of Western Ontario. A frequent recitalist and lecturer on historical horns, Conrod has performed on more than 30 recordings with Tafelmusik, Arradia, American Bach Soloists (San Francisco) and Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland) and has appeared as a soloist with Tafelmusik at the Mostly Mozart Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center and at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. In 1995 he served as music consultant for the Stratford Festival’s acclaimed production of Amadeus. Katherine Robertson
Katherine Robertson has been a member of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony since 2005. Previously, she was with the Orchestre Smphonique de Quebec, the Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg (Germany), the Winnipeg Symphony, and has worked extensively for the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Katherine received her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto, studying with Eugene Rittich and a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance from the Hochshule fur Music in Freiburg, studying with Ifor James.
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Trumpet Guy Few Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Guy Few’s versatility and fearless interpretations have been noted by the press as “outrageous...simply phenomenal” (Le Devoir, Montreal) and “sheer brilliance” (L.A. Times). He has performed with many North American orchestras, trumpet/piano/voice, performs in guy and nadina, Project Aria, Few Mara and has been a guest at festivals including Festival of the Sound, Ottawa Chamber Festival, Tanglewood, Takefu International Music Festival and Oregon Bach Festival. Recording awards include: Grammy, Penderecki Credo (OBF principal trumpet/Rilling/Hänssler), Best Classical Orchestral Album/Just Plain Folks Music Awards (guy and nadina/TCO/Kevin Mallon/MSR), 2014 JUNO nomination, (guy & nadina/g27/Paetkau/MSR). He is a Yamaha artist. Larry Larson
Larry Larson has been the Principal Trumpet of the KitchenerWaterloo Symphony since 1993. A graduate of DePaul University, Larson has been featured with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Orchestra London and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, performing both Classical and Pops repertoire and has been featured on CBC Radio. You can hear him every night, in fact, trumpeting in the CTV News with Lloyd Robertson. He has had the great pleasure to work in back-up orchestras for Diana Krall, Brian Wilson, Jann Arden, Holly Cole, Anne Murray, Dennis DeYoung, Roger Hodgson and Yes. Larson is also a celebrated jazz performer.
Trombone Joseph Castello
Joseph Castello holds degrees from the Hartt School of Music and Northwestern University School of Music. He has been principal trombonist with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony since 1983. He has taught at Laurier since 1983 and has also taught at Western University, National Music Camp of Canada, the New Mexico Music Festival at Taos and the Southampton Music Festival. He was principal trombonist with Orchestra London for eight seasons and a member of the West Point Band for three years. His freelance work has included the Hamilton Philharmonic, the New Hampshire Music Festival, the Drayton Festival, Elora Festival and the Stratford Festival.
Rachel Thomas
Born and raised in Toronto, Rachel received her B.Mus. degree from the University of Toronto. Upon graduation, she became a regular sub with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) playing on several tours, including the Euro Tour 2000, where she had the privilege of performing as Acting Principal. In the 20 years as a freelancer, she accompanied the TSO to Carnegie Hall twice and can be heard on several TSO recordings. A highly sought after freelancer, Rachel recently performed with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra as Acting Principal. Rachel currently plays second trombone in the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, a position she has held since 1993.
Tuba Jane Maness
Jane Maness received an Honours B.Mus. degree in performance from the University of Toronto, where she studied tuba with Chuck Daellenbach. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra and principal tuba of the Canadian Opera Company. Maness has been principal tuba of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Chamber Ensemble since 1975. She has taught at the Inter-provincial Music Camp and at the Banff Festival of Youth Orchestras. In 1999, she revised the Royal Conservatory of Music Tuba Syllabus and was the Brass Adjudicator at the Ontario Music Festivals Association Provincial Finals.
Percussion David Campion
David Campion received a MusBac degree from the University of Toronto. He studied percussion with Russell Hartenberger of the NEXUS ensemble, drum kit with Jim Blackley, and ethnic percussion with Abraham Adziniah. He is timpanist with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, recording over 50 CDs and performing in North America and Europe and is a member of the Toronto Percussion Ensemble and the New Art Quartet. He is principal kit player and percussionist with the Stratford Festival of Canada Orchestra and performs regularly with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and NUMUS Contemporary Music Concerts.
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MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Three non-music courses Upper Year Courses • Chamber Music • Music and New Musicology • Conducting • Studies in Romantic Music • Music Aesthetics and Criticism • Contemporary Music Since 1975
Distinguished graduates Diana Morgan (B.Mus. ’05), flute, obtained an M.Mus. degree from Carnegie Mellon and a graduate certificate in performance from University of Southern California; she currently freelances in Los Angeles, California and performs with Cirque de Soleil. Jennifer Brimson (B.Mus. ’06), flute, obtained an M.Mus. degree from Royal Northern College in England and a DMA from the University of Cincinnati; she is currently an assistant professor at Morehead State University, Kentucky. Ashley Cumming (B.Mus. ’07), horn, was recently appointed the new horn player for the Bay Street Brassworks in Indianapolis, IN. Faeron Pileggi (B.Mus. ’09), flute, obtained an M.Mus. degree from the University of Sydney, Australia. She is a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Education Department staff. Graham Mackenzie (B.Mus. ’08), principal oboe with the Windsor Symphony, is completing a DMA at Indiana University. Brian Seaton (B.Mus. ’99), oboe, is a world-renowned oboe builder, repair person and acoustician. Erin Brophey (B.Mus. ’00) is principal oboe with the Saskatoon Symphony. Aiden Kleer (B.Mus. ’12), horn and Julie Rochus (B.Mus. ’08), horn, performed in the National Youth Orchestra in 2011. Mark Inneo, (B.Mus. ’97), is a much-in-demand percussionist, performing around the world with various artists including Bob Newhart, Regis Philbin, David Foster, Sarah McLaughlin and The Tenors. Debbie Stroh (B.Mus. ’86), horn, has been with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony since 2003.
Distinguished guests Robert Aitken, world-renowned Canadian performer and composer of contemporary music. Timothy Hutchins, Principal Flute, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Jennifer G’froerer, Principal Flute, National Arts Centre Orchestra. Michael Hansel, Berlin Philharmonic. Alex Klein, Oboist. James Campbell, Clarinetist. True North Brass. Canadian Brass.
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B.Mus. Performance: Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
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B.Mus. Performance: Guitar, Lute and Harp
Guitar, lute and harp Students in the B.Mus. Performance program in Guitar are encouraged to explore such historical plucked string instruments as the lute, renaissance guitar, baroque guitar and classical mandolin to play chamber music and to learn to improvise accompaniments. Students studying harp in all programs at Laurier participate in harp ensemble exploring improvisation and composition in classical, celtic and latin folk styles. Harpists in the B.Mus. Performance program are encouraged to play chamber music as well as solo repertoire. 38 | wlu.ca/music
B.Mus. Performance: Guitar, Lute and Harp
Select Guitar, Lute and Harp Faculty Guitar Terry McKenna
Terry McKenna is grateful for his youthful experience as a rock guitarist. In fact, it was the Symphonic Rock of the 60/70’s – along with the awesome collection of Chopin LPs belonging to a buddy’s mom – that initially sparked his interest in contemporary, classical, romantic, baroque and renaissance guitar music (and their period reproduction instruments). Today McKenna really enjoys the energy and commitment that a new generation of guitar ’seekers’ brings to his demanding and varied guitar program at Laurier. In addition to teaching, McKenna pursues a busy musical career, including live performance (chamber music and solo), recording (40 CDs plus movie, television and theatre soundtracks), arranging and composition.
