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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Music and Culture Graduate Sam McEwan on Video Game Soundtracks

Video games like Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda hold great nostalgic significance throughout society. But there is one aspect of video games that resonates with almost everyone: their soundtracks. Sam McEwan, who will be graduating from the Music and Culture program this fall, was researching the intersections of nostalgia, participatory... More

Friday, August 16, 2019

Carleton Music Concert Series

Subscribe to all 7 concerts for $75 regular / $25 students (+HST) Individual tickets at the door. Artist series: $25 regular / $10 Students Showcase series: $15 regular / free for students Carleton Concert Series: JAZZ Carleton Concert Series: GUITAR Carleton Concert Series: SOUND & WORD Carleton Concert Series: VOICE MusikOttawa Carleton Goes... More

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Summer 2019 Courses

SUMMER 2019 May-June MUSI 1002 – Issues in Popular Music MUSI 2007 – Popular Musics after 1945 July-August MUSI 1002 – Issues in Popular Music Further details may be found on the Registrar's Office Class Schedule... More

Friday, December 14, 2018

Holiday Office Closure!

Please note that the Music office will be closed for the holiday break starting Wednesday December 19th - Tuesday January 1st inclusive. The office re-opens on Wednesday January 2nd. Music wishes everyone a happy and safe holiday!... More

Monday, November 12, 2018

Graduate Colloquium

The MA in Music and Culture colloquium series of the 2018-19 academic year continues on November 30, at 10:00 a.m. in the Jacob Siskind Music Resource Centre, 503 MacOdrum Library. “Songs in Films: Methods of Analysis” by Dr. Charles O’Brien, SSAC - Film Studies, and “Translating the sound of music: Forensic musicology and visual... More

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

October 5 and 6 at the Mayfair Theatre, the silent horror movie classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" with a live soundtrack performed by Odditory, featuring Eric Ross, theremin; Edmund Eagan, Continuum Fingerboard; and Jesse Stewart, waterphone and other musical... More

Friday, April 20, 2018

Michelle MacQueen Among Top 25 SSHRC Storytellers

Carleton University’s Michelle MacQueen, a master’s student in the Music and Culture program, is among the top 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Storyteller competition. Read the full story at:... More

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

A Symposium in Honour of John Shepherd

The Social and Cultural Study of Music: Then and Now will be held at Carleton University, 24–25 November, 2017. Details are available at:... More

Monday, September 11, 2017

First Graduate Music colloquium

The first Music and Culture Graduate Colloquium for 2017-18 will take place on Friday September 22nd, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Patrick Cardy Studio, A900 Loeb Building. Presenters... Jesse Stewart, Carleton University: "Improvising Inclusivity: Community Music, Accessibility, and Improvisation" and Paul Théberge, Carleton University:... More

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Jesse Stewart Receives D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) in partnership with the D2L, a global learning technology leader have awarded Carleton University’s Jesse Stewart, professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture, with the 2017 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. Much of Stewart’s work as an educator explores... More

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Van Cliburn Steinway makes a stop at Carleton

Read the full story: "Carleton Hosts a Magical Night with Van Cliburn’s Steinway" by Lesley Barry in the Carleton Newsroom... ================= The event poster is shown... More

Thursday, November 17, 2016

MusikOttawa 2016

On the afternoon of Sunday, November 13th, Carleton University (SSAC/Music) presented its third annual MusikOttawa singer-songwriter competition at “Live on Elgin,” the trendy new venue at 220 Elgin Street.  The event lived up to its billing: “Fans, agents, promoters and record industry reps will experience an intimate snapshot of eight... More

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