Desautels Faculty of Music News Archive

March 25, 2025 — 
U of M Symphony Orchestra offers 'Reflections' on tragedy and healing

March 10, 2025 — 
Associate Professor of Music Theory and Head of Music Research in the Desautels Faculty of Music, Rebecca Simpson-Litke, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series at the University of Oslo on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

February 12, 2025 — 
Last summer, Desautels Faculty of Music student Feylin James received an Undergraduate Research Award grant to study the Japanese genre, City Pop, under the direction of musicologist Dr. Colette Simonot-Maiello. The University of Manitoba’s Undergraduate Research Award (URA) is open to undergraduate students in all fields and ranges of research, scholarly works, or creative activities.

February 12, 2025 — 
This Wednesday, February 12, 2025, Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver, from the UofM Desautels Faculty of Music, will join award-winning Cree filmmaker and University of Alberta faculty member Tasha Hubbard (nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, Birth of a Family) at 11:30am in 307 Tier Building in a conversation about their film Singing Back the Buffalo.

January 23, 2025 — 
Dr. Stephen Runge has been appointed as the new dean/director overseeing both the Desautels Faculty of Music and the School of Art.

January 15, 2025 — 
Every Freeze Is Different will provide an opportunity to experience music in new ways, incorporating multimedia, narration, visual art, and singing, outside the norms of traditional classical performance.

January 10, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Runge has been appointed to the dual role of Dean, Desautels Faculty of Music and Director, School of Art, effective May 1, 2025.

January 8, 2025 — 
Update from President Benarroch on public statements

December 16, 2024 — 
Take a look back at 2024 through the lenses that captured so many of its memorable moments.

December 2, 2024 — 
Performances that will lift your spirits, from jazz to choral to orchestra