AMS-SMT (American Musicology Society-Society for Music Theory) Joint Meeting 2023
2023-11-09 - 2023-11-12 | Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Pl, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
The American Musicological Society (AMS) is holding its 89th Annual Meeting jointly with the Society for Music Theory (SMT) on 9-12 November 2023 in Denver, Colorado at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel.
Founded in 1934, AMS is a non-profit organization committed to advancing “research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship.” The 2023 AMS Annual Meeting is a forum for the exploration of music and musicology and is made possible by the support and voluntary service of AMS committee members on the Committee on the Annual Meeting and Public Events, Program Committee, and the Performance Committee.
I will be a co-presenter during the “Disability Identity in Music Scholarship” Disability Committee Panel, organized by my colleagues Elizabeth McLain, from Virginia Tech, and Andrew Dell’Antonio, from University of Texas at Austin.
Recording of the event available on this link: https://utexas.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=594df832-ea05-4620-a8b2-b0be014b8e3d

The Music and Disability Study Group of the American Musicological Society is delighted to host six panelists for our session on Disability Identity in Music Scholarship at AMS/SMT-Denver (Friday, November 10, 2023 – 8:00pm–10:00pm Mountain Time (10 PM Eastern, 9 PM Central, 7 PM Pacific, 3 AM GMT), co-chaired by Elizabeth McLain and Andrew Dell’Antonio.
During the panel time, our participants will be providing brief summaries of their presentations, after which we will open to Q&A / conversation between those in attendance. CART captioning will be provided.
Here are the names of the presentations and presenters:Ethnography Through All Of Our Bodies:

Reconsidering Methodology through Disability Expertise – Emily Williams Roberts, University of Chicago
I got a right to be Mad: Madness in Beyoncé’s Lemonade – Samar Johnson, University of Kentucky
Perspective – Molly Joyce, University of Virginia
​Inclusive Music Workshops – Diane Kolin, York University
An Initial Exploration of Autistic, Synesthetic Queer Listening – Steph Ban, Independent Scholar
Crip-Punk! Exploring Disability and Liberation Through Music – Chris Wylie

Cavalcade of Lights at Nathan Phillips Square - Concert with Toronto Chinese Orchestra chamber ensemble
2023-11-25 15:30 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St W, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N1, Canada
The annual Cavalcade of Lights presented by Desjardins Financial Group, will illuminate Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday, November 25. A chamber ensemble of Toronto Chinese Orchestra (erhu, guzheng, pipa, dizi, cello and voice) will perform from 3:30-4:00pm. Free,
Full program: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/cavalcade-of-lights/

Workshop at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music: Teaching & learning voice with a physical disability
2023-11-29 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5, Canada
I was invited to lead a two-hours workshop about teaching and learning voice with a physical disability by Prof. Lorna MacDonald, Lois Marshall Chair in Voice Studies at the University of Toronto. My workshop consisted of a one-hour presentation of frameworks and case studies in music and disability focused on voice, followed by a questions-answers period, and a workshop actively engaging the body, changing positions and balance constraints to discover other ways of positioning ourselves while singing.

Zoom Lecture: "A Dive into Music and Disability, from Theory to Practice" - University of Texas at Austin
2023-11-30 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | BC
The Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the Butler School of Music presents a Zoom lecture by Diane Kolin, “A Dive into Music and Disability, from Theory to Practice.”

Free and open to the public. Please register at the Zoom link provided: https://sites.utexas.edu/musethno/events/zoom-lecture-diane-kolin-a-dive-into-music-and-disability-from-theory-to-practice/

Diane Kolin is a PhD candidate in Musicology at York University, Toronto. Her diverse research interests include Critical Disability Studies, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Liszt, and her dissertation focuses on professional musicians, composers, and music specialists with disabilities. She is the editor in chief of the Journal of the French Beethoven Society. The study of Beethoven’s deafness and Diane’s personal history led to her research in disability and music. Diane is also a voice teacher and a singer who advocates for more accessibility in orchestras, choirs, and music education.

THE GREAT PAUSE at the Isabel Bader Theatre with CMST
2024-01-20 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University (U of T), 93 Charles St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C7, Canada
I will be among the teachers and students performing together for this show.

THE GREAT PAUSE is a musical archive of how the pandemic impacted the CMST communities in Regent Park and Jane Finch, and the ways that they made meaning of this unusual time. Featuring both solo and ensemble performances by Community Music Schools of Toronto students and faculty, this 13-song snapshot of our school community is based directly on interviews with parents, students, teachers and members of the immediate neighborhoods.

