DWFOM In the News - 2010
LFP = London Free Press |
Gazette = Western's Student Newspaper |
Feb 2-Die Fledermaus flies into Western
Feb 2 (LFP)- Music and mayhem take over stage
Feb 1 (LFP)- Don Wright Faculty of Music and Windermere Manor present gourmet
Jan 31 (Toronto Star)- Aurora resident wins marathon 3-day novel contest
Jan 20 (LFP) 'Schoolhouse' rock: Program takes students from idea to iPod
Jan 14 (LFP)- It's official: Alain Trudel is director of UWO orchestral ensembles
Jan 6 (LFP)- Spanish music promises to heat up UWO campus
Dec 13 - Free concert reflects charm of Spain
Dec 10 (LFP) - Scrapbook of memories envelop first release
Dec 6 - Dancing with Marie Antoinette
Nov 30 (LFP) - Fleet steps down from London Pro Musica
Nov 25 (LFP)- Night to remember celebrates Italy
Nov 18 (LFP)- Conservatory hails beloved piano prof
Nov 17 (Kawartha Media Group) -Theatre manager 'taps' into cultural experiences
Nov 17 (LFP) - 'Gritty' South Pacific beckons
Nov 3 (LFP) - Once-in-a-generation repair plays well with musicians
Nov 3 (LFP) - Trumpeter hears calling
Nov 3 - Grad student's medium conveys McLuhan's message
October 6 (LFP) - Orchestra changes venue
Oct 5 (LFP) - Reaney's Pick: Courtney V. Murias with the UWO Symphony
Sept 30 (LFP)- Dorchester school captures national honour
Sept 22 (LFP)-Diverse skillset leading English to music success
Sept 14 (LFP)- Antler River Project navigates its course
Sept 7- Sessions focus on instrument care
Aug 26- Mastering and mixing the world of academics
Aug 18 (LFP)- Dean promotes UWO music students
Aug 13- Liz Coyles: Song 'perfect' for Degrassi
Aug 8 (The Guardian, Charlottetown PEI)- Scaling new heights
July 27- Sounds of UWO roll over Europe
July 20 -Music student charts own success
July 11 - Singers learn from the masters in Italy
July 7 - Alumnus takes to international stage
July 7 (LFP)- London opera singers hit high notes in Europe
June 30 (LFP)- O Canada begins busy gig for Fisher
June 29 (LFP)- 'Boot camp' frees orchestra at UWO
June 24 (LFP)- Gustafson-Menotti combo puts high spirits in classics
June 24 (LFP)- SuperNova quartet plays UWO
May 27 (LFP)-Amabile's India theme creates stir
May 26 (LFP)-Good Day to be Calvin James
May 18 (LFP)-Elite students show off operatic range
May 18 (CBC)-Randy Rektor - CBC Radio 3: Free music, videos, podcasts & concerts
May 13, (LFP)- Young pianists finds voice in new album
May 12 (LFP)- Pianist honoured to play finale
May 7 (LFP)- For all the opera-loving moms
May 6 (Ontario Music Educators Association)-
Wind Literature & Conducting Workshop - Ontario Music Educators ...
April 30 (LFP)- Two voices, one song
April 30 (LFP)- Musicians pay tribute to Cortner's passion for the organ
April 16 (LFP)- New dean of music for faculty
March 16 (LFP)- Students give all to latest workshop
March 16 (The Beat)- Test of virtue – love and lust at the opera, UWOpera Workshop, Mar ...
March 9 (LFP)- Students share thousands
March 9 (Londoner)- Western Got Talent
March 8 (LFP)- New music fest at UWO's Paul Davenport Theatre
March 7 (the Wholenote)-University of Western Ontario Don Wright Faculty ...
Mar 5 (LFP)- Role allows Cunningham to release her inner Ella
Feb. 23 (LFP)- A standing ovation for Orchestra London
Feb. 15 (LFP)- Esperanza beats The Biebs: Grammy gets it right
Feb. 9 (LFP)- Swinging Costello and Porter
Feb. 3 (LFP)- The Dyadics are two of something
Feb. 1 (LFP)- UWO students stage classic Mozart opera
Feb. 1 (LFP)- Pattison prize awarded
Jan. 27 (LFP)- Dinner menu inspired by opera's characters
Jan. 27 (LFP)- Mozart's comic Figaro pops up at UWOpera
Jan. 22 (LFP)- 'Rock godmother' now and forever
Jan. 21 (LFP)- A new way to play Chopin's music
Jan. 19 (LFP)- Unlike boomerang, my BlackBerry is back
Jan. 17 (LFP)- Figaro - The University of Western Ontario, Don Wright Faculty of..
