Vocalist Leah Harris will front a 20-piece big band during the University Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert, Friday, December 2, at Banwell Community Church.
Director Bob Fazecash will lead the ensemble through a selection of charts that spans the gamut of the genre.
Harris is in her fourth year of music studies at the University of Windsor. In addition to performing with the Detroit band Foundation of Funk, she plays in Windsor with a jazz trio and as a solo act.
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The University of Windsor Board of Governors voted Tuesday to move the School of Social Work and the Centre for Executive and Professional Education (CEPE) to the Windsor Star property at the corner of Pitt and Ferry streets in downtown Windsor.
The board approved the purchase of the property after reviewing a feasibility study by CS&P Architects to reimagine the property for the University’s use. UWindsor President Alan Wildeman announced the decision Wednesday during his keynote address at the annual general meeting of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce.
The School of Music is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two free tickets to the University Wind Ensemble’s fall concert, Friday, November 25, at 7:30 p.m., in Assumption University Chapel.
Admission is $15, with a student rate of $5. Order tickets by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212, or purchase online at www.uwindsor.ca/music. Tickets also available at the door. Find more information on the music Web site.
Lights, excitement and culture are on offer Friday as the International Student Society presents the Festival of Lights, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre Commons.
The event is a multicultural celebration, featuring music and dance performances, as well as food and drink from many lands.
“It is this time of the year that every student feels explicitly grateful for being part of one of the more diverse campuses in North America,” says Shruthi Kubatur, the society’s vice-president administration.
Zebra mussels, round gobies and other invasive species have been living in the Great Lakes and other inland Canadian waters for years now, but could soon spread to the Canadian Arctic according to a leading conservation ecologist and expert on the subject.
The University’s 2010/11 Annual Report, presented Tuesday to the Board of Governors, sets out progress on each of the five priorities identified in its strategic plan.
President Alan Wildeman said it tells stories about the wonderful accomplishments of students, faculty and staff in moving the institution forward, while including hard numbers to indicate performance, such as enrolment levels and financial statements.
Helping students to realize their own capabilities and potential for leadership is key to her teaching, says Martha Reavley.
That commitment won the associate professor of management in the Odette School of Business recognition from graduates. She will receive the Excellence in Mentoring Award from the University of Windsor Alumni Association at its annual general meeting, today at 5 p.m. in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium.
Flutist Jonathan Bayley will take centre stage for Stephen Bulla’s Rhapsody for Flute during the University Wind Ensemble’s fall concert, Friday, November 25.
Dr. Bayley is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education and a former director of the School of Music. He taught flute at Alberta College Conservatory of Music for 15 years.
The ensemble, directed by Ric Moor, will perform a program that ranges from spirituals to military music, from pop to classical works. It includes a composition by UWindsor alumna Shelley Marwood titled “On a Whim.”
The two were among 7,000 runners who will recreate the Canadian segment of Rick Hansen’s 1986 Man in Motion tour. This journey of more than 12,000 kilometres will visit over 600 communities and celebrate the achievements of everyday heroes.
