Two recent grads make CBC Music’s ‘30 under 30’ list

Percussionist Andrew Busch, choral conductor and tenor Matthew Boutda recognized among ‘Canada’s hottest young classical musicians’

CBC Music announced its annual "30 under 30" list last week, bringing news that two Western alumni made the cut as ‘Canada’s hottest young classical musicians.’

Matthew Boutda, MMus’23, and Andrew Busch, BMus’22, both expressed surprise ─ and delight ─ at being named notable rising stars, counting their time at the Don Wright Faculty of Music as instrumental to their early success.

As inductees to the list, they share the honour with classical guitarist and fellow music grad Madeline Hall, BMus’24, who made the 2023 edition during her final year at Western.

Read full article (via Western News, August 7, 2024)