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Professor of Musicology and Music Theory, Dalhousie University

Jennifer Bain is Professor of Music and Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University. Named to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, her publications focus on the reception and analysis of medieval music and the development of digital chant research tools. Her book, Hildegard of Bingen and Musical Reception: the Modern Revival of a Medieval Composer, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Professor, Dalhousie University
  • 2006–2018
    Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
  • 2001–2006
    Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University

Education

  • 2001 
    Stony Brook University, Ph.D.
  • 1995 
    McGill University, MA

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    “Contextualizing the Music of Hildegard of Bingen”
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2019
    “Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission”
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Honours

Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada