Archives: SSAC

Archives: SSAC

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James Wright composes a piece for an event commemorating Jack Layton

  Music Professor James Wright has composed a piece of music to commemorate Jack Layton’s final letter to Canadians.  Wright was asked by The Leading Note Foundation to write a piece for an... More

Posted on Monday, September 24th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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Mark Phillips: Paul Mellon Senior Visiting Fellow at CASVA

Professor in the Department of History and The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Mark Salber Phillips will spend two months this winter as Paul Mellon Senior Visiting... More

Posted on Monday, September 10th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, History Feed for all posts filed under History

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Carleton Student Suren Barry Wins National Piano Competition

Carleton music student and pianist Suren Barry took top honours in the piano category at the 41st Canadian National Music Competition this past weekend. Barry successfully performed before a panel of... More

Posted on Friday, August 24th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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History and Theory of Architecture student takes home prestigious awards

  It has been a productive past few months for Hilary Grant.  Not only has the graduating History and Theory of Architecture (HTA) student won the Martin Eli Weil Prize for best architectural... More

Posted on Monday, June 25th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, IIS Feed for all posts filed under IIS, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC

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2012 Carleton University Jazz Camp

Hone your skills with some of the finest Jazz educators in the country Carleton University is proud to present its third annual Jazz Camp from Tuesday August 7 to Saturday, August 11, 2012. Students... More

Posted on Monday, June 25th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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Interview: Music Professor James Wright teams up with CBC’s Julie Nesrallah to set Beethoven’s “Letters to the Immortal Beloved” to music

  As Beethoven lay in his bed in waning health on July 6th and 7th, 1812, the great composer authored three passionate love letters to a woman unknown.  Discovered in Beethoven’s bedside... More

Posted on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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Juno award-winning percussionist to give intimate fundraising concert series in treehouse

Carleton University music professor Jesse Stewart is planning to give a series of intimate solo percussion concerts in a most unlikely venue—a treehouse that he built in Ottawa. Nestled in the... More

Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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Video – Carleton grad plays the Iranian kamancheh

Kayhan Kalhor, a graduate of the Carleton music program, is considered one of the world’s best on the Iranian kamancheh. Watch Kalhor give a beautiful and introspective performance to... More

Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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Art History professor shortlisted for prestigious Donner Prize

By Caitlin Kealey Ruth Phillips has made a short list of four for the Donner Prize. Phillips, an art history professor, is also the Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture. The Donner Prize has been... More

Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News

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For the Love of Culture

Carleton’s Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis provides important linkages among researchers By Hannah Yakobi It’s a collaboration unlike any other – three talented researchers who are... More

Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, French Feed for all posts filed under French