Jan. 15 (LFP)- Music to our ears
Jan. 15 (LFP)- March break program gives girls a chance to infiltrate the world ...
Jan. 13 (LFP)- Beethoven Cycle 'fascinating view'
Jan. 12 (MSN)- 6 Canadians join YouTube Symphony Orchestra
Jan. 12 (LFP)- UWO music grad makes the grade
Jan. 8 (LFP)- Warm up to the beat
Jan. 7 (LFP)- Winning UWO music students Calgary bound
Jan. 7 (LFP)- Christmas, Gustafson serve up musical treat
Jan.4 (LFP)- NYOC hits Wright note for fifth summer
Dec. 4 (LFP)- Song such an intrinsic part of life
Dec. 3 (LFP)- Delightful Amahl to pay us a visit
Nov. 26 (LFP)- "All about the rhythm"
Nov. 25- Changing of the guard changes outlook
Nov. 25 (LFP) - Janis Wallace sends rawkin Don Wright faculty news
Nov. 22 - Around the world in four days
Nov. 19 (LFP) - UWOpera on eclectic journey
Nov. 9 - Moccio returns to play Western
Nov. 5 (LFP) - Choral music program's founder saluted
Nov. 4 - Music educators hold annual conference in London
Nov. 2 (LFP) - Chamber orchestra opens with heaping plate of Dvorak
Oct. 14 - Rom-com with singing is a Friday lunch treat
Oct. 14 (LFP) - The Boor delivers funny side of opera
Oct. 8 (LFP) - Jazz age inspires classical ensemble
Oct 6 (LFP) - London-born conductor takes the baton for UWO Symphony
Sept. 30 (LFP) - UWOpera goes Into The Woods
Sept. 29 (The Gazette) - Into the Woods makes fairy tales come alive
Sept. 28 (LFP) - Quintet fans in for rare treat
Sept. 23 (LFP) - A master class in drumming
Sept. 20 (LFP) - Festival ends on a good noise
Sept. 17 (LFP) - Musica Quinta opens signature series
Sept. 17 (LFP) - LOLA show wild side
Sept. 13 - Brass quintet kicks of series with fanfare
Sept. 10 - Campus Digest
Sept. 6 (Ashgate Publishing) - Sociology and Music Education by Ruth Wright
Aug. 31 - Audition for large ensembles Sept. 8-11
Aug. 27 (LFP) - Angelic voices prelude to big show tonight
Aug. 19 - Ontario Youth Choir at Western Aug. 20
Aug. 17 - High cost of instruments, students get loan from String Bank
Aug. 16 (LFP) - Ranaldo's Irish flight path lands him at LOLA's closing...
