{"id":55119,"date":"2019-04-02T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=55119"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:37","slug":"mara-brown-director-dominion-chalmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/mara-brown-director-dominion-chalmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mara Brown Named as the First Director of the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Mara Brown Named as the First Director of the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are pleased to announce the appointment of Mara Brown as the first Director of the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Brown will commence in this role effective April 15, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment of Brown as Director of the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre follows an extensive international search process which engaged many stakeholders internal and external to the Carleton community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMara Brown\u2019s unique background in education, arts management, and capital renovations makes her an excellent choice to lead the transformation of Dominion-Chalmers into a vibrant arts, performance and learning centre,\u201d said Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dr. L. Pauline Rankin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton, Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon announced Brown\u2019s appointment on April 1st, 2019 at the CU at the Symphony concert event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre which celebrated the new partnership between Carleton University and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown joins Carleton with an impressive professional track record having most recently worked as the Senior Operations Manager for the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir Manager, an organization strongly connected to Trinity St. Paul in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2006, Brown has occupied a variety of dynamic and demanding positions in arts management and production and is passionately dedicated to art and education. She has a Specialized Honours Degree in Fine Arts from York University and a Bachelor of Education from Trent University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4.jpg\" alt=\"Carleton in the Community: Dominion-Chalmers United Church\" class=\"wp-image-9586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-community-dominion-chalmers-1200w-4-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominion-Chalmers has long been known as a gathering place for music performance and enjoyment, and now Brown will be a guiding force in cultivating the space to reach its potential as a world-class collaborative hub of arts, creativity, teaching, learning, philanthropy, and community in the heart of the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely delighted to welcome Mara to Ottawa and the Carleton community,\u201d said Dean Rankin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><br>\nElizabeth Murphy<br>\nCommunications Co-ordinator<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8834<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca\">Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton Flipboard account: <a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my\" target=\"_blank\">flipboard.com\/@carletonstories<\/a><br>\nFollow us on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\nNeed an expert? 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