Performing Arts Research Forum

The Research Forum is an informal setting where our faculty, graduate students, cross-appointed faculty and visiting scholars present research in progress. Unless otherwise indicated, sessions take place on selected Thursdays at noon in Room 409 of the Dalhousie Arts Centre. 

Fall 2024 Schedule

     
September 19
11:30-1:30
Sheila K. Piercey Studio
Borys Kadicky Harpsichord Masterclass  
September 26
Estelle Joubert Mozart in Colonial South Africa
October 3 Steven Baur The Art of the Ride: Cymbals, Timbre, and Meaning in Drum Kit Performance Practice
October 10 Emma Soldaat Memory as Formal Function and Narrative Design in the Symphonies of Gustav Mahler
October 17 Jennifer Bain Sustaining Digital Musicology
October 24
Schroeder Lecture
Joseph Strug Concert Hall
Sarah Eyerly Sounding New Histories of the Atlantic World: Mohican Music Across Three Centuries
October 31 Claire Gray “No Change”: Ghosts in The Contemporary British Social Realist Film
November 7
Schroeder Lecture
Joseph Strug Concert Hall
Mark Campbell An Archival State of Mind: Hip-Hop's Polyphonies of Preservation
November 14 Fall Study Break No Presentation
November 21 Nicole Jordan Musical Identity: Musical labels, stereotypes, and behaviour, an exploration of social identities
November 28 Megan Johnson

Cripping Sound Art: How Disabled Artists are Revolutionizing Aural Aesthetics