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Performing Arts Research Forum

The Research Forum is an informal setting where our faculty, graduate students, cross-appointed faculty and visiting scholars present research in progress. Unless otherwise indicated, sessions take place on selected Thursdays at noon in Room 409 of the Ä¢¹½AV Arts Centre.Ìý

Fall 2025 Schedule

September 25
Schroeder Lecture
Jacqueline Warwick ‘Go, Boy, Go!’: Child Pianist Frank ‘Sugar Chile’ Robinson and the Commodification of Black Boyhood Ìý
October 16
Steven Baur Clops, Swats, Woodblocks, and Washboards: Percussive Accompaniments on Early Commercial Recordings
October 23
Schroeder Lecture
Marcia Ostashewski
Graham Marshall
Leim Jo
Building Sound Communities in Unama'ki: Fostering EDIA, Reconciliation and Decolonization through Community-Engaged Research-Creation
October 30 Cameron Bennett
Jacqueline WarwickÌý
Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives: Dolly Parton’s Singing and Storytelling Across Genre
November 6 Dilshan Weerasinghe TBA
November 13 Fall Study Break No Presentation
November 20 Nathan Beeler Stepping Towards Culture: Mi’kmaq Music in Settler Classes and Rehearsals
November 27
Schroeder Lecture
Adeline Mueller From Sociability to Solidarity: Maria Theresia Paradis as Piano Teacher and Advocate for Blind Musicians, 1809-1824
December 4 Jure Gantar TBA
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Winter 2026 Schedule-in-Progress

January 15 Jennifer Bain Why We Need to Visit Archives and Libraries in the Age of Digital Musicology Ìý
January 22
Roberta Barker Better to Die: Love Consumptions, Masculinity, and Virtue in Early Modern Drama
January 29 TBA TBA
February 5 Jacob Caines Speculating on Queer Classical Music: Wishful Thinking, Reality, and Imagined Futures
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