Nicole Carignan
Nicole Carignan (born 1952) is a Canadian composer and music educator living in Quebec.[1][2] She is a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Early life and education
[edit]Carignan was born in Plessisville[1] and earned a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), a B.Mus. and a M.Mus. in composition and a PhD in comparative and intercultural education from the Université de Montréal.[3]
Career
[edit]Carignan has written articles about music education,[4] and has led seminars and workshops on composition in South Africa, Europe, Russia and the United States. She is a researcher at the Faculty of Education of the Université de Montréal, the Department of Education of UQAM and at Cleveland State University.[5]
Carignan taught music for the Commission scolaire de Laval and also taught composition at the Akademi Musik Indonesia in Yogyakarta, Java. She was a professor at Cleveland State University and is currently a professor in Intercultural Education at UQAM.[5][6] She has also taught at the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa.[7]
Carignan worked on a project called Music Box of Productions Pandore Inc., a CD-ROM series which explores the world's musical culture. In 1997, the project received the Award of Excellence from the Alliance for Children and Television.[5]
Carignan created a number of musical works, including pieces for solo instruments and orchestral works. Over fifty of her compositions have premiered in locations around the world.[5]
She has earned honourable mentions from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation for two of her projects: Intercultural encounters between immigrants learning French and pre-service teachers at UQAM and the development of a teacher's guide for the DVD A lesson in discrimination[7]
Selected compositions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b ""By a Canadian Lady" Piano Music 1841 - 1997". Carleton University.
- ^ Margaret Donelian Ericson. Women and Music: A Selective Annotated Bibliography on Women and Gender Issues in Music, 1987-1992. G.K. Hall; 1996. ISBN 978-0-8161-0580-9. p. 122.
- ^ With a song in her heart: a celebration of Canadian women composers : proceedings of the conference held at the University of Windsor, March 11-12, 1994. Humanities Research Group, University of Windsor; 1995. ISBN 978-0-9697776-2-5. p. 37.
- ^ "Musicanada 2000: A Celebration of Canadian Composers (review)". CAML Review, R Elliott - 2002
- ^ a b c d "Nicole Carignan". Composer Showcase. Canadian Music Centre.
- ^ Sophie Stévance. Composer au XXIe siècle: pratiques, philosophies, langages et analyses. Vrin; 2010. ISBN 978-2-7116-2314-3. p. 47.
- ^ a b "Nicole Carignan, Ph. D." Centre d'études ethniques des universités montréalaises.
- ^ IAWM Journal. Vol. 7-8. The Alliance; 2001. p. 48.
- ^ "Association of Canadian Women Composers/Association des femmes compositeurs canadiennes". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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