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Dozens of visiting artists, educators, composers and scholars from around the world bring global artistry and perspective each year. Many of these unique experiences offered to our students are open to the public to attend. 

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2024-25 Masterclasses and Residencies

Joining us on campus for an in-person event?  Please visit the Audience Information page before joining us on campus, and always check the Events Calendar on the day of the event for any schedule changes.
Download concert programs	Additional masterclass and residency events throughout 2024-25 are highly likely! Keep an eye on this page or subscribe to our monthly events email

Saturday, September 21 | 10am | von Kuster Hall
Parsons and Poole Masterclass featuring Dang Thai Son
This year we are honoured to welcome internationally renowned pianist Dang Thai Son as the Parsons and Poole Masterclass guest artist. For more information visit the Parsons and Poole Concert and Masterclass page. 

Monday, October 21 
Patrick Sheridan, tuba soloist and music educator
Patrick Sheridan is a celebrated Tuba soloist and Music Educator. He is co-creator of The Breathing Gym, which is a system of exercises for wind instrumentalists and choral singers, designed to improve control and breath efficiency. Includes stretches, flow studies, therapies, strength and flexibility exercises, and "breathing for the brain."
1:30-3:30pm | TC100 - workshop will include elements of the Breathing Gym, along with information about neuro/practice. This session is open to all music students and has valuable information for everyone.
6:30-8:30pm | von Kuster Hall - low brass masterclass with current students

October 28-30, 2024
Artists in Residence: New Orford String Quartet
We are excited to welcome back Artists in Residence New Orford String Quartet! Planned activities include side-by-side rehearsals with current students as well as sectionals and rehearsals with the Western University Symphony Orchestra. For information on their culminating public concert including current string performance students, visit the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page. 

Monday, November 4 | 12:30pm | von Kuster Hall
HAAS workshop - demonstration and Q&A moderated by Jonathan De Souza
With music encompassing travels through time and through the world from Nashville to Norway, the Celtic Isles to California, Natalie and Brittany Haas—the members of HAAS—have absorbed, adapted, and made their own world of music. All are welcome and encouraged to join, regardless of program or instrument. For information on the HAAS concert the same evening, visit the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page. 

Wednesday, November 6 | 1:30pm | MB254
Pre-concert talk: David Jaeger and Christina Petrowska Quilico
Acclaimed Canadian pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico joins composer David Jaeger for “Poetry and the Composer: a Glimpse Inside the Nocturnes of David Jaeger”, an afternoon pre-concert talk in advance of their Games of the Night Wind concert scheduled later the same evening. For more information, visit the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page.
Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund

Sunday, January 19 | MB 227
Guest Artist Masterclass: Carmen Grant, actor
1:30pm-5pm | Western Music students/faculty/staff only
All Don Wright Faculty of Music students and faculty are invited to learn from actor Carmen Grant, renowned for her performances at the Stratford Festival and across Canada. In this Stage Presence and Movement masterclass she provides techniques for offering performers and teachers alike their most confident and grounded presence on stage or in the classroom.
Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund. Not a public event.

January 22-24
Open Rehearsals and Lectures: Angela Schroeder
Wednesday, 22 January 
- Open lecture/rehearsal for the M4840b Instrumental Ensemble Pedagogy | 8:30am-10:20am | MB27
- Open rehearsal with the Wind Ensemble | 3:30pm-5:20pm | MB27
Thursday, 23 January
- Open rehearsal with the Symphonic Band 3:30pm-5:20pm | MB227
Friday, 24 January
- Open lecture/rehearsal for the M4840b Instrumental Ensemble Pedagogy | 10:30am-11:20am | MB27
- Graduate Seminar (Topic Making Yourself Vulnerable on the Podium) | 3pm-4:20pm | Room TBA
- Post-Seminar Hang-out 4:30pm
A native of Alberta, Dr. Angela Schroeder is currently Associate Professor of Music in the Department of Music at the University of Alberta. She is the Director of Bands, the Area Coordinator for the Winds and Percussion, oversees all areas of instrumental ensembles, and conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Summer Band.
Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund. Educators from the community are welcome to join any/all sessions. Contact Colleen Richardson for more details.

