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Faculty of Music, John Aird Centre
75 University Ave. West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3C5
General inquiries - 519.884.1970 x2432
Prospective student questions - 519.884.1970 x2492
Cynthia Johnston Turner
Dean, Faculty of Music
Kimberly Barber
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - External
Professor, Voice
Coordinator, Opera
Anna Ferenc
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Internal
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Planning and Curriculum
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Joshua Manuel
Senior Assistant to the Dean's Office
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Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Music Therapy Supervisor
Renée Ellis
Senior Administrative Officer
Kathy Gauci
Academic Advisor and Auditions Coordinator
Mieke Kanmacher
Outreach and Student Recruitment Coordinator
Mathew Kensett
Performances Facilities Technical Coordinator
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Jessica Khan
Operations Coordinator, Beckett School at Laurier
Wray Lovi
Piano Technician
Andrew Mellanby
Facilities Operations Manager
Danny McAfee
Piano Technician
Beth Ann de Sousa
Coach-Accompanist, Strings and Winds
Elvera Froese
Coach-Accompanist, Voice
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers
Emily Hamper
Coach-Accompanist, Opera
Music Director, Opera Ensemble
Stephanie Mara
Coach-Accompanist, Strings, Winds and Brass
Anna Ronai
Coach-Accompanist, Voice and Opera
Instructor, Accompaniment and Keyboard Skills
Lorin Shalanko
Coach-Accompanist, Voice and Saxophone
Barbara Assiginaak
Assistant Professor, Composition
Coordinator, Composition
Kevin Day
Assistant Professor, Composition
Colin Labadie
Instructor, Studio Composition, Composition II, Group Guitar, Guitar Techniques, Styles and Structure in Popular Music, Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music, Songwriting & Song Analysis
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation, Musicianship III and Musicianship IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Cameron McKittrick
Instructor, Music and New Technology, Electro-Acoustic Music, Theory III/IV
Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Instructor, Principles of Music Therapy, CM Principles and Practices
Music Therapy Supervisor
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Community Music Ensemble (year 2)
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Karen Cyrus
Assistant Professor, Musicology, Community Music
Maria Kouznetsova
Instructor, Managing an Arts Centred Career
Colin Labadie
Instructor, Studio Composition, Composition II, Group Guitar, Guitar Techniques, Styles and Structure in Popular Music, Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music, Songwriting & Song Analysis
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation I/II, Musicianship III and Musicianship IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Voice Techniques and Class Voice
Christopher Mayo
Instructor, Analysis of Popular Music
Jennifer Moir
Instructor, Class Voice
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musical Skills I/II, Musicianship I/II, Theory I/II
Matias Recharte
Instructor, Community Music Foundations
Brent Rowan
Director, Community Music Ensemble (years 1, 3 and 4)
Mariette Stephenson
Instructor, Class Guitar
Jason White
Instructor, Class Keyboard
Lee Willingham
Professor, Music Education
Director, Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
Coordinator, Music Education
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Community Music
Deanna Yerichuk
Assistant Professor, Community Music
Coordinator, Bachelor of Music in Community Music
Gerard Yun
Assistant Professor, Community Music
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Community Music Ensemble (year 2)
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Elvera Froese
Coach-Accompanist, Voice
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers
Jessica Kun
Associate Professor
Director, Wind Orchestra
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation, Musicianship III and Musicianship IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Patrick Murray
Director, Laurier Singers
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Director, Concert Choir
Coordinator, Choirs
Kira Omelchenko
Associate Professor
Director, Symphony Orchestra
Brent Rowan (on leave)
Director, Community Music Ensemble (years 1, 3 and 4)
Anya Alexeyev
Associate Professor, Piano
Joseph Ferretti
Instructor, Piano
Elaine Lau
Instructor, Piano
Anna Ronai
Coach-Accompanist, Voice
Instructor, Accompanying II, Vocal Literature, Diction in Singing
Heather Taves
Associate Professor, Piano
Coordinator, Keyboard
Marnie Van Weelden
Instructor, Piano and Piano Pedagogy
Josh Hill
Instructor, Methods for Teaching Music at the Intermediate/Senior Levels (Secondary School)
Cynthia Kinnunen
Instructor, Elementary Techniques
Lee Willingham
Professor, Music Education
Director, Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
Coordinator, Music Education
