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Anna Ferenc
Acting Dean, Faculty of Music
Kimberly Barber
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - External
Professor, Voice
Coordinator, Opera
Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Internal
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Joshua Manuel
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean's Office
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Susan Brown (on leave)
Coordinator, Beckett School at Laurier
Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Instructor, Music Therapy
Renée Ellis
Senior Administrative Officer
Kathy Gauci
Academic Advisor and Auditions Coordinator
John Hergel
Performance Facilities Manager
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Mieke Kanmacher
Outreach and Student Recruitment Coordinator
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
Danny McAfee
Piano Technician
Naveed Kanji
Financial Analyst
Colin Labadie
Assistant Professor, Composition
Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation, Musicianship III and Musicianship IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Cameron McKittrick
Instructor, Composition and Music and New Technology
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques, Community Music Foundations and Leadership & Facilitation in CM Contexts
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Colin Labadie
Assistant Professor, Composition
Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation, Musicianship III and Musicianship IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Voice Techniques and Introduction to Community Music
Chad Louwerse
Instructor, Voice and Community Music Class Voice
Stas Omelchenko
Instructor, Songwriting and Song Analysis
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musicianship I, Musicianship II, Theory I and Theory II
Brent Rowan
Director, Community Music Ensemble
Mariette Stephenson
Instructor, Class Guitar
Jason White
Instructor, Community Music 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
Music and its Contexts and Musical Cultures
Director, Community Music Ensemble (year 2)
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques, Community Music Foundations and Leadership & Facilitation in CM Contexts
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Elvera Froese
Coach-Accompanist, Voice
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers
Jessica Kun
Associate Professor
Conducting I and Orchestration
Director, Wind Orchestra
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation, Musicianship III and Musicianship IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Instructor, Introduction to Elementary Music Education
Director, Concert Choir
Coordinator, Choirs
Kira Omelchenko
Associate Professor
Conducting II and Orchestral Literature
Director, Symphony Orchestra
Brent Rowan
Director, Community Music Ensemble (years 1, 3 and 4)
Ron Schirm
Director, Jazz Ensemble
John Wiens
Director, Laurier Singers
Lee Willingham
Professor, Music Education
Director, Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
Coordinator, Music Education
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Community Music
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Instructor, Introduction to Elementary Music Education
Director, Concert Choir
Coordinator, Choirs
Eva Branda
Instructor, Music History I, Music History II and Contemporary Music Since 1975
Annette Chretien
Instructor, Music of the World
Anna Ferenc
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (internal)
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Brent Hagerman
Instructor, History of Rock Music
Charles Morrison
Professor, Music Theory
Coordinator, Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis (Fall 2020)
Carolyn Mullin
Instructor, Post-tonal Analysis
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musicianship I, Musicianship II, Theory I and Theory II
Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music (internal)
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Kirsten Yri
Associate Professor, Musicology
Coordinator, Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis (Winter 2021)
Gerard Yun
Assistant Professor, Community Music
Music and its Contexts and Musical Cultures
Director, Community Music Ensemble (year 2)
Carol Bauman
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III and IV
Terry Kroetsch
Instructor, Piano, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III, IV, V and VI
Trevor Wagler
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III and IV
Miya Adout
Music Therapy Supervisor
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
SarahRose Black
Music Therapy Supervisor
Jeffrey Burton
Music Therapy Supervisor
Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Music Therapy Supervisor
Erin Clark
Music Therapy Supervisor
Amy Clements-Cortés
Instructor, Principles of Music Therapy, Medical Music Therapy and 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
Sara Klinck
Music Therapy Supervisor
Andrea Lamont
Instructor, Music Psychotherapy Assessment, Foundations of Music Psychotherapy, Music Psychotherapy Techniques and Interventions
Music Therapy Supervisor
Rachel Ntambwe
Music Therapy Supervisor
Elizabeth Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Music Therapy
Coordinator, Bachelor of Music Therapy
Mary Parkinson
Music Therapy Supervisor
Sarah Pearson
Music Therapy Supervisor
Adrienne Pringle
Music Therapy Supervisor
Christina Weldon
Music Therapy Supervisor
Rebecca Worden
Music Therapy Supervisor
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques, Community Music Foundations and Leadership & Facilitation in CM Contexts
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Michael Kearns
Instructor, Trombone Techniques
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Voice Techniques and Introduction to Community Music
Jane Maness
Instructor, Tuba, Euphonium and Tuba Techniques
Matthew Rait
Instructor, Guitar Techniques
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