Harp Lori Gemmell
Lori Gemmell is principal harpist with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. As a soloist and chamber musician, she specializes in classical and new music and has played across Europe, Japan and North America. Her concerts at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival earned strong reviews. Gemmell’s harp duo with Jennifer Swartz recorded for the ATMA label, features a commissioned piece by Andy Creeggan. She also plays with the Four Seasons Harp Quartet and has performed and recorded with pop artists Kevin Fox, Andy Stochansky and on the Grammy-nominated The Reminder with Feist.
Distinguished graduates
Distinguished guests
Žak Ozmo, (B.Mus. ’00) is Music Director, Lutenist/Guitarist and Scholar in London, England. He has a doctorate from the University of Southern California.
Jason Carter, innovative classical and harp guitarist and international performer/collaborator.
Kevin Ramessar (B.Mus. ’00) is a classical, jazz and pop performer, recording artist, and teacher based in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Jason Vieaux, American classical guitar soloist and chamber musician. Canadian Guitar Quartet, one of the finest guitar ensembles in the world.
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B.Mus. performance: Voice
Voice What you’ll study Our voice majors study the gamut of vocal literature in their voice lessons and masterclasses: art song, oratorio, chamber music and even some music theatre are on the menu. Diction studies – to get you up to speed with your foreign language pronunciation – emphasis on German, Italian, French and English as part of the curriculum.
Where you’ll perform Our voice students have multiple performance opportunities through our choral and opera programs; large-scale choral works (including major oratorios with orchestra) provide solo opportunities at all stages of the program and our third and fourth year singers (often with the addition of volunteers from earlier years) perform in two annual operatic productions (excerpts in fall and a full-scale opera in winter). Our performance majors also strut their stuff on our weekly Tuesday noon recital series each semester.
What else we offer As an extension of their vocal studies beyond the normal academic year, many of our students and alumni enrol in the Intensive Studies in Voice workshop that we run each spring for nine weeks. The workshop involves plenty of one-on-one and group instruction in a relaxed environment and culminates with several voice recitals in late June.
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B.Mus. performance: Voice
Select Voice faculty Kimberly Barber Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber, Coordinator of the Opera Program, has been a faculty member since July 2002. Her activity on international operatic and concert stages (Paris, Chicago, New York City, London, Rome, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Montreal, Seattle and Toronto), offers her the unique opportunity to pass on immediate knowledge of the profession to her students. She has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, CBC Records, Teldec and Dutton Classics. Grounded in the traditional, but a champion of new music, she has performed numerous world and Canadian premieres, collaborating with musicians of all stripes. A breaker of intellectual and musical boundaries, she brings an adventurous spirit to the voice program. Leslie Fagan
Having performed under the batons of such noted conductors as Hans Graf and Sir David Willcocks, Leslie Fagan has delighted audiences and critics alike, performing in international venues including Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Roy Thomson Hall. Highlights of Fagan’s past engagements include a solo concert of music of Stravinsky and Debussy with the Bordeaux Aquitaine Symphonie Nationale. Fagan can be heard frequently on CBC Radio and has appeared on CBC television and both BBC radio and television. Fagan’s recordings include her debut solo album le miroir de mon amour and A Song for all Seasons with The Toronto Children’s Chorus.
Daniel Lichti Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Acclaimed as one of Canada’s finest concert and oratorio singers, bass-baritone Daniel Lichti, associate professor at Laurier since 1998, performs internationally with symphonic, choral and concert organizations and at major Bach Festivals. Since his operatic debut at the Stratford Festival in 1974, he has performed with, among others, the Canadian Opera Company, Rome Opera, L’Opéra de Montréal, L’Opéra de Québec and Opera Atelier. Nominated for a Juno in 1992 for Songs of Hugo Wolf (Dorian), his first Lieder recording, Schubert’s Winterreise and Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch (Analekta) with pianist, Leslie De’Ath, are among his most recent CDs. Lichti was one of four judges and teachers featured in the Gemini Award-winning TV series Bathroom Divas for BRAVO TV. Lynda Mieske
A seasoned pedagogue with over 30 years of teaching experience on the Laurier voice faculty, soprano Lynda Mieske’s many former students are employed as teachers, performers, music therapists and arts administrators across the country and around the world. A graduate of Laurier’s B.Mus. in Performance program, Lynda is also an avid church musician, both accompanying and leading choral groups in worship settings. She has sung professionally in recital, opera, and oratorio.
Brandon Leis
Instructor of voice, Brandon Leis is also the music director at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church in Kitchener, an instructor with the Kanata Centre for Worship and Global Song at the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary and has taught vocal pedagogy at Laurier. Skilled in opera and oratorio, he is sought after as a concert soloist, recitalist, workshop facilitator and adjudicator principally in Canada and the U.S. Brandon is also a member of the inaugural cohort in Laurier’s new Master of Arts in Community Music program.
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B.Mus. performance: Voice
Select Vocal Coaching, Literature, Diction and Accompanist Faculty Beth Ann de Sousa, Accompanist-in-Residence
Beth Ann de Sousa holds AMus (Western Conservatory), B.Mus. (WLU – Gold Medalist), and M.Mus. (UWO) degrees in Piano Performance. She is a coach-accompanist for wind, string and opera studios, teaches accompanying courses and is director of the chamber music program. Beth Ann has been a frequent keyboard performer with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and enjoys an active performing schedule in the region. Elvera Froese, Accompanist-in-Residence, vocal literature; Conductor, maureen forrester singers
Elvera Froese studied piano in Manitoba and England and has wide experience as a vocal and choral accompanist and vocal coach. She received a B.Mus. degree from the University of Manitoba and taught piano, piano literature and pedagogy, music history, and theory at Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg. After pursuing graduate studies in musicology at the University of Toronto, she came to Laurier, where she is a vocal coach. In addition, Froese has also developed music courses in teleaudio and teleconference communication modes for Laurier’s Continuing Education program. Leslie De’Ath, coaching, vocal diction
Anna Ronai, COACH-ACCOMPANIST
Austrian pianist Anna Ronai has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Michelle Breedt, Birgid Steinberger, Bernarda Fink and Robert Holl. She has performed at major venues in Europe and North America, including the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Musikverein and Schubert Saal in Vienna. Anna completed two Master degrees from the Music University of Arts Vienna and has placed in several major Lied Duo competitions in Germany and New York. She was a vocal coach and accompanist at the Vienna and Innsbruck Conservatories in Austria. In 2009 Anna moved to Canada and became a vocal coach and accompanist at Wilfrid Laurier University. Stephanie Mara, COACH-ACCOMPANIST
Canadian pianist, Stephanie Mara, received an Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor Degree in Piano Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she studied with Garth Beckett. She is a collaborative pianist and coach for Wilfrid Laurier University, where she works with students majoring in brass, bassoon, clarinet and cello and has assisted in masterclasses with Alain Trudel, Dennis Najoom and James Campbell. Stephanie has performed in recital and gala presentations with Canadian soloists James Campbell, Alistair Kay and Jasper Wood. She performs on a regular basis with Canadian trumpeter/pianist/singer Guy Few in Canada and the U.S.
