PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

McGill University, Associate Professor from June 1993-present; Assistant Professor, 1989-1993; University Lecturer, 1988-1989. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in musicology and conducting, with a focus on aesthetics, philosophical issues, Canadian music, and theorizing performance. In addition to my teaching and conducting, I am a critically acclaimed author and scholar. I am currently writing a book entitled, “Music on My Mind, Music in My Body” that takes as its starting point the schism that exists between the performer’s experience of music as sound and its description or explication by philosophers and theorists. My innovative phenomenological approach was recently the subject of an extensive citation in Philosophical Perspectives by Wayne Bowman (Oxford University Press, 1998). As a member of the John Adaskin Project (Canadian Music Centre), I have also written extensively on music by Canadian composers. A summary of my recent professional activity is provided below.


Philosophical / Aesthetic Inquiry
- Refereed Articles and Chapters in Books
- Reviews
- Recent Presentations

Inquiry Relating to Women in Music
- Refereed Articles and Related Publications
- Recent Presentations
- In press

Canadian Music
- Published Refereed Articles, Books and Chapters in Books
- Published Instructional Packages

Conducting
- Recent Major Appearances

Other Contributions to the Scholarly and Cultural Community



1. Philosophical / Aesthetic Inquiry

i.) Refereed Articles and Chapters in Books


"Meditations on the Letter A: From Alphabets and Language to the Musical Hand", The Philosophy of Music Education Review, in press.

"A Tale Thrice Told: Reflections on Bennett Reimers’ Vision Across the Decades,” Action, Criticism, and Theory, Vol. 2 (Summer 2003).

"Step and Breath,” see Women in Music entry below.

"On the Theme of Music Listeners,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Summer 2003).

“Study in Names,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Spring 2003): 26-28.

“Studies of the Musical Work,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Winter 2003): 6-7.

“Sounding Histories: On Musical Improvisation and Listening,” Finaali: Journal of Musical Performance and Research, vol. 9, no.1, (2002): 3-13. (invited feature).

“Studies in Alphabet,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Fall 2002).

“My Name is Sound,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Summer 2002): 6-7.

“Notes to Myself,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, vol. 42, no. 3 (Spring 2002): 6-7.

“Double Entendres,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, vol. 43, no. 2 (Winter 2002): 26-27.

“Out of the Mouths of Babes: On Words, Music, and Scores,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, vol.
43, no. 1 (Fall 2001): 6-7.

“An Equal Music,” Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, vol. 42, no. 3 (Spring 2001): 7ff.

"The Great Divide: Popular Versus Classical Music," Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, vol. 41, no. 3 (Fall 2000). (invited).

"Music on My Mind: Music in My Body," Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, vol. 41, no. 2 (Summer 2000). (invited).

"Musical Listening as Bodily Experience," Canadian Journal of Research in Music Education, vol. 40, no. 4 (Fall 1999): 5-9. (encyclopedia-sized pages).

"Modulating Identities II: I as Teacher, I as Musician, I as Musician-Teacher," Chapter One, Music, Gender, Education, Rosemary Evans, editor. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University Publications, in press. (invited).

"Being in the Body, Being in the Sound: A Tale of Modulating Identities," Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 32, no. 4 (Fall 1998): 93 – 106.

"Thinking Critically, Thinking Musically: Defining Musical Performance as Subject Matter," Studies in Music, Vol. 17 (Spring 1998): 157-173.

"Field Theory, Play, and Music Education: The Art of Making Connections," Sociology and Music Education: Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Applications, Stephen Paul, editor. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997.

"Field Theory and the Play of Musical Performance," British Journal of Music Education, vol. 12 (Fall 1995): 273-283.

"Play and the Field of Musical Performance," Music Education Philosophy: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium, Lee Bartel and David Elliott, editors. Toronto: Canadian Centre for Research in Music, University of Toronto Press, 1995.

"The Performer, The Score, The Work: Musical Performance and Transactional Reading," Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 29 (Fall 1995): 55-71.



