RISM - Cantus Database Integration
Mar 28, 2025, 9:00-10:30 am Eastern Time
Speakers: Andrew Hankinson (RISM Digital), Dylan Hillerbrand (McGill and Dalhousie University), Lucas March (McGill University)
Hosted by Ichiro Fujinaga (McGill University)

Workshop 20, Liturgical Feasts and Rites Database (online)
Oct 18, 2024
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Hosted by: Manuel Pedro Ferreira
In attendance (30):
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Workshop 19, Digitizing a Medieval Manuscript from Laurier Archives and Special Collections (online)
Sep 27, 2024
Speakers:
  Chris Nighman (Wilfrid Laurier University);
  Amanda Oliver (Wilfrid Laurier University); and
  Katrina Van der Ahe (University of York, incoming PhD student).
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, DACT Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University
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In attendance (18): Jennifer Bain, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Anna de Bakker, Cassie Fenton, Ichiro Fujinaga, Carmen Julia Gutiérrez, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Li-Xing Hong, Debra Lacoste, Kathleen Nelson, Chris Nighman, Amanda Oliver, Linda Pearse, Alma Santosuosso, Kate Steiner, Katrina Van Der Ahe, Eva Veselovská.

Workshop 18, Chant Collections in Taiwan and Mexico (hybrid - in-person in Halifax and on Zoom):
Apr 6, 2024
Location: Dalhousie University, Halifax
Speakers:
  Lionel Li-Xing Hong (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan), “Chinese Catholic Plainchant”;
  Kate Helsen (Western University, London, Canada), "Singing Musical Fragments: Halifax"; and
  Lucero Enríquez Rubio (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico), "Musicat and Chant Collections in Mexico City" (see their website: http://musicat.unam.mx/)
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, DACT Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University
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Total attendees = 44
In attendance on Zoom (22): David Andrés Fernández, Virginia Blanton, Nicholas Bleisch, Zuelma Chaves, Drew Davies, Matthew Fong, Marianne Gillion, Richard Haefer, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Mario Haza Treviño, Salvador Hernández Pech, Daniel Hernández Velázquez, Alessandra Ignesti, Don Martin, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Víctor Molina Bis, Mónika Pérez Flores, Carolina Sacristán Ramírez, Silvia Salgado Ruelas, Martha Thomae Elias, Grayson Wagstaff, Thalía Velasco Castelán.
In attendance ‘in person’ (22): Jennifer Bain, Houman Behzadi, Anna de Bakker, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Tim Eipert, Lucero Enríquez Rubio, Ichiro Fujinaga, Jan Hajič, Andrew Hankinson, Kate Helsen, Lionel Hong, Dylan Hillerbrand, Tara Johnson, Debra Lacoste, Pablo Osset Enríquez, Marcia Ostashewski, Becky Shaw, Kate Steiner, David Watt; with Dalhousie student helpers Angela Chu and Phoebe Durand-McDonnell.

Workshop 17, Vernacular Chant in Czech Lands (online):
Feb 9, 2024
Speakers: Hana Vlhová-Wörner (Czech Academy of Sciences) and Jan Hajič (Charles University), with assistance from Jakub Pavlík (external collaborator for the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Hosted by Marianne Gillion (Uppsala Universiteit), Axis Co-Director of Artefacts and Collections
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In attendance on Zoom (16): Laura Albiero, Jennifer Bain, Susan Boynton, Irina Chachulska, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Lucia Denk, Tim Eipert, Lucero Enríquez Rubio, Marianne Gillion, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Jan Hajič, Debra Lacoste, Don Martin, Janice Tulk, Hana Vlhová-Wörner.

Workshop 16, Benedicamus Domino (in-person):
Dec 2, 2023 at the Société archéologique de Namur (rue de Fer), Namur, Belgium
Speaker: Alessandra Ignesti (U of Oslo), “Mapping Benedicamus Domino tropes and substitutes: Preliminary thoughts”
with Debra Lacoste and Jennifer Bain (Dalhousie U), “DACT Update and Cantus Index 2.0”
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, DACT Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University
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In attendance (8): Jennifer Bain, Virginia Blanton, Nicholas Bleisch, Elsa De Luca, Marianne Gillion, Dylan Hillerbrand, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste.

