Schulich graduate students excel at Society for American Music conference
A record number of Schulich School of Music graduate students presented papers and participatedÌýin the 43rd AnnualÌý (SAM) Annual Conference, which was hosted by ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University andÌýheldÌýin Montreal from March 22-26. ÌýThe Society for American Music is made upÌýof scholars, performers, and students dedicated to the study, teaching, and creation of the musics of the Americas. ÌýLocal arrangements and coordination for thisÌýyear's conference were made by Professors Lisa Barg,Ìýchair,ÌýSara Laimon, Lloyd Whitesell and post-doctural studentÌýLaura Risk.Ìý
A vast range of research wasÌýpresented by students ÌýSophie Kabbash, Vanessa Blais-Tremblay,ÌýMelvin Backstrom, Farley Miller, Jessica Holmes, Kiersten van Vliet, Mylene Gioffredo,ÌýClaire McLeish, Kristin Franseen, Laura Risk, Sean Lorre, andÌýBen Duinker. ÌýCollectively these students are expanding the range of knowledge by exploring what constitutes music research in the humanities, through their range of methodologies and they will lead musicology in new directions through the initiation of new conversations that will cause scholars to rethink the old and the new.Ìý
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