Keyword: composing

CMU professor gives light to the darkness of history with WSO commission

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 @ 11:37 AM

Neil Weisensel, CMU's Associate Professor of Music, was recently commissioned to write an orchestral composition to be performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO). "Centuries of Hope: Variations + Theme," was performed by the WSO at the Winnipeg New Music Festival on January 27, 2026.

Inspired by composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and Frederick Rzewski, whose work responds to the rise of fascism in the 20th century, "Centuries of Hope" is itself a tribute to citizens' strength and resilience in the face of authoritarianism.

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CMU student composers to showcase their works (Classic 107)

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 @ 7:54 AM

The next generation of Manitoban composers will be on display this week at Canadian Mennonite University's Laudamus Auditorium.

Composition students at CMU's School of Music will showcase their latest works on March 12 at 11:30 AM as they continue to discover their musical voices and the ways in which they want to utilize it.

"My work actually started in high school when I pretty much accidentally composed my first original pop song," shared Keira Medina in an interview on Morning Light. "I was like, 'OK, well, I composed a song. So now what? I want to compose more!'"

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