The next annual meeting of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music will be held February 14–16, 2019 at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, Canada. St. Michael’s is delighted to be hosting the Society’s first Annual meeting to be held in Canada and we are really looking forward to welcoming you to our campus at the heart of one of the world’s most diverse cities!
N.B. All amounts are in Canadian dollars.
About the Conference:
The SCSM conference will include a keynote address, a concert, and inspiring presentations and recitals.
The keynote address will be delivered by Right Rev. Mark MacDonald, the Anglican Church of Canada’s first National Indigenous Bishop, and is entitled, “The Musics of Indigenous Christians in North America.” Bishop MacDonald will explore interactions between indigenous music-making and Christian missions in North America in the past and present, including the use, adaptation, and translation of European hymnody by Indigenous Christians, and the use of Indigenous music-making in Christian devotion and worship. Moving from practical examples, Bishop MacDonald will articulate the key theological principles that underpin these practices, noting areas for future research in this growing field.
There will also be an opportunity for participants to view the Donovan Collection of contemporary art, an extensive and imaginatively curated collection of North American painting, photography, and sculpture, displayed throughout the St. Michael’s campus. Further details of conference events will be posted on the Society’s website as they come available.
See the full Conference Program (.pdf)
Accommodations
Rooms are being offered at a discount rate at The Chelsea Hotel, a short walk from the campus. To qualify for the special rate, please use this link: https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=59052u0026amp;Chain=10316u0026amp;start=availresultsu0026amp;arrive=2/14/2019u0026amp;depart=2/16/2019u0026amp;adult=1u0026amp;child=0u0026amp;group=UNI021418 or, alternatively, call toll free 1-800-Chelsea (243-5732) or 416-595-1975 and quote the reference “SCSM annual meeting.”
About St. Michael’s
In mid-nineteenth-century Toronto, there were no institutions of Catholic higher education for the quarter of the city’s 23,500 residents who identified as Catholic. With the help of clergy from his native France, and several orders of religious sisters, Bishop Charbonnel’s vision became reality when the first classes were offered in the fall of 1852. With the donation of four lots from his estate, Captain John Elmsley provided St. Michael’s with land directly adjacent to the University of Toronto, and a new campus and church were opened—some of these buildings are the oldest in continuous use on the entire university campus. Illustrious former faculty include Etienne Gilson, Jacques Maritain, and Marshall McLuhan.