AMPD – York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

Our Alumni

Howard Barish is president and CEO of Kandoo Films, an Oscar nominated, Emmy award winning entertainment company known for its producing partnership with Ava DuVernay. Barish and Kandoo's most recognized project to date, 13TH, is a 2016 American documentary from Netflix directed by DuVernay.

Howard Barish Producer, Founder and President of Kandoo Films
Film BFA 1982

Lauren Holden has completed artist residencies in Newfoundland, Canada and Spokane, Washington in addition to presenting her research on visual poetry at the Unscripted Digital Arts Festival. She was named a “Student to Watch” by Graphic Design USA, and her work has received accolades for its social impact, typography and website design. Lauren’s writing on design was also published in The Devil’s Artisan: Journal of the Printing Arts.

Lauren Holden MFA 2D Design candidate at Cranbrook Academy of Art
BDes 2017

Mike Murley is a Canadian jazz saxophonist from Windsor, Nova Scotia who was a member of The Shuffle Demons and Time Warp. His main instrument is tenor saxophone, which he plays in the Murley/Braid Quartet. He has been nominate for 8 Juno Awards, winning 3 times.

Mike Murley Jazz Saxophonist
BFA 1986

York U AMPD's Return to Campus

AMPD Music Professor Elected to The Royal Society of Canada

Celebrating the great Oscar Peterson

The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design brings six new faculty into its ranks

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