U of T Music Education Colloquium

Thanks to everyone who attended Dr. Sean Robert Powell's talk in person and online!
If you missed Dr. Powell's talk, feel free to contact us at [email protected] to receive access to a recording of the talk.
We look forward to seeing you at our next Colloquium event, "A talk with Deantha Edmunds," which will take place on March 21st, 2024, from 5:30–7 PM EST. (Registration details will be shared on this page shortly.)

Thanks to everyone who attended Dr. adam patrick bell's talk in person and online!
If you missed Dr. bell's talk, feel free to contact us at [email protected] to receive access to a recording of the talk.
We look forward to seeing you at our next Colloquium event, Dr. Sean Robert Powell's talk titled "Torn asunder: Reconciling with contradiction in music education," which will take place on February 29th, 2024, from 5:30–7 PM EST. (Registration details will be shared on this page shortly.)

This afternoon the U of T Music Education Colloquium will be hosting a free blended talk by special guest Nathan Holder, award-winning author, international speaker, musician and education consultant!

Nathan's talk is entitled "Moving toward decoloniality in music teaching and learning”, and will focus on the effects of European colonialism, and how it has shaped many aspects of our world, including the learning and teaching of music, and the wider music industry.

Prof. Nathan Holder is an award-winning author, international speaker, musician and education consultant. For over a decade, he has focused on music education, race and decolonisation by speaking and writing around the world. He has collaborated with renowned artists like Ghetts, Emeli Sandé and Arkells, as well as companies such as BBC, Hal Leonard Europe and Oxford University Press. As an author, he has written ten books whilst advocating for increased diversity and inclusivity in music education.

Wednesday, November 1st 2023, Faculty of Music, Edward Johnson Building room 225.

Register for free: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/dcd59f40-3e7f-4d23-8b38-5915f9c87d39

Nathan's talk is one of many as part of the 2023–2024 Music Education Colloquium Series. Visit our website for details: music.utoronto.ca





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Dear friends and colleagues,

We would like to announce the 2023–2024 Music Education Colloquium Series. Each event features a free lecture by a guest scholar on a topic related to music education, followed by a question-and-answer segment. This year's jam-packed lineup includes:

Thurs. Oct. 19 @ 6:30PM ET: Revisiting ‘attention’ in music listening: Ethical considerations for sound educators
Dr. Rebecca Rinsema, Northern Arizona University

Weds. Nov. 1 @ 5:30PM ET: Moving toward decoloniality in music teaching and learning
Nathan Holder, Royal Northern College of Music, London, England

Thurs. Nov. 16 @ 3:30PM ET: Kenneth Peacock Lecture (in collaboration with M**h)
Dr. André de Quadros, Boston University

Thurs. Jan. 25 @ 5:30PM ET: Meaningful inclusion in music education: Toward a disability-led model of practice and research
Dr. adam patrick bell, Western University

Thurs. Feb. 29 @ 5:30PM ET: Torn asunder: Reconciling with contradiction in music education
Dr. Sean Powell, University of North Texas

Thurs. March 21 @ 5:30PM ET: A conversation with Deantha Edmunds
Deantha Edmunds, Inuk soprano

We will share details about each talk closer to the event date.

All our speakers will visit us in person at the Faculty of Music. Attendees may join us in Edward Johnson Building room 225 (light refreshments will be provided) or via Zoom (webinar links will be shared closer to each event date).

Our video-conference streaming will have live captioning. If you require any additional accessibility accommodations, please let Prof. González Ben know in advance so that we can arrange them accordingly.

Finally, a 2023–2024 Music Education Colloquium Series poster is attached. Please share widely with your network! Everyone is encouraged and welcome to attend.

Wishing you a great academic year,

Antía González Ben, Ph.D. (she & ella), Colloquium Coordinator, [email protected]

Thanks to everyone who attended Dr. Mullen's talk, both in-person and online!

If you missed Dr. Mullen's talk, feel free to contact Colloquium Assistant Laura Menard at [email protected] to receive access to a recording of the talk.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Colloquium event, Dr. Danielle Sirek's talk titled "Teacher education in the arts before and during (and after) COVID-19," which will take place on March 23rd, 2023, from 5:30–7 PM EST. (Registration details will be shared on this page closer to the event date.)

Sincerely,
Antía González Ben, Ph.D. (she & ella), Colloquium Coordinator, [email protected]
Laura Menard, Ph.D. Candidate (she/her), Colloquium Assistant, [email protected]

Thanks to everyone who attended Dr. Lewis's talk, both in-person and online!

To those of you who joined us remotely, we sincerely appreciate your patience as we worked through some technical difficulties, and we thank you for your swift response to the new login credentials.

If you missed Dr. Lewis's talk, feel free to contact [email protected] to receive access to a recording of the talk.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Colloquium event, Dr. Jess Mullen's talk titled "Neoliberalism, race, and (in)equity," which will take place on February 16th, 2023, from 5:30–7 PM EST. (Registration details will be shared on this page closer to the event date.)

Wishing you all the best for the holiday season and the new year,

Antía González Ben, Ph.D. (she & ella), Colloquium Coordinator, [email protected]
Laura Menard, Ph.D. Candidate (she/her), Colloquium Assistant, [email protected]

Dear friends and colleagues,

We would like to announce the 2022–2023 Music Education Colloquium Series. Each event features a free lecture by a guest scholar on a topic related to music education, followed by a question-and-answer segment.

This year's lineup includes:

Tues. Oct. 4, 2022 - 7-8:30 PM ET: Social Justice in music education: Some remarks from a German perspective, Dr. Andreas Lehmann-Wermser (HMTH, Germany) https://www.hmtm-hannover.de/de/hochschule/personen/i-l/univ-prof-dr-andreas-lehmann-wermser/

Thurs. Nov. 17, 2022 - 5:30-7 PM ET: Understanding and addressing systemic oppression: Freedom dreaming in music education, Amy B. Lewis (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
https://music.wisc.edu/faculty/amy-lewis/

Thurs. Feb. 16, 2023 - 5:30-7 PM ET: Neoliberalism, race and (in)equity, Jess Mullen (Pennsylvania State University, USA) https://arts.psu.edu/faculty/jess-mullen/

Thurs. March 23, 2023 - 5:30-7 PM ET: Teacher education in the arts before and during (and after) COVID-19, Danielle Sirek (University of Western Ontario, Canada) https://www.edu.uwo.ca/faculty-profiles/danielle-sirek.html

For the first time since 2019, all our speakers will visit us in person at the Faculty of Music. Attendees may join us in Edward Johnson Building room 225 (light refreshments will be provided) or via Zoom (webinar links will be shared closer to each event date).

Our video-conference streaming will have live captioning. If you require any additional accessibility accommodations, please, let Prof. González Ben know in advance so that we can arrange them accordingly.

Finally, a poster of the 2022–2023 Music Education Colloquium Series is attached. Please, share widely with your network! Everyone is encouraged and welcome to attend.

Wishing you a great academic year,

Antía González Ben, Ph.D. (she & ella), Colloquium Coordinator, [email protected]
Laura Menard, Ph.D. Candidate (she/her), Colloquium Assistant, [email protected]