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CMU student's vision becomes a collaborative songwriting retreat
At the end of April, 14 CMU students participated in a transformative collaborative songwriting retreat with renowned Indigenous musicians and CMU faculty members. The event was conceptualized by alumna Bryna Link, who convocated with CMU's Class of 2026 just days before, and brought to life by Link and CMU Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Anneli Loepp Thiessen.
Continue ReadingCMU choir brings community together to raise voices for peace (Winnipeg Free Press)
Decades have passed since We Shall Overcome was deemed the unofficial anthem of the American civil rights and anti-war movements, but the folk song — originally a gospel spiritual — remains as relevant today, and as frequently sung, as it was back in the 1960s. In the last few months alone, the song's lyrics have loudly echoed through the crowds at non-violent rallies, protests and sit-ins around the world, and been performed onstage by renowned artists, social activists and community choirs.
One of those community choirs is the Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) Voices for Peace. Voices for Peace was launched in March 2026 as an extension of the Anabaptist university's Singing Resistance program. That program had brought like-minded voices together earlier in the winter to sing in solidarity with those being affected by the ICE raids in Minneapolis.
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Continue ReadingCMU welcomes new faculty to start 2025/26 academic year
CMU enters a new academic year with both excitement and gratitude, welcoming five new faculty members whose expertise spans music, biology, social work, psychology, and chemistry.
Together, these teaching appointments highlight the university's ongoing commitment to interdisciplinary teaching, faith-integrated scholarship, and nurturing students in ways that prepare them to engage the world with curiosity, compassion, and purpose.
Continue ReadingCMU alumni collaborate on book featuring women in music
A vibrant children's book featuring 26 women in music will soon be hitting bookstore shelves, and it was created by two CMU alumni. Anneli Loepp Thiessen (CMU '18) first wrote The ABCs of Women in Music in fall 2020 as a creative project for a feminist theories class at the University of Ottawa, where she is a PhD student in interdisciplinary music research.
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: September 2018
Theme: With Gratitude 2018
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are broadcasting recordings from this past April's With Gratitude event. At With Gratitude, graduating students share about what their studies have meant to them through spoken word or musical performance.
Listen NowWith Gratitude 2018 | Anneli Loepp Thiessen (video)
This video features Anneli Loepp Thiessen (CMU '18) at With Gratitude, April 21, 2018.
Anneli Loepp Thiessen
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