Workshop 15, DACT Project Update (in-person):
Jul 24, 2023, in Munich, Germany (before the opening of MedRen 2023)
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, DACT Principal Investigator, Dalhousie University
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In attendance (30): Jennifer Bain, Nicholas Ball, Inga Behrendt, Nicholas Bleisch, Catherine Bradley, Irina Chachulska, Julie Cumming, Anna de Bakker, Lucia Denk, Jürgen Diet, Henry Drummond, Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Ichiro Fujinaga, Marianne Gillion, Andrew Hankinson, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste, Cory McKay, David Merlin, Giulio Minniti, Julianna Nagy Torma, Linda Pearse, Laurent Pugin, Peter Schubert, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Martha Thomae, Jennifer Thomas, Hana Vlhová-Wörner, Susan Weiss, Frans Wiering.

Workshop 14, Protocol Development - Indexing the Alleluia (online):
Jun 8, 2023
Hosted by Debra Lacoste, DACT Project Manager, Dalhousie University
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In attendance on Zoom (23): Franco Ackermans, Laura Albiero, Alison Altstatt, David Andrés Fernández, Jennifer Bain, Virginia Blanton, Julia Craig-McFeely, Dominique Crochu, Zsuzsa Czagány, Anna de Bakker, Lucia Denk, Eszter Gaál, Marianne Gillion, Richard Haefer, Alessandra Ignesti, Andrea Kovács, Debra Lacoste, Julianna Nagy Torma, Lotta Näri, Michael Norton, Marcia Ostashewski, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Hilkka-Liisa Vuori.

Workshop 13, Indexing Litanies (online):
Mar 31, 2023
Hosted by Alessandra Ignesti, University of Oslo, and Laura Albiero, IRHT (Paris-Aubervilliers)
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In attendance on Zoom (23): Franco Ackermans, Laura Albiero, Alison Altstatt, Jennifer Bain, Nicholas Ball, Virginia Blanton, Anna de Bakker, Irina Chachulska, Estrella Chacón Soto, Dominique Crochu, Lisa Fagin Davis, Lucia Denk, William Duba, Ichiro Fujinaga, Dominique Gatté, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Kate Helsen, Lionel Li-Xing Hong, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Rebecca Shaw, Janice Tulk.

Workshop 12, MEI and DACT (online):
Jan 13, 2023
Hosted by Elsa De Luca, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, DACT Team Lead for "MEI and DACT"
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In attendance on Zoom (38): Maria Alexandru, Alison Altstatt, Jennifer Bain, Inga Behrendt, Virginia Blanton, Susan Boynton, Catherine Bradley, Christelle Cazaux, Katharine Chandler, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, Lucia Denk, Ichiro Fujinaga, Eszter Gaál, Gabriella Gilányi, Richard Haefer, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Andrew Hankinson, Kate Helsen, Elaine Hild, Alessandra Ignesti, Arsinoi Ioannidou, Debra Lacoste, Rachel McNellis, Stefan Morent, Julianna Nagy Torma, Tiago Alexandre Pinto, Laurent Pugin, Rebecca Shaw, Nikolaos Siklafidis, Sara Simenyi, Martha Thomae Elias, Inês Trinidade, Janice Tulk, Haig Utidjian, Eva Veselovská, Hilkka-Liisa Vuori, David Watt.

Workshop 11, Dynamic Chant Bibliographies (online):
Nov 25, 2022
Hosted by Rebecca Shaw, University of Toronto Libraries, DACT Team Lead for "Dynamic Chant Bibliographies"
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In attendance on Zoom (19): Alison Altstatt, Jennifer Bain, Anna de Bakker, Houman Behzadi, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Lucia Denk, Ichiro Fujinaga, Marianne Gillion, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Kate Helsen, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste, Marcia Ostashewski, Linda Pearse, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Rebecca Shaw, Eva Veselovská, Hilkka-Liisa Vuori.

