Recent DAN School Bachelor of Music graduate, Andie Winsor, has won a Regional Award in the Global Undergraduate Awards Essay Contest in the Music, Film and Theatre Category. Their essay, “Ballroom Refuses to Burn: Comparing Exploitation versus Community Education in Documentaries about Voguing and the
Margaret Walker presented a paper entitled “Anti-Colonialism, Global Music History and Post-Secondary Teaching at the 21st Quinquennial Conference of the International Musicological Society in Athens, Greece. Five days of parallel sessions between 22 and 26 August brought together music studies scholars from around the globe.
The Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kevin Mallon, has recorded a CD for NAXOS devoted to some of John Burge’s string orchestra music that was commissioned and premiered by the orchestra between 1993-2000. When Kevin Mallon became Music Director of this orchestra about 10
Margaret Walker presented a virtual paper entitled “Historical Ethnomusicology meets Global History of Music: (Inter)Disciplinary Dialogue” at the 2022 conference of the International Council for Traditional Music which took place in Lisbon, Portugal in July. Weblink: https://ictmusic.org/ictm2022/programme
This was a presentation for the ORMTA 2022 Convention at The Isabel on using accessible online music education tools to meet students where they’re at in their musical development and interests. From learning about music to learning how to make it, I believe that we
This summer, Dr. Stephanie Lind presented her paper “Evoking the Past: Tensions Between Historical and Gameplay Functions in Assassin’s Creed” at the 2022 conference of the Canadian University Music Society at Acadia University. The paper explored how sound and music in video games distinguish between
“Rogalsky and former Sonic Arts Studio Assistant Dimitri Georgaras co-performing David Tudor’s ‘Microphone’ at the Villa Elisabeth, Berlin.” As part of a ten-day series of performances, papers and workshops on David Tudor organized by curator Carsten Seiffarth and the sound art organization Singuhr in Berlin,
Margaret Walker presented a paper on “Entangling the Canon: Thoughts on Teaching Music History Globally” at the first “Music and the University – History, Models, Prospects” Conference hosted by City, University of London, on July 7. The conference welcomed delegates from over twenty different countries
Adrienne Shannon and Joy Innis (PALENAI Piano Duo) are developing a fund-raising concert for Ukraine. In collaboration with the Isabel Bader Center for the Performing Arts, the event will be held December 8, 2022. Funds will be directed to a music school in Ukraine adversely