See page 45 for biographical information. Lorin Shalanko, COACH-ACCOMPANIST
Lorin is a much sought out pianist in the community providing instruction, accompaniment and coaching to many local musicians. He regularly collaborates with Leslie Fagan, Jennifer Enns-Modolo, Amy Waller and other musicians and dancers of Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo, Conrad Grebel, Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Sir John A. MacDonald High School, the KW Strings School, Carousel Dance Company, Royal Academy of Dance and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Internationally his career has taken him to France, where he lived and worked for several years, teaching privately and accompanying various soloists and choirs. Lorin Shalanko holds an honours degree in Piano Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University. 42 | wlu.ca/music
SAMPLE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM AND Upper Year Courses Year 1
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MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Three non-music courses
Introduction to Opera Vocal Literature Lyric Diction Acting for Singers Practice of Opera Vocal Pedagogy
Diploma in Opera
Opera Singers at the undergraduate level may participate in the opera program in the third and fourth years of their program. Opera Laurier, increasingly known for its innovative programming and inventive productions, produces a program of operatic excerpts each fall and a full-length opera each winter. The Opera Diploma program (page 54 for more information) provides training and performance opportunities for post-graduate singers. Students receive instruction in movement, acting, stagecraft and makeup, and work with prominent stage directors. Leslie De’Ath is Music Director of the opera productions
See page 45 for biographical information. Kimberly Barber is Administrative Coordinator of Opera
See page 41 for biographical information.
Distinguished graduates
Distinguished guests
Jane Archibald (B.Mus. ’99), soprano, performs with the world’s greatest opera companies, winning a JUNO Award in 2012.
Wendy Nielsen Soprano, Metropolitan Opera (many others), vocal pedagogue and clinician, Artistic Director of St. Andrews-by-the-Sea summer vocal academy and cross-appointed voice instructor at University of Toronto and Canadian Opera Company Ensemble.
Allyson McHardy (B.Mus. ’91), mezzo-soprano, performs internationally to critical acclaim. Graduate of the Merola Program of San Francisco Opera and Canadian Opera Company Ensemble; former Tanglewood fellow. Daniel Cabena (B.Mus. ’04), countertenor, currently studies at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland; he won the Canada Council’s Virginia Parker Prize in 2012. Donna Ellen Trifunovich (B.Mus. ’84) soprano; resident soloist of the Vienna State Opera since 2008. Former member of the Linz Opera (with over 35 roles) and past member of the Zurich Opera Studio.
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano, world-renowned operatic, recital, concert and recording artist. Sir Thomas Allen, international operatic, concert and recording artist – Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Covent Garden and many others. Karina Gauvin, Canadian soprano and baroque specialist with an international performing and recording career; frequent performer with Les Violins du Roy.
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B.Mus. performance: keyboard
Keyboard Students receive instruction in advanced technique and interpretation from highly experienced international concert and recording artists, who are equally renowned for their dedication to young artists. An innovative curriculum centers on the creative identity of each student. An individualized course of study is planned to develop an emerging artistic identity. Creative projects are exhibited in concert and online. Special expertise in improvisation, diverse genres, early keyboard instruments and new music is available. Courses are offered in chamber music, accompanying, piano literature and piano pedagogy. Performance opportunities include weekly student recitals, new music concerts, chamber music recitals, third- and fourth-year recitals, and two annual concerto competitions. 44 | wlu.ca/music
Did you know? The faculty’s 35 grand and 60 upright pianos are used for studio and classroom instruction and practicing. The Recital Hall is equipped with two Steinway concert grands and one Yamaha concert grand. The early keyboard collection includes two harpsichords, two fortepianos and two clavichords.
B.Mus. performance: keyboard
Select Keyboard Faculty Piano Anya Alexeyev Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Anya Alexeyev received her education at Moscow Conservatory, Russia and Royal College of Music, England. A winner of many awards, she has performed on five continents, playing solo recitals, chamber music and concertos with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. She released recordings on EMI, Dutton Epoch, Toccata and Marquis Classics and has been broadcast by numerous radio stations around the world. In 1995 she premiered and recorded Paul McCartney’s first solo piano piece A Leaf, released on EMI Classics. A number of her students have garnered prizes in national and international competitions and have been accepted into prestigious graduate schools in North America and Europe. Leslie De’Ath Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Professor De’Ath is one of Canada’s most prolific recording artists, with more than 25 recordings in his discography. He is a solo and collaborative pianist, conductor and author. He is the regular keyboard player with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Elora Festival Singers. A recent recording with the latter group was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 and in the same year, his recording of Billy Mayerl piano works was chosen as one of the 66 must-have solo piano albums worldwide by the Penguin Guide to Classical Recordings and is one of North America’s preeminent scholars of vocal diction. In addition to studio instruction, he teaches courses in Keyboard Literature and Lyric Diction and is the Music Director of the Faculty’s Opera Program.
Joseph Ferretti
Joseph Ferretti has performed throughout Europe, Canada and the U.S. as soloist and collaborative artist. Concert performances presented by the COC’s Piano Virtuoso Series, NUMUS, The Music Gallery, Barrie’s Colours of Music, Open Ears, the Banff Centre and ensembles such as the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the Talisker Players are just a few. He has recorded for Capstone Records with Elaine Lau. His award winning collective, junctQín, has premiered works by many prominent composers and has been broadcast on CBC and abroad. Ferretti is also in demand nationally as an adjudicator, presenter and RCM Senior Examiner. Ferretti has taught at Laurier since 2003. Terry Kroetsch, piano and musical skills
Terry Kroetsch, ARCT, LTCL, LRSM, MA (Western), received a B.Mus. degree from Laurier and is active locally as a piano teacher, accompanist, adjudicator/RCM examiner and workshop clinician. He pursues an interest in new music, world music, dance and drama and has staged recitals of the music of John Cage at Laurier, York University and the University of Waterloo as part of NUMUS Concerts. As a soloist and a founding member of the New Art Quartet, he has commissioned works by Peter Hatch, Linda Catlin Smith, William Peltier and John Estacio.
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MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Three non-music courses
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B.Mus. performance: keyboard
Elaine Lau
Versatile as both a soloist and collaborative artist, Elaine Lau has performed as keyboardist and soloist with numerous orchestras and broadcast on CBC Radio 2, National Public Radio (USA) and Rondo Classic (Finland). In addition to her interest in the standard literature, Lau also regularly premieres new works for toy, solo and duo piano and is a founding member of junctQín, a Toronto-based contemporary keyboard collective. As duo pianist with Joseph Ferretti, Lau has performed across North America, held a Banff artist residency and recorded for Capstone Records. Lau has taught at Laurier since 2003. Heather Taves
Organ Marlin Nagtegaal
Marlin Nagtegaal holds a B.Mus. degree in organ performance from the University of Manitoba, an Uitvoerend Musicus diploma from the Rotterdam Conservatory and an M.Mus. degree in organ performance from the University of Western Ontario. Nagtegaal has given numerous recitals in Canada, the Netherlands and Germany. He has taught at various institutions including the University of Manitoba and Queen’s University. Marlin presently teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo and the Beckett School. Since 1988 he has been the Director of Music at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church.
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Heather Taves has produced five solo albums. She runs house concerts, is a killer cook and organic gardener and is one of Canada’s top artist-teachers. After she graduated from McGill at age 19, where her graduation recital was broadcast nationwide on CBC, she turned down an acceptance from Juilliard, instead studying with legendary artist-teachers Pressler and Sebok at Indiana University and Gilbert Kalish at Stony Brook. Her compositions can be heard on three albums. New York critic Greg Sandow has noted Taves’ successful strategies to help students improvise, find their unique voice and develop it in community settings. Marnie Van Weelden
Marnie Van Weelden enjoys a versatile career as a pianist and dedicated teacher. A recipient of numerous awards and honours during her studies, she has had the opportunity to perform and participate in workshops in the UK, Czech Republic and the U.S. She is in demand as an adjudicator and workshop clinician and is passionate about the application of the Alexander Technique to piano playing and teaching. After earning an ARCT diploma, she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario and M.Mus. and DMA degrees in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Michigan. She joined the Faculty of Music at Laurier in 2007.
