Diane Kolin

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/

Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247
2024-03-29 19:30 - 22:30 | 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)

Cancelled - York University Concert and Chamber Choirs – Winter 2024 Concert
2024-03-26 19:30 - 21:00 | 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.

Designing Sound Futures & CAMIN Symposium
2024-03-23 - 2024-03-24 | ON
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 Chamber Choir – Winter 2024 Concert
2024-03-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada

"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 | ON
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 – Composer Showcase Concert
2024-03-12 12:30 - 13:30 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada

Community Music Schools of Toronto Winter recital February 2024
2024-02-10 11:30 - 12:30 | 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!

Open Stage Night with Jet Puppy at C'est What
2024-02-07 20:00 - 23:00 | 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.

Lecture at Western University
2024-02-07 18:30 - 19:30 | ON
Lecture at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University.

THE GREAT PAUSE at the Isabel Bader Theatre with CMST
2024-01-20 14:30 - 15:30 | 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.

Zoom Lecture: "A Dive into Music and Disability, from Theory to Practice" - University of Texas at Austin
2023-11-30 14:00 - 15:00 | ON
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.

Workshop at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music: Teaching & learning voice with a physical disability
2023-11-29 17:00 - 19:00 | 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.

Cavalcade of Lights at Nathan Phillips Square - Concert with Toronto Chinese Orchestra chamber ensemble
2023-11-25 15:30 - 16:00 | 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/

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

Lecture at University of Texas at Austin - Performing with a different body: re-imagining music-making
2023-11-02 10:30 - 11:45 | University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
Lecture at the Musicking and Disability (MUS 379K) class – Prof. Andrew Dell’Antonio – University of Texas at Austin

Google Arts workshop for Google employees - Music and Disability: Assumptions in Education and Performance
2023-10-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Private workshop for Google employees as part of Google Arts.

Joseph Haydn's "The Creation"
2023-10-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Blessed Trinity Church, 3228 Bavview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M2M 3R7, Canada
Presented by the Toronto Oratorio Society & the Blessed Trinity Choir, with orchestra.
Grace Quinsey, soprano – Gabriel / Eve
Ryan Downey, tenor – Uriel
John Holland, bass – Raphael / Adam
Karen Frank, Conductor
I was one of the alto section leads.

Organ Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland
2023-09-03 - 2023-09-17 | St. Laurenzen Church, Kirche St. Laurenzen, Marktgasse 25, St. Gallen, 9000, Switzerland
My colleague and friend Bernhard Ruchti leads the fantastic Kuhn organ rehabilitation project in St. Laurenzen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. The new improved “Surround-Sound” instrument will be inaugurated in September 2023. The St. Laurenzen church will offer a three-weeks organ festival with distinguished guests from all over Europe. I will be onsite, helping the team with the French speaking visitors and performers.
More about Bernhard Ruchti: https://www.bernhardruchti.com/home-en/
More about the organ festival and its program (in German): https://www.laurenzen.ch/startet/

Salon Concert - Artist Residency at the Milkhouse in Prince Edward County
2023-07-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Milkhouse, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Salon concert at the Milkhouse in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Solo a cappella jazz concert.
“Diane Kolin is a French musicologist specialized in Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Liszt. In France, she is the editor in chief of the Beethoven journal of the French Beethoven Society and frequently travels all over Europe for research and conferences. She is also a jazz and classical singer and a voice teacher in Toronto. She is currently a PhD candidate in Musicology at York University, Toronto, and enjoying a short residency in Prince Edward County. Her musical offering will consist of jazz repertoire by Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, from “Summertime” to “My Baby Just Cares For Me” and some French jazz.”

Children, Youth and Performance Conference 2023: "Disability and music: music education with adaptive instruments"
2023-06-17 - 2023-06-18 | Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front St East, Toronto, ON, M5A 3Z4, Canada
This conference is an exchange of knowledge between researchers, performers, educators, practitioners, and community organizers. Through a range of informative and interactive sessions, participants will discuss the present and future applications and implications of performance work with, by, for, and about children and youth. There will be a range of in-person events, panels, performances, and workshops spread out during the conference days. All presentations and workshop sessions take place on June 17th and 18th. This year’s conference is entirely in-person. Registrants will receive a full schedule of events closer to the conference dates. My presentation will take place on June 17th at 2:30 pm.
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Adaptive instruments are generally used to teach music to children with disabilities. This project has for objective to demonstrate that children with all abilities are receptive to alternative ways of learning. I believe that the discovery of adaptive instruments can open the mind of a student, whether it is a young child, a teenager, or a young adult. It can also propose other teaching methods to instructors.
The project consists of a series of workshops held between February and June 2023, allowing groups of music students of various ages to discover instruments and musical material made for musicians and singers with disabilities. The workshops are held in classrooms of the Community Music Schools of Toronto at Jane and Finch. Each participant takes part in one of the workshops. Participants of the choir workshop sing with adaptive content such as brail scores and learn lyrics in American Sign Language (ASL). Participants of the jam session workshop imagine instruments that can be played with a missing part of the body or use conventional instruments in a non-conventional way. Participants of the new technology workshop use devices such as an iPad with digital instruments or digital gloves connected to a computer system. During each workshop, students work together on a piece that will be performed in a recital at the Jane and Finch music school in June 2023, to show what they have learned during the workshops to an audience.
This research has received the support of York University’s Helen Carswell Chair in Community Engaged Research in the Arts, in partnership with Community Music Schools of Toronto at Jane and Finch.
More details and tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/children-youth-and-performance-conference-2023-tickets-546265634217

