Rebekah Leon

MA Musicology (cand.), 2021

Email: Rebekah.Leon@dal.ca

Why Dal?

Dalhousie University has been my academic home for the past five years. I love how small and close-knit the faculty is. Through seminars in my undergraduate degree I discovered my love for research, and I decided to continue pursuing my passion for knowledge through an MA in Musicology at Dal!

What Inspires You?

I am inspired by live performance. I’m interested in the hierarchical nature of performance and how performance has been used as a subversive tool throughout history. After travelling to Cesky Krumlov in the summer of 2018, I fell in love with the Baroque Era; it offers the perfect landscape to study socioeconomic division of art. Plus, who doesn’t love a good bow?

Performances

• Marphurius & Musician in An Evening of Molière One Acts: The Ridiculed Romantics & The Forced Marriage. Directed by Gabrielle Houle, 2019.
• Chorus in L'Etoile. Directed by David Overton, 2019.
• Sapienza & Ensemble in Dante's Purgatorio. Directed by Margot Dionne, 2018.
• Blind Queen & Ensemble in The Secret in the Wings. Directed by Samantha Wilson, 2018.
• Pops in The Piper. Directed by Pamela Halstead, 2018.
• Chorus in The Magic Flute. Directed by Brent Krysa, 2017.

Awards

• Fountain Graduate Fellowship, Dalhousie University, 2020.
• Harold Oxley Scholarship, Dalhousie University, 2015.
• Iron Ore Company of Canada University Scholarship for Music School, 2014.