Above: VIU Music Department Faculty member James Mark, author of the talk Perfect Pitch: Gift or Curse? 📷 James Mark By contributor Gordon Hak “Technically,” says James Mark, “perfect pitch is called absolute pitch, and it is considered a musical gift. Statistically 1 in 10,000 people have it and, not surprisingly, it is more common in musicians. … Continued
Above: At Dzawadi. Photo courtesy of Laura Cranmer By contributor Gordon Hak Languages are social, cultural, historical, and personal. They can also disappear. In an upcoming talk in the Arts & Humanities colloquium Series, Dr. Laura Cranmer, of the First Nations Studies Department will give a talk entitled: “Kwak’ wala Language Revitalization: Is It Possible?” The presentation … Continued
By contributor Gordon Hak On March 18, members of the Arts and Humanities faculty at the Cowichan campus, as well as a contingent of staff and students, will travel to the Malaspina Theatre to strut their stuff. The presentation is part of the Arts and Humanities Colloquium, the popular lecture series that for the past … Continued
By contributor Gordon Hak In its six-year history, the Arts and Humanities Colloquium Lecture Series has pushed limits, encouraging us to think about new things as well as old things in new ways. The upcoming presentation promises again to stretch boundaries. The talk and show, entitled “Meridian.is: Collaborative Performance Research,” brings together four faculty members … Continued
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