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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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Gordon Lightfoot performing in 2019.
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Gordon Lightfoot performing in 2019.

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Music News Digest: Canadian Folk Music Awards 2026 Winners, National Music Centre Builds Gordon Lightfoot Collection

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The 21st Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMA) concluded its four-night run in Calgary this past weekend, naming 22 recipients across 21 categories.

Topping the winners list with two awards each were AHI, Matthew Byrne and PIQSIQ. A rare tie in the Indigenous songwriter of the year category recognized Aysanabee for Edge Of The Earth, PIQSIQ’s Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik for Legends. AHI claimed both contemporary album of the year for The Light Behind The Sun and single of the year for “Human Kind," while Matthew Byrne won for traditional album and Stan Rogers traditional singer of the ear for Stealing Time and PIQSIK tied in the Indigenous songwriter of the year category and won as best vocal group, for Legends.

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