Join on us Saturday, January 20th at the Isabel Bader Theatre as we explore both the challenges and the beauty of what our communities made of THE GREAT PAUSE of our lifetime.

Visit www.communitymusic.org/events for more details.

This event is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Lecture at Western University
2024-02-07 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | BC
Lecture at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University.

Open Stage Night with Jet Puppy at C'est What
2024-02-07 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Toronto) | C’est What, 67 Front Street East, Toronto, ON, M5E 1B5, Canada
C’est What is happy to announce an open stage night, hosted by local band, Jet Puppy. I will be there on February 7. Join us! Sign up begins at 7:30pm.

Community Music Schools of Toronto Winter recital February 2024
2024-02-10 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Aki Studio in Daniel Spectrum, 585 Dundat Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 2B7, Canada
Two of my students will be performing at the Regent Park CMST Recital on February 10, 2024, at 11:30 am, at Aki Studio in Daniel Spectrum, 585 Dundat Street East, Toronto. Come and say hi!

Cancelled - York University Chamber Choir – Composer Showcase Concert
2024-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
Due to the ongoing strike at York University, this concert is cancelled.

"The Story of ArtsAbly: a Discussion with Diane Kolin on Disability and Accessibility in the Arts." Lecture at St. John's College, University of British Columbia
2024-03-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | BC
Presentation of ArtsAbly to Masters’, PhD, and Postdoc students from across the disciplines at St. John’s College, University of British Columbia.

Cancelled - York University Chamber Choir – Winter 2024 Concert
2024-03-19 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada

Designing Sound Futures & CAMIN Symposium
2024-03-23 - 2024-03-24 | BC
Two days symposium with musicians with disabilities who are working on the future of sound and music. ArtsAbly will be among the guests. There will be a presentation-performance on Saturday and a round table on Sunday. This symposium in by invitation only.

Cancelled - York University Concert and Chamber Choirs – Winter 2024 Concert
2024-03-26 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada

Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247
2024-03-29 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Toronto) | Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mystery and grandeur meet in Met’s 2024 presentation of J.S. Bach’s long-lost St. Mark Passion. We know that Bach performed St Mark Passion settings several times in different versions while in Leipzig. The music for the final 1744 performance is lost, but thanks to the recent rediscovery of a libretto booklet and other evidence, Dutch musicologist Robert Koolstra reconstructed the work in 2017. Don’t miss this, the second Canadian performance of Bach and Koolstra’s masterpiece. The Met Festival Choir, with Philippe Gagné as Evangelist and Clarence Frazer as Jesus, Toronto’s leading period-instrument players, conducted by Jonathan Oldengarm. Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m.; organ prelude at 7:15 p.m.; concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
Interesting article on the project: https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/03/06/preview-music-met-presents-second-canadian-performance-bachs-st-markus-passion/
Tickets: https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/music-at-met-presents-js-bach-st-mark-passion-(1)

York University Concert and Chamber Choirs – Winter 2024 Concert
2024-04-24 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
After the two initial concerts were cancelled due to the strike at York University, we decided to perform parts of our repertoire in a joint concert on April 24 at 7:30 pm.
We will perform W. A. Mozart’s Missa brevis in F, K. 192, and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Op. 48. Conductor: Lisette Canton.
More details and tickets: https://events.yorku.ca/events/york-university-concert-and-chamber-choirs-april24/

PODIUM 2024 Montreal - Choral Canada festival
2024-05-16 - 2024-05-19 | Delta Hotels by Marriott Montreal, 475 Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC, H3A 1J7, Canada
PODIUM 2024, Canada’s national bilingual choral Conference and Festival, is the top meeting place for Canada’s choral and group singing arts sector and community.
I will have several hats during the event:

I will represent the Student Chapter committee and will host two events: the student chapter presentation session, and the students’ reception.
I will present ArtsAbly and animate a discussion about accessibility in choral music (bilingual event)

More info on the website: https://www.podium2024.ca/

MHRI Conference: Music, Health, and the Community, in Ottawa
2024-05-21 - 2024-05-24 | BC
Details to come soon. ArtsAbly will participate in a roundtable on May 21, 2024.
2024 conference announcement

Tamara Gordon Foundation Fundraising Gala
2024-05-25 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Malvern Christian Assembly, 6705 Sheppard Ave E, Scarborough, ON, M1B 3C1, Canada
I am performing today at the Tamara Gordon Foundation Fundraising Gala. This foundation awarded me a scholarship a few months ago. Come and support if you can!

