Fall Preview Day
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Mark your calendars! We hope you can join us for Fall Preview Day in 2025. Planning is underway at the Don Wright Faculty of Music and we look forward to meeting you.
In the meantime, check out last year's programming (below) for now and sign up once registration opens in the fall.
If you're interested in staying on campus and attending a special guest artist concert at the end of Fall Preview Day, please pre-register to hear renowned pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in concert at 3pm (this is a public event and requires separate from Fall Preview Day registration).
For information on more activites and events across campus, visit Western's main Fall Preview Day page.
Registration
Advance booking is requested. If more than one student is visiting, please register separately.
Registration will open in the fall.
Learn More
For more activities and events across campus, visit Western's main Fall Preview Day page.
Contact
Sasha Gorbasew
Recruitment Coordinator
agorbase@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x80532
Last year's schedule
9-10am | Talbot College Atrium
Tours
Student-led tours, departing from the atrium on the main floor of Talbot College.
10am-11am | Talbot College Room 141
Don Wright Faculty of Music Information Session/Q&A
Learn about our current undergraduate programs and admissions requirements. This will be followed by a presentation by our current students about life at the Don Wright Faculty of Music and leadership opportunities.
11am-12pm | Talbot College Atrium
Tours
Student-led tours, departing from the atrium on the main floor of Talbot College.
11am-12pm | Music Building, von Kuster Hall
Piano Program
Meet the faculty and hear some of our students perform.
11:30am-12:30pm | Talbot College, room 101 | *changed venue
Popular Music Studies information session
This session will include information about Popular Music Studies and what opportunities await future students. Current students in the program will be part of the session to share their experiences in the program.
*venue has changed; previously scheduled in Studio 242.
11:30am-12:30pm | Music Building, room 254
Strings area information session.
12-1pm | Talbot College, room 100
Voice masterclass and information session.
12-12:45pm | Music Building, room 27
Wind Ensemble side-by-side rehearsal
1-1:45pm | Music Building, room 227
Jazz Ensemble side-by-side rehearsal
1-2pm | Talbot College, room 141
Choirs side-by-side rehearsal
2-4:30pm | Talbot College, Paul Davenport Theatre
Opera at Western presents Johann Strauss Jr.'s Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Tickets: $35 advance ($40 debit or credit at door) | Students & Seniors $25 advance ($30 debit or credit at door)
Die Fledermaus is a perennially popular and deeply cherished Viennese comedic operetta. This hilarious screwball comedy has something for everyone: practical jokes and posh masked balls, mistaken identity and deception, romance and seduction—all set to an enchanting score from the Waltz King himself, Johann Strauss II. Music and dialogue in English.
Additional Activities
2-2:30pm | University College, Room 2105
Information Session: Creative Arts & Production
Note this CAP information session takes place up the hill in the University College building.
Looking for more information about Western’s campus-wide Fall Preview Day activities? Visit Western’s main Welcome to Western website to learn more about other activities taking place across campus, including residences, campus shuttles and eateries. We can't wait to welcome you to campus!
Registration
Advance booking is requested. If more than one student is visiting, please register separately.
Registration will open in the fall.
See our Visits and Tours page to find out more information about other events, and take a virtual tour of the Don Wright Faculty of Music.
Visit our main Undergraduate Admissions website for complete application and audition information.
Hear what our students have to say!
Watch and read more on our Testimonials webpage.
Contact Us
Questions about the Don Wright Faculty of Music? We're here for you!
Sasha Gorbasew
Recruitment Coordinator
agorbase@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x80532
