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MusCan Conference 2021, PRELIMIARY PROGRAM May 31–June 4
MONDAY MAY 31, 2021
Session 1 9:00-9:50 Performers, Health, and Wellness Chair: TBD 9:00 Chair’s Introduction 9:05 “Hits for HIIT” Sophie Stévance Université Laval
9:20 "Sound Performers Canada: Impact Christine Guptil University of of a blended-learning course on Ottawa musicians' health"
9:35 "Cataloguing Musicians Health & Carlos Tinoco University of Wellness Resources In Canadian Calgary Post-Secondary Music Programs"
Session 2. 10:10-11:00 Nouvelles perspectives sur Mozart dans la propagande nazie en Autriche annexée Chair: Jon-Tomas Godin 10:10 Chair’s Introduction 10:15 Rendre au Reich ce qui appartient Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis Université de à Dieu : La musique religieuse de Gabrielle Prud’homme Montréal Mozart en Autriche annexée 10:30 Mozart dans l’Axe : La délégation Sebastian Rodriguez Université italienne à la Semaine Mozart du Mayen d’Ottawa Reich allemand (1941)
10:45 L’imagerie de la Semaine Mozart Elisabeth Otto Université de du Reich allemand à Vienne Montréal
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Session 3. 11:20-12:50 LECTURE RECITAL SERIES I Chair: TBD 11:20 “Rhapsody in Blue for ‘easier’ Piano Wei Chen Bruce Lin Texas Lutheran Duet?! Solutions for challenges in Nicole Narboni University Ensemble Playing with an American Independant Classic!” Scholar
12:05 “Transforming Bach: A Resurgence Phoebe Roberston Manhattan School of Solo Flute Neoclassicism” (Flute) of Music
LUNCH 12:50-1:30
Session 4. 1:30-3:00 Opera and Music Theatre: Performance Practices Chair: TBD 1:30 Chair’s Introduction 1:35 “Community, Place, and Music Coleen Renihan Queen's Theatre in Kingston 1879-2019” Vanessa Romao University
1:50 “L’instrumentalisation des opéras de Matilde Legault Université de Giacomo Puccini par le régime fasciste Montréal italien (1922-1943) : Le cas de Turandot”
2:05 BREAK: 10 MINUTES 2:15 Chair’s Introduction 2:30 “A fitting ending? Unravelling Eva Branda Wilfrid Laurier Dvořák’s ‘conflicted’ artistic persona in University the Armida reviews and obituaries”
2:45 “Sounds from Another Time: Diction Mary Blake Rose University of and Pronunciation in Historical Western Ontario Recordings”
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Session 5. 3:20-4:10 Phrase and Form: Corpus Studies Approaches to Analysis Chair: TBD 3:20 Chair’s Introduction 3:25 “Form in Post-Tonal Music: An Gretta Sayers Brandon University Approach for Corpus Studies Using Debussy’s Piano Préludes”
3:40 “Phrase Rhythm in Classical Joseph Chi-Sing Siu University of Expositions: A Corpus Study of Maryland Haydn’s and Mozart’s Piano Baltimore County Sonatas”
3:55 “Schumann’s Fragment” Revisited: Matthew Poon University of Non-Tonic Initiating Functions in Toronto the Nineteenth Century”
TUESDAY JUNE 1, 2021
Session 1 9:00-9:50 Ethnicities and Nationalist Perspectives: Historical and Current Practices Chair: TBD 9:00 Chair’s Introduction 9:05 “National Perspectives and the Fate Adalyat Issiyeva McGill University of Ethnic Minorities on Russian- Chinese Borders: Representing Taranchis (Uighurs) at Ethnographic Concerts”
9:20 “Music Nationalism in the 1971 Shamika Shabnam McMaster Bangladesh Liberation War” University
9:35 “Missionaries in Macau: Tracing Justin Munger University of Jesuit Musical Influences on the Ottawa Journey to China in the late 16th Century”
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Session 2. 10:10-11:00 Reflections on 19th Century Music History Chair: TBD 10:10 Chair’s Introduction 10:15 "Self-Publication and the Lars Helgert University of Business of Music Composition Maryland/American in Mid-Nineteenth-Century University America: Charles Balmer and Herrman Saroni"