(ii.) Reviews

"Music, Morality, and Philosophy," Essay Review of The Aesthetics of Music by Roger Scruton for Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 30, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 117-120. (invited).

Essay Review of The Polemics of Imagination by Peter Abbs for Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 32, no. 1 (1998): 109-113. (invited).

Essay Review of The Educational Imperative: A Defense of Socratic and Aesthetic Learning by Peter Abbs for Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 31, no. 2 (1997): 110 – 113. (invited).

Essay Review of Music Matters by David Elliott in Philosophy of Music Education Review, vol. 4 (Spring 1996): 63-69. (refereed).



(iii.) Recent Paper Presentations

"Fantasy on the Letter A: The Beginning, The Middle, and the End," Music Education In Canada -- The State of the Art, Learneds Pre-Conference Symposium, London, Ontario, May 2005.

"Meditations on the Letter A," The Nordic Musicology Conference, Finland, August 2004.

"The Hand: Language as Experience in the Philosophical Study of Music,” Sibelius Academy of Music, Finland, August 14, 2003.

“Soundings: Body, Sound, Voice, Word and Music,” Theory and Performing Music Conference, London, April 14, 2002. (refereed).

”Sounding Bodies,” Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, April 11, 2002. (invited)

“Performing Bodies: Heidegger in Action,” Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, April 10, 2002. (invited).

“Moving Words,” Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, April 9, 2002. (invited).

“Soundings: Body, Sound, Voice, Word and Music,” Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, April 8, 2002. (invited).

“Conducting as Narrative Experience,” University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Nov. 5, 2002. (invited).

“Music History and Music Listening Re-Conceptualized,” University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Nov.6, 2002. (invited).

“Soundings: Body, Sound, Voice, Word and Music,” University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Nov.7, 2002. (invited).

“Strategies for Revitalizing the Music Listening Experience,” Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, November 8, 2000. (invited)

Philosophical Issues: Music History and Music Listening Re-Conceptualized,” Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, November 7, 2000. (invited)

"Modulating Identities and Musical Heritage: Contemporary Music as a Site for Self- and Cultural Re-Generation," International Society for Music Education, Edmonton, Canada, July 18, 2000. (refereed)

"Music, Narrative and the Imagination," Children's Literature Course, Guest Lecture, Sherbrooke University, May 11, 2000. (invited)

"Music and Narrative: Fodder for the Imagination," Brandon University, Brandon Manitoba, October 25, 1999 (invited Guest Lecture Series).

"Modulating Identities and Musical Heritage," Canadian Society of University Music Schools, Lennoxville, June 9, 1999. (refereed)

"Music in the Moment: Musical Listening as Bodily Experience," Society for Music Theory Conference, North Carolina, Dec. 6, 1998 (refereed).

"Cultural and Social Dimensions of Music," with Roberta Lamb, Sixth May Day Colloquium, Toronto, Oct. 23, 1998. (refereed)

"Self and Other in Musical Improvisation," The Other Side of Nowhere: Jazz, Improvisation and Cultural Studies, Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, Guelph, Ontario, Sept. 11, 1998. (refereed).

"Modulating Identities II: I as Teacher, I as Musician, I as Musician-Teacher," Music, Gender, and Education Conference, Bath, England, July 4, 1997. (refereed).

"The Purpose of Philosophy: Finding Our Own Voices or Hiding Our Heads," International Conference on Philosophy and Music Education, Los Angeles, May 30, 1997. (read in absentia, invited).

"Being in the Body, Being in the Sound," Slovakian Society for Aesthetics, Ljubjana, Nov. 1996. (read in absentia, refereed).

"Thinking Critically, Thinking Musically," International Symposium on Critical Thinking and Music Education, University of Western Ontario, October 19, 1996. (invited key-note address).

"Modulating Identities I," Music Educators' National Bi-annual Conference, Kansas City, April 19, 1996. (refereed).

"Being in the Body: Musical Performance as Subject Matter," Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Feb. 27, 1996. (invited).

