Visiting Artist Masterclasses, Residencies and Events
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.
2023-24 Masterclasses and Residencies
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Sunday, October 22
Flute Day featuring various activities including a recital and masterclass with Susan Hoeppner. Visit Flute Day webpage for more details and to register.
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October 27-28
Residency: Yekwon Sunwoo, 2023 Parsons and Poole Concert and Masterclass guest artist
Friday, Oct. 27 | 7:30pm (von Kuster Hall)Concert (solo piano) $40 general public, $15 students/seniors. Visit webpage to purchase concert tickets.
Saturday, Oct. 28 | 10am (von Kuster Hall)
Masterclass with current piano students
Funding for this annual series is provided by the Parsons and Poole Concert and Masterclass Fund.
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November 10-11
Residency: Musicians from Marlboro. Celebrating its seventh decade of performances, the Musicians from Marlboro (MfM) touring program was created as an extension of Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival.
Friday, Nov. 10 | 8pm (von Kuster Hall)
Concert (chamber music): Musicians from Marlboro
This concert is generously supported by Serenata Music (Renée Silberman and Ted Medzon)
Saturday, Nov. 11 | 10am-12pm (Studio 242, Music Building - second floor)
Masterclass with MfM violist Beth Guterman Chu.
This masterclass is generously supported by Brenda Rolfe
Sincere thanks to Dr Güneş Ege who supports the Marlboro Music Festival Tours. For more information, contact Sharon Wei.
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Sunday, November 12
Single Reed Day featuring various activities including guest artist masterclasses, clinics and workshops. Guest artist(s) TBA. Visit Single Reed Day webpage for more details and to register.
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November 16-17
Residency: Joel Sachs, Professor emeritus, The Juilliard School.
Thursday, Nov. 16 | 8pm (von Kuster Hall)
Concert (solo piano): American Pioneers
Friday, Nov. 17 | 3:30pm (location TBA)
Graduate Colloquium Series
Date/time/location TBA
Masterclass with students in the Contemporary Music Studio
Funding for this residency has been provided by the Don Wright Faculty of Music Undergraduate Gift Fund. For more information, contact Paul Frehner.
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Saturday, November 25
Pop Industry Day. Planned activities include presentations and panel discussions with those working in the popular music industry. Visit Pop Studies Day webpage for more details and to register.
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December 1-3
Residency: Members of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Friday, Dec. 1 | 12:30pm-1:20pm (von Kuster Hall)
Concert: Fridays @ 12:30 Concert Series
Sunday, Dec. 3 | 3pm-4pm (von Kuster Hall)
Concert: Members of Tafelmusik with students and faculty of the Early Music Studio
Date/time/location TBA
Additional residency activities TBA
For more information, contact Joseph Lanza.
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January 16-21
Residency: Dr. Danielle Gaudry, McGill University.
Wednesday, Jan. 17 | 8:30am-10:20am (MB 27)
Gift Fund Guest Lecture/Masterclass - Instrumental Ensemble Pedagogy (Topic TBD)
Wednesday, Jan. 17 | 3:30pm-5:20pm (MB 27)
Open Rehearsal with the Wind Ensemble
Thursday, Jan. 18 | 3:30pm-5:20pm (MB 27)
Open Rehearsal with the Symphonic Band
Friday, Jan. 19 | 10:30am-11:20am (MB 27)
Instrumental Pedagogy Presentation
Friday, Jan. 19 | 4pm-5:20pm (location TBD)
Wind Literature Seminar
Saturday, Jan. 20 (TBC)
Music Education Student Association (MESA) presentation (TBC)
Funding for this residency has been provided by the Don Wright Faculty of Music Undergraduate Gift Fund. For more information, contact Colleen Richardson.
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Saturday, January 20
Saturday, January 20 | 11am
von Kuster Hall
Greg Butler, adjudicator of the 2024 Fred Pattison Piano Award Competition, will give a piano masterclass with competition finalists. Funding for this annual competition is provided by the Fred Pattison Piano Award Fund.
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January 22-24
Residency: New Orford String Quartet
Tuesday, Jan. 22 | 3:30-5:30pm
Orchestral sectionals coaching
Wednesday, Jan. 24 | 6pm (von Kuster Hall)
Concert: Pizzicato!
Additional residencies activities TBA.
Funding for the annual New Orford String Quartet residency, Western's official Artists-in-Residence, is provided by Western's Office of the Provost Academic Priorities Fund. For more information, contact Sharon Wei.
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Saturday, January 27
Brass Day featuring various activities including guest artist masterclasses, clinics and workshops. Guest artist(s) TBA. Visit Brass Day webpage for more details and to register.
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February 5-7
Residency: Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams and Montreal's Ensemble Paramirabo.
Monday, Feb. 5 | 1:30-3:30pm
Jeremy Huw Williams will work with members of the Contemporary Music Studio
Monday, Feb. 5 | 3:30-5:50pm
Vocal masterclass for singers with Jeremy Huw Williams
Tuesday, Feb. 6 | 8pm (von Kuster Hall)
Concert: Horizon: Madog
Wednesday, Feb. 7 | 10:30am-12:30pm (von Kuster Hall)
Reading of student compositions by Ensemble Paramirabo
Funding for this residency has been provided by the Don Wright Faculty of Music Undergraduate Gift Fund. For more information, contact Paul Frehner.
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Past Visiting Artists
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, best known as concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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, an outstanding 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 internationally-renowned Canadian soprano Edith Wiens
French Horn and Chamber Music masterclass with Radovan Vlatkovic
Violin masterclass with violinist/conductor Victor Yampolsky, Northwestern University
Various 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
