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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The Riley Taylor Memorial Award Concert

Join us for a  unique scholarship fundraiser on November 21st! After the tragic passing of Riley Taylor in 2022, his parents, Dave Dudley (Dave’s Drum Shop) and Christine Taylor (Carleton Library), and sister Shyla (MA Music and Culture graduate) set up a scholarship in his name for current Music students at Carleton. It was awarded... More

Monday, November 4, 2024

Fall 2024 Ensembles Concerts

The Fall series of student Ensembles concerts kicks off, later this month, with nine show and a few special guests. Events will be taking place at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Kailash Mital Theatre, and House of Targ. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Full details for each concert can be found on our... More

Monday, July 22, 2024

Cultural and Musical Exchanges with Mexico

Article courtesy of Nathaniel Whelan (Carleton International) On July 11, 2024, Carleton University was honoured to welcome an esteemed delegation from the Embassy of Mexico, including His Excellency Ambassador Carlos Manuel Joaquín González, to mark 80 years of diplomatic relations between our two countries. Other representatives included... More

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Music and Culture Grad Student Society Symposium: Music, Sound and Liminality

Join us on March 15-16, for the MCGSS symposium. This year's theme is Music, Sound and Liminality, with a keynote talk by Dr. Katherine Meizel (Bowling Green State... More

Friday, February 23, 2024

Drumming Workshop and Artist Talk with Dominic Donor

Carleton Music’s West African Rhythm Ensemble is pleased to welcome visiting guest artist Dominic Donkorwho is working with the ensemble throughout the Winter term and will perform at their concert on April 9. Donkor will also present a public hand drumming Workshop and Artist Talk on Sunday March 24th from 3-5pm in the Carleton... More

Monday, January 29, 2024

Artist in Residence 2024: Olivia Shortt

Artist Residencies are programs that provide guest artists with a period of reflection, research, collaboration, presentation and/or production. Around the world, a wide variety of Artist In-Residence programs are sponsored by universities, museums, galleries, theatres, government agencies and festivals, where artists, curators, and all manner of... More

Friday, January 12, 2024

Race and Representation in the Arts Course Covers New Ground

A new interdisciplinary course, co-taught by School for Studies in Art and Culture Professors Malini Guha (Film Studies), Gül Kale (Art and Architectural History), and Kathy Armstrong (Music) aims to equip students with the skills to examine representation in the arts and to influence positive change in their future career... More

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Teaching Improvisation in the Music Lesson

Music educator and violinist Laura Nerenberg will be giving a highly interactive, online, non-credit course, especially designed for classical music... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Choir Director Antonio Llaca Awarded a Future Learning Innovation Fellowship

Congratulations to our talented Director of Choral Activities Antonio Llaca, who is one of the recipients of the Future Learning Innovation Fellowship, a program designed to assist faculty and instructors in exploring and implementing new and innovative teaching and learning... More

Monday, November 20, 2023

Ottawa Rocker who Died of Opioid Overdose Honoured with Scholarship

Riley Taylor Memorial Award will go to a music student studying percussion or... More

Friday, November 17, 2023

Fall 2023 Ensembles Concerts

Carleton Music is pleased to announce our Fall concert series, featuring nine student Ensembles. Join us for events taking place at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Kailash Mital Theatre and House of Targ. Admission to the Fall series is free, but seating is limited. Full details for each concert can be found on our Event Listings page.... More

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology

Carleton University is co-hosting and co-sponsoring, with Canadian Museum of History and Queen’s University, the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, taking place in Ottawa from October 18-22, 2023. The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) is an academic society whose members engage with the study of music in communities... More

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