Departments and Programs

• Dean of Faculty of Music Office
• Coach Accompanists
• Composition
• Community Music
• Ensembles
• Keyboard (Piano and Organ)
• Music Education
• Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis
• Musical Skills
• Music Therapy
• Strings
• Technique Courses
• Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
• Voice
• Staff

Dean of Faculty of Music Office

Glen Carruthers
Dean, Faculty of Music

Kimberly Barber
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (external)

Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (internal)

Joshua Manuel
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean's Office
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Staff

Susan Brown
Coordinator, Beckett School at Laurier
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Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Instructor, Music Therapy
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Renée Ellis 
Senior Administrative Officer
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Kathy Gauci 
Academic Advisor and Auditions Coordinator
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John Hergel
Performance Facilities Manager
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Mieke Kanmacher
Outreach and Student Recruitment Coordinator
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Mathew Kensett
Performances Facilities Technical Coordinator
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Peter Lamont
Production Coordinator, Performance Facilities
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Wray Lovi
Piano Technician

Andrew Mellanby
Music Resources Coordinator
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Danny McAfee 
Piano Technician

Marlin Nagtegaal
Instructor, Organ
Director, Beckett School at Laurier
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Rebecca Skillman
Financial Analyst
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Coach Accompanists

Beth Ann de Sousa
Coach Accompanist, Strings and Winds

Elvera Froese
Coach Accompanist, Voice
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers

Emily Hamper
Coach Accompanist, Opera

Stephanie Mara
Coach Accompanist, Strings, Winds and Brass

Anna Ronai
Coach Accompanist, Voice and Opera

Lorin Shalanko
Coach Accompanist, Voice and Saxophone

Composition

Glenn Buhr
Professor, Composition

Colin Labadie
Instructor, Composition, Musical Skills and Community Music Class Guitar

Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble

Cameron McKittrick
Instructor, Composition

Linda Catlin Smith
Assistant Professor, Composition
Coordinator, Composition

Community Music

Carol Bauman
Instructor, Musical Skills
Coordinator, Musical Skills

Amanda Brunk
Instructor, Voice

Brennan Connolly
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Instructor, Percussion and Community Music Class Drumming

Colin Labadie
Instructor, Composition, Musical Skills and Community Music Class Guitar

Chad Louwerse
Instructor, Voice and Community Music Class Voice

Matthew Rait
Instructor, Community Music Class Guitar

Brent Rowan
Director, Community Music Ensemble

Jason White
Instructor, Community Music Class Keyboard

Gerard Yun
Assistant Professor, Community Music

Deanna Yerichuk
Assistant Professor, Community Music

Ensembles

Brennan Connolly
Director, Percussion Ensemble

Elvera Froese
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers

Jessica Kun
Associate Professor
Conductor, Wind Orchestra

Kathryn Ladano
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Instructor, Improvisation

Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Director, Concert Choir

Kira Omelchenko
Director, Laurier Symphony Orchestra

Brent Rowan
Director, Community Music Ensemble

Ron Schirm
Director, Jazz Ensemble

Lee Willingham
Director, Laurier Singers

Keyboard (Piano and Organ)

Anya Alexeyev 
Associate Professor, Piano
Coordinator, Keyboard

Leslie De’Ath
Professor, Piano, Vocal Diction, Coaching and Keyboard Literature

Joseph Ferretti
Instructor, Piano

Terry Kroetsch
Instructor, Musical Skills and Piano

Elaine Lau
Instructor, Piano

Marlin Nagtegaal
Instructor, Organ
Director, Beckett School at Laurier

Heather Taves
Associate Professor, Piano

Marnie Van Weelden
Instructor, Piano

Music Education

Lee Willingham
Professor, Music Education
Director, Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
Director, Laurier Singers
Coordinator, Music Education and Choral Studies
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Community Music

Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Instructor, Music Education
Director, Concert Choir

Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis

Eva Branda
Instructor 

Cintia Christia
Instructor 

Anna Ferenc
Associate Professor, Music Theory

Brent Hagerman
Instructor

Charles Morrison
Professor, Music Theory
Coordinator, Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis

Terry Paynter
Instructor

Alma Santosuosso (retired)
Professor, Music History

Ron Schirm
Director, Jazz Ensemble
Instructor 

Kevin Swinden
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (internal)

Kirsten Yri
Associate Professor, Musicology

Gerard Yun
Assistant Professor, Community Music

Musical Skills

Carol Bauman
Instructor 
Coordinator, Musical Skills

Terry Kroetsch
Instructor

Colin Labadie
Instructor

Terry Paynter
Instructor 

Trevor Wagler
Instructor 

Music Therapy

Heidi Ahonen
Professor, Music Therapy
Director, Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research

Carolyn Arnason 
Associate Professor, Music Therapy
Coordinator, Master of Music Therapy

Emily Carruthers
Music Therapy Placements Coordinator
Instructor 

Cheryl Jones
Instructor

Sara Klinck
Instructor

Andrea Lamont
Instructor

Colin Andrew Lee
Professor, Music Therapy
Coordinator, Bachelor of Music Therapy

Elizabeth Mitchell
Music Therapist-in-Residence

Strings

Julie Baumgartel
Instructor, Violin

Jeremy Bell
Artist-in-Residence, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet

Lori Gemmell
Instructor, Harp

Jerzy Kaplanek
Associate Professor, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Coordinator, Strings and QuartetFest

Terry McKenna
Instructor, Guitar

Katie Schlaikjer
Artist-in-Residence, Cello, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet

Magdalena Tominska
Instructor, Lute

Christine Vlajk
Artist-in-Residence, Viola, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Coordinator, Chamber Music

Sharlene Wallace
Instructor, Harp

Ian Whitman
Instructor, Double Bass

Technique Courses

Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion Techniques

Judith Davenport
Instructor, Violin/Viola Techniques

Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice Techniques

Jane Maness
Instructor, Tuba and Tuba Techniques

Terry McKenna
Instructor, Guitar and Guitar Techniques

Ron Schirm
Instructor, Trombone Techniques 

Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion

Nina Brickman
Instructor, French Horn

Dave Campion
Instructor, Percussion

Brennan Connolly
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Instructor, Percussion

Derek Conrod
Instructor, French Horn

Ross Edwards
Instructor, Clarinet

Guy Few
Instructor, Trumpet

Amy Hamilton
Professor, Flute
Coordinator of Winds, Brass and Percussion

Graham Mackenzie
Instructor, Oboe

Jane Maness
Instructor, Tuba and Euphonium

Katherine Robertson
Instructor, French Horn

Peter Shackleton
Instructor, Clarinet

Rachel Thomas
Instructor, Trombone

Dave Wiffen
Instructor, Saxophone

Voice

Kimberly Barber
Professor, Voice
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (external)
Administrative Coordinator, Opera

Marianne Bindig
Instructor, Voice

Daniel Cabena
Instructor, Voice

Shannon Coates
Instructor, Voice Pedagogy

Leslie Fagan
Assistant Professor, Voice
Coordinator, Voice

Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice

Chad Louwerse
Instructor, Voice  

James McLean
Instructor, Voice

Jennie Such
Instructor, Voice