Monthly Archives: July 2015

The DMAQ at the Grand rendez-vous de la musique du Conseil québécois de la musique

The English version of this site is currently under construction. Le 4 juin 2015, le directeur Michel Duchesneau et la coordonnatrice et membre étudiante Caroline Marcoux-Gendron étaient présents au Grand […]

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The DMAQ at the Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference 2015

A delegation of 6 DMAQ student and research members presented two sessions on music audiences at the recent conference of the Canadian University Music Society, held this year at the […]

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The DMAQ at Classical:NEXT 2015 (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

The DMAQ was selected to give a talk at Classical:NEXT (C:N), a international forum created in 2012 for classical music professionals with innovative approaches. On this occasion, DMAQ was represented […]

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1960’s audiences in pictures

Alors que l’Orchestre Philharmonique de New York fête ses 50 ans, le journaliste William Robin propose un article dans lequel les publics de cet orchestre volent la vedette. Il est […]

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Classical:Next!

Couldn’t attend Classical:Next! ? This Youtube channel offers conferences, workshops, interviews, etc., that will give you an overview of classical music’s news. Our team was there! Source : https://www.youtube.com/user/ClassicalNext/playlists?sort=dd&shelf_id=2&view=50

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Who says elephants don’t like music?

Elephants in a zoo in Belgium have been filmed dancing and listening to a violin duo, whose curiosity to see how the elephants would react, led them to play for […]

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Classical music, is it anti-teens?

A McDonald’s branch in Glasgow (Scotland) has started to play classical music each evening in the hope that it will keep teenagers from provoking altercations amongst customers. Will this strategy […]

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Opera’s premieres reserved to people under 28

For the first time in Paris, evenings at the opera will focus on patrons under 28 years old, allowing the audience of tomorrow to get tickets for only 10 euros.  […]

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Why is music education important?

Journalist Peter Green thinks that music’s ability to improve performance in other subjects should be the last argument used to defend music education. Such a defense legitimizes music as merely […]

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Facial recognition technology on festival grounds: for or against ?

England’s Download festival recently allowed cameras to scan faces of attendees. By doing so, Leicestershire police hope to reduce crime during the festival. Now that purchasing a Download ticket means agreeing […]

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