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Carleton Prof Elaine Keillor Gifts $2M For Canadian Music Studies

The distinguished Research Professor Emerita has also carved a name for herself as a pianist, appearing on 27 recordings released by Conservatory Canada, Gala, and NAXOS.

Carleton Prof Elaine Keillor Gifts $2M For Canadian Music Studies

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Carleton University music professor Elaine Keillor, OC, will give $2 million to the university to bolster research on Canadian music, a topic that she has championed.


The university announced Tuesday that Keillor’s gift, which will include a bequest in her will, will be used to create the Helmut Kallmann Chair for Music in Canada, which will work with undergraduate and graduate students and research topics of Canadian music. The endowed position, named after the former head of the music division at Library Archives Canada, will also be supported by the Koerner Foundation – Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen

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Below: Ms Keillor awarded her degree of Doctor of Music (Carleton University, 149th Convocation) in 2016

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Paul Martin

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Obituaries: Canadian Artists Remember Paul Martin of The Blushing Brides, Max Webster's Terry Watkinson & John Hammond

This week we also acknowledge the passing of hit songwriter and recording artist Neil Sedaka and American guitar ace Travis Wammack.

Paul Martin, a Toronto guitarist, singer-songwriter and music publisher best known as a member of the Blushing Brides, died on Feb 24, his 67th birthday.

His friend, Canadian musician Derek Downham tells Billboard Canada that "Sadly and tragically, Paul suffered a heart attack and fell on his head causing brain damage. He was in an induced coma for two weeks until his passing."

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