July 29 - Alumna hits high note with donation to music
July 19 - NYOC to perform at Alumni Hall
July 15 - National Youth Choir of Canada on demand
July 8 (LFP) - Quartet showcases youth orchestra
June 29 (National Post) - Louise Pitre wins Dora Mavor Moore award
June 28 - Hear the National Youth Orchestra of Canada perform
June 24 - Piano technology graduates key to Florida program
June 24 (Bennington Banner) - Annual June Arts Harpsichord Concert planned at the Bennington Museum
June 18 (LFP) -Choir's sights on Newfoundland fest
June 15 (LFP) - Six bridges wide range of lyrics, sounds
June 10 - Satisfying the musician within
June 4 (LFP) - Cesare rules opera stage
June 2 (LFP) - A&E day of joy: Sophie Roland, Drew Minter, RCCO, food
June 1 (LFP) - Giulio Cesare not your average opera
May 21 (LFP) - Opera singers learn latest dance moves
May 13 - Academy focuses on creation of opera, not finale
May 13 (Article Ant) - University partners in edgy opera production
May 8 (LFP) - Making piano magic
May 6 (LFP) - Rajaton jumping to make noise for Kaleid fest
May 4 (LFP) - It's all Bach as Vernon concludes Cathedral series
Apr. 30 (LFP) - Kiwanis fest finalists on road to China
Apr. 27 (LFP) - Fest features sensational Finns
Apr. 27 (LFP) - Cantin's voice wows judges, wins top prize
Apr. 24 (LFP) - 'All-Smallman' recital a high note in songful weekend
Apr. 19 - Music alumnae earn Juno awards
Apr. 13 (LFP) - Lanza to play Mendelssohn
Apr. 10 (LFP) - Eclectic sounds will fill the air next seven days
Apr. 10 (LFP) - Piano concert postponed
Apr. 8 (LFP) - Life lessons: Hunter Valentine now sets its own goals and objectives
Apr. 7 (LFP) - Happy 50th Kiwanis
Apr. 6 - In Memoriam - Deral Johnson
Apr. 5 (LFP) - Thesis sets Socrates Trial to music
April 1 - New legacy project to inspire young musicians
Mar. 30 (LFP) - Piano duo Anagnoson & Kinton: New Don Wright music faculty artist-in-residence program rawks
Mar. 30 (LFP) - From tuxes to tie-dye they play as one
Mar. 26 (LFP) - Mahler, McKay, cast of 250 set to say one big goodbye
Mar. 26 (LFP) - Johnson 'teacher of our lifetime'
Mar. 25 - Legendary Western music prof dies
Mar. 25 (LFP) - Hot, sexy, Cleopatra, Caesar, kiss me deadly opera
Mar. 18 - Take in a show or two
Mar. 18 - Western to participate in Project Hero scholarship initiative
Mar. 18 - Music award nominees
Mar. 18 (Western Star) - Rotarians get high praise in music festival
Mar. 17 (LFP) - A little Ligeti goes a long way
Mar. 17 (LFP) - UWO Don Wright music faculty opera workshop students rawk Reaney's Pick with a little Ligeti
Mar. 16 (LFP) - Legendary artist talks shop, improvises at UWO
Mar. 12 - Conductor and season end with climactic Mahler symphony
Mar. 12 (LFP) - Gryphon Trio offers up some Omar Daniel
Mar. 9 - Congratulations to many Don Wright Faculty students and faculty who have been nominated for Jack Richardson Music Awards. These awards honour local musicians through a not-for-profit organization. It is named after acclaimed producer Jack RIchardson. For more details visit www.jrma.ca. Also, please go to that site to vote for your colleagues! Voting begins Thursday, March 11 and closes March 25. Classical Group: UWO Symphony Orchestra, UWO Wind Ensemble. Classical Choir/Choral category: UWO Singers, Thames Scholars. Classical Instrument category: Ralph Aldrich, Ron George, John Hess, Joseph Lanza, Robert Riseling, Thomas Wiebe.
Mar. 8 (LFP) - From Canadiana to Motown-- Orchestra London at the DWFOM
Mar. 7 - LMSF 2010 Results
Mar. 4 - Campus to play musical buildings
Mar. 2 - New University Students' Council President a Music Administrative Studies Student
Mar. 1 - Concerto Competition winners announced
Feb. 27 (LFP) - London's Amabile Choirs celebrate 25 years with help from DWFOM alumni
Feb. 26 (LFP) - Piano channels 19th century Vienna
Feb. 17 (LFP) - Alumnus Shane Cook returns to London
Feb. 12 - Student conductor takes on Mozart’s masterful Requiem
Feb. 11 - Tithecott new student president
Feb. 11 - Faculty form new brass quintet
Feb. 3 - Rare 1846 fortepiano receives debut solo performance at Western
Jan. 29 - Baritone Russell Braun comes to Western
Jan. 29 - Community challenged to help Haiti
Jan. 29 (LFP) - Amabile choirs join friends for Men Aloud
Jan. 28 (LFP) - Music community helps raise money for charities
Jan. 27 - New brass quintet sets the bar high
Jan. 27 (LFP) - Touch of Heaven in Don Giovanni
Jan. 26 (CTV) - Alumnus Stephan Moccio's composition honoured as the 2010 Olympic Theme Song
Jan. 26 - Concerto Competition semi-finalists announced
Jan. 22 - Pianist Ingrid Gan wins first place in the 2010 Fred Pattison Piano Competition
Jan. 19 - Haiti earthquake hits home
Jan. 19 - Relief support for Haiti earthquake
Jan. 7 - Congratulations to the 2010 Fred Pattison Piano Competition finalists: Vlad Soloviev, Ingrid Gan, and Kevin Yoon. All will participate in the final round of competition on Friday, January 22 at 8 p.m. in von Kuster Hall. Adjudicating this year is Jean-Paul Sévilla who will also be presenting a masterclass Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10 a.m. in von Kuster Hall.