Saturday, January 25 | Moscovich Recital Hall (Music Building room 242)
Guest Artist Masterclass: Brett Polegato, baritone
10am-12pm and 1:30pm-4pm - all are welcome to attend either or both sessions
World-renowned baritone Brett Polegato is also in constant demand for his fine studio and masterclass teaching. Singers from the Don Wright Faculty of Music will have the opportunity to perform arias and songs for Mr. Polegato's guidance and insights. Everyone is invited to listen and learn at this free event.
Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund

Saturday, February 1 | von Kuster Hall
Kenneth & Casey Tse Canada Tour 2025
Dr. Kenneth Tse, saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse, piano
11am–1pm - Casey Dierlam Tse Masterclass: "Cueing As Part of Practice Technique"
2pm–4pm - Kenneth Tse Saxophone Masterclass
6 pm–7:30pm - Kenneth & Casey Tse Recital (end times are approximate)
Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund

Wednesday, February 5 | 10am | Moscovich Recital Hall (Music Building room 242) (approx. 2.5 hours)
Masterclass by Joo Won Kang, baritone
This masterclass is in addition to a recital taking place the night before; see the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page for details. 

February 6-8, 2025
Tafelmusik Residency NEW DATES
Tafelmusik musicians Christopher Verrette, violin, and Keiran Campbell, cello, will work with Western's Early Music Studio, with activities including side-by-side rehearsals. For information on their culminating public concert on Saturday, February 8, which will also include Early Music Studio students and faculty members, visit the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page. 

Thursday, February 13 | 6:30pm | MB140 (approx. 1.5 hours)
Guest Artist Masterclass: Natalie Loughran, viola
Musicians from Marlboro member Natalie Loughran gives a public masterclass with Western Music students in advance of the ensemble's concert the following evening; see the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page for details. This masterclass is supported by Brenda Rolfe and the Dorothea & Orrin Rolfe Memorial Music Fund, by Renee Silberman and Ted Medzon of Serenata Music and Dr. Günes Ege, a long-time supporter of the Marlboro Festival.

Friday, March 14 | 3:30pm | Paul Davenport Theatre (approx. 2 hours)
Guest Artist Masterclass: Melissa Scott, oboe
Melissa Scott, principal oboe with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, adjunct oboe instructor at the Dan School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University and oboe instructor at the Oscar Peterson School of Music at the Royal Conservatory of Music gives an oboe masterclass. Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund

Tuesday, April 1 | 10am | von Kuster Hall (approx. 2 hours) - NEW DATE
Vancouver Recital Society Visiting Artist Series Masterclass with Steven Osborne, piano 
Pianist Steven Osborne, OBE, gives a masterclass in addition to a recital taking place later this same evening; see the Faculty and Guest Artist Concerts web page for details. Supported by the Vancouver Recital Society Visiting Artist Series and Elaine Adair.

Friday, April 4 | 7pm | Music Building Room 254
Guest Artist Masterclass: Kerson Leong, violin
Kerson Leong, violin, gives a public masterclass. Four Western Music students will perform violin repertoire and Kerson Leong will offer his insights and helpful suggestions. Supported by the Music Undergraduate GiftFund.

 

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Past Visiting Artists

 