Distinguished graduates ANDREW HISEY (B.Mus. ’87) is a professor at the University of St. Thomas and founding director of America’s National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum. BRADLEY PARKER (B.Mus. ’00) holds a DMA from the Eastman School of Music and is Director of Keyboard Studies at Erskine College. WILLIAM BRENT (B.Mus. ’01) is a professor of Audio Technology at American University in Washington DC, researching experimental music performance. KUI MIN (B.Mus. ’01), an international competition laureate, has been heard in many concert venues throughout Canada, U.S. and Asia including representing the Canadian government in a performance for the Imperial House of Japan. DIANA DUMLAVWALLA (B.Mus. ’04) is an assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario and holds an M.Mus. from the Royal College of Music, UK, and a DMA from the University of Toronto. Elizabeth Szczepanski (B.Mus. ’13) was accepted into the Graduate Diploma in Piano Pedagogy Research program at the University of Ottawa and has been accepted to the Master of Arts degree program in Piano Pedagogy (for 2014-2015) with full scholarship. Elizabeth’s area of research includes the impact of music lessons for children with cochlear implants and motivation studies.
Distinguished guests Marc-André Hamelin Emmanuel Ax André Laplante Angela Hewitt Christopher O’Riley
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Ensembles Honours Bachelor of Music students participate in a wide variety of large and small ensembles, depending on their requirements of the particular program. Auditions for ensembles take place each Fall during Orientation Week.
WLU Symphony Orchestra The 75-member WLU Symphony Orchestra gives four concerts a year and plays for the annual opera productions. Its guest conductors have included Simon Streatfield, Raffi Armenian, Agnes Grossman and Victor Feldbrill. Major works performed by the Orchestra include Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Franck’s Symphony in D minor; the operas Riders To The Sea by Vaughan Williams and L’enfant et les sortilèges by Ravel; and the oratorios Mass in C minor by Mozart and The Cycle of Spring by Glenn Buhr. Paul Pulford, Conductor See page 30 for biographical information.
WLU Wind Orchestra The WLU Wind Orchestra gives four concerts plus special performances each year. The Wind Orchestra serves to deepen musicianship and develop musical skills and understanding
through the rehearsal and performance of quality repertoire. A comprehensive approach to musicianship, an environment that promotes trust and musical preparation are vital elements to the Wind Orchestra serving as a vehicle for the musical advancement of its members. The ensemble performs a wide range of repertoire that is judiciously selected to challenge musicians artistically, technically and intellectually, with the objective to advance the Wind Orchestra toward professional performances that utilize 21st century performance paradigms. Jessica V. Kun, Conductor
Jessica V. Kun holds a doctorate in Conducting from Arizona State University, B.Mus. and Education degrees and Master’s Certificate in Conducting from University of Calgary and a M.Mus. (Musicology) degree from University of Manchester. She is conductor and artistic director of the Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra and has taught and conducted musicians from novice to professional. She has written articles for music education journals and curriculum documents for the Ontario Ministry of Education. Her research includes the development of conducting and conducting pedagogy, using digital media and studies into emotional contagion and effective gestural communication. Jessica is active internationally as a conductor, adjudicator and clinician. wlu.ca/music | 47
WLU Choirs
Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
The 75-mixed voice Concert Choir performs a wide range of traditional, contemporary, global, improvised and symphonic works.
The Improvisation Concerts Ensemble (ICE) is dedicated to giving concerts featuring the students’ improvisations in ensemble and solo settings. The ensemble meets for three hours every week in coached sessions to prepare for a major concert at the end of each term. Jazz, East Indian Music and other established genres which involve improvisation will be explored by the ensemble as well as composed music which involves improvisation.
The 30-voice Maureen Forrester Singers explores the literature, both traditional and contemporary, written for treble voices. The 24-mixed voice Laurier Singers is an ensemble that focuses on choral chamber music and presents a wide range of programs both in the local community and beyond. On occasion, all choirs join forces for larger symphonic works or for special gala events. elvera froese, Conductor See page 42 for biographical information.
Lee Willingham, Conductor See page 20 for biographical information.
gerard yun, Conductor
Gerard Yun is a conductor, composer, global music scholar and performer. He served as Director of Choral Studies at Georgetown University and Professor of Choir and Voice at Southern Utah University. He has served on the faculties of Wilfrid Laurier University, McMaster University and the University of Waterloo teaching courses in music education, conducting, choral and global musics. He has held professional conducting posts with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Hamilton Children’s Choir and the Colorado Lyric Theatre Festival. He guest conducts internationally and is currently in demand as a conductor and clinician across North America.
Glenn Buhr, Kathryn Ladano, Directors Glenn Buhr See page 18 for biographical information.
Kathryn Ladano Hear me perform: soundcloud.com/laurier-faculty-of-music
Kathryn Ladano is one of Canada’s premiere bass clarinetists. She is a specialist of contemporary music and free improvisation and is currently the Interim Artistic Director of NUMUS concerts, the co-Director of ICE (Improvisation Concerts Ensemble) at Wilfrid Laurier University and the bass clarinet instructor at the University of Waterloo. Kathryn has been a guest speaker and performer at several conferences such as the 2013 Summit on Improvisation Pedagogy and Community Impact in Guelph, the 2014 McGill University Music Graduate Symposium and the 2014 International Society for Improvised Music Conference in New York City. Ladano’s debut CD Open was released in 2010 and she is currently pursuing her PhD at York University.
Jazz Ensemble The WLU Jazz Ensemble has 18 students who perform frequently on and off campus. The ensemble gives three different programs each season. Ronald Schirm, Conductor
Ron Schirm has performed for and with many notables, including Bob Newhart, The Drifters and Frankie Valli and he has appeared with countless groups and individuals, including the KitchenerWaterloo Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra London. A member of the R&B band Gravity and Steely Dan tribute group Stealing Dan, he will soon release his first CD titled Slide of Hand. His jazz trio performs regularly at the King Street Trio Restaurant and at many other small venues in the area. He is the Artistic Director of the Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival and the 2004 recipient of the K-W Arts Award in Music. 48 | wlu.ca/music
Performance Opportunities Student Recitals
All students in performance programs are expected to participate in Tuesday noon student recitals at least once per term. Performance in these recitals is optional for non-performance majors.
Opera and Opera Excerpts
In the fall term, two evenings of operatic excerpts are performed and in the winter term, a fully-staged and costumed opera production is mounted, accompanied by the WLU Orchestra. Recent productions include Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Masterclasses
Masterclasses provide students with the opportunity to perform for their class on a weekly basis, hear other students perform and benefit from the instructor’s coaching in a group setting, deepening the learning process. In addition to student performance, classes may explore such topics as reed-making, orchestral excerpts, chamber music and jazz. Distinguished guests from around the world bring their creativity and experience to these classes. Graduation Recitals and Solo Recitals
In addition to the required graduation recitals for fourth-year performance majors, solo recitals may be given by third-year majors and third- and fourth-year students in other B.Mus. programs. Student recitals are held in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall. Student Composers Concerts
Student ensembles and soloists have the opportunity to perform compositions by students in the Composition program. Concerto Competition
A concerto competition is held once a year. Students are first auditioned by a faculty panel and the finalists perform for a guest adjudicator. The winners perform with the WLU Symphony Orchestra or Wind Orchestra in the following year’s concert season.
