Asst. Dean of Research, music history prof., author of "The Sound of a Superpower," Associate editor @JSAMMusic. @westernu @WesternuMusic. Opinions my own.
Joined October 2013
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Here's an article I wrote about Canadian musical responses to the Trump's threats. theconversation.com/elbows-u…
Just love this story about my student Ala Krivov’s research with soundmaking Cold War-era toys this summer. news.westernu.ca/2024/07/mus…
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Meet adam patrick bell, the first Canada Research Chair in music at #WesternU.
Six Western professors were named to the prestigious program on March 13. Their innovative work ranges from machine learning systems to climate resilience to cognitive aging. news.westernu.ca/2024/03/new…
Check out Sharon Wei talking about tonight's wonderful tornadoes+climate+music event @westernuMusic on London Live. Getting so excited! open.spotify.com/episode/4Gd…
Very excited to be sharing brand new work for the first time at U of Guelph next week for International Women's Day. It's on Canadian composer Ann Southam, feminism, and "craftivism."
Register for in-person or online attendance at Washington, DC: Music-Political Center - a symposium @DumbartonOaks ! Sept. 22-23.
Hear from top music historians, renowned local musicians, and officials engaged in promoting music.
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I am going to leave this here and walk away quietly ...
ALT A two panel meme. Left panel has an UNO card saying "work on their syllabus for the fall term or draw 25". The right panel has a dark skinned man holding 25 cards, drinking a Sprite beverage from a can, and looking ahead.
Western Music grad student Joel Martinez Lorenzana leads his first Music Making Creative Lab in Guarjila, El Salvador - a community music education intervention for young people using Digital Audio Workstations. Funded by @sshrc_crsh @westernuniversity @westernumusic
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The progress China has made in renewable energy just THIS YEAR makes the entire rest of the world look like it's standing still.
I wrote in December that to call China the "world leader in renewable energy" was a colossal understatement.
That’s even more true today.
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ALT Huainan floating solar farm in Anhui Province.
ALT Huainan floating solar farm in Anhui Province.
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What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?
Here's the full list of 25 examples:
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Check out this morning’s @LondonMorning #IndigenousMusic segment with @CBCLondon’s @RebeccaZandberg feat. recent @WesternU grad, Emma Pennell!
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#PurpleAndProud
When the fast movement of cars isn’t your city’s only priority, you can live like this instead.
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Registration is now open for “Washington, DC: Music-Political Center,” a symposium @DumbartonOaks in DC,
Sept 22-23, co-convened by me, Michael Sy Uy, and Daniel Boomhower. Check out our impressive list of speakers and performers! tinyurl.com/5d24x95r
The latest issue of @westernuMusic’s wonderful undergraduate musicology research journal, Nota Bene, is now out! The journal is in its 16th year and strong as ever. Do encourage your students to submit their papers for our next call in the Fall! ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/not……
The one-day writing retreat in June for Western faculty that I announced yesterday is almost full after only 24 hours. Its really striking what a need there is for togetherness, collegial support, and demarcated writing and thinking time amongst university faculty right now.
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What I’ve been up to this week, with Western music PhD student Joel Martinez Lorenzana. Thanks to @westernuMusic, @WesternU and @sshrc for supporting this work. instagram.com/p/CsU8x6FtEUj/…
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Please register to join members of our Surviving Memory in Postwar El Salvador team at this free one-day conference in Toronto, April 21, including presentations by me and @westernuMusic grad student Joel Martinez Lorenzana on our civil war music projects.
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