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2019
December 8, 2019
Professor Robert Toft's new book, Recording Classical Music (Routledge) has a new companion website including scores, audio recordings, and case studies.
December 9, 2019
The music of composition professor Omar Daniel is available on a new commercial CD from the Land's End Ensemble.
December 9, 2019
The Don Wright Faculty of Music made a strong showing this year at the Society for Music Theory (SMT) and the American Musicological Society (AMS) annual meetings – the leading conferences in these fields.
October 17, 2019
Musicology professor Kate Helsen is using big data to analyze 6,000-plus Gregorian chant manuscripts in a unique effort to understand their language and melody.
October 17, 2019
Collaborative Piano professor John Hess, along with a team of research collaborators, has launched the Irish Language Art Song website.
October 22, 2019
Professors Kate Helsen, Patrick Schmidt, and Emily Abrams Ansari interviewed for "Professors Beyond Jobs" (PBnJ) on Radio Western.
October 16, 2019
A new, revised edition of Jay Hodgson's "Understanding Records: A Field Guide to Recording Practice" has been released, including new developments in the process of recording.
October 4, 2019
Western composer Paul Frehner remastered an electroacoustic piece of his called "Submerged Echoes" for a new short film now being shown at film festivals across Canada.
October 4, 2019
Patrick Schmidt has a new book out, aimed at music teachers. "Policy as Practice: A Guide for Music Educators" examines the practical implications of policy for music educators.
September 28, 2019
Emily Abrams Ansari, whose research studies the relationship between music and politics, said a good campaign song is one that reflects the values of a party.
September 2019
Dr. Norma Coates’ impressive reputation is demonstrated in the September 2019 issue of Journal of Popular Music Studies.
September 9, 2019
Grier awarded Prize for his book Ademarus Cabannensis, Monachus et Musicus (Brepols, 2018) about the musical life and legacy of of medieval monk Adèmar de Chabannes.
Apr. 16, 2019
Don Wright Faculty of Music mezzo-soprano Patricia Green performs in New Music Concerts: "Luminaries" - a tribute to Gilles Tremblay and Pierre Boulez.
- Apr. 3, 2019
Graduate students and professors from the faculties of Information and Media Studies, Music, and Law at Western discovered interdisciplinary connections at a research day held March 22, 2019 at Western Law.
Apr. 1, 2019
Three Don Wright Faculty of Music faculty members were honoured at Western's "Faculty Authors" reception on March 28.
March 26, 2019
Don Wright Faculty of Music Chair of Music Performance Studies, Sophie Roland stresses that all the world is a stage for her students.
- Mar. 22, 2019
Associate Professor, Norma Coates, was interviewed by Constance Grady for Vox on March 8 for an article titled, "Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, and the dangerous intimacy of fandom."
Feb. 25, 2019
Artists in Residence Ensemble Made In Canada celebrate several recent achievements.
Feb. 22, 2019
Both books are published by Routledge Press and are part of the inaugural ISME Global Perspectives in Music Education Series.
Jan. 11, 2019
Director of Research, Cathy Benedict co-authors "A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use on Music Perception in Performing Musicians."
Jan. 15, 2019
Kathleen McLean of the Music Library at Western University recently curated an exhibit featuring her research on the Toulouse-Philidor Collection.
Jan. 14, 2019
Professor Paul Woodford has published a new book, which has just been released by Routledge: “Music Education in an Age of Virtuality and Post-Truth”.
