Brandon University will be forced to make cuts and raise tuition fees in the wake of a 0.9% decrease in its provincial operating grant. A 15% cut to senior administration will make it possible to help preserve faculty positions as well as front-line staff, with a continuing priority on the student experience and student educational needs.
Month: March 2018
BRANDON – The past and present Brandon University’s (BU’s) jazz program will be centre stage at this year’s Brandon Jazz Festival.
With Brandon University celebrating its 50th year since receiving its charter, and the BU jazz program marking its 15th anniversary, School of Music professor Michael Cain and his band, Sola, will be among the featured performers at the Festival, which will take place from March 15 to 17. The Festival is marking its own milestone this year as well, having been founded 35 years ago.
“This is the first time since the Brandon Jazz Festival began in 1983 that BU faculty, students and alumni have been featured so prominently,” said Greg Gatien, Dean of Music at BU. “Along with providing an excellent opportunity for school-aged musicians to learn and perform, we’re fortunate to be able to see many top-flight jazz performers on stage right here in Brandon through this Festival.
BRANDON – What is meaning? Why does it matter?
BRANDON — Modern interpretation of traditional songs took centre stage at a special concert to showcase Métis songcraft. The concert, “From Paris to the Prairies,” was arranged by Brandon University Professor Emerita Dr. Lynn Whidden, an ethnomusicologist whose teaching has helped to maintain local Indigenous traditions.
Members of the Enactus club at Brandon University (BU) have received acclaim for their food security project, Green Futures.
The BU students have been named 2018 Scotiabank EcoLiving Green Challenge Regional Champions for their work on the community garden project.
BRANDON – Brandon University (BU) will mark International Women’s Day by recognizing 15 outstanding female students.
The students were nominated by BU faculty and staff for their accomplishments and contributions academically and in the community.
Elizabeth Grant is the founding director of the Brandon Conservatory Chorale
BRANDON – Raise your voices and come together, anyone who has sung as part of the Brandon Conservatory Chorale: There’s a special reunion planned this spring for all members, past and present, to honour founding director Elizabeth Grant.
“The Conservatory Chorale is one of Brandon’s gems, and it is absolutely inseparable from Liz Grant, who has poured so much heart and devotion into it over the decades,” said Heidi Howarth, who is organizing the reunion.
BRANDON – The Brandon University (BU) Orchestra, Concert Choir, Chorale and Symphonic Band will be joined by students from local high schools to perform music by BU Professor T. Patrick Carrabré at a special concert on Sunday, March 4 at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium (WMCA).
Honouring Carrabré’s significant contribution to Canadian music, 25 years at Brandon University and his 60th birthday, the program will include a number of works that have never been performed for local audiences.