Adaptive Voice and Instruments workshops at CMST: final performance 2023
2023-06-16 18:00 - 19:00 | York University, Music Department, 83 York Boulevard, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
The CMST end of the year recital will feature a presentation of the adaptive voice and instruments workshops.
The song “The Greatest” by Sia will be performed in American Sign Language by voice students, and another group of students will present their work on one of the adaptive instruments they discovered.
One of my voice students will also sing “Sweet Dream” by Alessia Cara.
The recital will be hosted by York University, Accolade East Building, Room 235. It will begin at 6 pm.
Entrance is free.

Soar – Toronto Chinese Orchestra 30th anniversary concert
2023-06-11 16:30 - 18:30 | Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1X7, Canada
I will be one of the guests of this special performance.
Come celebrate with us as we present our 30th Anniversary concert, SOAR, showcasing traditional and contemporary works for Chinese orchestra. All our repertoire are Canadian premieres, with one of the earliest works for the traditional Chinese orchestra, Variations on Xinshuiling (1925) by LIU Tianhua, the imaginative Re-So-La-Re (2012) by HUANG Xincai, and an excerpt from WANG Danhong’s Ode to the Sun (2015). We will also present Singaporean composer WANG Chenwei’s We Soar (2013), the inspiration for our concert theme, and his medley Remembering Teresa Teng (2017). Finally, the powerful New Dragon Dance (2012) by XU Changjun will feature our percussion leader, Bobby Ho and his team, with special guests from the Community Music Schools of Toronto. Join us as we explore the wonderful world of Chinese orchestral music led by conductor Jonathan Wong and associate conductor Mike Liu.
http://www.torontochineseorchestra.com/wp/concerts/soar-tco-30th-anniversary-concert/

MT180 - National final - Finale nationale - Montréal
2023-05-10 | HEC Montréal, 3000, chemin Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC, H3T 2A7, Canada
On March 21, I won the Toronto “Ma Thèse en 180 secondes” (French Three Minutes Thesis) competition. I will therefore participate in the national competition on May 10 in Montreal.
The My thesis in 180 seconds competition allows doctoral students to present their research topic in simple terms to a lay and diverse audience. Each student must make, in three minutes, a clear, concise and proven presentation on his research project. The national final takes place within the framework of the Acfas Congress.
More about the Montreal final (in French): https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes
Link to the Live: https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes/a-propos
List of participants on May 10: https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes/laureats

Le 21 mars, j’ai remporté le concours torontois de “Ma Thèse en 180 secondes” (MT180). Je participerai donc au concours national le 10 mai prochain à Montréal.
Le concours Ma thèse en 180 secondes permet à des doctorant•e•s de présenter leur sujet de recherche en termes simples à un auditoire profane et diversifié. Chaque étudiant•e• doit faire, en trois minutes, un exposé clair, concis et néanmoins convaincant sur son projet de recherche. La finale nationale a lieu dans le cadre du Congrès de l’Acfas.
Plus de détails sur la finale de Montréal : https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes
Lien vers le Live : https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes/a-propos
List des participants le 10 mai : https://www.acfas.ca/prix-concours/ma-these-en-180-secondes/laureats

La salle avant l'installation des chaises / The room before the installation of the chairs

La salle de repos du Collège Massey / The quiet room in Massey College

La bibliothèque du Collège Massey / The library of Massey College

Jean-François et Isabelle, les deux animateurs de la soirée / Jean-François and Isabelle, the two animators of the might

Deux participants et les présentateurs / Two contestants and the presentators

Laura de l'Acfas Montréal / Laura from Acfas Montreal

Salle vide avant le début de la compétition / Empty room before the beginning of the competition

Le bureau du jury / The jury's desk

Quelques participants MT180 à Toronto / Some participants to the MT180 contest in Toronto

Deux doctorantes, Diane et Sandya / Two doctoral students, Diane and Sandya

Avec ma superviseuse Stephanie Martin / With my supervisor Stephanie Martin

Avec mon amie Nelly de Breze / With my friend Nelly de Breze

Ottawa - Music and Health Conference: Knowledge Exchange, Mobilization, and Translation
2023-05-03 - 2023-05-05 | Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7K4, Canada
Music and Health Research Institute (MHRI) 2023 Conference in Ottawa.

