Rebekah Leon
MA Musicology (cand.), 2021
Email: Rebekah.Leon@dal.ca
Why Dal?
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ has been my academic home for the past five years. I love how small and close-knit the faculty is. Through seminars in my undergraduate degree I discovered my love for research, and I decided to continue pursuing my passion for knowledge through an MA in Musicology at Dal!
What Inspires You?
I am inspired by live performance. I’m interested in the hierarchical nature of performance and how performance has been used as a subversive tool throughout history. After travelling to Cesky Krumlov in the summer of 2018, I fell in love with the Baroque Era; it offers the perfect landscape to study socioeconomic division of art. Plus, who doesn’t love a good bow?
Performances
- Marphurius & Musician in An Evening of Molière One Acts: The Ridiculed Romantics & The Forced Marriage. Directed by Gabrielle Houle, 2019.
- Chorus in L'Etoile. Directed by David Overton, 2019.
- Sapienza & Ensemble in Dante's Purgatorio. Directed by Margot Dionne, 2018.
- Blind Queen & Ensemble in The Secret in the Wings. Directed by Samantha Wilson, 2018.
- Pops in The Piper. Directed by Pamela Halstead, 2018.
- Chorus in The Magic Flute. Directed by Brent Krysa, 2017.
Awards
- Fountain Graduate Fellowship, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿, 2020.
- Harold Oxley Scholarship, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿, 2015.
- Iron Ore Company of Canada University Scholarship for Music School, 2014.