OMEA
Are you heading to Ontario Music Educators Association's Roots 2024 conference (Nov. 7-9)?
Welcome back to London! Stop by our booth to say hello. Western alumni are invited to join their fellow alumni and connect with faculty, staff and current students for a reception planned on Friday, Nov. 8 in Salon G, RBC Place from 7-9pm. Pre-registration requested (via Western Alumni)
2024 Message from Kevin Watson 
Greetings from the Music Education faculty at Western!
We are so excited that this year our OMEA conference is a home game, right here in London! We look forward to welcoming all our alumni back, and we hope that while you are in town you will come by the Music Building on campus to say hi and see our beautiful facilities. While at the conference, watch for the following sessions presented by our Western Music faculty members, staff and graduate students:
- Seedling Concert Workshop - Beginning Band
Clinician: Linda Wharton | Friday Nov. 8, 10:15 am @ RBC Salon D & D1 - Seedling Concert Workshop - Primary Choir
Clinician: Dr. Tracy Wong | Friday Nov. 8, 10:15 am @ Doubletree Ballroom East - Singing South Africa
Clinician: Lorinda Van Wyk | Friday Nov. 8, 10:15 am @ Doubletree Suite 300 - Seedling Concert Workshop - Senior Jazz Band
Clinician: Dr. Kevin Watson | Friday Nov. 8, 1:00 pm @ RBC Salon B & B1 - Seedling Concert Workshop - Musical Independence and the Joy of Making Music Everyday
Clinician: Dr. Colleen Richardson | Friday Nov. 8, 1:00 pm @ RBC Salon D & D1. - Seedling Concert Workshop - Junior/Intermediate Choir
Clinician: Dr. Mark Ramsay | Friday Nov. 8, 1:00 pm @ Doubletree Ballroom East - Anti-Ableist Music Education: Lessons from Disability Studies
Clinician: Dr. adam bell | Friday Nov. 8, 1:00 pm @ Doubletree Windsor Club - Brasil Beyond Bossa: Exploring the Richness of Brazilian Music Styles That Surpass the Mainstream
Clinicians: Rayne Vitorino Dias & Dr. Fabio Augustinis | Friday Nov. 8, 2:45 pm @ Doubletree Queen Victoria - New to Instrumental Conducting? Brush Up on Basics
Clinician: Linda Wharton | Friday Nov. 8, 2:45 pm @ Doubletree Prince of Wales - French Horn SOS
Clinician: Sasha Gorbasew | Saturday Nov. 9, 10:15 am @ RBC Salon F - Nada Rasa: A Taste of Malaysian & Indonesian Folk Songs and Movements in a Choral Context
Clinicians: Dr. Tracy Wong & Aldo Ginting | Saturday Nov. 9, 10:15 am @ Doubletree Queen Victoria - Choral Conducting and Rehearsal Masterclass
Clinician: Dr Mark Ramsay with the Western University Singers | Saturday Nov. 9, 1:00 pm @ Doubletree Ballroom East - Culture, Context, and Experiential Learning: Crafting Inclusive Music Education Through Cultural Narratives
Clinician: Seyram Afealete | Saturday, Nov. 9, 2:45 pm @ Doubletree Queen Victoria
While we are very excited about these presentations and the many other scheduled workshops and keynotes, what we most look forward to is the chance to reconnect with our incredible alumni to celebrate your professional and personal accomplishments from the past year. Our alumni reception will take place on the Friday evening in Salon G @ RBC Place from 7-9pm. We hope that you will join us!
Sincerely,
Dr. Kevin Watson
Chair, Music Education Department
Don Wright Faculty of Music
Western University, London, Canada
Contact Us
Kevin Watson
Chair, Music Education Department
519-661-2111 x85896
kwatso54@uwo.ca
Sasha Gorbasew
Recruitment Coordinator
519-661-2111 x80532
agorbase@uwo.ca
