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Music Building Renovations and Grand Opening
Music Building Renovations and Grand Opening
Music Building Renovations and Grand Opening
On October 20 2018, during Homecoming Weekend the Grand Opening of the new Music Building facilities were celebrated at Western. More than 200 alumni, donors, faculty, students and dignitaries gathered in von Kuster Hall - including former president Paul Davenport, architect John Nicholson, alumna and soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, and the families of Don Wright and Deral Johnson - to celebrate and enjoy musical performances by current students.
- View photos from the celebration event (Flickr)
- View slideshow - Music Building construction project 2013 - 2018 (PDF 6.5MB)
Grand Opening performances
View video of Grand Opening ceremony (YouTube - Approx. 40 mins)
Musical selections
- Western Fanfare - James McKay (b. 1944)
Musica Quinta - Shawn Spicer, trumpet, Julie Vaughan, trumpet, Ronald George, french horn, John Jasavala, trombone, Jonathan Rowsell, tuba (pictured above) - Widmung (Liebeslied) - Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Heidi Wall, piano, MMus’17, DMA Student - Fugue for solo violin by Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998)
Frangel Lopez Cesena, DMA Student - The Tale of the Oyster by Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Chad Louwerse, baritone, MMus’15, DMA Candidate, Melanie Cancade, piano - Student Jazz Combo (reception, MB lobby)
Jonathan Bouchard, saxophone, Henry Cobb Howes, keyboard, Andrew Kosty, string bass, Josh Milligan, percussion
This celebration was part of Homecoming Weekend 2018. We were honoured to welcome alumna and Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, BMus'85, DMus'12 to the Don Wright Faculty of Music in special celebration of both Homecoming and our Grand Opening.
The Music Building was one part of Western's BeExtraordinary $805 million fundraising campaign. Learn more about Western's current "All in" campaign.
Contact information
Carole Metron
Senior Development Officer
cmetron3@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 ext. 85695