10:30 "Future Fire: Liszt’s Writings on Jamie Meyers Riczu, University of Alberta Program Music" Morteza Abedinifard
10:45 “What the Devil Left Behind” Benjamin University of Toronto Louwersheimer
Session 3. 11:20-12:50 LECTURE RECITAL SERIES II Chair: TBD 11:20 “Fusion, Appreciation, or Eric Hung Music of Asian Appropriation? Exploring Three America Research Piano Works That Blend Asian, Center South American and Western Musical Traditions” 12:05 “To One Beyond Seas: an Véronique Mathieu University of interdisciplinary collaboration (violin) Saskatchewan inspired by the writings of Mohawk Ingrid Stölzel University of Canadian poet Emily Pauline [composer, but should Kansas Johnson” she be listed here? Is she part of the lecture- recital]
LUNCH 12:50-1:30
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Session 4. 1:30-3:00 Pedagogy and Collaboration: Innovative Approaches Chair: TBD 1:30 Chair’s Introduction 1:35 “Body, Mind, and Psyche: Catrina Flint de Médicis Vanier College Rethinking How We Teach Sight- Glen Ethier Singing” Grace Valiante
1:50 “Creating Connections through Sophie Louise Roland University of Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Kelly Bylica Western Ontario Reflective Practice and Skills Transfer for Music Students” 2:05 BREAK: 10 MINUTES 2:15 Chair’s Introduction 2:30 “Gamifying the Music Theory Lynnsey Lambrecht Bradley University Curriculum” Alexandrea Jonker McGill University
2:45 “Effective Use of Imagery for the Evgeny Chugunov Lakehead Prevention of Injuries in Piano University Performance”
Session 5. 3:20-4:10 Popular Music: Women’s Voices Chair: TBD 3:20 Chair’s Introduction 3:25 “Patsy Gallant’s Use of Vocal Alexei Michailowsky York University Techniques: Constructing and Reconstructing a Fluid Musical Persona”
3:40 “Nina Simone at the Piano: Musical Michèle Duguay The Graduate Protest in ‘Love Me or Leave Me’ Center, CUNY and ‘My Baby Just Cares for Me’”
3:55 “Form as Timbre: Tracking the Kristi Hardman The Graduate Form of Tanya Tagaq's ‘Ilunikavi’ Center, CUNY through Timbral Changes”
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Session 6. 4:30-6:00 PART I: Framing Music Theory and Perception PART II Pianists and Personas Chair: TBD 4:30 Chair’s Introduction 4:35 "Black Narratives in the White Kyle Hutchinson Independent Racial Frame: Dialogue, Scholar Persistence, and Structure in Florence Price’s Piano Sonata in E minor"
4:50 “Style impacts listeners’ tonal- Bryn Hughes University of harmonic representation of Western Dominique Vuvan Lethbridge music” Skidmore College
5:05 BREAK: 10 MINUTES 5:15 Chair’s Introduction 5:30 “Margaret Ann Ireland, pianist and Richard Hornsby University of New unlikely cultural diplomat” Brunswick
5:45 “Which Glenn Gould, anyway?” Paul Sanden University of Lethbridge
Session 7. 6:20-6:50 MINI-CONCERT SERIES 1 Chair: TBD 6:20 “Liminal Spaces” Justin Massey Independent (Saxophone) Scholar Wesley Shen (keyboard) University of Toronto
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 2, 2021
Session 1 9:00-9:50 Negotiating Distance: Music-Making and Isolation Chair: TBD 9:00 Chair’s Introduction 9:05 “Isolated Bodies, United Voices: Michelle Boyd Acadia University Virtual Choir in the Time of COVID- 19” 9:20 “Tuning in/to Zoom: The Music on Brendan Kent Carleton University the Rebound Festival as a Model for Inclusive Networked Musical Praxis” 9:35 “The Online Composer-Audience Luis Ramirez York University Collaboration”
Session 2. 10:10-11:00 Sound and Image: Composition, Technologies, Invention, Intermediality
Chair: TBD 10:10 Chair’s Introduction 10:15 “Monumental stereo: Maurice Jonathan Goldman Université de Jarre’s stereophonic score for the Montréal first ‘son et lumière’ at the Château de Chambord (1952)”
