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CM Spark 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.
CM Spark December 2024: New PD sessions for CM practitioners and researchers in 2025; research spotlight on Dr. Lee Higgins (York St. Johns, UK)
CM Spark 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).
CM Spark 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.
CM Spark 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.