Spotlight on alumni

previousnext

Creating a better world

In Fine Arts, we believe our alumni are some of our greatest assets. Who better than our own 8,000-plus graduates to exemplify the kind of creative difference we can make in the world?

With that in mind, both the Department of Theatre and the School of Music host alumni showcases each year, bringing recent graduates back to campus to showcase where their studies have taken them and share those experiences with current students.

Phoenix Theatre

Since 2002, Theatre has presented a diverse and exciting annual Spotlight on Alumni, offering performances by some of their top graduates.

• One-Man Marathon, The Slipknot, Burnt Tongue - 2016-17 50th Anniversary Season
• Loon with Kate Braidwood’s The Wonderheads
• The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe with Kaitlin Williams & Mack Gordon
• Kitt & Jane featuring Ingrid Hansen & Kathleen Greenfield
• The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel with Peter Carlone & Chris Wilson
• Love Kills with Clayton Jevne, Cam Culham & Marina Lagacé
• Death of a Clown with Itsazoo Productions (Sebastien Archibald & Chelsea Haberlin)
• The Josephine Knot with Meg Braem   
• Legoland with Celine Stubel, Amitai Marmorstein & Britt Small
• The Ugly Duchess with Janet Munsil & Paul Terry
• The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy with Charles Ross
• Famous Puppet Death Scenes with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
• Hippies and Bolsheviks with Amiel Gldstone
• The Fever with Meg Roe
• The Slip Knot with TJ Dawe

School of Music

The School of Music offers both an Alumni Series and the Emerging Artists Alumni series, allowing graduates in various stages of their careers the opportunity to present a mainstage concert. For emerging artists, not only does this allow practical experience in developing, mounting, and promoting a concert at a fraction of the price it would normally cost, but it also offers current students a glimpse into that nebulous “what happens next?” aspect of their careers.

Alumni Series

• Emily Carr String Quartet (featuring violist Mieka Michaux & cellist Alasdair Money)
• Duo526 (violinist Kerry DuWors & pianist Futaba Niekawa)
• Country roots duo Twin Kennedy (Carli & Julie Kennedy)
• Victoria Guitar Trio (Adrian Verdejo, Michael Dias & Bradford Werner)

Emerging Artists Alumni Series

• Violist Sarah Tradewell
• Composer Justin Boechler (performed by Alexei Paish, Kimberley Shepherd & Anna Shill plus the Proteus Saxophone Quartet)
• Chamber-folk band West My Friend (Eden Oliver, Jeff Poynter & Alex Rempel)
• Fiddler duo Hale & Hearty (Rachel Capon & Eli Bender)
• Trio Dolce (Laine Longton, Clare Yuan & Shawn Earle)

Guest speakers

Alumni are also actively engaged as visiting lecturers and guest speakers in our departments of Writing, Visual Arts, and Art History & Visual Studies, where long-running showcases like Open Word: Readings & Ideas, the Visiting Artist series, and symposiums like Visual Impetus offer students a chance to connect with and benefit from the lived experience of some of our top graduates.

You’ll even find a number of award-winning alumni on faculty here, like painter Robert Youds (Visual Arts), playwright Joan MacLeod (Writing), composer Christopher Butterfield (Music), art historian Dennine Dudley (Art History & Visual Studies), and director Peter McGuire (Theatre). 

Stay involved

As a member of our extended Fine Arts community, there are a number of ways you can stay involved with us and help the next generation of artists and scholars succeed:

• Organize or get involved with an alumni chapter in your department
• Attend our performances and exhibitions
• Provide mentorship for current students
• Engage with our social networks
• Create co-op opportunities in your workplace
• Support a student award, student research, or our programs with a personal gift