"Defining Musical Performance as Subject Matter: A Phenomenological Exploration," CUMS, Montreal, Quebec, June 2, 1995. (refereed).

"Field Theory, Play, and Music Education: Performance and the Art of Making Connections," Symposium '95: The Sociology of Music Education, Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Applications, University of Oklahoma, April 8, 1995. (refereed).




2. Inquiry Relating to Women in Music

(i.) Refereed Articles and Related Publications

“Pines of Emily Carr,” Script for a CBC film Documentary on the interweaving artistic ventures of Emily Carr and Jean Coulthard, Director, Don Winkler, Producer, Peter Hynnes.

“Step and Breath: Janet Cardiff, Space and Bodily Motion in the Experience of Music,” Musicworks: Explorations in Sound, Vol. 84 (Fall 2002): 10 - 16 (invited).

"Feminist/Gender Research in Music Education," Encyclopedia of Women in Music in North America Since 1900. Florida: Onyx Publishing, 2002. (invited and refereed).

“Alexina Louie,” see Canadian Music below.



(ii.) Recent Presentations:

“Movement in Stillness: Intersecting Lives As Reflected in Jean Coulthard’s ‘The Pines of Emily Carr,’ ” The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching On Women Symposium, April 1, 2004 (invited).

“Music Listening: Body, Sound, and Word,” Women’s Studies Symposia, Queen’s University, Kingston, March 21, 2002 (invited).

“Music and Narrative Experience: The ‘I’ of Music Listening,” Women’s Studies Course, McGill University, Montreal, March 7, 2001. (invited)



(iii.) In press

Music Alive Presents Jack & The Bean Stalk. A DVD performance of Janika Vandervelde’s musical setting created in the Botanical Gardens of Montreal with a dance choreographed by Yehudit Silverman and narrator Linda Morrison, with the Music Alive Ensemble under the artistic direction of Eleanor Stubley (in press). Includes accompanying instructional materials for application in a variety of different teaching contexts.




3. Canadian Music

(i.) Published Refereed Articles, Books and Films

"Reflections on the Educational Value of Mavor Moore's and Harry Somer's Opera, Louis Riel in 2005: Extracts from a Diary," Canadian Music Educators' Journal, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, in press.

Louis Riel 2005: The Story Montreal, McGill University, Faculty of Music, 2005.

"The Pines of Emily Carr" by Jean Coulthard, Director, Don Winkler, Producer, Peter Haynes, CBC-TV, Opening Night, February 4, 2005.

“Step and Breath: Janet Cardiff, Space and Bodily Motion in the Experience of Music,” see above, Women in Music.

Guidelines for Analysis of Music for Student Performers, with Patricia Shand and Cameron Walter. Published by the Canadian Music Education Research Centre, University of Toronto, 1998.

"Alexina Louie's 'The Eternal Earth': A Video Documentary" for International Alliance for Women in Music Journal, vol. 4, no. 1 (1998): 22-25. (refereed).

A Guide to Brass Chamber Compositions by Canadian Composers Suitable for Student Performers, previously published in 1989 by the Canadian Music Centre, updated with new entries and made available on the Internet in 1996 through The Adaskin On-Line Project.



(ii.) Published Instructional Packages

The World of Fairy Tales: Music and Beyond.
Teaching materials for elementary school grades that develop innovative listening strategies through the integration of music and language arts instruction. Materials revolve around Janika Vandervelde's musical setting of Jack and the Beanstalk. Published by the Manitoba Board of Education, Fall 1999.

Brass Syllabus, for the McGill Conservatory of Music.
Exam requirements and repertoire for all grade level for trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba. Includes representative works by Canadian and women composers, in addition to traditional materials. Published by the McGill Conservatory of Music, Summer 1999.

What Makes Opera: An Invitation to Explore--Book 2.
Innovative listening strategies for elementary school grades that integrate the study of Opera with language arts instruction based on Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges. Published by the Quebec Ministry of Education, Spring 1999.

