Inspiring Minds is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience, and Western's 11 faculties.
Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferrable skills. Being able to communicate your research to broad, interdisciplinary and lay audiences -- both inside and outside academia -- is becoming an increasingly important skill for scholars of all levels.
Inspiring Minds seeks to help graduate students enhance this skill.
This non-competitive showcase highlights work by Master's and Doctoral students from all 11 of Western's faculties and schools.
The following series highlights all submissions received from the Don Wright Faculty of Music.Submissions from 2023
Two Australian Composers, Two Sonatas, Two Canadian Pianists, Ryan Baxter
The Role of Pronunciation in Billy Bragg’s Music, Mary Blake Bonn
Composing Music with Canadian Kids for Postpandemic Recovery, Fiona Evison
Painting with the Colours of the Voice: Exploring the Role of Timbre in Emotive Affect in Bel Canto Singing, Charmaine Iormetti Ms.
Interconnected Pathways on YouTube and Music Education: YouTubers and Their Stories, Donna Janowski
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization Strategies in the Canadian Music Industry, Rosheeka Parahoo
Improving Efficiency and Confidence through Mental Practice: A Guide for Music Educators, James Winchell
Submissions from 2022
Disrupting More than the Music: Reciprocal Care Relations in Community Music-Making during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fiona Evison
Yankee Doodle, Baba Yaga, and Politic: Nursery Rhymes during the Cold War, Ala Krivov
The Most Sublime Effects: Associative Orchestration in Wagner, Julie Anne Nord
Transference Music: for Electric Guitar Soloist and Amplified/Synthesized Orchestra, Andrew Noseworthy
Unraveling Authentic Representation: Equity, Identity and Race in Popular Music, Rosheeka Parahoo
Geeks Dance, Jiazhi Sun, Enzhong Jin, and Zhe Rao
Submissions from 2021
Moments Of Meeting: The Impact Of "Being Known" On The Inclusion Of Individuals With Disabilities In Musical Contexts, Caroline Blumer
Speak Up!: How Trauma Effects the Singing Voice, Siyuan Carter-Patkau and Mabel Wonnacott
Singing our stories: Experiencing a sense of community and developing self-empowerment in the Childless Voices Choir, Laura Curtis
How Do We Engage More Community Members in Active Music-Making?, Fiona Evison
Yankee Doodle, Baba Yaga, and Politics: Nursery Rhymes During the Cold War, Ala Krivov
Investigating the Operatic Oeuvre of Ana Sokolovic, Andrea M. Nolan
Transference Music: for Electric Guitar Soloist and Amplified/Synthesized Orchestra, Andrew Noseworthy
Overcoming barriers to equitable change: Identifying sociological and policy barriers that prevent teachers from employing equitable methods, Rhiannon L. Simpson