This conference will have two parts: an Inaugural Conference of the Music and Health Research Institute, followed by a Music on Prescription Summit. It will take place from May 3-5, 2023, at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.
I will co-present with Amy Hillis and Richard Marsella.
Website of the conference: https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/music-health

3rd Biennial Disability Studies & Music Education Symposium (DSandME '23)
2023-04-27 - 2023-04-29 | ON
The theme of the conference is: Disrupting Music Education: Disability as “an ingenious way to live.” DSandME23 will take place from April 27, 2023, through April 29, 2023.
The 3rd Biennial International Disability Studies and Music Education Symposium (DSandME23) explores how disability and lived experiences of disabled persons/persons with disabilities provide opportunities to productively disrupt music pedagogy (e.g., Shakespeare, 2014). Disruption functions as a way to become conscious of ableism within structures and practices in music education (Rathgeber & bell, forthcoming). As Neil Marcus reminds us, disability both necessitates creativity, and is itself a site of creativity (Marcus, 1993; Keifer-Boyd, 2017). Disruption, then, can be an invitation to reconsider, dream, and transform practices, environments, and relationships through disability-centered frameworks (Piepzna-Samarasinha, 2018; Sandahl, 2018).
I will present the adaptive instruments workshops on Friday, April 28, 2023, from 7 to 7:30 PM EST. Note that my presentation will be followed by a performance by composer Molly Joyce from 7:30 to 8 PM EST.
More info and location to come.

Good Friday 2023 Festival Choir: G.F. Handel’s "Brockes Passion"
2023-04-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada
Available online on-demand until June 7, 2023. Including a pre-concert talk with Jonathan Oldengarm, and organ prelude (Bach’s Sei gegrüßet, BWV 768).
The Metropolitan Festival Choir and Baroque Orchestra (Jonathan Oldengarm, direction and continuo) present Handel’s rarely-heard Brockes Passion on Good Friday, April 7, 2023. Soloists include Michael Colvin, Evangelist; Geoffrey Sirett, Jesus; Jacqueline Woodley, Tochter Zion; Robert Kinar, Petrus; and soliloquents Jane Fingler, Gisele Kulak, Veronika Anissimova, Michelle Simmons (Judas), Charles Davidson, Nicholas Higgs, and John Pepper. The Met Festival Choir will be joined this year by a period instrument ensemble (Cristina Zacharias, Concertmaster, and members of Tafelmusik). In good historical-performance style, Wayne C. Vance Organ Scholar Joshua Duncan Lee will play continuo on the church organ; Jonathan Oldengarm conducts and plays recit and aria continuo.
Composed sometime between 1715 and 1719 while Handel was living in London, this work is a setting of vivid Passion libretto penned by Handel’s law school classmate Barthold Heinrich Brockes. It is distinct from e.g. the Bach Passions in that it is a purely poetic telling of the story, rather than a faithful recitation of the scriptural text. As such, it was banned from liturgical use at the time, and could only be presented in concert. Georg Philipp Telemann (who, along with Reinhold Keiser and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, also set the text), performed all four settings in four-night marathons for several years, beginning in 1719 in Hamburg.
A vivid, passionate account of the most dramatic week in the Christian liturgical year that is often cited, yet rarely sung. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience another Handel masterwork, written in a style that forms a marked contrast with Messiah.
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York University Concert and Chamber Choirs - Winter 2023 Concert
2023-03-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
York University Concert Choir and Chamber Choir conducted by Lisette Canton.
Program:
Samuel Barber – Sure on this shining night
Johannes Brahms – Abendlied
Ola Gjeilo – Northern Lights
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
Traditional / Andre Thomas – Keep your lamps
More about the event: https://events.yorku.ca/events/york-university-concert-and-chamber-choirs-3-141/

York University Graduate Music Students Colloquium - Forward Motion
2023-03-24 - 2023-03-25 | York University, Music Department, 83 York Boulevard, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
York University’s 2nd annual Graduate Music Students Colloquium. The theme of this year’s colloquium is Forward Motion.
Featuring Keynote Speaker and Panelist, Dr. Philip Ewell, whose forthcoming On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone will be published in 2023. Dr. Ewell’s recent scholarship in “Music Theory and the White Racial Frame” has been featured in the New York Times, Die Zeit, the BBC, the New Yorker, and on WQXR’s Aria Code.
I will present my work with Community Music Schools of Toronto, consisting of a series of adaptive instruments and voice workshops, on Saturday, March 25, at 10 am, room ACE 235.
More about the event: Website

Pre-concert chat: Celebrating the music of Canadian Jewish Composers
2023-03-23 18:45 - 22:00 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
Another concert from Jewish Music @ York returns! Featuring a diverse program presented by acclaimed faculty Mark Chambers, Katherine Dowling, Amy Hillis, Patricia Wait from the Department of Music and several special guests!
The recital will be preceded by a pre-concert talk by scholar-performer Diane Kolin who will be sharing insights about the repertoire performed and the composers who wrote these works.
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
6:45 pm, pre-concert talk
7:30 pm, concert
Reserve your free ticket now!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-the-music-of-canadian-jewish-composers-tickets-579911078647