Workshop X, DACT "In Progress" (online):
Oct 21, 2022
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, Project Director for DACT, Dalhousie University, Halifax
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In attendance on Zoom (35): David Andrés Fernández, Jennifer Bain, Inga Behrendt, Virginia Blanton, Anna de Bakker, Irina Chachulska, Zsuzsa Czagány, Elsa De Luca, Lucia Denk, Fr Roman Dusanowskyj, David Eben, Jesús Estévez Monagas, Ichiro Fujinaga, Eszter Gaál, Veronika Garajová, Gabriella Gilányi, Marianne Gillion, Richard Haefer, Andrew Hankinson, Kate Helsen, Lionel Li-Xing Hong, Julian Kytasty, Debra Lacoste, Meghan Landry, Jimmy Maiello, Stefan Morent, Julianna Nagy Torma, Marcia Ostashewski, Margaret Robinson, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Rebecca Shaw, Elaine Stratton Hild, Martha Thomae Elias, Giovanni Varelli, Grayson Wagstaff.

Workshop 9, Partnership Grant Planning Meeting (in-person and online):
Aug 16, 2022
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, Project Director for DACT, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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In attendance in-person and on Zoom (31): Alison Altstatt, David Andrés Fernández, Jennifer Bain, Inga Behrendt, Houman Behzadi, Virginia Blanton, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Elsa De Luca, Ichiro Fujinaga, Marianne Gillion, Richard Haefer, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Andrew Hankinson, Jane Hardie, Kate Helsen, Lionel Li-Xing Hong, Debra Lacoste, Jimmy Maiello, Kathleen Nelson, Michael Norton, Marcia Ostashewski, Linda Pearse, Aaron Prosper, Margaret Robinson, Greg Sandala, Rebecca Shaw, Kate Kennedy Steiner, Ariane van Doorn, Giovanni Varelli, Hana Vlhová-Wörner.

Workshop 8, Governance, Data Management, and Digital Sustainability (in-person and online):
May 22, 2022 following the Music Encoding Conference
Hosted by Jennifer Bain, Project Director for DACT, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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In attendance in-person and on Zoom for Session 1, morning (27): Laura Albiero, Jennifer Bain, Susan Boynton, Katie Chapman, Zuelma Chaves, Carla Crespo, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, Maristella Feustle, Michael Friebel, Ichiro Fujinaga, Marianne Gillion, Andrew Hankinson, Lionel Li-Xing Hong, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste, Jimmy Maiello, Fallen Matthews, Rachel McNellis, Stefan Morent, Morgan Moffitt, Linda Pearse, Laurent Pugin, Elaine Stratton Hild, Martha Thomae Elias, Giovanni Varelli, Vivian Zhang.
In attendance in-person and on Zoom for Session 2, afternoon (19): Alison Altstatt, Jennifer Bain, Susan Boynton, Katie Chapman, Zuelma Chaves, Carla Crespo, Julie Cumming, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, Marianne Gillion, Debra Lacoste, Jimmy Maiello, Fallen Matthews, Rachel McNellis, Stefan Morent, Morgan Moffitt, Linda Pearse, Elaine Stratton Hild, Giovanni Varelli.

Workshop 7, Cantorales in the Americas and Beyond (online):
Mar 11, 2022
Hosted by Virginia Blanton, Team Lead for the DACT Cantorales Team
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In attendance on Zoom (32): Alison Altstatt, David Andrés Fernández, Jennifer Bain, Virginia Blanton, Susan Boynton, Katherine Chandler, Zuelma Chaves, Susan Clermont, Julia Craig-McFeely, Carla Crespo, Julie Cumming, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, Jesús Estévez Monagas, Ichiro Fujinaga, Marianne Gillion, Carmen Julia Gutiérrez, Richard Haefer, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Jane Hardie, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste, Jeffrey Leafblad, Jimmy Maiello, Mary Jean Miller, Morgan Moffitt, Kathleen Nelson, Raquel Rojo Carillo, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Elaine Stratton Hild, Martha Thomae Elias, Grayson Wagstaff.