Chamber Orchestra
The Laurier Chamber Orchestra, for advanced players, gives several concerts per year. In 2000, it released a commercial CD recording of the Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin and Piano with Darren Lowe, Concertmaster of the Québec Symphony and pianist Suzanne Beaubien on the Electra Label. Jerzy Kaplanek, Director See page 30 for biographical information.
Chamber Music Ensembles
Chamber music is one of the most important courses for the development of a good musician and is required for a successful career as a soloist, chamber or orchestral musician. Student groups receive weekly coaching and perform regularly in masterclasses and public concerts. Chamber groups are organized through the ensemble audition and are open to all possible chamber music combinations from string quartet to wind octet and percussion ensemble. Students have the opportunity to work with members of the acclaimed Penderecki String Quartet, Laurier’s quartet-inresidence and with most of the performance faculty. beth ann de sousa, co-ordinator See page 42 for biographical information.
Ken Murray Concerto Competition
The Ken Murray Concerto Competition is held annually and sponsored by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. The winner performs with the K-W Symphony in a concert the following year.
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Bachelor of music therapy
B.Mus.Th: Bachelor of Music Therapy Music therapy is the clinical use of music as a therapeutic intervention for people who have special needs. Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy Laurier’s four-year Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy degree program requires a high level of musicianship. It also includes psychology because knowledge of psychological theories is necessary for clinical practice with different client populations. A crucial component of the program is supervised clinical training with supervision provided by professionally accredited music therapists. Registered for the first two years in Laurier’s Honours B.Mus. program, students make a formal application to the Bachelor of Music Therapy program at the end of their second year in Laurier’s B.Mus. Admission to Music Therapy is based on grades in music and psychology courses, a personal interview and recommendation of the Music Therapy faculty. If successful, students will enter the Bachelor of Music Therapy for their third and fourth year at Laurier. Program Philosophy
The intent of the program is to produce music therapists who are eclectic practitioners and who educate the musical and therapeutic process. Four major principles have shaped the design of the curriculum: 1. The program is music-centered, in that, clinical music forms the basis for understanding the therapeutic relationship; 2. Skills in improvisation are essential for developing clinical musicianship; 3. A humanistic approach acknowledges the client as an individual with unique life experiences, thus incorporating all facets of personality, musical and therapeutic needs; 4. Every person has the potential to be creative regardless of disability or illness.
Music Therapy Education Group Placements
Supervised placements in the community are selected from such client populations as: 1. Sensory-impaired children 2. Developmentally delayed children, adolescents and adults 3. Children and adolescents with special needs 4. Adolescents with emotional disorders 5. Adults with physical challenges 6. Teenage mothers and babies 7. Geriatrics 8. Adult psychiatric 9. Autistic children and adolescents 10. Palliative care Individual Clients
In addition to the above placements, each student is assigned to an individual client for their entire fourth year. These sessions are held in the on-campus music therapy clinic. Seminars
All Music Therapy students attend a weekly seminar to present case reports and discuss professional issues in the field of music therapy. In addition, outside professionals are invited to speak on topics relevant to clinical practice. In-Services
At the end of each term, students make a formal presentation to staff and administration of the facility where they have been assigned for the term, describing and explaining the goals and accomplishments of their work in music therapy at the facility. Internships
After graduation, each student is required to complete a 1,000hour internship in accordance with the guidelines of the Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT).
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SAMPLE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM AND Upper Year Courses Year 1
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• Introduction to Music Therapy (2nd year course) • Principles of Music Therapy • Practice of Music Therapy • Music Therapy Theory & Research • Music Therapy Practica • Improvisation
MU100: Music and its Contexts MU136: Musical Skills Lab 1 MU137: Music Skills Lab 2 MU161: Theory 1 MU162: Theory 2 MU181: Ensemble (full year) MU190A: Studio Lessons & Masterclasses (full year) • Introduction to Psychology • One non-music course
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Select Music Therapy Faculty Heidi Ahonen
Heidi Ahonen, PhD, psychotherapist (OSP), groupanalyst, music therapist (MTA), FAMI, Music Therapy professor, Director: Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research. Ahonen practices music psychotherapy and has developed the group analytic music therapy method – she works with adult clients with psychological trauma, PTSD (i.e. refugees), vicarious traumatization/ burn-out. Her research covers of qualitative, music psychotherapy research, and evidence-based music medicine research, i.e. low frequency. She has published widely, (Group Analytic Music Therapy 2007, Barcelona Publishers) and currently presents vicarious trauma workshops all around the world. Heidi is a graduate of the Harvard University Program in Refugee Trauma - Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program. Carolyn L. R. Arnason
Carolyn Arnason, MTA, DA, FAMI holds degrees in piano performance, social work and music therapy and coordinates the Master of Music Therapy program. She performs collaborative improvisation concerts and piano duet repertoire on modern piano and fortepiano. She is active as a research and clinical supervisor. Research areas include arts-based performative inquiry and guided imagery and music psychotherapy and she has developed a theory of improvisation called Musical Transparency. She is invited to write book chapters and has published in international journals such as the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, Music Therapy Perspectives and the International Journal of Community Music.
Colin Andrew Lee
Colin Andrew Lee received a PhD from City University, London, England. Following piano studies at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie, Detmold, Germany, he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in music therapy from the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Center, London, England. Lee has extensive clinical and supervisory experience and is an active researcher in many areas including HIV/ AIDS and the analysis of clinical improvisation. His books include Music at the Edge: The Music Therapy Experiences of a Musician with AIDS (1996), Improvising in Styles: A Workbook for Music Therapists, Educators and Musicians (Lee & Houde, 2011), and Paul Nordoff: Composer and Music Therapist (2014). Recent work includes concert performances of improvisations based on clinical themes. Amy Clements-Cortes
Amy Clements-Cortes received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Toronto and has extensive clinical experience working with clients across the lifespan. She has given over 80 conferences and/or academic presentations, is published in peer-reviewed journals/books and has extensive clinical and research supervision experience. Amy is the Clinical Commissioner for the WFM and past president of the CAMT. Amy is on the editorial review board for several journals and is the Managing Editor of Music and Medicine. Amy founded Notes by Amy in 1995, which provides a variety of professional services, including private music therapy sessions.
Distinguished graduates
Distinguished guests
Laurel Young (B.Mus.Th ’94, MMT ’03) has a PhD from Temple University and is a professor at Concordia University.
Marco Kärkkäinen, Psychotherapist, Owner/CEO of Oy Neurosonic Finland Ltd.
Andrea Lamont (B.Mus.Th ’99, MMT ’05) is a music therapist at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.
Diane Austin, founder of The Music Psychotherapy Center in New York City, the Advanced Training Program in Vocal Psychotherapy, and author of The Theory and Practice of Vocal Psychotherapy: Songs of the Self.
Aaron Lightstone (B.Mus.Th’97, MMT ’04) and his band Jaffa Road were nominated for a JUNO Award in 2010 and again in 2013. Deborah Seabrook (B.Mus.TH ’04, MMT ’07) is the founder of Inspira Music Therapy, a practice that serves community organizations, including kidsLINK Children’s Mental Health Services and Lisaard House Hospice.
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The late Tony Wigram, Head of PhD studies at Aalborg University.
Diploma Studies Opera Diploma Program (one-year program)
This program is for singers who have completed an undergraduate degree or diploma in music and who wish to continue their studies in voice and opera. See page 63 for audition requirements.
