NEWS
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Dr. Darren Hamilton is appointed Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.
Read the official appointment announcement here:
Monday, August 14, 2023
Dr. Darren Hamilton is partnering with Steve Giddings, author and owner of Steve's Room Music Publishing, to co-edit a new music education book project, tentatively titled, The Why and How of Popular Music Education: A Canadian Perspective.
Music education practitioners and researchers with experience teaching popular music in school or higher learning settings are invited to submit a proposal for a book chapter.
The submission deadline is:
Friday, December 22, 2023.
For more information or to submit a proposal, visit:
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Brampton Guardian publishes an article on Darren Hamilton winning the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the article here:
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Western News publishes article on alum, Darren Hamilton, winning the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the article here:
https://news.westernu.ca/2022/05/western-alum-uses-music-education-to-teach-social-justice/
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Western University's Faculty of Music congratulates Darren Hamilton on winning the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the article here:
https://music.uwo.ca/news/2022/darren-hamilton-musicounts-teacher-of-the-year.html
Monday, May 16, 2022
Darren Hamilton is announced as the recipient of 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the press release here:
https://musicounts.ca/en/posts/darren-hamilton-is-the-2022-musicounts-teacher-of-the-year/
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in an interview with CBC Here and Now highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Watch the interview here:
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in an interview with Rudy Blair Entertainment Media highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Watch the interview here:
Friday, April 22, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in a MusiCounts article highlighting the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Nominees.
Read the article here:
https://musicounts.ca/en/posts/get-to-know-the-2022-musicounts-teacher-of-the-year-nominees/
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in a City News Kitchener article highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the article here:
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in a Global News Weekend interview and article highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Watch and read the news report here:
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in a SiriusXM interview with Dahlia Kurtz highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Listen to the interview here:
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in a Harlton Empire article highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the article here:
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Darren Hamilton is featured in a Brampton Guardian article highlighting his nomination for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year JUNO Award.
Read the article here:
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Darren Hamilton has been selected as a nominee for the prestigious 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award.
The winner of the award will be announced at the 2022 JUNO Awards on May 15, 2022.
Read the full press release here:
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
MusiCounts launches new resource for Black History Month called #BlackMusicMatters: Hip-Hop & Social Justice in Canada. This free resource was co-written by Darren Hamilton and inspired by his recent publications in the Canadian Music Educator's journal.
To access the resource, visit:
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Darren Hamilton is featured in a recent article highlighting the judges for the 2021 CBC Canadian Music Class Challenge.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Darren Hamilton is featured in a recent article highlighting panelists at MusiCounts' town hall events in Fall 2020. The article is titled "Improving, Engaging & Growing: Music Education Through Covid-19" and is published in the Canadian Musician magazine.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Darren Hamilton is featured in a recent news article highlighting a gospel music workshop he conducted at Conrad Grebel University College - University of Waterloo.
Article Link:
https://uwaterloo.ca/music/news/learning-unique-music-traditions
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Darren Hamilton and Waterloo Region Mass Choir are featured in a recent news article highlighting their upcoming performance with the KW Symphony at Yuletide Spectacular.
Article Link:
https://observerxtra.com/2019/12/12/christmas-is-definitely-a-spectacle-in-this-show/
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Darren Hamilton and Waterloo Region Mass Choir are featured in a recent news article highlighting their upcoming performance with the KW Symphony at Yuletide Spectacular.
Article Link:
https://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/9751504-yuletide-spectacular-at-kitchener-s-centre-in-the-square-gets-gospel-boost/?utm_source=facebook&source=waterloo%20region%20record&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=&utm_campaign_id=&utm_content=
Friday, March 22, 2019
Darren Hamilton and Waterloo Region Mass Choir was mentioned in a CBC News article highlighting their involvement in the Hymn To Freedom live recording project.
Article Link:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/hymn-to-freedom-oscar-peterson-waterloo-1.5065866
Darren Hamilton appears as Conductor of the PowerUp Chorale on the newly released PowerUp Gospel Live album, a celebration of the 15th anniversary of the PowerUp Gospel Music Workshop.
Visit the PowerUp online store to order your copy today!