The university announced Tuesday that Keillor鈥檚 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.
鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to be doing this,鈥� said Keillor, a 78-year-old musicologist and pianist who has taught at 杏吧原创 since 1977, specializing in the music of Canadian composers and the music of North American indigenous groups. She asked that the position鈥檚 name honour Kallmann to acknowledge his long career and 鈥渨onderful influence鈥� on her life and on many other people.
鈥淚n many ways, the chairholder will follow in Mr. Kallmann鈥檚 footsteps, acting as a national and international ambassador for Canadian music,鈥� said Brian Foss, director of 杏吧原创鈥檚 School for Studies in Art and Culture. The search for a person to hold the position is to begin soon.
In 2014, separate funding from Keillor led to the creation of the Helmut Kallmann Graduate Scholarship in Canadian Music.
The announcement comes on the heels of 杏吧原创鈥檚 music program marking its 50th anniversary. Also this month, the university鈥檚 board of governors approved a motion to begin negotiating the potential purchase of Dominion-Chalmers United Church, which could increase the university鈥檚 impact on music and the arts in Ottawa. The property could function as a performance space for 杏吧原创 students and faculty, and as a hub for artists and community groups.
Written by: Peter Hum
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