Diane Kolin

Pre-concert chat: Celebrating the music of Canadian Jewish Composers
2023-03-23 18:45 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | 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

Toronto Finalist - French version of 3-min Thesis (3MT) / Ma Thèse en 180 secondes (MT180)
2023-03-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Massey College, 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2E1, Canada
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an internationally recognized research communication competition. Participants have three minutes to deliver a compelling presentation on their thesis research for a general audience using a single, static slide.
I will be a Toronto finalist in the French version of 3MT, MT180. If you want to hear me compete, you are welcome to join the audience at Massey College on March 21st, 2023. The competition is in French.

Oral comprehensive examination - Public lecture: "Accessibility in music education: tools and techniques for music educators"
2023-03-17 14:30 - 17:30 | York University, Music Department, 83 York Boulevard, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
“Education follows society,” as Michael L. Mark states in his chapter entitled “Music Education History and the Future” in the anthology “Music Education, Navigating the Future” (2015). In music education, the methodologies employed by the teachers are in constant evolution with our society to improve accessibility, diversity and inclusion in class. However, students with disabilities frequently face ableism and lack of support because of the absence of options available to them to include students with special needs in traditional classrooms. Working with professional musicians with disabilities, I have often discussed with them the challenges they faced to continue their musical studies. It is usually thanks to one individual (a teacher, a parent, a friend) who was thinking out of the box that it was possible for them to find the proper adaptations and teaching/learning methods. This implies that teachers keep an open mind and take into account the abilities of their students. As part of a project in partnership between York University and CMST (Community Music Schools of Toronto), I have proposed a series of adaptive instruments and voice workshops to introduce young music students (4 to 13 years old) to different learning experiences in the classroom. These workshops allow teachers to learn new tools and techniques which might be applied in the future, and students to discover other ways of performing and learning music, with ASL and Braille music, new technologies, and traditional instruments used in a non-traditional way. In my presentation, I will give an overview of these workshops and demonstrate how these new tools and techniques can help improve music education for students with all abilities.
Oral defence. Questions will be asked by supervisory committee. No questions from the public.
Online and in-person lecture open to public.

York University Chamber Choir - Winter 2023 Concert
2023-03-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
York University Chamber Choir conducted by Lisette Canton.

Program:
J. S. Bach – Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BW 150
Claude Debussy – Dieu ! Qu’il la fait bon regarder
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel – Gartenlieder
Traditional / Diane Loomer – Soon ah will be done
James MacMillan – O Radiant Dawn
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Bogoroditse Devo
Henrich Schütz – Cantate Domino
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Taedet Animam Meam
Eric Whitacre – Sleep

York University Experiential Education (EE) Symposium - "Disability, music education, and adaptive workshops"
2023-03-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Scott Library Collaboratory, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 2S5, Canada
The Experiential Education (EE) Symposium showcases experiential education at York University and celebrates the achievements of students and faculty who have participated in EE.
A short video presentation (5 min) about my adaptive voice workshop at Community Music Schools of Toronto will be presented during the symposium.
Event website, program, and videos: https://www.yorku.ca/eesymposium/

"All About Love" - Keisha Bell-Kovacs Trio and Diane Kolin at Annette Studios
2023-02-10 20:00 | Annette Studios, 566 Annette St, Toronto, Canada
“All About Love”
Keisha Bell-Kovacs, Piano.
Racha Moukalled, Vibes.
Clayton Harder, Bass.
with Diane Kolin, Guest Singer.

York University Lecture for first-year PhD students
2023-02-02 11:30 - 14:30 | York University, Music Department, 83 York Boulevard, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
Lecture at York University in Rob Bowman’s first-year PhD students class. A two-hours lecture about several aspects of my research about disability and music.

CMST Jane-Finch Winter Recital 2023
2023-01-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Christian Centre Church, 4545 Jane Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
Recital of my students at the Jane-Finch Community Music Schools of Toronto.
Early Childhood Music: Head, shoulders, knees and toes.
Voice student: Sage – On écrit sur les murs (Kids United), duet with Diane.

University of Toronto - Rena Roussin's Music and Disability course
2023-01-24 10:00 - 12:00 | University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, 80 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C5, Canada
Rena Roussin’s Music and Disability course at U of T.
Lecture about strategies performers with disabilities apply to their music making, along with obstacles they had to face while studying music.

Earth and Heaven
2022-12-04 15:00 - 17:00 | St. John’s United Church, 262 Randall St., Oakville, ON, Canada
Oakville Choral and the Toronto Mozart Players conducted by David Bowser
Program:
David Bowser – The Earth Spins Her Eternal Force (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Mass in C major, Op. 86

CMST Talks - Accessibility in Music
2022-11-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
CMST Talks produced by Community Music Schools of Toronto, where I teach.
Live: Nov. 24, 2022
Host: Thompson Egbo-Egbo
Panelist: Diane Kolin
Special Guests: Precious Perez & Kris Haplin
Link to the recording

York University Concert and Chamber Choirs - Fall 2022 Concert
2022-11-22 19:30 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
Lisette Canton’s York University Concert choir and Chamber Choir sing together.
Program:
Joseph Haydn – Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Antonio Vivaldi – Magnificat

York University Chamber Choir - Fall 2022 Concert
2022-11-16 19:30 | Tribute Communities Recital Hall, 83 York Boulevard, York University, Accolade East Building, Toronto, ON, M3J 2S5, Canada
Lisette Canton’s York University Chamber Choir conducted by Karen Frank for her conducting Master’s Recital.

Program:

Palestrina – Regina coeli
Dietrich Buxtehude – Das Neugeborne Kindelein
Gabriel Fauré – Madrigal
Gioachino Rossini – O salutaris hostia
Robert Schumann – Zigeunerleben
Benjamin Britten – Choral Dances from Gloriana

AMS-SEM-SMT joint conference – NOLA 2022 - Presentation
2022-11-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Two Poydras St, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
Performing Bodily Difference and Disability
Friday, November 11, 2022: 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: Royal
Session Chair: Dana Marie Plank
Session Topics: AMS

Performing Disability: Stutter Songs in the Late Twentieth Century
Erin Bauer

Performing with a different body: re-imagining music-making
Diane Kolin

Embodying Eroica: Pregnancy and Performativity on the Podium
Anna Wittstruck