PRIVATE EVENT – Concert-workshop with Xenia Concerts: Michael Bridge & Diane Kolin at Safehaven, in Toronto
2024-07-10 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | BC
Xenia Concerts makes a private appearance at Safehaven with a family-friendly concert that embraces neurodiversity and disability! This collaboration between Xenia Concerts and Safehaven provides an inspiring musical experience to the organization’s attendees!
This concert has been designed to be enjoyable and accessible for neurodivergent listeners, those with disabilities, and their families and caregivers.
More information on Xenia Concerts’ website

Organ Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-15 | St. Laurenzen Church, Kirche St. Laurenzen, Marktgasse 25, St. Gallen, 9000, Switzerland
After the September 2023 inauguration and April 2024 book launch festivities, this new edition will feature local and international organists and artists.
The new surround organ from Orgelbau Goll is celebrated with two annual festivals: a two-week autumn festival and a weekend festival in spring. The 2024 automn edition will take place from September 1st to 15th, with a rich and top-class musical program. You can reserve tickets for the concerts by Bernhard Ruchti, Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (Saint-Sulpice, Paris) and Jonathan Scott (London), and get information all the other events. The concerts are free.
In addition to a voice and organ concert on September 6, I will be the international musicologist in house, interviewing artists during the festival.
Program (in German): https://www.laurenzen.ch/festivals
Read the article published in St. Gallen 24 (in German): https://stgallen24.ch/articles/255672-orgel-festival-in-der-laurenzen

Chanson-Vesper - Organ Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland
2024-09-06 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Zurich) | St. Laurenzen Church, Kirche St. Laurenzen, Marktgasse 25, St. Gallen, 9000, Switzerland
A Laurenzen Vespers combining the depth of French chansons and spiritual texts. With Diane Kolin (vocals), Pastor Kathrin Bolt, Philipp Kamm and Bernhard Ruchti (organ).
Free event.
Full program of the festival (in German): https://www.laurenzen.ch/festivals

Bernhard Ruchti Swiss Tour 2025
2025-02-05 - 2025-03-01 | Switzerland, Switzerland
The Swiss pianist, musicologist and composer Bernhard Ruchti will tour Switzerland from February 5, 2025 to March 1st, 2025. I will accompany him as a touring agent.

Tempo is the pulse of music. Since 2018, Swiss pianist Bernhard Ruchti has been exploring and interpreting this pulse – and uncovering surprising new ways of interpreting classical music. His work is based on historical research into one of the most important interpreters of the 19th century: Franz Liszt.
Ludwig van Beethoven’s great Hammerklavier Sonata Opus 106 is the focus of Bernhard Ruchti’s tour of Switzerland. He interprets it in the duration handed down by Franz Liszt himself: “presque une heure”. That is noticeably longer than today’s average. For the interpretation, it means one thing above all: more time, more breath and more richness of detail.
Experience Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, one of the core works of the A Tempo project, in a new interpretation, complemented and contrasted with works by Franz Liszt and Bernhard Ruchti.
More information and tickets: https://www.bernhardruchti.com/en/tour/

St. Laurenzen Mittwoch-Mittags-Konzert: Women's Month French-chansons with Diane Kolin and Bernhard Ruchti
2025-03-12 12:15 - 12:45 (America/Toronto) | St. Laurenzen Church, Kirche St. Laurenzen, Marktgasse 25, St. Gallen, 9000, Switzerland
French-chansons repertoire for Women’s Month in St. Laurenzen, on March 12, 2025, with Diane Kolin (voice) and Bernhard Ruchti (piano, organ).
The program includes chansons by Barbara, Maurane, Juliette Gréco, Françoise Hardy, Céline Dion and Isabelle Boulay.
Free entrance.

Vivaldi and Mozart at Carnegie Hall
2025-05-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Ave, New York, NY, 10019, United States
I will be one of the singers of the York University Singers ensemble, directed by Lisette Canton, who will conduct the Vivaldi. We will also perform the Mozart with Wen Chin Liu-Young.

