Lee Willingham is our guest for episode 10 of What’s Your Forte’s Season Three!

Dr. Lee Willingham is the Professor of Music Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he runs the Music Education program, the Master of Arts program in Community Music and the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community. He co-authored the 2017 book “Engaging in Community Music, An Introduction” as well as the 2021 edited volume “Community Music at the Boundaries”.

Lee was editor of the Canadian Music Educators' Association/ACME's journal The Canadian Music Educator/Musicien éducator au Canada for ten years and co-edited the book “Creativity and Music Education”. He is a past president and honourary life member of the OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association. We are delighted to talk to Lee about his musical journey, research in the field and community music.