Beverley Diamond
Beverley Diamond CM | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 June 1948 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupations | Pianist and feminist ethnomusicologist |
| Employer(s) | McGill University Queen's University at Kingston University of Toronto York University Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Organization(s) | Royal Society of Canada Society for Ethnomusicology International Council for Traditional Music Society for American Music |
| Notable work | Music and Gender (2000) |
| Awards | Member of the Order of Canada Gold medal of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
Beverley Anne Diamond CM (née Cavanagh, born 4 June 1948) is a Canadian pianist and feminist ethnomusicologist.
Biography
Diamond was born on 4 June 1948 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Diamond studied piano under Clifford Poole and her PhD at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1978.[1]
Diamond has taught at McGill University (1973 to 1975), Queen's University at Kingston (1975 to 1988), the University of Toronto, (1980 to 1981), York University (1988 to 2002), and Memorial University of Newfoundland (from 2002).[1][2] At York University, she was Associate Professor of Music, Associate Dean of Fine Arts and Director of the Graduate Program in Music.[3] She was a visiting professor at Harvard University in 1999.[1]
Diamond specialises in researching the indigenous musical cultures of Canada[4] and Scandinavia, such as Inuit and First Nations conventional and improvised song traditions, Algonkian Christian hymns, musical instruments in Native communities, and Lapland’s Sámi joik form of song.[5][6][7][8] She has also studied the musical practices associated with Albanian weddings in the Prespa region[9] and music in Pacific Islands cultures.[10]
Diamond contributed to the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.[1] She co-edited Music and Gender (2000) with Finnish ethnomusicologist Pirkko Moisala.[11][12]
Diamond has served on the boards of the Society for Ethnomusicology and the International Council for Traditional Music[1] and is an honorary member of the Society for American Music.[13] She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in 2008,[14] was named a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation in 2009[7] and was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012.[5] She received the Gold Medal of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) in 2014.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Whelan, Janna; King, Betty Nygaard (15 March 2011). "Beverley Diamond Cavanagh". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ^ "Beverley Diamond | Folklore". Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ^ "Beverley Diamond". Canadian Scholars. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ^ Hoefnagels, Anna; Klassen, Judith; Johnson, Sherry (9 January 2020). Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 2016. ISBN 978-0-2280-0015-0.
- ^ a b "Dr. Beverley Diamond". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ^ Kendall, Calvin B. (2009). Conversion to Christianity: From Late Antiquity to the Modern Age : Considering the Process in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. CEMH (Center for Early Modern History), University of Minnesota. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-9797559-0-3.
- ^ a b c "2014 Gold Medal Winner: Beverley Diamond". Government of Canada. 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ^ Howard, Sarah (7 May 2013). "A Review of Anna Hoefnagels and Beverley Diamond's Aboriginal Music in Contemporary Canada: Echoes and Exchanges". Critical Voices: The University of Guelph Book Review Project. 3 (2): 39–44.
- ^ Women and Music. Vol. 2. International Alliance for Women in Music. 1998. p. 158.
- ^ Moore, Robin D. (2010). Music in the Hispanic Caribbean: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-19-537506-0.
- ^ Weiss, Sarah (2002). "Review of Music and Gender". Notes. 58 (3). Music Library Association: 569–572. ISSN 0027-4380.
- ^ Elliott, Robin; Smith, Gordon E. (19 April 2010). Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-276-1.
- ^ Koegel, John. "Beverley Diamond". Society for American Music. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ^ "Dr. Beverley Diamond". The Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 17 April 2026.