10:30 Fantasies of Musical Inscription Virginia Georgallas University of California, Berkeley
10:45 “Hacking Hitchcock: Intermediality Caroline Ehman Brandon in Nicole Lizée's Hitchcock University Études”
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Session 3. 11:20-12:50 LECTURE RECITAL SERIES III Chair: TBD 11:20 “Collaborative Intersections In Andrew Noseworthy Western New Music” Yaz Lancaster University; New York University: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
12:05 “Carleton Lab Ensemble: Zoom Ellen Waterman Carleton University Jamming during COVID-19” (flute/vocals) Rebecca Cowal (tenor and soprano sax) Brendan Kent (electric guitar/synthesizer) Anthony Kubelka (keys) Matt Scriven (clarinet) Jennie Seaborn (drums/percussion) Zachary Sedlar (tenor and baritone saxophone)
LUNCH 12:50-1:30
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Session 4. 1:30-3:00 Curriculum: Revisiting Decolonization and Integration in the Classroom Chair: TBD 1:30 Chair’s Introduction 1:35 “Mitigating European-centric Bias in James McGowan Carleton University Music Theory Curricula University and Course Design”
1:50 “Revisiting Treaty People in Music Katie Tremblay-Beaton Trent University Education: Towards Decolonizing the Instrumental Classroom”
2:05 BREAK: 10 MINUTES 2:15 Chair’s Introduction 2:30 “Decolonizing the Curriculum for Jody Stark University of Canadian Elementary Music: A Manitoba Pragmatic Interpretive Inquiry”
2:45 "Integrating South Asian Music into Oshadhee Satarasinghe University of Our Music Classrooms: Fostering Calgary appreciation and building cultural connections to empower both student and teacher"
Session 5. 3:20-4:10 Performance, Authorship, and Listening Practice Chair: TBD 3:20 Chair’s Introduction 3:25 “Reanimating ornamentation: Kevin Ngo University of Bridging the gap between historical Calgary performance practice and contemporary performers” 3:40 “Authorship, Identity, and the Cintia Cristiá Ryerson University Challenges of Composing for Guitar: The case of Murray Adaskin’s Duo for viola and guitar (1996)” 3:55 “Listening to a Gradual Process: Martin Ross Western University Gesture in Steve Reich's Melodica”
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Session 6. 4:30-6:00 PART I: Digital Methodologies: Encyclopedias and Discographies PART II: The Agency of Music in Film and Video Games Chair: TBD 4:30 Chair’s Introduction 4:35 Creating the Canadian Encyclopedia Sophie Bisson York University of Canadian Opera: from Collecting Data Practices to Digital Implementation 4:50 “Voix d’exception : Les métadonnées Jada Watson Université discographiques comme outil de d'Ottawa recherche pour étudier la culture de la musique country (1944-2016)”
5:05 BREAK: 10 MINUTES 5:15 Chair’s Introduction 5:30 “How Nostalgia is Seen in Video Brooke Spencer Queen's University Games and their Music” 5:45 “’Every Damn Song Is About You’: Steven Janisse Western University Constructing Meaning with Sound and Songs in Baby Driver”
Session 7. 6:20-7:00 Meter, Weight, and Rhythm in Analysis Chair: TBD 6:20 Chair’s Introduction 6:25 “Rhythm as Function: Labeling the Ian Guthrie Florida State other progression” University
6:40 “Inner and Outer Weight: Categories Thomas Ingram McGill University for Analysis and Performance of the Classical Measure”
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THURSDAY JUNE 3, 2021
Session 1 9:00-9:50 Media Programming and the Representation of Diversity Chair: TBD 9:00 Chair’s Introduction 9:05 “Troubling Narrative(s): Reviewing Rebecca Draisey- Queen's University the Canadian Broadcasting Collishaw Corporation’s Contributions to Canada’s Musical Life”
9:20 “The Great White North: Hannah Willmann University of Representations of Diversity at the Ottawa Opening Ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games”