Voice masterclass with Marion Newman-Nege’ga
Flute masterclass with Susan Hoeppner
Piano masterclass with Yekwon Sunwoo
Piano masterclass with Stephen Runge
Trombone masterclass with Vanessa Fralick
Viola masterclass with Beth Guterman Chu
Saxophone masterclass with Carrie Koffman
Clarinet masterclass with Christopher Kirkpatrick
Piano masterclass with Joel Sachs, Professor emeritus, The Juilliard School
Violin masterclass with Tafelmusik members Patricia Ahern and Christopher Verrette
Pedagogy residency with Danielle Gaudry, McGill University
Lecture with Leonardo Lacerda, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Piano masterclass with Shoshana Telner
String masterclass and residency with New Orford String Quartet
Piano masterclass with Janina Fialkowska
Trombone masterclass with James Miller
Voice masterclass with Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams
Workshop with Ensemble Paramirabo
Residency with jazz bassist Rodney Whitaker
Violin masterclass with Bénédicte Lauzière
Music Industry Summit with singer-songwriter Falana, songwriter/producer/performer Gary McAuley, concert promoter/marketer Jay Panaseiko, and London music development officer Richard Gracious
Composition residency with Katahj Copley
Piano masterclass with Jon Kimura Parker
Voice masterclass with mezzo-soprano Lucia Cervoni
Piano masterclass with Li Wang
Voice masterclass with Brett Polegato
Piano masterclass with Stewart Goodyear
Piano masterclass with Asami Hagiwara
Collaborative pianist Liz Upchurch
Voice masterclass with soprano Jane Archibald
Violin masterclass with William Herzog
Clarinet masterclass with Marie Picard
Open band rehearsals with Christopher Morehouse
Open band rehearsals with Carolyn Barber
Masterclass with Boccheriniana, baroque quintet
Piano masterclass with Sofya Bugayan
Saxophone and composition masterclass with Quasar Saxophone Quartet
Open band rehearsals with Lauren Reynolds
Brass masterclass with Gábor Tarkövi, trumpet
Chamber music masterclass with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Brass masterclass with Jarrett McCourt
Piano/composer masterclass with Stephen Moccio
Voice masterclass with Russell Braun
Violin masterclass with Helmut Lipsky
Piano masterclass with Jean Marchand and Brigitte Poulin
Piano masterclass with Yael Weiss
Violin masterclass with Jennifer Orchard
Viola masterclass with Michael Ouzounian
Guitar masterclass with Johannes Möller
Voice masterclass with Adrianne Pieczonka
Parsons & Poole (piano) masterclass with Sara Davis Buechner
Voice masterclass with Michele Capalbo
Clarinet masterclass with  Jean-Guy Boisvert
Saxophone masterclass with Jonathan Nichol and Jeffrey Loeffert
Clarinet masterclass with Marie Picard
Parsons & Poole (piano) masterclass with Charles Richard-Hamelin
Voice masterclass with Brett Polegato
Viola masterclass with Daniel Scholz
Brass masterclass with Canadian Brass
Piano masterclass with Ilya Poletaev
Viola masterclass with Teng Li
Piano Masterclass with Fred Pattison Piano Competition adjudicator Enrico Elisi
Voice masterclass with Johannes Debus, Music Director, Canadian Opera Company
Woodwind masterclass with Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Voice masterclass with Liz Upchurch
Clarinet masterclass with Kornel Wolak 
Parsons & Poole (piano) masterclass with John O’Conor
Voice masterclass with Kathleen Kelly, opera conductor and coach.
Viola masterclass with David Rose.
Masterclass with Duo Concertante: Nancy Dahn, violin; Timothy Steeves, piano
Violin masterclass with Marie Bérard, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra concertmaster
Piano Masterclass with Fred Pattison Piano Competition adjudicator David Jalbert 
Saxophone masterclass with Jeffrey Heisler, part of Heisler-Yeh Duo
Piano masterclass with I-Chen Yeh, part of Heisler-Yeh Duo
Violin masterclass with Elissa Lee, Ensemble Made in Canada
Horn masterclass with Adam Unsworth, Associate Professor of Horn, University of Michigan 
Piano masterclass with Peter Vinograde, interpreter of J.S. Bach and contemporary composers
Saxophone and drum set masterclass with Noa Even and Stephen Klunk
Parsons & Poole masterclass with James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School 
Voice masterclass with Canadian soprano Edith Wiens 
French Horn and chamber music masterclass with Radovan Vlatkovic
Violin masterclass with violinist/conductor Victor Yampolsky, Northwestern University 
Voice workshops and masterclasses with Kathleen Kelly, University of Michigan School of Music 
Voice Masterclass with music theatre/pop music master teacher and distinguished alumna Elaine Overholt 
Masterclass with renowned Canadian pianist Jimmy Brière 
Piano preparations/Extended techniques masterclass with pianist Sandra Joy Friesen
Masterclass with saxophonist Allison Balcetis
Masterclass with saxophonist Justin Massey 
Masterclass with flutist Lisa Nelsen
Two masterclasses with violinist Fernando Pereira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Masterclass with violist Teng Li, Toronto Symphony Orchestra principal viola 
Masterclass with saxophonist Phil Pierick 
Lecture and Masterclass with composer and conductor Sir James MacMillan, visiting from Scotland 
Masterclass with Quasar Quatuor de Saxophones
Masterclass with visiting composer John Beckwith