On Saturday, May 24, 2025, 1:00 PM
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
New York New England Symphonic Ensemble
with the following participating choruses:
Heritage Chorale, Oak Park, IL (Wen Chin Liu-Young, Director) NeoVoce Philharmonic Choir, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA (Leo Li, Director) The Ebell of Los Angeles Chorale, Los Angeles, CA (Yu Hang Tan, Director) Waukesha Choral Union, Waukesha, WI (Danielle Bridges, Director) York University Singers, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (Lisette Canton, Director)
Program:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – conducted by Wen Chin Liu-Young
Gloria in D Major, RV 589, Antonio Vivaldi – conducted by Lisette Canton
Tickets: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2025/05/24/New-England-Symphonic-Ensemble-0100PM

CCMP Accessibility and Theatre Workshop - Private event
2025-10-04 | BC
This private event will be a Community Theatre and Accessibility workshop organized by ArtsAbly, which I will lead for City Centre Musical Productions (CCMP) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Theorizing Trauma and Disability in the Arts: Vocal Pedagogy Panel (virtual)
2025-10-17 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Center for Musical Humanities present a four-day event exploring different perspectives on trauma and disabilities in the arts. Free and open to the public, the conference will feature musical performances, art installations, panel discussions and audience interaction.
Friday, October 17, 2025, Lani Hall, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Los Angleles
2:30pm PDT – 4:00pm PDT/ 5:30pm EST –7:00pm EST
Vocal Pedagogy Panel (presented virtually in Lani)

Katherine Meizel
Anne Slovin (in person)
Emily Jaworski Koriath
Adam Moxness
Diane Kolin
Maria Georgakarakou
Marita Stryker

About the conference: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/trauma-and-disability-in-the-arts-conference/
Full program: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/trauma-and-disability-in-the-arts/
Live stream (day and time of the conference): https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/school-of-music-live-streams/#lani-hall

Amadeus Choir: VERTIGO | A Choral Tango
2025-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | The Plaground, 388 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Step into the seductive world of tango at VERTIGO: A Choral Tango—a thrilling, Halloween-adjacent evening of music, movement, and drama. The night kicks off with a fun, beginner-friendly tango lesson you can join or simply enjoy watching. Then, be captivated by renowned accordionist Michael Bridge, stunning choral performances, and a breathtaking aerial tango dancer. With a cash bar available throughout the evening, this is the perfect chance to sip, sway, and soak up the magic of tango’s rich history. Don’t miss this uniquely immersive concert experience—one night only!

2025 Joint American Musicological Society and Society for Music Conference - Musicking in Disabled Community: Access Intimacy and Cultural Activism
2025-11-08 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Organized by the AMS Music and Disability Study Group. Saturday, November 8, 2025. 12:30pm – 2:00pm CDT / 1:30pm – 3:00pm EST
The Music and Disability Study Group of the AMS hosts three presentations and a conversation on the theme “Musicking in Disabled Community: Access Intimacy and Cultural Activism.”
We have chosen three presentations that:

Are driven by the interests and priorities of disabled people;
Involve people collaborating across disability identities, prestige categories, and professional affiliations;
Engage with co-creating disability culture (see Brown, “What is Disability Culture,” ​Disability Studies Quarterly 22:2 (2022) and/or access intimacy (See Mingus, “Access Intimacy: The Missing Link”, 2011; https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/access-intimacy-the-missing-link/ ) as a form of resistance to structural ableism.

The presentations will be followed by general conversation on the themes above. All are welcome!
Presentations:

Access Culture at the Cedar – Elizabeth McLain
ArtsAbly and Disability Culture – Diane Kolin
Crip Sonorities – Molly Joyce

Full details: https://www.conftool.pro/minneapolis2025-ams-smt/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=258

Lecture at OCAD University: Accessibility assessments of public art installations
2025-11-12 11:30 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | OCAD University, 100 McCaul St, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1G1, Canada
My colleague Roman Romanov, Sessional Lecturer at OCAD University and fellow Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (RHFAC) Professional, asked me to present my public art accessibility assessments work to his class.
This presentation is not public.

Amadeus Choir: Bach's Christmas Oratorio
2025-12-07 16:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Featuring the Amadeus Choir with performers from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Conducted by Kathleen Allan.
Immerse yourself in the festive splendour of J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, performed in full across two captivating concerts. Composed in 1734, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is celebrated as one of the greatest works in Western choral tradition, blending jubilant choruses, exquisite arias, and vivid storytelling of the Nativity. Be part of this historic masterpiece, enhanced by community warmth and holiday cheer—an unforgettable seasonal experience awaits!
Ticket includes two concerts & dinner!
4 PM: Cantatas 1, 2, and 3
5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Dinner at one of six local restaurants (included in your ticket price!)
7:30 PM: Cantatas 4, 5, and 6
Amadeus Subscribers receive an exclusive 20% off discount. Promo codes will be emailed to within a week after your subscription purchase.
Purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/js-bach-christmas-oratorio-eat-drink-be-merry-tickets-1542887430839
