Desautels Faculty of Music News Archive

November 24, 2022 — 
The DFOM will host four days of special events in conjunction with the Zita Bernstein Lieder competition.

November 22, 2022 — 
Richard is survived by daughters Jessica Burleson (Duncan Owen), Winnipeg, and Rachel Yossifon (Yossi); grandchildren Noa, Nadav, and Eliana Yossifon, Kfar Saba, Israel; ex-wife Paula (Korman) Burleson, Winnipeg; sister-in-law Jan (MacLaren) Burleson, Benson, Vermont; and loving nieces and nephews.

November 18, 2022 — 
Alan Bern is the newest Musician-In-Residence at the Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba. Bern will work with students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public from November 12 – 25 2022.

August 16, 2022 — 
A restorative space and plant wall provide a breath of fresh air at the Fort Garry campus! With help from the Success Through Wellness grant, hosted by Human Resources and Student Affairs in 2020, the Desautels Faculty of Music in partnership with the Office of Sustainability (OOS) has built a plant wall on the fourth floor of Taché Hall.

June 7, 2022 — 
Congratulations to Örjan Sandred, Desautels Faculty of Music professor and director of Studio FLAT, who was selected as a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow.

May 17, 2022 — 
Desautels Faculty of Music Associate Professor Will Bonness wins Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year (Solo)

April 25, 2022 — 
Application deadline August 15, 2022

April 4, 2022 — 
Opening for the stellar ensemble is Virtuosi Young Artist Alice Macgregor.

March 22, 2022 — 
Current University Singers are joined by an alumni choir to perform the exultant and exhilarating choruses — and double choruses! — from Handel’s oratorio Solomon. 

March 21, 2022 — 
Jewel Casselman from the Orff Teacher Certification program among this year’s nominees.