Dear friends and colleagues,

We cordially invite you to attend our second event of the 2023-24 Music Education Colloquium Series, "Moving toward decoloniality in music teaching and learning," a FREE blended talk (in person and online) presented by Nathan Holder from the Royal Northern College of Music, London, England.

About the talk

The effects of European colonialism have shaped many aspects of our world, including the learning and teaching of music, and the wider music industry. How can we as musicians, students and teachers explore our various histories, contexts and pedagogies using decoloniality as a lens?

About the speaker

Prof. Nathan Holder is an award-winning author, international speaker, musician and education consultant. For over a decade, he has focused on music education, race and decolonisation by speaking and writing around the world. He has collaborated with renowned artists like Ghetts, Emeli Sandé and Arkells, as well as companies such as BBC, Hal Leonard Europe and Oxford University Press. As an author, he has written ten books whilst advocating for increased diversity and inclusivity in music education.

Suggested links

https://www.nateholdermusic.com/ 

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-why-music-podcast

https://substack.com/@n8holder

Event details

Attendees may join us in person at the Faculty of Music, Edward Johnson Building room 225 (light refreshments will be provided) or via Zoom (guests who register to attend the event virtually will receive a link to register for the University of Toronto Zoom session via email; the registration must be done in advance of the talk to receive the link for the lecture). 

After the event, in-person attendees are invited to continue the conversation with our speaker at a nearby establishment. For-purchase food and drinks will be available. 

Accessibility accommodations

Our videoconference streaming will include auto-generated captioning. Additionally, a recording of the event will be available upon request to anyone registered but who cannot join us live due to a care-taking responsibility, a scheduling conflict, or other. If you require any additional accessibility accommodations, please let the Colloquium Coordinator know in advance so that we can arrange them accordingly.

With best wishes,

Antía González Ben, Ph.D. (she & ella), Colloquium Coordinator, [email protected]