DWFOM In the News - 2009
Dec. 23 - Online voice-over company attracts U.S. attention
Dec. 10 (LFP) - Tuba holiday concert at the market
Dec. 10 (LFP) - Merry Christmas tuba you
Dec. 3 - Band marks decade of learning
Dec. 2 (LFP) - UWO's Koprowski wins $75,000 prize
Nov. 30 (CBC) - Peter Paul Koprowski honored by the National Arts Council [Taking a page from the Giller Prize that promotes Canadian literature, the NAC Award was given to Koprowski, John Estacio and Ana Sokolovic. The award encompasses musical commissions and residencies valued at $75,000 each. Each composer will write three works to be performed by the National Arts Centre Orchestra over the next five years].
Nov. 27 (LFP) - UWO professor nails winning note on a weekend abundant with music around London
Nov. 26 - Channelling the French Connection
Nov. 23 (LFP) - Local lovely and band singled out [Kerrie Ough]
Nov. 19 - Potential undergrads preview campus
Nov. 18 (LFP) - Fleet's work as conductor wins prize
Nov. 18 - Hess honored by CMC
Nov. 12 - Still exercising and independent at 95
Nov. 10 - Turning the tables of musical learning
Nov. 9 - Music at the MacIntosh
Nov. 6 (LFP) - Health woes inspire artist
Nov. 5 - Music and Literature
Nov. 4 - Thames Scholars and other musical performances
Oct. 30 (LFP) - Don Wright celebration aims to thrill
Oct. 24 (LFP) - Circle Sunday on your calendars -- and circle it eight times
Oct. 23 - Noble's work on Davenport stage tonight
Oct. 22 - Mayer: expect 'fantastic voyage'
Oct. 14 - Romance is in the air for UWO Symphony Orchestra's first concert
Oct. 1 - Alumni Awards of Merit 2009
Sept. 26 (LFP) - Lots to sing about [Andrew McPherson]
Sept. 25 - The Prairie Region of the Canadian Music Centre named A Hammer For Your Thoughts by Western alumnus Patrick Carrabré as Outstanding Classical Composition at a showcase at Brandon University Sept. 19. The work is available on the Firebrand CD from the Canadian Music Centre's Centrediscs label.
Sept. 24 (LFP) - Buffy's back in town
Sept. 23 (LFP) - Concert provides therapy for cancer programs
Sept. 22- Nobody does choral music quite like Ensemble Gombert
Sept. 21 (exlaim.ca)- LOLA Featuring Final Fantasy, Akron/Family, Growing, Polar Bear
Sept. 19 (LFP)- No horsing around
Sept. 18 - Leave room for Mozart at lunch
Sept. 17 (LFP) - LOLA's thing is to amaze
Sept. 16 - Two McIntosh exhibits open Thursday
Sept. 12 - Duelling Divas in Mozart's Impresario
Sept. 11 - Spice up your lunch hour with music
Sept. 10 - Conductor Uri Mayer to receive honorary degree
Sept. 8 - Calling all musicians
Aug. 28 - Arts and entertainment on campus
Aug. 1 (LFP) - UWO boot camp training pays off
July 30 (LFP) - Lyric tenor's 'home church' was always London [Garnet James Brooks obit.]
