Guest Performers, Lecturers and Masterclasses
The Don Wright Faculty of Music welcomes guests from around the world on a regular basis to share their knowledge and skills with current students, faculty, and interested members of the community. A strong tradition to bring the very best to its students, guests over the years have included Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Hans Keller, Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich, Stanley Sadie, R. Murray Schafer, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
The following lists are by no means exhaustive, but do offer a general idea of the calibre of guests visiting Western on a regular basis. For additional scholarly-oriented visitors, see the Graduate Colloquia Series page. To see a list of guests visiting for the present schoolyear, see our Events Calendar (note that there are instructions to view events by category at the bottom of the calendar).
*Denotes Western Alumnus/Alumna
**Denotes Past Professor
2009-10
(up to Mar 18)
Artists in Residence
Babette Lightner - Movement
Phil Nimmons and David Braid - Improvisation & jazz
Guest Lectures & Master Classes
Malcom Balk - Alexander Technique
Russell Braun - Communicating with your audience
David Clayton-Thomas - The American Music Scene in the 1960's and 70's
Trevor Ewert - String Bows
Simon Fryer - 'Cello
JoAnn Kulesza - voice
Elizabeth MacDonald - soprano
Ken McLeod - Blacktronic Science: Technology and Afrofuturism in Recent Popular Music
Tim Nelson - Singing Handel and Mozart
Michael Oesterle - composition
Jean-Paul Sévilla - piano
Karen Snell - Turntableism: A Vehicle for Connecting Community and School Music Learning
Patricia Stiles - voice
Marija Stroke - piano
David Tamblyn - String Maintenance
Mallory Thompson - Wind conducting
John Watson - How singers can learn from actors
Guest Performers
Phillip Chiu - piano
Martin Dubé - piano
Duke Trio - string trio
Mark Fewer - violin / chamber music
Ensemble Gombert - Australian A Capella Choir
Davis Hart - piano
Sir William Hughes - flute
Jerzy Kaplenak - violin
Carissa Klopoushak - violin
Peter Longworth - piano
Sibylle Marquardt - flute
Douglas McNabney - viola
Janet Robb - piano
Laura Young - classical guitar
Paulina Zamora - piano
Performed AND Gave a Master Class
The Attar Project - improvisation, tabla techniques
Gryphon Trio - string trio, student compositions
Patrick Jones - saxophone
Chantal Lambert - soprano
John Lowry - violin
Patricia Stiles - voice
Dang Thai Son - piano
James Thompson - trumpet
Mauricio Veloso - piano
2008-09
Artists in Residence
True North Brass
Guest Lectures & Master Classes
Malcolm Balk - Alexander Technique
Kimberly Barber - Voice
Steven Blier - An Opera Coach's Perspective; Opera in the USA
Derek Boughner - Drumming and the Heart
Damjana Bratuz** - Bartók; To Sing in Italian
Steven Dann - Viola, Chamber Music
Tom Diamond - Voice
Bryan Epperson - 'Cello
Simon Fryer - 'Cello, Chamber Music
Eric Goulden ("Wreckless Eric") - Punk Rock
Jack Grinhaus - Theatre; Dramatic Coaching
Sonja Gustafson* - Singing with a Microphone
Christopher Hahn - Piano
Sue Heineman - Bassoon
Brian Horne - Voice
Rachel Iwaasa - Piano
Chantal Lambert - Career Development; French Repertoire; Diction
Babette Lightner - Voice & Choral Conducting
Peter Longworth - Chamber Music
Simone Luti - Conductor's Perspectives; Italian Rep.; Diction; European Opera
Stephan Moccio* - The Pop Music Industry
Timothy Nelson - Directing
Wendy Nielsen - Voice
William E. Powell - Extended Technique for Clarinet
Amy Rigby - Punk Rock
Janusz Skowron** - Piano
Paul Steenhuisen - Conversations with Composers
Sarah Templeton* - Feldenkreis
