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Cynthia Johnston Turner
Dean, Faculty of Music
Kimberly Barber
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - External Affairs, Partnerships and Graduate Studies
Professor, Voice
Administrative Coordinator, Opera
Kira Omelchenko
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Performance and Recruitment
Associate Professor
Director, Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Planning and Curriculum
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Michelle Corbett
Senior Administrative Officer
Andrew Mellanby
Manager, Facilities Operations
Justine MacNeil
Administrative Manager
Nick Bastian
Technical Coordinator, Performance Facilities
Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Instructor, Principles of Music Therapy, CM Principles and Practices
Music Therapy Supervisor
Kathy Gauci
Academic Advisor and Auditions Coordinator
Mieke Kanmacher
Outreach and Student Recruitment Coordinator
Mathew Kensett
Technical Director, Performance Facilities
Jessica Khan
Operations Coordinator, Laurier Academy of Music and Arts
Rebekah Jordan-Miller
Director, Laurier Academy of Music and Arts
Instructor, Advanced Clinical Musicianship
Danny McAfee
Piano Technician
Malinga Perera Maddumage
Financial Analyst
Beth Ann de Sousa
Coach-Accompanist, Strings and Winds
Kate Carver
Music Director, Opera
Resident Conductor/Music Director, Opera
Elvera Froese
Coach-Accompanist, Voice and Opera
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers
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, Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music, Structure in Popular Music, Class Guitar, Songwriting and Song Analysis
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation I, Musicianship III/IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Cameron McKittrick
Instructor, Music and New Technology, Electro-Acoustic Music
Deanna Yerichuk
Assistant Professor, Community Music
Coordinator, Bachelor of Music in Community Music
Lee Willingham
Professor, Music Education
Director, Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
Coordinator, Music Education
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Community Music
Emily Carruthers
Experiential Placements Coordinator
Instructor, Leadership & Facilitation in CM Contexts, CM Principles & Practices
Music Therapy Supervisor
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Karen Cyrus
Assistant Professor, Musicology, Community Music
Maria Kouznetsova
Instructor, Managing an Arts Centred Career
Colin Labadie
Instructor, Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music, Structure in Popular Music, Class Guitar, Songwriting and Song Analysis
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation I, Musicianship III/IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Class Voice
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musicianship I/II, Theory I/II
Jason White
Instructor, Class Keyboard
Gerard Yun
Assistant Professor, Community Music
Director, Convergence/Laurier Singers
Coordinator, Choirs
Kate Carver
Music Director, Opera
Resident Conductor/Music Director, Opera
Colin Clarke
Director, Wind Orchestra (Fall term)
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Elvera Froese
Coach-Accompanist, Voice
Director, Maureen Forrester Singers
Amanda Kind
Director, Vox
Jessica Kun (on sabbatical)
Associate Professor
Director, Wind Orchestra
Kathryn Ladano
Instructor, Improvisation I, Musicianship III/IV
Director, Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Instructor, Introduction to Elementary Music Education
Director, Concert Choir
Kira Omelchenko
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Performance and Recruitment
Associate Professor
Director, Symphony Orchestra
Ronald Schirm
Director, Jazz Ensemble
LaToya Webb
Assistant Professor, Director of Laurier Wind Orchestra
Coordinator, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Gerard Yun
Assistant Professor, Community Music
Director, Convergence/Laurier Singers
Coordinator, Choirs
Anya Alexeyev
Associate Professor, Piano
Coordinator, Keyboard
Joseph Ferretti
Instructor, Piano
Cynthia Hiebert
Instructor, Harpsichord
Elaine Lau
Instructor, Piano
Anna Ronai
Coach-Accompanist, Voice and Opera
Instructor, Introduction to Accompanying and Keyboard Skills
Marnie Van Weelden
Instructor, Piano
Lee Willingham
Professor, Music Education
Director, Laurier Centre for Music in the Community