What Makes Opera: An Invitation to Explore --Level 1.
Innovative listening strategies for senior elementary school that integrate the study of Opera with language arts instruction. Published by the Quebec Ministry of Education, Spring 1998.

What Makes Opera: An Invitation to Explore-Level 2.
Innovative listening strategies for junior high school grades that integrate the study of Opera with language arts instruction. Published by the Quebec Ministry of Education, Spring 1997.


(iii.) Recent Paper Presentations

"Les sons de chants quebecois contemporains: vision de l'avenir," La Musique de Quebec, Saint Michel de Belle-Chasse, August 6, 2004.



4. Conducting

Recent Major Appearances

Musical Director, "The Pines of Emily Carr", performance-documentary film, CBC Television, Montreal Chamber Music Festival, June 2005.

Guest Conductor, "Simply Sweet", a programme of French music featuring the first performance of a work by French-Canadian, Gabriel Cusson, Montreal, McGill University, April 2005.

Guest Clinician, Port Elgin Children’s Choir, McGill University, Montreal, May 2004.

Artistic Director, Yellowdoor Choir, Jan. 1998 - present. Including North American concert premieres of works by Rupert Lang (Canada), Clare Maclean (Australia), Jose Firmino (Portugal) and Eric Whitacre (United States).

Guest Conductor, Clinician, International Choral Festival, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, August 2003.

Guest Conductor, Upper Canada College Youth Choir, Montreal, Quebec, May 2003.

Guest Conductor, Verajapello kuoro with the Radio Finnish Choir, Helsinki, Finland, April 12, 2002.

Artist in Residence, Contemporary Music for Young Audiences, a series of workshops and community performances, Queen's University, November 2000.

Artistic Director, Jack and the Beanstalk by Janika Vandervelde, Montreal, Nov. 2001; CBC-Edmonton sponsored presentation, Summer 2000; Manitoba, October 1999; Montreal, April 1999.

Guest Conductor, Bullis High School Choir from Washington, D. C., Montreal, April 8, 2000.

Artistic Director, Cosmos by Janika Vandervelde. Presentation for young audiences featuring chamber ensemble and dancers, Samedi Greene, Musical Matinee, Montreal, April 1, 2000.

Artistic Director, Imposed Coherence: A Celebration of Women and Art, for Centre Des Arts Visuels,
Galerie McClure, Montreal, March 2000.

Director, McGill University, Opera Studio, March 1999, Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, an outreach programme for school audiences.

Director, McGill University, Opera Studio, March 1998. "The World of Opera," a series of outreach vocal quartet-orchestral programs for school audiences.

Guest Conductor/Clinician, Elektra Chamber Choir (London, England), July 5, 1998. Presentation of works by Canadian women composers, with portions of the program aired on BBC.

Director, McGill University, Opera Studio, Feb. 1997 and March 1997. "The Elements of Opera," a series of outreach vocal quartet-orchestral programs for school audiences.

Guest Conductor, Maha Women's Chorale, December 11, 1996. Recently commissioned work by Theodore Morrison for Women's voices. Guest Conductor, Arts Quebec, April 1, 1996. A Radio-Canada sponsored choral-orchestral program of music by Haydn.

Director, McGill University, Opera Studio, Feb. 6 and 7, 1996, "What Makes Opera," a series of outreach vocal quartet-orchestral programs for school audiences.

Guest Conductor, Yellowdoor Choir, Jan. 18 and 19, 1996. Works by Canadian composers.

Guest Conductor, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Feb. 1995, "Bravo: What Makes Opera." A programme for school audiences with members of the Canadian Opera Chorus.




5. Other Contributions to the Scholarly and Cultural Community

Editor, Compositional Crossroads, working title of a Department of Theory festschrift project designed to celebrate 100 years of new music at McGill, 2004-present.

Co-Editor, GEMS, an on-line journal exploring the interconnections between gender, music, education, and sociology, 2001-present.

Editorial Board, Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education (on-line journal), 2002-present.

Editorial Board, Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, 2002-present.

Editorial Board, Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, Research Issue, 2002-present.