July 30 (Canada.com) - McGill will stream youth orchestra in HD
July 27 (LFP) - NYOC magnificent at comically cavernous Alumni Hall
July 25 (LFP) - Youth orchestra extravaganza
July 24 (LFP) - Soulman cure for blues [Geoff Dahl]
July 23 - New Chair of Music Education
July 23 (LFP) - Orchestra's energy and talent inspiring
July 22 - NYOC first performance July 23 Alumni Hall
July 14 (LFP) - A hard NYOC life, but still a joy
July 11 (LFP) - Ensemble shines bright [Copper Ferriera]
July 3 (LFP) - Orchestral session hot time to give a listen
July 3 - National Youth Orchestra in tune at Western
June 18 - Percussion recital Friday night
June 18 - MAKE A DIFFERENCE A monthly feature about fundraising
June 18 (LFP) - Theatre exciting all over again
June 17 (LFP) - Broadway star helps celebrate new UWO theatre
June 8 - Rotman tells students 'find your own path'
June 6 (LFP) - Metro4 finds its groove with diverse blend of rockers
June 6 (Kingston Whig Standard) - Concert brings life full circle for director Lawrence Rowbotham
June 2 (LFP) - The sound of magic
May 26 (LFP) - Stars of Kiwanis perform at Centennial Hall event
May 22 (LFP) - Opera takes centre stage at boot camp
May 12 (LFP) - This bootcamp teaches operatic hopefuls
May 7 - Professor James Grier earns Killam
May 7 - Singing praises of new opera academy
May 5 (Exchange Post) - Opera world comes to Western
May 5 - Opera world comes to Western
May 5 (LFP) - Mezzo soprano Iasmina Pataca wins Rose Bowl
Apr. 30 (LFP) - Alumna Karen Pincombe declared one of the YMCA's 2009 Women of Excellence
Apr. 30 - PhD candidate Kevin Morse wins $50,000 Vanier scholarship
Apr. 29 (Wicked Local Sudbury) - Music teacher pens song about Canada
Apr. 29 (LFP) - Rose Bowl winner Ryu makes nostalgic debut
Apr. 28 (LFP) - Wright prof earns fellowship
Apr. 27 (LFP) - Students to appear in Orchestra London finale
Apr. 24 (LFP) - Juno award winner Phil Nimmons returns to London
Apr. 21 (LFP) - UWO's Allen wows judges for top prize
Apr. 18 (Standard Freeholder - Cornwall) - First year music student Mike Sonier receives grant for Soundhouse Recording
Apr. 16 (LFP) - Buffy Sainte-Marie and New Horizons Band founder Roy Ernst to receive honorary degrees from Western
Apr. 16 - Former premier, celebrated singer among honorees.
Apr. 16 (CNW) - Best of Canada's young orchestral musicians to gather at Western
Apr. 9 (BC News) - Art Song and Arias with Young Duo
Apr. 7 (LFP) - Student composers star
Apr. 7 (Gazette) - Gazette review fails UWOpera
Apr. 6 (LFP) - Professors Baerg & Franklin acknowledged at Music Awards
Apr. 4 (Brantford Expositor) - The Piano Man John Moorhouse
Apr. 3 (LFP) - Gaston learning from best
Apr. 1 (LFP) - Musicians demonstrate ways of the heart
Apr. 1 (LFP) - Students add Variety to music scene
Mar. 31 (Gazette) - Western alumnus at the Junos
Mar. 27 - Don Wright Faculty of Music 40th anniversary gala
Mar. 26 - Graduate student's tale of two orchestras
Mar. 26 - Western Alumnus T. Patrick Carrabré (MMus '83) receives second Juno nod
Mar. 26 (LFP) - New Heights: Marked as Christian rockers, four Londoners are touring like crazy on the release of Colors and Sounds
Mar. 25 - The chemistry of music: Fred Pattison’s journey through science and song
Mar. 25 (Gazette) - Too Many Sopranos hits all the right notes
Mar. 24 (Gazette) - No matter what anyone says, the 'stache will always be in
Mar. 21 (LFP) - Too Many Sopranos parodies all that is opera
Mar. 18 - LMSF Competition prizes legacy of city music lovers
Mar. 18 (LFP) - Too Many Sopranos pokes fun at everyone involved in opera
Mar. 17 (LFP) - Too Many Sopranos vocalist Marostica emerges as No. 1
Mar. 16 - UWOpera sings for salvation
Mar. 13 (CBC) - The Musical Future
Mar. 12 - Talbot Theatre renovation - Count me in!