Coordinator, Music Education
Coordinator, Master of Arts in Community Music
Ron Cohen Mann
Instructor, Oboe, Oboe Techniques
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Michael Kearns
Instructor, Trombone Techniques
Cynthia Kinnunen
Instructor, Elementary Techniques
Jane Maness
Instructor, Tuba/Euphonium, Tuba Techniques
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
Instructor, Introduction to Elementary Music Education
Director, Concert Choir
Mariette Stephenson
Instructor, Guitar Techniques I/II
Dave Wiffen
Instructor, Saxophone, Saxophone Techniques
Kirsten Yri
Associate Professor, Musicology
Coordinator, Music History, Theory and Critical Analysis (Winter 2021)
Eva Branda
Instructor, Music History I, Music History II and Contemporary Music Since 1975
Daniel Cabena
Instructor, Voice, Music in the Baroque Period, Vocal Pedagogy
Karen Cyrus
Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology, Community Music
Anna Ferenc
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Brent Hagerman
Instructor, History of Rock Music
Linda Kash
Instructor, Stand and Deliver! Power in Performance and Public Speech
Terry Kroetsch
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab II, V, VI
Terry Paynter
Instructor, Musical Skills I/II, Musicianship I/II, Theory I/II
Daniel Ramjattan
Instructor, Guitar, Music Performance Anxiety & Skill
Kevin Swinden
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - Planning and Curriculum
Associate Professor, Music Theory
Trevor Wagler
Instructor, Musical Skills Lab I, II, III, IV
Elizabeth Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Music Therapy
Coordinator, Bachelor of Music Therapy
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, Leadership & Facilitation in CM Contexts, CM Principles & Practices
Music Therapy Supervisor
Amy Clements-Cortés
Instructor, Principles of Music Therapy
Music Therapy Supervisor
Linda Gambell
Music Therapy Supervisor
Melissa Jessop
Music Therapy Supervisor
Rebekah Jordan-Miller
Instructor, Clinical Improvisation II
Eunice Kang
Instructor, Medical Music Therapy
Sara Klinck
Instructor, Music Therapy Theory and Research, Clinical Improvisation I: Song-writing in Music Psychotherapy, Clinical Improvisation III: Compositional Applications in Music Psychotherapy
Music Therapy Supervisor
Demian Kogutek
Assistant Professor, Music Therapy
Andrea Lamont
Instructor, Safe and Effective Use of Self in Music Psychotherapy Settings, Foundations of Music Psychotherapy, Case Studies in Music Psychotherapy
Music Therapy Supervisor
Adrienne Pringle
Music Therapy Supervisor
Priya Shah
Instructor, MPT, Diversity & Social Justice, Clinical MPT Skills IV: Verbal Counselling
Music Therapy Supervisor
Christina Weldon
Music Therapy Supervisor
Jerzy Kaplanek
Professor, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Coordinator, Strings and QuartetFest
Jeremy Bell
Artist-in-Residence, Violin, Strings and Chamber Music
Member of the Penderecki String Quartet
Lina Cao
Instructor, Guzheng
Lori Gemmell
Instructor, Harp
Kevin Ramessar
Instructor, Guitar (Community Music)
Daniel Ramjattan
Instructor, Guitar, Music Performance Anxiety & Skills
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
Ian Whitman
Instructor, Double Bass
LaToya Webb
Assistant Professor, Director of Laurier Wind Orchestra
Coordinator, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion
Dave Campion
Instructor, Percussion
Ron Cohen Mann
Instructor, Oboe, Oboe Techniques
Brennan Connolly
Instructor, Percussion, Class Drumming, Percussion Techniques
Director, Percussion Ensemble
Derek Conrod
Instructor, French Horn
Ross Edwards
Instructor, Clarinet
Guy Few
Instructor, Trumpet
Kathleen McLean
Musician in Residence, Bassoon
Leslie Newman
Instructor, Flute
Katherine Robertson
Instructor, French Horn
Peter Shackleton
Instructor, Clarinet
Laurel Swinden
Instructor, Flute
Rachel Thomas
Instructor, Trombone
Dave Wiffen
Instructor, Saxophone
Leslie Fagan
Assistant Professor, Voice
Coordinator, Voice
Kimberly Barber
Associate Dean, Faculty of Music - External Affairs, Partnerships and Graduate Studies
Professor, Voice
Administrative Coordinator, Opera
Amanda Brunk
Instructor, Contemporary Voice (Community Music)
Daniel Cabena
Instructor, Voice, Music in the Baroque Period, Vocal Pedagogy
Brandon Leis
Instructor, Voice, Class Voice
Elizabeth Lepock
Instructor, Vocal Pedagogy
James McLean
Instructor, Voice
Jennie Such
Instructor, Voice