Verna Wiebe is well known in the Winnipeg community for her fine work as a collaborative artist with singers, instrumentalists, and choirs. Verna is the pianist for the Winnipeg Singers, with whom she recently recorded a CD of choral works by Sid Robinovitch.

She has also performed as pianist with the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Pembina Trails Voices, CMU Choirs, Mennonite Festival Chorus and Mennonite Oratorio Choir, among others. Verna performs as part of Orgiano, a piano-organ duo devoted to original works, and as part of the CMU Faculty Piano Duo.

Verna has operated a private studio including piano and theory students and Music for Young Children classes. She is a member of the Registered Music Teachers Association of Manitoba and the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers.

Verna holds a degree in Piano Performance from Brandon University where she served as faculty accompanist and instructor. Included in her extensive collaborative work were numerous recitals, competitions and a CBC recording with trumpeter Professor Alan Ehnes.

Verna is active in leading worship music at Charleswood Mennonite Church. She and her husband Bob have three grown children.

To continue her involvement in the school, she took on the position of the CMU Receptionist in the spring of 2009, where she developed a wide variety of administrative skills. After proving she excelled in the areas of administration and finance, Cori was chosen to become the CSMA Program Assistant in the summer of 2011. She greatly enjoys this position with all the challenges and rewarding accomplishments it brings.