Workshop 6, Notation (online):
Jan 21, 2022
Hosted by Giovanni Varelli, Team Lead for the DACT Notation Team
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In attendance on Zoom (44): Rebecca Adams, Laura Albiero, Jennifer Bain, Nicholas Ball, Inga Behrendt, Houman Behzadi, Virginia Blanton, Susan Boynton, David Burn, Irina Chachulska, Katherine Chandler, Zuelma Chaves, Susan Clermont, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Zsuzsa Czagány, Lisa Fagin Davis, Lucia Denk, Bill Duba, Ichiro Fujinaga, Eszter Gaál, Veronika Garajová, Gabriella Gilányi, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Jan Hajič, Elizabeth Hebbard, Kate Helsen, Alessandra Ignesti, Thomas Forrest Kelly, Debra Lacoste, Jimmy Maiello, Emily Martens-Oberwelland, Rachel McNellis, Julianna Nagy Torma, Michael Norton, Morgan Paul, Laurent Pugin, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Kate Kennedy Steiner, Elaine Stratton Hild, Martha Thomae, Janice Tulk, Giovanni Varelli, Eva Veselovská.

Workshop 5, Fragments (online):
Nov 12, 2021
Hosted by Alison Altstatt, Team Lead for the DACT Fragments Team
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In attendance on Zoom (33): Alison Altstatt, Jennifer Bain, Nicholas Ball, Susan Boynton, Catherine Bradley, Katharine Chandler, Zuelma Chaves, Susan Clermont, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Lisa Fagin Davis, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, William Duba, Ichiro Fujinaga, Eszter Gaál, Veronika Garajová, John Glasenapp, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Elizabeth Hebbard, Lionel Li-Xing Hong, Alessandra Ignesti, Debra Lacoste, Jan Lauridsen, Manon Louviot, Jimmy Maiello, Fallen Matthews, Michael Norton, Morgan Paul, Elaine Stratton Hild, Johanna Thöne, Giovanni Varelli, Hana Vlhová-Wörner.

Workshop 4, Project Update (online):
Sep 17, 2021
Hosted from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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In attendance on Zoom (42): Alison Altstatt, Jennifer Bain, Nicholas Ball, Inga Behrendt, Virginia Blanton, Catherine Bradley, Irina Chachulska, Zuelma Chaves, Julia Craig-McFeely, Julie Cumming, Zsuzsa Czagány, Lisa Fagin Davis, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, Lucia Denk, William Duba, Deantha Edmunds-Ramsay, Ichiro Fujinaga, Gabriella Gilányi, Eszter Gaál, Marianne Gillion, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Andrew Hankinson, Lionel Li-Xing Hong, Alessandra Ignesti, Thomas Forrest Kelly, Debra Lacoste, Emily Martens-Oberwelland, Fallen Matthews, Rachel McNellis, Julianna Nagy Torma, Kathleen Nelson, Michael Norton, Linda Pearse, Alberto Medina de Seiça, Rebecca Shaw, Kate Steiner, Janice Tulk, Giovanni Varelli, Eva Veselovská, Junhao Wang, David Watt.

Workshop 3, Project Update (moved online):
Dec 15, 2020
Hosted from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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In attendance on Zoom (40): Jennifer Bain, Inga Behrendt, Lisa Binkley, David Burn, Irina Chachulska, Julia Craig-McFeely, Ilaria Culshaw FoH, Julie Cumming, Zsuzsa Czagány, Lisa Fagin Davis, Anna de Bakker, Elsa De Luca, Judy Dietz, Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Ichiro Fujinaga, Marianne Gillion, Richard Haefer, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, Andrew Hankinson, Kate Helsen, Alessandra Ignesti, Thomas Forrest Kelly, Andrea Klassen, Jan Koláček, Debra Lacoste, Sarah Ann Long, Jimmy Maiello, Fallen Matthews, Michael Norton, Brayden Olson, Gustavo Polins Pedro, Cindy Preece, Rebecca Shaw, Barbara Swanson, Janice Tulk, Eva Veselovská, Gabriel Vigliensoni, Hana Vlhová-Wörner, Junhao Wang, David Watt.

Workshop 2 [COVID CANCELLATION]:
Jul 20, 2020
Prague, Czech Republic

Workshop 1, Project Introduction:
Sep 20-22, 2019
McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada
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In attendance (14): Jennifer Bain, Julie Cumming, Ichiro Fujinaga, Andrew Hankinson, Kate Helsen, Emily Hopkins, Debra Lacoste, Jimmy Maiello, Fallen Matthews, Cory McKay, Néstor Nápoles López, Michael Norton, Rebecca Shaw, Gabriel Vigliensoni.