Desautels Faculty of Music News Archive
Desautels Faculty of Music
Desautels Chamber Opera Group performs Canadian premiere
November 19, 2025 —
Handel’s Arminio is a pertinent story with a contemporary twist
Donor Relations
Composing a legacy at the University of Manitoba
October 8, 2025 —
UM alum John Greer’s path was shaped at UM, and his planned gift ensures others can follow
Desautels Faculty of Music
New concert series kicking off in Desautels Concert Hall
September 25, 2025 —
DFOM faculty breathe new life in a Schubert classic
Desautels Faculty of Music
Classic 107: UM’s songmaking micro-certificate
August 25, 2025 —
Lana Winterhalt, an instructor in UM's micro-certificate course Songmaking, spoke to Nolan Kehler at Classic 107 on how the program brings together musicians of all types and abilities.
Desautels Faculty of Music
New music courses available to all UM students
July 17, 2025 —
Are you a new student? Looking for an elective to fill out your schedule? Never got a chance to try music, but always wanted to? This is your chance!
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Outstanding graduating students celebrate the educators who shaped their success
May 21, 2025 —
For the past 33 years, the Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception has provided an opportunity for each faculty and school to nominate one outstanding graduating student, who in turn chooses two teachers—one from their K–12 years and one from their time at the University of Manitoba.
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Honouring faculty excellence at UM
May 14, 2025 —
On May 6, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) hosted the Faculty Recognition Reception. The event honours recipients of teaching awards, community engagement awards, Merit Awards, and those granted Tenure.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Classic 107: U of M Symphony Orchestra offers ‘Reflections’ on tragedy and healing
March 25, 2025 —
U of M Symphony Orchestra offers 'Reflections' on tragedy and healing
Desautels Faculty of Music
DFOM Music Theorist Dr. Rebecca Simpson-Litke: Guest Lecture at RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion at the University of Oslo
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.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Music by DFOM Faculty Member Melody McKiver Featured in Film by Tasha Hubbard, Singing Back the Buffalo
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.