Diploma in Chamber Music (one-year program)
This program is for performers who have completed an undergraduate degree or diploma in music and who wish to continue their studies in chamber music. See page 63 for audition requirements.
Graduate Studies Master of Music Therapy The Master of Music Therapy program began in 2002 and is the only graduate program of its kind in Ontario. Our facility offers the only Clinical Improvisation Lab with digital instruments in Canada. Our one-year program is for students who have completed an undergraduate degree in music therapy; our two-year program is for students who have completed a music degree or an allied degree and who meet the program’s musical admission requirements.
music therapy, musical transparency and contemporary psychotherapy theories in order to develop music therapy knowledge and skills for practicing as a psychotherapist. Research
The Master of Music Therapy program is aligned with the Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), giving students and alumni opportunities to conduct original research. The CIMTR organizes international music therapy conferences at Laurier.
Master of Arts in Community Music (part-time program)
Program Philosophy
This part-time, interdisciplinary program can be completed in six terms and is designed to attract community music leaders. Students will find a balance within course work, applied community practice and research, with a strong emphasis on the inclusivity of community music through both non-formal and formal instruction. community music brings diverse populations together, with scholars from the school classroom, the church sanctuary, the private studio, administrative offices, ensemble directors, arts administrators, creators, entrepreneurs and more.
Within the official philosophy of Music-Centered Psychotherapy, the curriculum is designed for advanced education in clinical improvisation, group analytic music therapy practice, aesthetic
We invite you to contact Lee Willingham at lwillingham@wlu.ca for more information.
For audition requirements see page 63.
Clinical Placements
Supervised clinical placements are integrated into the program. Students work with a variety of clients on-site in the music therapy clinic as well as in community settings to develop skills in clinical musicianship.
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Spring programs
Spring Programs The Faculty of Music believes it is important to study, practice and perform regularly, without the break that occurs at the end of the Canadian academic year in April. Therefore, the Faculty of Music, offers spring programs in which Music students can continue their practical study.* We also offer workshops in the spring for advanced high school and university string, wind, voice and piano students. These programs, which in some cases may be taken for credit, are popular with students from Laurier and other Canadian and American universities. Students may attend the free concerts associated with these workshops.
QuartetFest Intensive Studies in Chamber Music Led by the Penderecki String Quartet and distinguished guest artists.
This workshop is designed for serious students of ensemble playing at both university and high school levels. While the emphasis is on string quartets, a few mixed ensembles, such as piano trio may be included. In addition to individual coaching and masterclasses, students have the opportunity to hear rehearsals of the Penderecki String Quartet and other distinguished guest artists. Faculty present concerts and participants have the opportunity to perform. In the past, QuartetFest guest artists have included the Colorado, Fine Arts, Lafayette, St. Lawrence, Tokyo, Ying and Miro Quartets, cellists Roman Borys, Antonio Lysy and Boris Brott, clarinetist James Campbell, violists Douglas McNabney, Jerry Horner and Steve Dann. For more information visit quartetfest.ca.
Intensive Studies in Voice Led by vocal instructors Kimberly Barber and Daniel Lichti; vocal coach-accompanist Elvera Froese.
Since the inception of the Voice Department at Laurier in 1969, there have been workshops of various kinds for voice students every year. This unique spring program provides nine uninterrupted weeks of concentrated study with emphasis on voice technique and repertoire. Each student receives two and one-half hours per week of individual instruction. This consists of one hour per week with the designated voice pedagogue, one hour per week with the assigned coach and one-half hour per week of performance in masterclass. Ensemble work will also receive some emphasis within this framework. A series of recitals allows further opportunity for performance and the development of the vital relationship between soloist and accompanist.
Flute Seminar An Orchestral Excerpt and Chamber Music Workshop led by Amy Hamilton.
This seminar is designed for advanced players who wish to pursue a professional career. The three-week seminar features intensive studies in orchestral excerpts and chamber music. * Note: Not all of these workshops run every year; please contact the Faculty of Music for schedules related to a particular year.
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Admissions
Admission Information Academic Requirements for Bachelor of Music
Admission to Bachelor of Music Therapy
Laurier considers your top six 4U or 4M level courses for admission, with a minimum overall average of 75%. All students are required to have completed a grade 12 English at a minimum of 60%.
Students may apply for admission to the Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy program only after completing two years of Laurier’s Honours Bachelor of Music program. Therefore, first-year applicants who are interested in Music Therapy should apply to the Honours B.Mus. program.
Previous post-secondary education
Transfer students please contact choosemusic@wlu.ca
High School applicants
Requirements depend on year of study/program/grades in courses, contact choosemusic@wlu.ca for more info. Homeschooled applications
Students are required to submit two Laurier approved external means of academic assessment. (e.g. Home schooled grades, RCM exams, ACT, SAT) For more info e-mail choosemusic@wlu.ca. International admission questions? - international@wlu.ca
Deadlines Ontario High School applications (101) January 14, 2015 Out-of-province, Transfer students and international applications (105) May 1, 2015 Offer acceptance June 1, 2015 Residence applications (High school applicants) June 1, 2015
Out of Province admission questions? - coast2coast@wlu.ca
How to Apply to University Apply through OUAC (Ontario Universities Application Centre) visit www.ouac.on.ca. 101 Applications - Current Ontario Secondary School Students 105 Applications - All Other Undergraduate Applicants
Language Requirements Students whose first language is not English are required to submit acceptable evidence of their English proficiency. Applicants who have studied in a English instructional education system on a fulltime basis for a minimum of three years may not be required to submit a test score. language TEST
Minimum score
TOEFL
Paper test: 560 Internet test: 83 with a minimum of 20 in each component
IELTS
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MELAB
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Keyboard Facility Non-piano majors who have not completed Royal Conservatory Grade 6 Piano (or equivalent) prior to entering the B.Mus. program must demonstrate proficiency at this level before proceeding to third year. If you have not completed a RCM Grade Piano exam, successful completion of a Laurier provided Keyboard Facility Exam will be used to fulfill the piano requirement.
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CAEL
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Person Test of Language Proficiency
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Admissions
Audition Information Admission to Laurier’s Faculty of Music is based on the collective results of the following: • Academic Grades • Theory Placement Test (on audition day) you’ll write a theory placement test equivalent to RCM • Advanced Rudiments • Interview with faculty member (on audition day) this is a chance for us to get to know you and for you to ask any questions you have. • Audition on instrument
Application Process 1. 2.
Apply to Ontario University Application Centre. (ouac.on.ca) Once application is processed students will be contacted by email with login information for Laurier’s Online Audition Application website. 3. Complete and submit the Online Audition Application which includes: • Candidate contact information • Choice of three potential audition dates from set list • Contact information for one reference (reference will be contacted by email to fill out online reference form) • Current academic information • Music background and career goals • $50 audition fee 4. Once your application is submitted and audition fee is paid you will receive confirmation of your audition date and time.
Audition Day Process Your audition day will consist of your audition, interview and theory placement test. • If you are auditioning with an orchestral instrument (percussion excepted), you must bring your own instrument. • Dress for success! We suggest no jeans, track pants, etc. Practice in the clothing you will wear. • Arrive at least 30 minutes before your audition to have time to check in with an Audition Assistant and warm up in one of our practice rooms. • Bring one copy of your music for the audition panel. • Your audition panel will consist of 2 or 3 music faculty who will assess your musicianship and technical ability. • Professional accompanists will be provided by the Faculty of Music. The cost of this is included in your audition fee. You must provide the music for the accompanist. If you prefer, you may bring your own accompanist. • Your theory placement test (equivalent to RCM Advanced Rudiments) will take place on the day of your audition either before or after your instrument audition. • Once you have completed your audition our Audition Assistant will take you to an interview with a faculty member. This is a chance for us to learn more about you and for you to ask questions. • Cancellation or rescheduling of an audition must be received 48 hours before the scheduled audition.