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Community Music
Eva Branda
Instructor, Music History I, Music History II and Music in the Romantic Period
Charles Cacioppo
Instructor, Counterpoint
Cintia Cristia
Instructor, Women in Music and Music, Culture and Technology
Karen Cyrus
Assistant Professor, Musicology, Community Music
Brian de Lima
Instructor, Music and its Contexts
Anna Ferenc
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (internal)
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Brent Hagerman
Instructor, History of Rock Music
Cameron McKittrick
Instructor, Music and New Technology, Electro-Acoustic Music, Theory III/IV
Carolyn Mullin
Instructor, Post-tonal Analysis
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musical Skills I/II, Musicianship I/II, Theory I/II
Eric Smialek
Instructor, Music in Popular Culture
Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (planning and curriculum)
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Katie Walshaw
Instructor, Theory I,II,III,IV
Kirsten Yri
Associate Professor, Musicology
Coordinator, Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis
Terry Kroetsch
Instructor, Piano Pedagogy, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III, IV, V and VI
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab I/II, Musicianship I/II, Theory I/II
Trevor Wagler
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III and IV, French Horn Techniques
Heidi Ahonen
Professor, Music Therapy
Coordinator, Master of Music Therapy
Director, Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research
Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Instructor, Principles of Music Therapy, CM Principles and Practices
Music Therapy Supervisor
Erin Clark
Music Therapy Supervisor
Amy Clements-Cortés
Instructor, Qualitative Research Methods in Community Music
Music Therapy Supervisor
Amy Di Nino
Music Therapy Supervisor
Linda Gambell
Music Therapy Supervisor
Rebekah Jordan-Miller
Instructor, Clinical Improvisation II
Eunice Kang
Instructor, Medical Music Therapy
Sara Klinck
Music Therapy Supervisor
Demian Kogutek
Assistant Professor, Music Therapy
Andrea Lamont
Instructor, Music Psychotherapy Assessment, Foundations of Music Psychotherapy, Case Studies in Music Psychotherapy
Music Therapy Supervisor
Elizabeth Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Music Therapy
Coordinator, Bachelor of Music Therapy
Adrienne Pringle
Music Therapy Supervisor
Christina Weldon
Music Therapy Supervisor
Jeremy Bell
Artist-in-Residence, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Lori Gemmell
Instructor, Harp
Jerzy Kaplanek
Professor, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Coordinator, Strings and QuartetFest
Kevin Ramessar
Instructor, Guitar
Daniel Ramjattan
Instructor, Guitar
Katie Schlaikjer
Artist-in-Residence, Cello, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Christine Vlajk
Artist-in-Residence, Viola, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Coordinator, Chamber Music
Sharlene Wallace
Instructor, Harp
Ian Whitman
Instructor, Double Bass
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Community Music Ensemble (year 2)
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Guy Few
Instructor, Trumpet and Trumpet Techniques
Colin Labadie
Instructor, Studio Composition, Composition II, Group Guitar, Guitar Techniques, Styles and Structure in Popular Music, Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music, Songwriting & Song Analysis
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Voice Techniques and Class Voice
Jane Maness
Instructor, Tuba, Euphonium and Tuba Techniques
Laurel Swinden
Instructor, Flute and Flute Techniques
Trevor Wagler
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III and IV, French Horn Techniques
Dave Campion
Instructor, Percussion
Simion Ciobanu
Instructor, Bassoon
Ron Cohen Mann
Instructor, Oboe
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Community Music Ensemble (year 2)
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Derek Conrod
Instructor, French Horn
Ross Edwards
Instructor, Clarinet
Nate Fanning
Instructor, Trombone
Guy Few
Instructor, Trumpet and Trumpet Techniques
Samuel Fraser
Instructor, Bassoon
Jane Maness
Instructor, Tuba, Euphonium and Tuba Techniques
Leslie Newman
Instructor, Flute
Katherine Robertson
Instructor, French Horn
Peter Shackleton
Coordinator, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Instructor, Clarinet
Laurel Swinden
Instructor, Flute and Flute Techniques
Rachel Thomas (on leave)
Instructor, Trombone
Dave Wiffen
Instructor, Saxophone
Colin Ainsworth
Instructor, Voice
Kimberly Barber
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (external)
Professor, Voice
Coordinator, Opera
Amanda Brunk
Instructor, Contemporary Voice
Marianne Bindig (on leave)
Instructor, Voice
Daniel Cabena
Instructor, Voice
Leslie Fagan
Assistant Professor, Voice
Coordinator, Voice
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Voice Techniques and Class Voice
James McLean
Instructor, Voice
Jennie Such
Instructor, Voice
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