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Dr. Rod T. Squance

BMus, MMus, DMA

Positions

Division Lead, Music

Faculty of Arts, School of Creative and Performing Arts

Associate Professor, Percussion

Faculty of Arts, School of Creative and Performing Arts

Contact information

Email

rsquance@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Portfolio website

Location

Office: Craigie HallD100

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Background

Educational Background

B.Mus Music, University of Calgary, 1998

M.Mus Music, University of Calgary, 2001

D.M.A. Music, University of Miami, 2007

Research

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
MUPF 329 World Music Ensemble Fall 2022/Winter 2023
MUSI 232 Musical Cultures of the World Fall 2022
MUSI 221/223/321/323/421/423/521/523 Performance Practicum I - VIII Fall 2022/Winter 2023
MUSI 105 Music Listening Fall 2022/WInter 2023
MUSI 462 Junior Performance Project Fall 2022/WInter 2023
MUPF 341 Chamber Music Fall 2021/Winter 2022
MUSI 232 Musical Culture of the World Fall 2021
MUPF 329 World Music Ensemble Fall 2021/Winter 2022
MUSI 105 Music Listening Winter 2022
MUSI 533 World Music Spring 2022
MUSI 307.01 Intro to World Music Spring 2022
MUSI 307.02 World Hand Drumming Spring 2022
MUED 417 World Music Pedagogy Winter 2021
MUSI 533 Ethnomusicology Fall 2019

Projects

Percussiano3

Musical trio of two pianos and percussion.

Awards

  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Students' Union. 2023
  • University of Calgary Teaching Award, University of Calgary. 2016
  • Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Calgary. 2015

Publications

  • UDL Across the Undergraduate Music Curriculum, in Incorporating Universal Design for Learning in Disciplinary Contexts in Higher Education,. M. Arcellana-Panlilio and P. Dyjur (eds.). Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning Guide Series.. (2021)
  • The Mentorship Guide for Teaching and Learning. Barrette-Ng, I. H., Nowell, L., Anderson, S. J., Arcellana-Panlilio, M., Brown, B., Chalhoub, S., Clancy, T. L., Desjardine, P., Dorland, A., Dyjur, P., Mueller, K., Reid, L., Squance, R. T., Towers, J., & Wilcox, G. . Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning Guide Series, University of Calgary. (2019)