Desautels Faculty of Music News Archive
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Sustainability
Success Through Wellness for the Desautels Faculty of Music
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.
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TeachingLIFE
Creating an inclusive syllabus
June 29, 2022 —
Meeting students where they live by considering equity, diversity and inclusion
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Desautels Faculty of Music
DFOM instructor selected as a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow
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.
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‘Change of Plans’ pays off
May 17, 2022 —
Desautels Faculty of Music Associate Professor Will Bonness wins Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year (Solo)
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Desautels Faculty of Music
The Desautels Faculty of Music adds scholarships for non-music majors
April 25, 2022 —
Application deadline August 15, 2022
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Desautels Faculty of Music
Classic 107: Meet Virtuosi Young Artist Alice Macgregor
April 4, 2022 —
Opening for the stellar ensemble is Virtuosi Young Artist Alice Macgregor.
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Desautels Faculty of Music
Classic 107: Double choir: past and present choristers perform in ‘Solomon’
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.
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Desautels Faculty of Music
DFOM instructor among nominees for MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award
March 21, 2022 —
Jewel Casselman from the Orff Teacher Certification program among this year’s nominees.
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Desautels Faculty of Music
DFOM Faculty among Juno Awards Nominees
March 16, 2022 —
. Among the artists nominated, two DFOM faculty share the top honor of being contenders for the award 51st annual celebration.
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Desautels Faculty of Music
DFOM Students selected for 2022 National Youth Band of Canada
March 14, 2022 —
Desautels Faculty of Music students were selected to The National Youth Band of Canada (NYB)