You should audition in person, but if you live beyond 400 km from Laurier, you can audition by video. If you choose this option when completing your Online Audition Application you will receive instructions on how to prepare and submit your video. Applicants who have significant proficiency on a second instrument and would consider enroling as a major on either, should seriously consider auditioning on both instruments. An additional fee of $50 will be charged for a second audition. wlu.ca/music | 57
Admissions
Performance Requirements for all Honours Music programs Note: Official Conservatory certificates are not required. The level of performance demonstrated in the audition, not the Conservatory certificate, determines admission. Because of the restricted enrolment and competition for studio space, a higher level of performance may be required.
After Audition Day The majority of applicants will hear from us once all audition candidates on their instrument have been auditioned. In some cases this may not be until late April or May. You will receive either a “recommendation for admission” or a “refusal”. “Recommendation for Admission” – the Faculty of Music recommends that you be accepted to Laurier providing you meet all academic admission requirements of the university. This is not a guarantee of your acceptance. Your “official” offer of admission will be determined by Laurier’s Recruitment & Admissions Office and will be sent to you via mail. “Refusal” – you have not been accepted by the Faculty of Music. The Recruitment & Admissions Office will automatically consider you for an alternate offer at Laurier, e.g. Bachelor of Arts. For more information about alternate offers contact chooselaurier@wlu.ca.
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Theory Placement Test All students, no matter their academic/musical standings, will write the theory placement test on the day of their audition. The test includes: Rudiments
• Values of notes and rests • Accidentals • Key signatures • Meanings of time signatures • Enharmonic equivalents • Triads
• Rhythmic pattern • Intervals • Harmonic function of triads • Clefs • Scales
Dictation
• Intervals – melodic and harmonic • Triad colours • One-measure rhythmic patterns • Four-measure melodies
Auditions
Recommended audition pieces • Keyboard Players – minimum Grade 9 Conservatory level • Singers – minimum Grade 8 Conservatory level • Instrumentalists – minimum Grade 8 Conservatory level Bassoon
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. 1. One Wiessenborn or Milde étude 2. Two contrasting pieces or movements from any standard bassoon concerto or sonata that demonstrate your level of musical and technical maturity. Cello
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Students should prepare two of the three categories. If interested in the performance concentration please prepare three selections. Movements should be contrasting, e.g. some fast, some slow. Repertoire examples listed below; any repertoire of comparable difficulty is acceptable.
Clarinet
Double Bass
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher.
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Acoustic instrument required.
1. Technique: Grade 8 Conservatory Level 2. Select one study from: Rose Forty Studies for Clarinet OR Rose 32 Études 3. Select two contrasting pieces or movements: Suggested Repertoire: Finzi Five Bagatelles Poulenc Sonata Mozart Concerto Tartini/Jacob Concertino Schumann Fantasy Pieces Weber Concertino Works originally written for A clarinet may be played on B flat clarinet, if the edition used provides a transposed accompaniment. 4. Sight Reading
Prepare one sonata (two contrasting movements, one fast and one slow) with piano accompaniment and one solo étude from this list: 1. Marcello Six sonatas for double bass and piano (originally violoncello). 2. Vivaldi Five sonatas for double bass and piano (originally violoncello). 3. Simandl Any of 30 études for double bass.
1. Boccherini or Saint-Saëns Movement from a concerto 2. Beethoven or Brahms Movement from a sonata 3. Bach, J.S. Movement from a Suite or Popper Movement from an étude
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AUDITIONS
Flute
French Horn
HARP
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Select one work from each group: Group A Bach, J.S. Any flute sonata Two contrasting movements Handel Any flute sonata Two contrasting movements Mozart, W.A. Concerto in D Major Any two movements Concerto in G Major Any two movements Pergolesi Concerto in G Stamitz Concerto in G Group B Godard Suite, Op. 116, 1st and 2nd movements Chaminade Concertino Doppler Hungarian Pastoral Fantasie Fauré Fantasie Hindemith Sonata for Flute and Piano Hue Fantasie Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano Group C Choose one study from the collections of Berbiguier, Andersen, Kohler or Genzmer. Group D All major scales, 2-3 octaves. In addition to the listed repertoire, more difficult audition repertoire may be substituted with permission of the Faculty of Music.
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. 1. All major scales, two octaves 2. Two contrasting selections from this list or of own choice: Maxime-Alphonse Études, Book 1, published by A.Leduc. Kopprasch Sixty Selected Études for French Horn, Book 1, any edition. Mozart, W.A. Concerto No. 3 in E flat, 1st movement, any edition. Other selections Solos for the Horn Player, selected and edited by Mason Jones (anything from this book), published by G. Schirmer.
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher Two contrasting pieces and a study, or a third piece plus the technical requirements at a minimum of Grade 8 Royal Conservatory of Music level. Sight reading will also be included.
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Guitar
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Performers must play their audition pieces on a classical guitar with appropriate classical guitar technique. Prepare one piece from each of the following periods: 1. Renaissance/Baroque 2. Classical/Romantic 3. 20th Century/Contemporary 4. Own choice: any style, technique, period, level, or original composition or improvisation. Prepare to sight-read as well as demonstrate scales and standard techniques. Memorization is advised.
Oboe
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Applicants will be asked to play several major scales. It is recommended to have a rudimentary knowledge of reed-making. Please pick a slow and fast movement from the following list. Both movements don’t have to come from the same piece: Mozart Quartet for oboe and strings K370 Mozart Concerto in C major K314 Haydn Concerto in C major Handel Concerto in G minor Marcello Concerto in C (or D) minor Any of the following: Handel Sonata Telemann Sonata Poulenc Sonata Hindemith Sonata OR Prepare a slow and fast Barret study from the 40 Progressive Melodies. Fast melodies may be chosen from the following: #14, #16, #19, #20 or #25.
AUDITIONS
Organ
Percussion
Mallets:
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Be prepared to play a hymn (any hymnal) and two pieces of contrasting nature. The hymn should be played as if leading a congregation; use of pedals is optional. You will also be asked to sight-read a short piece.
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Students should prepare ONE piece from each list of snare drum, mallet percussion and timpani pieces. Those who have drum kit experience should be prepared to demonstrate, in any tempo and time signature, various styles including jazz (or swing), rock (or pop) and latin. Multiple percussion works are optional.
Goldenberg Modern School for Xylo., Marimba & Vibraphone - Pub. Chappell & Co. Arr. MacMillan Masterpieces for Marimba (Collection) - Pub. Belwin Mills Bach for Marimba (Collection) Green Caprice Valsant - Pub. Carl Fischer Green Valse Brilliante - Pub. Carl Fischer Peters Yellow After the Rain Green Any of Green’s Xylophone ’Rags’ - Pub. Meredith Music Musser Any Études - Pub. Studio 4 Productions Stout Any Études - Pub. Studio 4 Productions Abe Any Études - Pub. Studio 4 Productions J.S. Bach Any work from Bach’s Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (violin version or one prepared for keyboards)
Possible Repertoire: Bach, J.S. Any selection from Das Orgelbuechlein (recommended edition: Concordia) Bach, J.S. Number 1 or 4 from Eight Short Preludes and Fugues Brahms Any chorale prelude Clerembault Any movement from Livre d’orgue Langlais Any selection from 10 Pieces (recommended edition: Elkan-Voegel) Mendelssohn Any movement from any of the Sonatas (any edition) Peeters Any chorale prelude from Opus 68, 69, or 70 (recommended edition: Peters) Reger Any chorale prelude from Opus 67 (recommended edition: Bote and Bock) Vierne Any selection from 24 Pieces en style libre (recommended edition: Durand) Other pieces of comparable difficulty (or more difficult, of course) will be acceptable.
