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Congratulations to Chloe Shantz (Honours Music & English Literature - Intensive English Specialization, Creative Writing Specialization) on being this year’s recipient of the Departmental Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Music for the graduating class of 2025.

On behalf of the Department of Music, congratulations, Chloe, on your academic achievement and very best wishes from all of us!

We'll also miss you in chamber choir ensembles!

Congratulations to the dozen music students who are finishing their UWaterloo degrees.

The winners of the orchestra@uwaterloo Concerto & Aria Competition are:

1.  Bowei Zhang, piano.

2. Jacob Lee, piano.

Congratulations to Ellen Marguerite Siebel-Achenbach on receiving The Sandra Burt Prize in Gender and Social Justice for her project on “Sisters of Wisdom: Female Hymnists of the Middle Ages.” Ellen graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2023 with a double major in Visual Culture and Medieval Studies and minors in both Fine Arts Studio and Church Music and Worship (CMW). She recently finished her master's degree in Art History at the University of Toronto. 

Congratulations to Veronica Champagne (Honours Music) on being this year’s recipient of the Departmental Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Music for the graduating class of 2024.

On behalf of the Department of Music, congratulations, Veronica, on your academic achievement and very best wishes from all of us!

We'll also miss you in chamber choir ensembles!

The connection between music and math is well established, particularly in the Jazz Ensemble at UWaterloo.  Every term the ensemble reforms, with over 50% of the players coming from a Math field of study.  See article from Waterloo News, courtesy of Melodie Roschman and the Math faculty.  If you are interested in joining the Jazz Ensemble next term, here is the link: Jazz Ensemble

Congratulations to Leah Dau (Honours Music) on being this year’s recipient of the Departmental Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Music for the graduating class of 2023.

On behalf of the Department of Music, congratulations, Leah, on your academic achievement and very best wishes from all of us! 

We'll also miss you in our choral ensembles!

Learn the names of the three winners ...