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Community Music Updates is our monthly newsletter, delivered right to your inbox. Each newsletter features research spotlights, upcoming events, and community music research news. Laurier Centre for Music in the Community (LCMC) members can submit their publications, events, workshops, and news to be included in the newsletter by emailing lcmc@wlu.ca.
- January 2026: Report on Accompaniment Summit and hosting Music from Hope; new documentary on Circle of Music releases the trailer; Advisory Board member Sam Nabi recognized for his work on One Million Neighbours.
- February 2026: Participatory Creative Music Projects: Last Call; PD Session 3: Diversifying Your Participatory Music Career; Article: PCM Practice.
- April 2026: Let's Play Together; Save the Date: Celebrating Community Music at Laurier; Community Music Conference: Registrations Open; Article.
- May 2026: Celebrating Community Music at Laurier and Virtual PD: Participatory Music as Social Entrepreneurship.
- January 2025: The Circle of Music Intergenerational Choir announced their grant of $35,950. LCMC’s virtual panel on Ghanaian drum music showed immense success.
- February 2025: LCMC gets funding for a Participatory Music Network; Research spotlight on hip hop artist and community organizer Sam Nabi, and two upcoming events: panel on Ghanaian drum music, and research talk on Indigenous-settler community music spaces by Katie Tremblay.
- March 2025: LCMC hosts Kehewin Native Dance Theatre (Alberta) for a video screening and artist talk back.
- April 2025: Announcing LCMC's new web site, and a spotlight on Dr. Andrea Creech, focusing on artistic citizenship and lifelong learning.
- May 2025: LCMC to co-host the 2026 Community Music Activity Commission Seminar, Research Fellows Karen Cyrus, Mary Cohen, and Mariette Stephenson have works highlighted; Fundraiser for The Lullaby Project with the Kitchener Public Library.
- Summer 2025: LCMC hosts Queer Quoir! Quoir! Quoir! on July 26; Research Fellow Sara Geidlinger's film is shortlisted for best documentary feature; research spotlight on Dr. Gillian Howell.
- September 2025: Virtual PD session on beginning community music projects (Sep 25), CFP for 2026 Conference; Research spotlight on Dr. Kathleen Turner (World Irish Academy of Music and Dance/University of Limerick).
- October 2025: Virtual PD session on cultivating portfolio careers with participatory music (Nov 20); joint reading group with International Centre for Community Music; CFP for Community Music Activities Commission 2026 conference.
- November 2025: Virtual PD Session on cultivating portfolio careers; 3-minute research talks; Later-life learning and participation book launch.
- December 2025: Message from director Deanna Yerichuk; Music from Hope worshop Jan 9; Special joint event at University of Guelph; book review.
- September 2024: LCMC Academics: Dr. Lee Willingham, Gerard Yun, and Deanna Yerichuk presented at the Community Music Activity Commission Seminar. Project spotlight highlights Sara Geidlinger’s MA thesis Hip Hop Hope: Underground Rhythms and Anti-racism in Waterloo Region.
- October 2024: LCMC Community Research Fellow Dr. Phil Mullen visits Laurier Nov 5-6. Research spotlight on LCMC Community Research Fellow, Bev Foster, showcases her work on the Music Care certification program and the upcoming Music Care Conference.
- November 2024: Screening and panel discussion for Temple of Love: The Erroll Starr Story. Highlighted in the research spotlight is Dr. Debbie Lou Ludolph’s work on her choir, Inshallah, and her songbooks: Sing the Circle Wide (2016) and Sing the Journey Deep (2024).
- December 2024: New PD sessions for CM practitioners and researchers in 2025; research spotlight on Dr. Lee Higgins (York St. Johns, UK).
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