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This Thirsty Land: CMU Festival Chorus and Mennonite Community Orchestra in performance
Monday, October 28, 2019 @ 9:33 AM
On Saturday November 2, the newly formed CMU Festival Chorus and resident Mennonite Community Orchestra will join forces, along with student and faculty soloists, to present This Thirsty Land, a bill of masterworks reanimated for the present moment.
Faculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Matthew Pauls
Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 4:03 PM
Dr. Matthew Pauls, Assistant Professor of Music, has taught at CMU since 2015.
What do you love about your work here?
I wear a few different hats, so I see students in different kinds of places: one on one in the voice studio, in a classroom, and then in men's chorus. They each have a very different flavour and I enjoy the variety. I love that because of the size of the institution, you get a chance to get to know students better. In a place like the voice studio, where I don't just teach students for one semester, I get to see them grow over a longer period of time and that's very rewarding.
Winning Performances of the 2019 Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition (video)
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 @ 11:26 AM
Stephanie Wilson's performance earned her first place and the $700 prize that comes with it on Wednesday, March 20. She is the first clarinetist to ever win the competition.
Nathan Dyck, a baritone in his third year of a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, placed second and received $500. Third place and its $300 prize went to pianist Madeleine Friesen, who is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Music with concentrations in Music Education and Musicology.
Clarinetist wins 2019 Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 @ 6:45 AM
A clarinetist from Manitoba is the winner of the 14th annual Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU).
Stephanie Wilson's performance earned her first place and the $700 prize that comes with it on Wednesday, March 20. She is the first clarinetist to ever win the competition.
Music Therapy degree opens worlds of opportunity for graduate
Monday, April 1, 2019 @ 11:18 AM
Rebekah Miller sees the effects of music's transformative power in countless different ways every week. No two days on the job are ever alike for the music therapist and educator.
"One day I'm working with two-year olds and then the next I'm working with 102-year olds," says Miller, who graduated from CMU with a Bachelor of Music Therapy in 2018. "What I love the most about my work right now is the diversity. I love working with different age groups and having different goals."
CMU, community orchestra celebrate spring with special concert
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 @ 10:17 AM
The public is invited to a special spring concert at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on Sunday, March 10.
The feature of the occasion is a special collaboration between CMU's resident orchestra, the Mennonite Community Orchestra (MCO), and fourth year CMU School of Music Student Emma Heinrichs.
Faculty: In Their Own Words – Lee-Anne Dowsett
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
Lee-Anne Dowsett, Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, has taught at CMU since January 2016.
What do you love about your work here?
I absolutely love our students. We have amazing, incredible, talented, and passionate students. I love working with my colleagues in the School of Music. I also really like getting to know faculty across the university in different disciplines that I haven't interacted with before.
Celebrated Canadian pianist to give concert at Canadian Mennonite University
Monday, October 29, 2018 @ 9:20 AM
Jane Coop, one of Canada's most respected and cherished pianists, will present an exciting program of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff on Canadian Mennonite University's newly acquired Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand piano.
The concert is at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, November 14 in the Laudamus Auditorium at CMU, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd.
Faculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. Christine Longhurst
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 @ 9:35 AM
Dr. Christine Longhurst has been Assistant Professor of Music and Worship at CMU since 2013. Prior to joining CMU's faculty, Dr. Longhurst spent a dozen years serving as pastor of worship at two Mennonite Brethren churches in Winnipeg.
Faculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. Dietrich Bartel
Friday, March 2, 2018 @ 1:51 PM
Dr. Dietrich Bartel, Professor of Music, has taught at CMU and CMBC (one of CMU's predecessor colleges) since 1985. He will retire this spring.
What are you teaching right now that you're most excited about?