Timothy Vernon** - Conductor's Perspective; Opera in Canada
Betty Anne Younker** - Music Education
Guest Performers
Christopher Burton - Piano
Rebecca Danard* - Clarinet
Dodecahedron* - Saxophone Quartet
Andrew Downing - Jazz Bass and 'Cello
Graeme Francis* - Percussion
Cristina Gerling - Piano
Cory Hamm - Piano
Bridget Hogan - Soprano
Frédéric Lacroix - Piano
Kristin Mueller-Heaslip - Soprano
David Occhipinti - Jazz Guitar
Penderecki Quartet - String Quartet
Joe Phillips - Jazz Bass
Laura Pudwell - Soprano
Lakshmi Ranganathan - Veena
Erika Raum - Violin
Michelle Schumann - Piano
Yaroslav Senyshyn* - Piano
John Tessier* - Tenor
Trio Albonata - String Trio
Triofus** - Wind Trio
Kevin Turcotte - Jazz Trumpet
Performed AND Gave a Master Class
Joel Becktell - String Maintenance & Care; Baroque 'Cello
Vasile Beluska - Violin
Canadian Guitar Quartet - Classical Guitars
Michel Fournier - Piano
Fredi Gerling - Violin
Good Vibes Jazz Duo - Marimba & Percussion
Martin Hackleman - Horn
Mary Ann Hart - Voice
Gary Hill - Instrumental Conducting
Jeremy Hunt - Tenor
Mark Kelso - Drum Set
Juhani Lagerspetz - Piano, Chamber Music
John Rudoph - Percussion
Sara Laimon - Piano
True North Brass - Brass Quintet
2007-08
Artists in Residence
Rajaton
Guest Lectures & Master Classes
Ben Heppner - Tenor
Guarneri Duo with Vasile Beluska - Violin
Leslie O’Dell
Chia Patiño - Composer
John Perry - Piano
Adrianne Pieczonka* - Soprano
Jamie Somerville - Horn
Kenneth Woods - Conductor
Guest Performers
Anagnoson** & Kinton - Piano Duo
Chad Burrow - Clarinet
Dudu Carmel - Oboe
Eyal Ein-Habal - Flute
Laura Hibbard - Piano
J. Taylor Hightower - Baritone
Midori Koga - Piano
Mathieu Langlois* - Baroque Flute
Peter Miyamoto - Piano
Brigitte Poulin - Piano
Edward Turgeon - Piano
Paulina Zamora - Piano
Boris Zarankin - Piano
Performed AND Gave a Master Class
Joel Becktell - String Instrument Repair & Maintenance
Canadian Chamber Choir under the direction of Julia Davids* - Choral Music
Roger Chase - Viola
Fibonacci Trio - Piano Trio; Chamber Music Master Class; Composition Readings
Allen and Madeleine Forte - Piano
Donald Hunsberger - Instrumental Conducting
Rajaton - A Capella Ensemble
University of Texas, Arlington, A Cappella Choir under the direction of Jing Ling-Tam
Joel Quarrington - Double Bass
2006-07
Guest Lectures & Master Classes
Joel Becktell - Cello; String Maintenance
Shaul Ben-Meir - Flute Choir
Yehonatan Berick - Violin
Shirlee Emmons - Voice
Olivia Hajioff - Violin
Stuart Hamilton - Voice
John Perry - Piano
Gaetane Prouvost - Violin
Marc Ramirez - Violin
Jean-Paul Sevilla - Piano
Slowinds - Chamber Music
Paul Widner - Cello
Edith Wiens - Voice
Guest Performers
Philip Adamson - Piano
Akafist Chamber Choir directed by Andrei Vasilievivh Malyutin - Choral Music
Anagnoson** & Kinton - Piano Duo
Mary-Elizabeth Brown - Violin
Edmund Dawe - Piano
Walter Delahunt - Piano
Susan Doering - Violin
Luba Edlina-Dubinsky - Piano
David Eggert - 'Cello
Marilyn Fung - Viola da gamba
Corey Gemmell - Violin
Tilly Kooyman - Bass clarinet
Frédéric Lacroix - Piano
Kathryn Ladano - Bass clarinet
Thomas Lanners - Piano
Andre Laplante - Piano
Tim Lockwood - Horn
Julia MacGregor - Cello
Jennifer Enns Modolo - Mezzo Soprano
Amanda Palmer - Clarinet
Penderecki Quartet - String Quartet
Shannon Purves-Smith - Viol, Recorder
Jessica Sage - Soprano
Kate Stone - Horn
Marcia Swanston - Mezzo Soprano
Magdalena Tomsinska - Lute
Triofus** - Wind Trio
Dieter Wulforst - Cello
Performed AND Gave a Master Class
Vera Danchenko - Russian song; Songs of Shostakovich; piano
Sergei Kvitko - Piano music of Shostakovich as a personal statement
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