Lectures

Research Alive | The Mandé Kumbengo: Understanding West African instruments and grooves

Wednesday, February 10, 2027 17:00to18:30

Althea SullyCole, Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology...

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CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture | Transforming music into medicine

Monday, February 1, 2027 18:00to19:30

Frank Russo (Canada) and Aaron Labbe (Canada) 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA/musicCategory: Music/Arts/Culture Schulich School of Music

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Research Alive | Wonders of Rome: The Toccatas of Giovanni Kapsperger and Girolamo Frescobaldi

Wednesday, January 20, 2027 17:00to18:30

Seth Dempsey, Music Theory, Winner of the 2026–2027 Research Alive Student Prize...

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CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture | The past has ears: Acoustic digital twins as a bridge between heritage, music, and virtual reality

Monday, January 18, 2027 18:00to20:00

Brian Katz (France) 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA/musicCategory: Music Schulich School of Music

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CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture | Soundscape composition and microsound

Friday, October 23, 2026 18:00to19:30

Barry Truax (Canada) 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA/musicCategory: Music/Arts/Culture Schulich School of Music

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Research Alive | The Language of Bebop: Morphology, syntax, and meaning in Charlie Parker's improvisations

Wednesday, March 24, 2027 17:00to18:30

John Sweenie, jazz saxophone, Finalist of the 2026–2027 Research Alive Student Prize...

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CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture | Composing and/as artistic research

Monday, March 8, 2027 18:00to19:30

Agostino Di Scipio (Italy) 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA/musicCategory: Music/Arts/Culture Schulich School of Music

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Research Alive | Pop music from 1000 years ago: Throat singing and original instruments from Inner Mongolia

Wednesday, November 18, 2026 17:00to18:30

Richard King, Professor, Sound Recording...

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CIRMMT Distinguished Lecture

Monday, November 2, 2026 18:00to19:30

Jonas Braasch (United States) 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA/musicCategory: Music/Arts/Culture Schulich School of Music

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