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Bridging traditions: Stan Rogers' folk legacy honoured by CMU Concert Band
Friday, December 5, 2025 @ 11:20 AM
Bella Rogers is a part of a musical legacy.
The second-year CMU student, studying a Bachelor of Music, is the grand-daughter of the late Canadian music icon Stan Rogers, but she has found her own way to carry the tune.
Continue ReadingChristmas at CMU 2025 (video)
Monday, December 1, 2025 @ 8:33 AM
Recorded November 29, 2025
View DetailsAlumni in their own words - Tania Mulki (CMU ’23)
Monday, November 10, 2025 @ 8:00 AM
Where has your life taken you since you left CMU?
I completed my coursework at CMU in 2022, and after finishing the 1,000-hour internship required for my Bachelor of Music Therapy degree, I officially graduated in 2023. I did my internship in Calgary with JB Music Therapy, a well-established organization that offered a strong and varied clinical experience. It was a great place to learn and gain confidence as a new therapist, and I felt well prepared thanks to the training and support I received at CMU.
Continue ReadingCMU welcomes new faculty to start 2025/26 academic year
Monday, September 15, 2025 @ 9:18 AM
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 ReadingFinding connection as an outsider: How CMU shaped a public servant
Thursday, September 11, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Marvin Marcial didn't mean to become a CMU student. What was initially supposed to be one music elective as a visiting student from the University of Winnipeg turned him into a full-time student who ended up graduating from CMU with a Bachelor of Music in 2007. "I ended up in choir and that changed the whole trajectory of my education, and I transferred over to CMU the next year," he says.
Continue ReadingNotes, nursing, and new horizons: A journey of learning and service
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
When Heidi Derksen meets for a conversation in the mid-afternoon, she's wrapping up her day and going to sleep after the interview ends. This unconventional bedtime is because she's an ICU nurse in Saskatoon's hospitals, working alternating day and night shifts. The routine can be taxing, but it allows her a lot of flexibility for one of her favourite activities: travel.
Continue ReadingEducation, performance, and healing: How CMU shaped a multifaceted musician
Monday, September 8, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Heitha Forsyth decided to go back to school almost a decade after graduating with her undergraduate degree. She had a partner, a mortgage, an established career, and school felt distant. "I had to basically pivot life as I knew it," she says. But CMU staff helped her with the adjustment. "When it came to any questions I had about my student loan or anything like that where I wasn't sure what to do and I was feeling vulnerable, there were people to catch me and keep me moving forward. I really appreciated that."
Continue ReadingCMU taught alum how to think "inside out and upside down"
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 @ 4:05 PM
The current Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Winnipeg came to CMU from Providence University College, by way of the University of Manitoba, where he initially planned to become a dentist.
After a conversation with a friend attending CMU, who mentioned a course on the history of rock music, he quickly changed direction. That pivot eventually led him to CMU's Music Department in the early 2000s, where he graduated in 2006.
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: August 2025
Sunday, August 3, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Voices of the CMU Community
This month on Sunday@CMU, we highlight student voices from the CMU community. Listen to stories produced by Communications and Media students in CMU's radio team course and hear performances from this year's 20th annual Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition finals.
Listen Now#myCMUlife | “Well… it depends…”: Four insights into studying music therapy at CMU
Thursday, June 5, 2025 @ 9:00 AM
Four years ago, I had never heard of music therapy. Now, I can't imagine doing anything else.
In the fall of 2017, I was heading into the last year of my Bachelor of Music in piano at King's University in Edmonton, trying to figure out what to do afterwards. As I skimmed through a promotional brochure about what to do with a music degree, the words "music therapy" caught my eye. I was instantly intrigued. I remember phoning a music therapist to get more information. When I asked what a typical music therapy workday might look like, she replied with, "Well... it depends...." While I thought this answer was profoundly unhelpful in the moment, I've seen how true it is after studying music therapy at CMU.
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