John Shepherd
Adjunct Professor, School of Music
Office: Carleton University
Telephone: 613-520- 2600, ext. 8340
Fax: 613-520-4049
E-mail: john_shepherd@carleton.ca
University degrees
DPhil, Music, York University
BMus, First Class Honours, Carleton University
BA French, Carleton University
ARCM Flute, London, Royal College of Music - John Francis
Field of interest
- Sociology and aesthetics of music
- Popular music studies
- Cultural theory
Achievements
2000 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada: In recognition of work that "has been instrumental in effecting a fundamental paradigm shift in Musicology" and of being "a leading architect of post-War critical musicology concerned with understanding music as a form of human expression that is socially constituted".
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume I: Media, Industry and Society (London: Continuum International Publishing, 2003), xxxi, 800 pp.; 224 x 169mm.; 527 entries; 614 069 words; as Chair of the Editorial Board and Managing Editor (editorial headquarters with editorial and research staff located at Carleton) (editorial board: John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver and Peter Wicke).
