Lee Willingham
Professor, Faculty of Music
Wilfrid Laurier University
About Lee Willingham
Dr. Lee Willingham is Professor of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he coordinates the music education program as well as the MA and PhD programs in Community Music. Since joining Laurier in 2004, he has balanced research, writing, and performance, conducting the Laurier Singers Chamber Choir and guest conducting ensembles across Canada and internationally, including the Budapest Central Choir and the Saskatchewan Honour Choir.
With over four decades of leadership in music education, Dr. Willingham has served as a public high school music department head, curriculum coordinator for the Scarborough Board of Education, and faculty member at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto). His research explores music education reform, community music practices, and equity and inclusion in academic contexts.
He is the author and editor of numerous publications, including Community Music at the Boundaries (WLU Press, 2021) and Engaging in Community Music: An Introduction (Routledge, 2017). A past president and honorary life member of the Ontario Music Educators’ Association, he also serves on several boards, including the Grand Philharmonic Choir.
Events with Dr. Lee Willingham
Music Education – Transforming Children’s Lives
Across the planet, social initiatives rooted in the teaching of music have shown the powerful impact that this form of creative expression, collective engagement and personal development can have on...
SIMM Panel: Social and Community Music Projects and their Possible ‘Impacts’
If community music projects are to have genuine value, we need to challenge outmoded and romanticized narratives, many of which are rooted in paternalistic assumptions from the past. Presenter Dr....