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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Listening Café 2: Listening to the Climate Emergency through The Tar Sands Songbook

What role can listening play in addressing the climate emergency? Violist, composer, ethnomusicologist, and climate activist Tanya Kalmanovitch presents a performance of her documentary theatre piece The Tar Sands Songbook,addressing the complexities of life, culture, and oil-economics in her hometown of Fort McMurray. Through text, ethnographic... More

Monday, February 6, 2023

Workshop with Michael B MacDonald

Michael B. MacDonald is a super creative ethnographic filmmaker who has developed a collaborative technique he calls cine-ethnomusicology. He’s going to be on campus Friday, February 17 to give a talk on his great new book CineWorlding: Scenes of Cinematic Research-Creation. He’s also agreed to give a free workshop on his filmmaking methods.... More

Friday, February 3, 2023

Azonto Dance Workshop with Benedictus Mattson

Jump to Registration | Contact Information The Baobab Collaborative Arts Fund is pleased to announce its inaugural project with visiting guest artist Benedictus Mattson, an African Popular Dance Specialist. Mattson will be in residence with Carleton Music’s West African Rhythm Ensemble throughout the Winter term and perform at their concert on... More

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Fall 2022 Ensembles Concerts

Carleton Music welcomes the community back for another season of live performances. Join us for seven events, showcasing ten Ensembles, streaming live from the Kailash Mital Theatre and the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Admission to the Fall series is free, but seating is limited. All concerts will also be live streamed live on our YouTube... More

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Join us at the Carleton Fall Open House

Thinking about studying music at Carleton? Visit us at the on-campus Open House on Saturday, October 22! The uniquely inclusive Music programs provide rich opportunities to study a wide variety of music traditions and prepare for careers in many different creative industries! Learn more about our degree programs, tell us about your interests,... More

Friday, October 7, 2022

Publishing News: Monstrosity, Identity and Music

Just in time for Hallowe'en: Professor James Wright and former Music Assistant-Director Alexis Luko (now Director of the School of Music, University of Victoria) are pleased to announce the release of their co-edited anthology Monstrosity, Identity and Music: Mediating Uncanny Creatures from Frankenstein to Videogames (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).... More

Friday, September 30, 2022

Study Abroad Course in West Africa

We are pleased to announce a new study abroad opportunity in conjunction with African Studies: AFRI 3100/MUSI 3200 - Urban & Rural Music in Community: Participatory Music-Making in Ghana This “Africa Abroad” course will immerse students in the vibrant musical culture and community life in Dagbamete, an Ewe village in the Volta Region of... More

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Professor Jesse Stewart Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is elated to share that one of our faculty members has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in recognition of the high level of excellence and potential demonstrated during their... More

Friday, July 22, 2022

Professor James Wright Premieres New String Quartet

By Nick Ward - When Professor of Music James Wright was asked by his friend David Cray, a retired professor in the Sprott School of Business, to compose a piece of music as a gift for his wife, Ellen Cray, a former Carleton Professor of applied linguistics, Wright challenged himself to create something personal,... More

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Dr. Hooshyar Khayam, Carleton Music’s Artist-in-Residence, 2022-23

Dr. Hooshyar Khayam, an Iranian musician, is an internationally renowned composer, pianist, teacher and producer.  He works in contemporary classical, jazz, fusion, and world music styles and genres, and composes scores for film and theater. Following the completion of his Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition at the University of Cincinnati... More

Monday, March 28, 2022

Spring 2022 Ensembles Concerts

Carleton Music is pleased to present its Spring series of Ensembles concerts, to see out the 2021-2022 academic year. Join us for seven events, showcasing ten Ensembles, streaming live from the Kailash Mital Theatre and the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Members of the Carleton community (students, faculty and staff) are invited to attend... More

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Release Radar Ep. 8: Robin Kenny

Welcome to the eighth installment of Carleton Music Release Radar! In this episode, your host, Rebecca Cowal, interviews recent Carleton Music graduate, Robin Kenny, on her single entitled, “Nothing Ever Feels Right.” Check out the video to hear about Robin’s vision and process behind this song, as well as the influence that studying Music... More

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