Snare Drum:
Solo Pieces Street “Steppin’ Out” - Pub. Carl Fischer Street “Swinging Down the Street” Pub. Carl Fischer Traditional “The Downfall of Paris” Pub. Ludwig Traditional “Connecticut Halftime” Pub. Ludwig Methods or Collections America’s N.A.R.D. Drum Solos (Collection) - Pub. Ludwig Cirrone Portraits in Rhythm (Collection) - Pub. Belwin Mills Albright Contemporary Studies for Snare Drum (Collection) - Pub. Belwin Mills Goldenberg Modern School for Snare Drum (Both) Published Chappell & Co. Schinstine 17 Plus 1 Percussion Pieces (Collection) Pub. Southern Music Delecluse Methode de Caisse Claire - Pub. Alphonse Leduc
Timpani:
Delecluse 12 v pour Timbales - Pub. Alphonse Leduc Firth The Solo Timpanist - 26 Études - Pub. Carl Fischer Whaley Musical Studies for the Intermediate Timpanist - Pub. JR Publications Begun 21 Studies for Timpani - Pub. Meredith Music Schinstine Timp Tunes - 19 Pieces - Pub. Southern Music wlu.ca/music | 61
AUDITIONS
Hinger Solos for the Virtuoso Timpanist Peters Fundamental Method for Timpani (any Études) - Pub. Alfred Multiple Percussion:
Burns Intermediate Percussion Feldstein Solos - Pub. Belwin Mills Camilleri Percussion Solos/Duos/ Trios - Pub. Waterloo Music Piano
RCM, Grade 9 proficiency or higher. Prepare four pieces, one from each of the following groups: Group 1 A work from the Baroque era, in one of the following genres: 1. Prelude and Fugue 2. Toccata or Fantasia 3. 3-part Invention (Sinfonia) OR 4. Two movements from a dance suite Note: Other Baroque genres are ineligible even though they may appear on Conservatory examination lists. Group 2 A fast movement (usually first or last) from a sonata composed between 1750 and 1830 (for example, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert). Group 3 A work written between 1825 and 1925 (Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Debussy, or one of their contemporaries).
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Group 4 Your own composition, improvisation, or a work written since 1900 (Ravel, Poulenc, Bartók, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, etc.). All, or portions only of pieces, may be heard at the audition, depending on time. Memorization is advised. You may choose what you would like to begin with. In addition to playing your prepared pieces, you will be asked to sight-read a short passage. Saxophone
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Choose a fast and contrasting slow movement. You may audition on other saxophones but you must have an alto saxophone if you are admitted to Laurier. Possible Repertoire: Bozza Aria, published by Leduc Eccles Sonate, published by Elkan Vogel Heiden Sonata, published by Schott Handel Sonata #3, published by Rasher Ibert Aria, published by Leduc Maurice Tableaux de Provence, published by Lemoines Tourneur Concerto, published by Leduc Studies: Ferling 48 Daily Exercises Klosé 25 Daily Exercises Voxman Selected Studies
Trombone
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. 1. Prepare major and minor scales 2. Sight reading will be given 3. Choose a fast and contrasting slow movement Solos written for tenor trombone: Barat Andante and Allegro Guilmant Morceau Symphonique Rousseau Piece Concertante Nux Concert Piece Transcriptions for tenor trombone: Galliard Sonatas Marcello Sonatas Solos written for bass trombone: Boutry Tubaroque Lieb Concertino Basso Transcriptions for bass trombone: Galliard Sonata #5 Vivaldi Cello Sonata #3 Trumpet
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. Repertoire: 1. One study or étude (RCM, Grade 8 or higher) 2. Two contrasting solo works (RCM, Grade 8 or higher) (with piano accompaniment, or unaccompanied, if required by the composition). Possible works include: A. Vivaldi Armate face et anduibus G.F. Handel Sonata, HWV 366 Bellini Concerto (arr. D. Marlatt) G.F. Handel Sonata, HWV 373 Keith Bissell Little Suite Trad. Variations on Blue Bells Of Scotland (arr. D. Marlatt) Bernard Fitzgerald Introduction and Fantasy G. Balay Prelude et Ballade William Lloyd Webber Suite in F Major
AUDITIONS
3. Sight-reading 4. You may be requested to play all major scales and arpeggios Tuba/Euphonium
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. 1. Two contrasting movements of a sonata or concerto 2. One étude demonstrating your highest level of technical development 3. A 20th Century work 4. You may be asked to play scales and arpeggios with different articulations Viola
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. These are only guidelines; any program of comparable difficulty is acceptable. 1. A three octave scale, slurring four sixteenth notes per bow, quarter note = 60. 2. Any standard étude of Kreutzer, Rode or Campagnoli caprice. 3. Two contrasting movements from a Bach Suite for Cello (BWV1007-1012). 4. One movement of a viola concerto. Violin
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. 1. Three octave scale and arpeggios of your choice 2. One étude or caprice of your choice 3. One movement from any of the sonatas and partitas for solo violin by J.S. Bach 4. One movement of a concerto or show piece 5. Sight reading may be requested.
Voice
RCM, Grade 8 proficiency or higher. 1. Two songs (memorized) with piano accompaniment. Choose selections from the standard classical vocal repertory in contrasting styles and languages, one of which should be in English (while folk song or music theatre selections are acceptable, classical repertoire is preferred). Possible Repertoire: (this is only an example; any similar program is acceptable): Quilter, “Love’s Philosophy” Pergolesi, “Se tu m’ami” 2. Applicants will be required to sight read a short passage.
Chamber Music Diploma 1. Two contrasting movements from the standard sonata repertoire. 2. One movement from the standard concerto repertoire. 3. One movement of solo repertoire. Applicants must also supply a comprehensive list of all repertoire studied as well as a proposal outlining the repertoire to be studied while enrolled in the program.
Opera Diploma Opera Diploma applicants should prepare two arias from the standard classical operatic repertory in contrasting styles and languages. Arias must have piano accompaniment.
Master of Music Therapy (1 & 2 year) 1. Two contrasting pieces on major instrument (at least one from the Classical repertoire). The pieces can be chosen from different historical periods (e.g., Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, 20th or 21st century). If a sonata is chosen only one movement is required. Memory is optional. 2. A piece performed on a secondary instrument, e.g., guitar. 3. A song, accompanied on either piano or guitar (own composition, meaningful song or arranged song). The song can be from popular, folk or jazz genres. If the song is not in English, provide a translation. 4. An improvisation on your major instrument. Musical and referential ideas will be provided at the audition. wlu.ca/music | 63
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Honours Bachelor of Music (BMus)
Fields of Study:
Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMusTh)
• Comprehensive • Composition • Music Education • Music History • Music Theory • Performance
Master of Music Therapy (MMT) Master of Arts in Community Music Diploma in Chamber Music Diploma in Opera
Studio Instruction: Brass • Guitar • Harp • Keyboard • Percussion • String • Voice • Woodwind Other Components of Study: Community Service-Learning • Management Option • Post-Degree Research • Practicum
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