9:35 “Confronting Anti-Black Racism Karen Cyrus York University Through Representation in Karen Burke Community Music Programming”
Session 2. 10:10-11:00 The Global Scene in New Music Composition Chair: TBD 10:10 Chair’s Introduction 10:15 “Reflets de la colonialité dans la Gabriel Dharmoo Concordia scène des musiques nouvelles” University
10:30 “Stimulating Awareness: Exploring Bahar Bingol University of the Global Issue of Child Marriage Calgary through Song” 10:45 “’Unsettling the Score’: the case of Jeremy Strachan Queen's University Naacnaaca”
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Session 3. 11:20-12:50 LECTURE RECITAL SERIES IV Chair: TBD 11:20 Transforming Bach: A Resurgence Phoebe Roberston Manhattan School of Solo Flute Neoclassicism” of Music
12:05 “Interactive Improvisation in Times James Harley University of of Isolation” Guelph
LUNCH 12:50-1:30
Session 4. 1:30-3:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1:30 "The State of the Art: A Conductor's Daniel Bartholomew- Artist in Residence Notes from the Field" Poyser and Community Ambassador, Symphony Nova Scotia; Barrett Principal Education Conductor and Community Ambassador, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Session 5. 3:20-4:10 MUSCAN COMPOSERS’ CONCERT AND NEW MUSIC ROUNDTABLE Chair: Mark Hannesson 3:20 MusCan Composers’ Concert and New Music Roundtable
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FRIDAY JUNE 4, 2021
Session 1 9:00-9:50 Women and Music in North America Chair: TBD 9:00 Chair’s Introduction 9:05 “Canadian Universities: Where are Kimberly Francis University of your women composers?” Guelph
9:20 “Keep Woman in her Sphere : Catherine Harrison- Université de l’interprétation vocale au service Boisvert Montréal d’une historiographie de la musique / EHESS issue du mouvement suffragiste américain” 9:35 “Finding Inspiration and Hope in Roxane Prevost University of Jocelyn Morlock’s My Name is Ottawa Amanda Todd (2016)”
Session 2. 10:10-11:00 Contemporary Music: Performance and New Analytical Strategies
Chair: TBD 10:10 Chair’s Introduction 10:15 “Cross-Modality as an Approach to Jade Roth McGill University Timbre Analysis in Tōru Takemitsu’s Rain Spell” 10:30 “Discovering Dramaturgy in the Sasha Drozzina Lousiana State Music of Sofia Gubaidulina via University Valentina Kholopova’s System of Expression Parameters (Parametr Ekspressii)” 10:45 "Unpacking Interpretive Difficulty in Ben Duinker University of Contemporary Music" Toronto
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Session 3. 11:20-12:50 MINI-CONCERT SERIES II Chair: TBD 11:20 “A Dance of Polar Opposites: Ars Yung-Yu Lin (Violin) Hainan Normal Combinatoria in George University, China Rochberg’s 50 Caprice Variations for Solo Violin (1970)” 11:50 “The Search of Musical Inspiration: Alexander Panizza Pontificia Image, Homage, and Narrative” (Piano) Universidad Catholica Argentina
12:20 “The Music of Children” Christine Vanderkooy University of (Piano) Windsor
LUNCH 12:50-1:30
Session 4. 1:30-3:00 SCIM ROUNDTABLE Panelists: TBD 1:30 “SCIM Round Table on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Music Higher Education”
Session 5. 3:20-4:10 Race, Identity, and Social Justice Chair: TBD 3:20 Chair’s Introduction 3:25 “Exploring Racial Justice and Deanna Yerichuk Wilfrid Laurier Community Building through Fanis Juma University; Music in The Gahu Project” Josh Hill African Community Wellness Initiative; Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute
3:40 “Learning to Fiddle on the Jody Stark University of Canadian Prairies” Rachelle Landry Manitoba; Université de St- Boniface
3:55 “The Challenge of the Past” Brian Thompson The Chinese University of Hong Kong