For upcoming guest artists and scholars, visit our events calendar.

Previous Guest Artists and Scholars

January 30, 2026
Quasar Saxophone Quartet (QC)
Composer workshop, Guest artists at the Newfound Music Festival

January 28, 2026
Dr. Greg Bruce
Contemporary Improvisation Workshop, Newfound Music Festival

January 19, 2026
Zoë Martin-Doike (Iris Trio; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Violin/Viola Masterclass

January 19, 2026
Shannon Litzenberger, choreographer
Growing Your Ensemble Practice workshop

January 16, 2026
Steve Cowan (Instructor, McGill University)
Guitar Masterclass, Guest speaker in “Career Skills”

December 5, 2025
Claire de Sévigné, soprano; Tessa Fackelmann, mezzosoprano; Angelo Moretti, tenor; Philip Addis, baritone
Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra’s Gardner Series Masterclass

November 24-29, 2025
Kenley Kristofferson, guest composer, Wind Ensemble

October 30, 2025
Tatiana Parra, vocalist
Jazz vocal clinic

October 30, 2025
Rogerio Boccato, drums
Jazz rhythm clinic

October 10, 2025
Linda Ruan, piano
Piano masterclass

October 8, 2025
James Hurley, pianist and composer; Dr. Kyla Bruff (Carleton University)
“Music Beyond Entertainment: An Adorno-Inspired Critique of Passive Listening with Piano-Accompanied Reflection”

October 3-5, 2025
Dr. Jacquie Dawson (University of Manitoba)
Guest conductor, Wind Conducting Workshop

October 2, 2025
Adrian Vedady, bass; Lucas Pino, tenor sax; Jay Sawyer, drums
Jazz clinics

September 22, 2025
Dr. Andrée Martin
Musician's Body Mapping Workshop; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshop

September 22, 2025
Adam Cicchillitti, guitar
Guitar Masterclass

September 2025
Zoë Vallée, soprano
Voice Masterclass

Sept 6-7, 2025
Łukasz Kuropaczewski, guitar
Guitar Concert and Masterclass

March 11, 2025
American Brass Quintet
Chamber Music Masterclass; Q&A session; Brass Masterclass

January 13, 2025
Anna Petrova (Iris Trio)
Piano Masterclass

January 13, 2025
Zoë Martin-Doike (Iris Trio; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Violin/Viola Masterclass

January 14, 2025
Zoë Martin-Doike (Iris Trio; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Anna Petrova (Iris Trio), Don McKay (poet)
Guest speakers in “Music and Ecology”

January 14, 2025
Zoë Martin-Doike (Iris Trio; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Anna Petrova (Iris Trio)
Guest speakers in “Applied Performance Psychology”

January 2025
Kirsti Mikoda, theatre artist
Fight Choreography workshop with MUN Opera Workshop

January 15, 2025
Jarred Dunn, piano
Presentation, Performance, and Piano Masterclass

January 17, 2025
Davide DiRenzo, drums
Clinic with Jazz Orchestra

January 18-19, 2025
René Izquierdo, Guitar
Concert and Guitar Masterclass

January 30-31, 2025
Megumi Masaki and Keith Hamel
Special Guests at the Newfound Music Festival

March 10-14, 2025
Dr. Kim Perlak (Chair of Guitar Department, Berklee College of Music)
Guitar Masterclass, Private Lessons, Guest Speaker in “Career Skills”

March 17-19, 2025
Alex Shapiro, composer
Composer-in-Residence with the Wind Ensemble

Prior to 2025:

• James Hurley, pianist and composer 
• Dean Power, tenor
• Tracy Dahl, soprano, Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba 
• Monica Huisman, soprano, Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba
• Minna Rose Chung, cello, Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba
• Laura Loewen, piano, Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba
• Deantha Edmunds, soprano
• Dale Kavanagh, guitar
• Leslie Dala, conductor
• Mark Fewer, violin
• Aiyun Huang, percusion
• Cait Nishimura, composer
• Amy Hillis, violin
• Amahl Arulanandam, cello
• Bryan Holt, cello
• Ben Heppner, tenor
• Edwin Huizinga, violin
• Remy Le Boeuf, saxophonist and composer
• Peter Kronreif, drums
• Laila Biali, singer-songwriter
• Aria Umezawa, stage director, producer, and writer
• Mike Murley, saxophone
• Ian Froman, drums, Berklee College of Music
• Marianne Trudel, pianist, composer, improvisor, and arranger
• Sarah Albu, singer, composer, multidisciplinary artist
• Bryan Cheng, cello
• Meredith Johnson, cello
• Shannon Litzenberger, dancer, choreographer
• Dr. Minnita Daniel-Cox, Associate Professor of Voice and Coordinator of the Voice Area at the University of Dayton, Ohio
• Dr. Marcía Porter, Professor of Voice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Keith Pike, musical theatre, Artistic Director of Theatre St. John's 
• Nathalie Doucet, Head of Music and Head of the Resident Artist Program at Michigan Opera Theatre - Detroit Opera House 
• Suzanne Rigden, Canadian coloratura based in Germany and MUN alumna
• Ian Cusson, inaugural Carrefour Composer in Residence with the National Arts Centre Orchestra
• Lester Lynch, internationally reknowned dramatic baritone
• Cody Weisbach, Doctor of Physical Therapy and founder of Musician's Maintenance
• Angela Pickett, violist of Sybarite5 and The Overlook Quartet and MUN alumna
• Brian Dean Williams, therapist and workshop facilitator with a background in social activism, cultural anthropology, and community organizing
• Darryl Taylor, countertenor and founder of the African American Art Song Alliance
• Elliot Madore, award-winning baritone
• Nathalie Doucet, internationally renowned vocal coach 
• Jon Maharaj, jazz bassist
• Megan Durham, Managing Mood and Stress in our Singing
• Dawn Avery, composer, cellist, vocalist, educator
• Peter Gall, jazz drummer
• Andrew Scott, jazz guitarist
• Tracy Dahl, Canada’s premiere coloratura soprano
• Christine Jensen, saxophonist
• Sonya Baker, Professor of Voice at James Madison University
• Shannon Barnett, Trombonist
• Erika Switzer, collaborative pianist 
• LaToya Andriel Lain, singer and faculty member at the University of North Carolina
• Mark Morash, conductor and pianist
• Cayenne Harris, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement for the University Musical Society (UMS) at the University of Michigan
• Éric Charbonneau, Vocal Coach and Music Director