Mar. 4 (Gazette) - Western students to sing with orchestra
Mar. 3 - Fundraising supports revovation, renaming to Paul Davenport Theatre
Feb. 26 - Faculty of Music free concert [Chamber Jazz]
Feb. 12 - Several DWFOM faculty & alumni have been nominated for a London Music Award. Find out more/vote.
Feb. 05 - Prof. James Grier one of two Canadians awarded with an NEH Fellowship
Jan. 31 - 2008-09 Fred Pattison Piano Competition Winner Announced
Jan. 30 - Big week ahead for musical events
Jan. 27 - 2009 Concerto Competition Winners Announced
Jan. 27 - Nota Bene to be added to the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) Database
Jan. 26 - LMSF Round Two Candidates Announced
Jan. 23 - Tapestry receives $30K for Omar Daniel's The Shadow
Jan. 10 - Restored pianos stage comeback
Jan. 9 - Piano tech students perform on refurbished pianos
DWFOM In the News - 2008
Dec. 8 - Western grad Megan Nuttall stars in the Toronto Production of The Sound of Music
Dec. 6 (cNews)- Rock side emerges
Dec. 4 - Joseph Siu awarded the UWO Faculty Association's undergraduate scholarship
Nov. 28 (Dept. of Justice) - The Honourable Elaine Jane Adair, BMus'73, MA'78 (Music), has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
Nov. 27 - Students rock 'n' roll way to $42,000
Nov. 26 - Wind Ensemble performs with True North Brass
Nov. 25 - Christmas concerts to end term
Nov. 24 - Opera Academy attracts top voices, coaches
Nov. 24 - Toronto Star feature on Beth Cada and the New Horizons Adult Band Program
Nov. 21 - UWOpera performance is Smokin'
Nov. 19 - Canadian Guitar Quartet returns
Nov. 19 - Western grad Megan Nuttall stars in the Toronto Production of The Sound of Music
Nov. 18 - Celebrating Canadian Music
Nov. 17 - Fools fall in love with Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Nov. 12 - Menu of French musical treats planned for Saturday.
Nov. 6 - Ivey family donates $300,000 to the newly-renamed Paul Davenport Theatre in Talbot College.
Nov. 5 - The youngest class of choral conductors at Western.
Nov. 4 - World-class musicians visiting this Friday.
Oct. 30 - Music celebrates 40 years.
Oct. 23 - Theodore Baerg (Professor) in the Ottawa Citizen ~ Veteran baritone sings first Hamlet for Opera Lyra
Oct. 11 - UWO grad Barbara Willis Sweete directs live Cinemacast of Salome ~ Opera hitting the big screen
Oct. 9 - Dorchester fiddler earns Folk Music nod
Oct. 8 (LFP) - 353,000 Londoners miss concert of the year with Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric at UWO's von Kuster Hall
Oct. 7 - Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric perform in vKH ~ World wide search ends
Oct. 7 - Mighty Wind meets wordplay
Oct. 3 - Welcome home Mustangs
Sep. 18 (LFP) - Ah, music to older ears
Sep. 2 - Research to help young people tune in
Sep. 1 (American Organist) - The Forest City: Home to Presidents; An RCCO Past President's Memoir
Aug. 27 - Auditions open for band, wind ensemble
Jul. 25 (LFP) - NYOC hoping to extend its summer run at UWO
Jul. 21 - National Youth Orchestra performs Wednesday
Jun. 26 - Canada's best young musicians to train at Western
Jun. 5 - The sound of Western's music
Jun. 5 - Long Service Awards (Diane Mills)
May 26 - Finding women's place in the rock world
Apr. 16 - Music to offer new master's as summer program
Apr. 11 - Can music train doctors as better listeners?
Apr. 7 (LFP) - A weekend of fine, fine music
Apr. 3 - Student composers shine at Faculty of Music concerts
Apr. 3 - Finnish stars artists in residence
Apr. 2 (LFP) - Finding winning notes for stage fright
Mar. 29 - Cook guarantees a hot April
Mar. 27 - Students pick top profs (Jill Ball)
Mar. 12 - Active days ahead at Western
Mar. 8 (jam! Showbiz)- Students cover classic Pink Floyd
Feb. 1 - Sunday concert shines light on abuse
Jan. 27 (LFP) - Bricks take centre stage
Jan. 24 - New scholarships, bursaries
Jan. 3 - No sweat - sing yourself to better health
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