Discussion of the Month

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July 2017 Discussion of the Month: “Singing: Implications for Music Education in the 21st Century,” Doreen Rao, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

June 2017 Discussion of the Month: “Observations From a Liminal Space,” Norma Coates, University of Western Ontario

May 2017 Discussion of the Month: “The Future of Graduate Study in Music at Canadian Universities,” Susan Fast, McMaster University

April 2017 Discussion of the Month: “Humility, Creativity, and the Music of the Future,” R. Murray Schafer, Composer, Educator

March 2017 Discussion of the Month: “High Art or Trend and Trade? Some Thoughts on Future Music Studies in Canada,” Gary Kulesha, University of Toronto

February 2017 Discussion of the Month: “Ask More and Better Questions,” Tim Brady, Freelance Composer/Performer/Producer in Montreal

January 2017 Discussion of the Month: “Toward Revisioning Music Studies in Canada’s Universities,” Paul Woodford, The University of Western Ontario

December 2016 Discussion of the Month: “Music Studies in Canada: The Rob Bowman variations,” Rob Bowman, York University

November 2016 Discussion of the Month: “Trivializing Music Studies,” by James Deaville, Carlton University

October 2016 Discussion of the Month: A Personal View of The Future of Post- Secondary Jazz Education Studies in Canada, Paul Read, University of Toronto, emeritus.

September 2016 Discussion of the Month: “Popular Music: Administrative Challenges, Pedagogical Rewards” by Kip Pegley, Queen’s University

August 2016 Discussion of the Month: “A Sociological Divination” by Dr. Brian A. Roberts, Memorial University of Newfoundland [retired]

July 2016 Discussion of the Month: “Canadian Music Schools: Toward a Somewhat Radical Mission” by David J. Elliott, New York University, and Kari K. Veblen, University of Western Ontario

June 2016 Discussion of the Month: “Musical Dialectics” by Stephen McClatchie, Huron University College at Western University

May 2016 Discussion of the Month: “There’s No Going Back” by Beverley Diamond, Memorial University of Newfoundland

April 2016 Discussion of the Month: “The Future of Music Studies in Canada” by John Shepherd, Carleton University

March 2016 Discussion of the Month: “I’d Love to Change the World but I Don’t Know What to Do (1)” by Deborah Bradley, University of Wisconsin-Madison [retired]