Adjudicator, International Choral Festival, Sibelius Academy of Music, Finland, Summer 2003.

Adjudicator, Quebec Choral Festival, ARCIM, Montreal, April 2003.

Adjudicator, Opera Quiz for Kids, CBC-Montreal and Texaco-Chevron Opera Sponsorship, Fall 2001.

Editorial Board, Oxford University Press, Second Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning,

Richard Colwell, editor. Review editor for the chapters on creativity, music and morality, and music in the curriculum, (1999 - 2000).

Examiner, Graduate Performance Area, Voice, Irene Fehrer (Fall 2003).

Examiner, Graduate Performance Area, Voice, Rena Delaphson Consultant, Montreal Children's Museum, proposal for development of musical exhibit (Winter 2000).

Examiner, Graduate Performance Area, Voice Pedagogy, Patricia Abbott (Winter 2000).

Examiner, Graduate Performance Area, Wind Ensemble Conducting, Dan Gordon (Fall 1999).

External Reviewer, SHHRC, Doctoral Fellowships and New Researcher Categories, (1998; 1999).

External Examiner, Promotion Committee for Dr. Karen Frederickson, Queen's University (Fall 1999).

External Examiner, Doctoral Dissertation, Roger Beatty, University of Toronto (Fall 1999).

Consultant, CBC-Music, Radio Two for special presentation on Canadian choral music featured at the
International Choral Symposium in Belgium (Summer 1999); Music Appreciation (2000).

Examiner, Graduate Theory Area, Pauline Daigle, McGill University (1999).

Vice President, International Liaison, GRIME, MENC Special Interest Research Group on Gender, Music, and Education, (2000 - present, Vice President), (1998 - present, International Liaison).

International Examiner, Promotion of Prof. Peter Abbs, University of Sussex, England (Spring 1998).

Examiner, Graduate Performance Area, Vocal Pedagogy, Sinnika Kahara (Spring 1998).

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation for Judith Cornellier-Sanschagrin, Université Laval (Spring 1998).

Consultant, Research Project studying conductors' development directed by Prof. Karen Frederickson at Queen's University (Spring 1998).

Consultant, Children's TV Network, Canadian and multicultural folksongs (Spring 1998).

Pro-Dean, Faculty of Education, Dissertation Oral at the Faculty of Arts and Science, Dept. of Biology (May 1998, August 2000) and the Faculty of Education (January 1997).

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for T. Boulanger, Université Laval (Spring 1997).

External Examiner, Social Science and Humanities Council, Ph.D. Competition (Spring 1997).

External Examiner, Council for the Renewal of Higher Education in Sweden (February 1997).

External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for C. Morton, Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education, University of Toronto (Spring 1996).

Consultant, CBC concerning Children's programming and music appreciation (Spring 2000, Spring 1998, Spring 1996, Winter 1996).

Consultant, Research Project at Ottawa University directed by John Partington and Terry Orlick studying conductors' performances with Murray Dineen (1995 - 1996).

Editor, for column on arts partnerships in the community for Canadian Music Educators' Newsletter (1995 - 1998).

Associate, John Adaskin Project: Canadian Music for Schools Evaluation Project, Canadian Music Centre (1990 - present).

Quebec Committee of University Music Educators, responding to government proposals for change in arts education and teacher certification programs, (1993 - 1996, 1998).

Education Committee, Canadian Federation of Orchestras, (1993 - 1998).

Editorial Board, La revue de recherche d'éducation musicale, Université Laval (1993 - present).

Editorial Board, Canadian University Music Review (1994 - 1999).

Reviewer, Oxford University Press, Schirmer, Philosophy of Music Education Review, Canadian Music

Educators' Journal, CUMS, British Journal of Music Education, and Journal of Aesthetic Education (1989 - present).

Adjudicator, Canadian Music Competition (1995), West Island Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition (1993).

Instructor (private), Horn, Wind Ensemble (coaching), Orchestra (coaching West Island Youth Orchestra), Voice, and Conducting (1988 - present).