Music at Memorial

✨Student Summer Update✨

Check out what our students from YPC have been up too!

This summer, many alumni, current, and incoming students have worked hard putting on multiple musical productions with the Young People’s Company (YPC).

This year, YPC put on many shows, including Finding Nemo, and Mean Girls! During their time with YPC, students had the opportunity to work closely with those in the field to help them learn more about the behind the scenes of musical productions, while also getting to star in those very productions!

Bravi Tutti!

Alums:
Ciara Cheeks
Lucas White
Paige Sargent
Emily Pynn (Music Director, not pictured)

Current Students:
Ben Candow
Finley Cavanaugh
Lilly Pope
Kathryn Stamp
Noah Mercer (Technical Intern)

Incoming students:
Claire Simmons
Darcie Kelly

Only three conducting participant spots left for this year's MUN Wind Conducting Workshop!

Join Music at Memorial faculty Dr. Dylan Rook Maddix and this year’s guest faculty, Dr. Gillian MacKay, Director of Bands at the University of Toronto, for a weekend of growth in beautiful St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador!

To register visit https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScQaoqjgID.../viewform...

To learn more visit: https://www.mun.ca/music/events/wind-conducting-workshop/

Have questions? email MUN Director of Bands, Dr. Dylan Maddix at: [email protected]

✨ Student Summer Update✨

Fourth-year violinist and performance major Claire Boudreau has had an eventful summer across two continents!

Claire was in Orford for Orford Musique for a week in June, studying under Guillaume Sutre.

Next, she was in Vienna for three weeks in July for the Vienna Opera Festival (Wiener Festspiele) where she played Principal Second in Rigoletto and Assistant Concertmaster in The Marriage of Figaro and Carmen.

She then spent time in Paris to work on a photoshoot and interview with Marc Tunguz, and took a masterclass with Igor Volochine from the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

While back in Canada, she was filmed for an upcoming episode of Family Feud Canada!

Tune into Radio-Canada Nouvelle-Écosse/T.-N. on the morning of August 29th to hear an interview with Claire about her summer work as an Acadian musician and discussing her participation in Family Feud Canada.

Did you know that most of our ensembles are open to students across Memorial University and members of the community, including the MUN Wind Ensemble and MUN Concert Winds?

Find out how to join Memorial University Bands at the link in post below, or visit mun.ca/music/programs/ensembles to find out more about all of our ensembles.

✨Student Summer Update✨

Check out what Adriana has been up too!

Adriana Power, a 4th year voice student, had recently completed the BIIMA summer program in Breno, Italy. This program allowed her to perform opera ensemble scenes, arias, and classical sacred music for their local summer festival!

We are very proud that the 23rd edition of our Newfound Music Festival is nominated for Event of the Year at the upcoming 2026 MusicNL Awards! Thank you to Quasar quatuor de saxophones for being an integral part of last January's festival as our guest performers! 👏

Save the Date! The 2026 NL Provincial Honour Band will return on November 26-28, 2026! Stay tuned to the Newfoundland & Labrador Band Association page for audition and placement details in the coming weeks.

That’s a wrap on the first-ever MUN Instrumental Music Week! Hats off to all of the participants this week who jumped into a jam-packed week of learning, collaborating, and performing!

Here is just some of what happened this week:

🎺  Wind Ensemble rehearsals with Dr. Dylan Maddix.

 🎷 Jazz Orchestra rehearsals with Prof. Florian Hoefner.

🪈 Chamber Ensemble rehearsals

🎶 Masterclasses and sectional instruction from School of Music faculty and expert community musicians.

🥁 A Faculty Recital featuring various performances from the Instrumental Music Week faculty.

🎼 Theory workshops with Dr. Joe Argentino.

🎶 Daily seminars from School of Music faculty:
➡️ Overcoming Motivation Roadblocks with Dr. Christine Carter
➡️ Intro to Conducting with Dr. Dylan Maddix
➡️ Found Sound and Group Improvisation with Prof. Rob Power
➡️ Practice Hacks for all Musicians with Dr. Michelle Cheramy

🪊 AND a final performance featuring the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, and Chamber Ensembles!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this week a success! 💫

Auditions for the 2026–2027 CALOS Youth Orchestras take place on Wednesday, September 9! Find out more in the link in the post below.

🎻 Audition for the CALOS Youth Orchestras! 🎺

Auditions for the 2026–2027 CALOS Youth Orchestras take place on Wednesday, September 9!

Whether you're looking for your first orchestral experience or are ready to take the next step in your musical journey, CALOS has a place for you.

Visit calos.ca for more information https://calosmusic.ca/join/