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|program=Ph.D. candidate in Music Education|
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|email=erika [at] music [dot] mcgill [dot] ca|
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===== Research Interests =====

  * Movement, coordination, and motor learning using 3D motion capture technology
  * Effective teaching strategies and teacher education
  * String performance and pedagogy
  * Technology and interaction in music performance and education
  * Contemporary music, chamber music, non-Western music

===== Academic Background =====

  * Ph.D. candidate Music Education - McGill University, in progress
  * M.Mus. Solo Cello Performance - McGill University (Canada), 2008
  * B.Mus. Cello Performance - University of Manitoba (Canada), 2005   

===== Current Projects =====

  * Visual feedback and motor learning in string playing 
  * Musicians' health 
  * [[http://www.mcgill.ca/tls/fellowship/|Weston Fellowship in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education]] 
  * Expanded Performance (EP) trio 

===== Past Projects =====

  * [[http://www.idmil.org/projects/digital_orchestra|The CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project]] - Performance Research Assistant
  * //Jeux d'ombres// for cello with live electronics and dance - collaboration with composer Anthony Tan and dancer/choreographer Melina Stinson
  * //At the Core: Effects of tempo on bow arm and torso movements of highly skilled cellists// using motion capture technology - collaboration with David-Anthony Savoca, Dr. Julie Côté and Dr. Marcelo M. Wanderley (funded by a SSHRC Master's Scholarship)

===== IDMIL Publications =====

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===== Other Publications =====

  * Erika Donald. (2012). “Performance Students as Future Studio Teachers: Are they prepared to teach?” In Waller, Janice. (ed).//[[http://issuu.com/official_isme/docs/4_ceprom_2012_proceedings_web?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed|Educating Professional Musicians in a Global Context: Proceedings of the 19th International Seminar of the Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM), International Society for Music Education]]//: 44-48.
  * Erika Donald, Theodora Stathopoulous, and Lisa Lorenzino. (2012). Full Report: "Adopt or Adapt? //El Sistema// as an Inspiration for Music Education in Canada." Commissioned by the Québec Music Educators' Association/Association des éducateurs de musique du Québec (QMEA-AEMQ). Available at: http://www.qmea-aemq.org/news/adopt-or-adapt-el-sistema-as-an-inspiration-for-music-education-in-canada/.
  * Erika Donald. (2011). "Volunteering in the Classroom at the Shriners Hospital for Children." //Canadian Writers Society: The Write Place, 1//(2): 9.
  * Erika Donald. (2009). "Masterclasses with Janos Starker." In //Endpins: Newsletter of the Manitoba Violoncello Society//. 

===== Conference Presentations and Published Abstracts =====

  * Erika Donald, Virginia Penhune, and Marcelo Wanderley. (2013). Learning to Play the Cello: An analysis of 3D movement and the effects of visual and auditory feedback throughout the learning process. //Society for Music Perception & Cognition (SMPC)//, Toronto, ON, August 2013.
  * Erika Donald. (2012). Abstract & poster: “Performance Students as Future Studio Teachers: Are they prepared to teach?" //[[http://www.isme.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=43&Itemid=26|30th International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference and Commission of the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM)]]//, Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece. 
  * Erika Donald, Theodora Stathopoulous, and Lisa Lorenzino. (2012). Abstract & presentation: "Adopt or Adapt? //El Sistema// as an Inspiration for Music Education in Canada." In //Proceedings of the 30th International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference//, Thessaloniki, Greece: 372.
  * Erika Donald, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Isabelle Cossette. (2010). "Effects of tempo on bow arm and center of mass movements in highly skilled cellists and their pedagogical implications." //[[http://depts.washington.edu/icmpc11/|11th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition]]//, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 
  * Erika Donald. (2010). "The Teaching Practices of Irene Sharp: Exceptional Cello Pedagogue." //[[http://www.isme.org/2010/|29th International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference and Forum on Instrumental & Vocal Teaching]]//, Beijing, China. 
  * Erika Donald. (2010). "Paving the Way: Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Goals in Studio Teaching" //[[http://www.musicpedagogyconference.uottawa.ca/|International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy]]//, University of Ottawa, Ontario.  
  * Erika Donald. (2009). "Jeux d'ombres: Reflections on interaction and collaboration in live electronics." //[[http://www.performersvoice.org|The Performer's Voice: An International Forum for Music Performance & Scholarship]]//, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 
  * Poster: Erika Donald, David-Anthony Savoca, Julie Côté, Marcelo M. Wanderley, and Isabelle Cossette. (2009). "At the Core: Effects of tempo on bow arm movements and postural stability of highly skilled cellists. //Congrès FAMEQ: Fédération des associations de musiciens éducateurs du Québec//, Montréal.
  * Erika Donald and Xenia Pestova. (2009). "The Digital Orchestra Project: Digital Musical Instruments and Performance Practice." //[[http://spark.cla.umn.edu/|SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Arts]]//, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. 
  * Erika Donald. (2009). "Balance & Bowing: Investigating the Effects of Tempo on Bowing and Torso Movements in Expert Cello Playing" //McGill University Music Graduate Students’ Symposium//, Montreal.
  * Erika Donald and Xenia Pestova. (2009). "The Digital Orchestra Project: Digital Musical Instruments and Performance Practice." //McGill University Music Graduate Students’ Symposium//, Montreal.

===== Invited Talks =====

  * Invited speaker, //Voices for Afghan Women, Summer Evening Garden Reception//, organized by //[[http://www.cfuw-ottawa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1293931|University Women Helping Afghan Women (UWHAW) of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) - Ottawa]]//. Ottawa, ON, June 2013. 
  * //[[http://www.orpheusinstituut.be/en/research-centre-orcim/orcim-calendar-2011|X-Periment: an international dialogue on Artistic Experimentation in Music - ORCiM-Pentacon Research Festival]]//. Presentation with the EP trio, and panelist: Masters Education & Artistic Research. Ghent, Belgium, October 2011.
  * "Reflections on performance and interaction in live electronics", University of Manitoba Composition seminar, 2010.
  * "CIRMMT Expanded Performance Trio/Playing with live electronics", Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, 2010.
  * Session presenter, //[[http://www.mcgill.ca/gps/students/events/skillsets/ltt/|Learning to Teach: A Professional Development Workshop for Graduate Students]]//, McGill University, 2010. 
  * Panelist, //1st Studio Teaching Workshop//, McGill University. "The Balancing Act: Short-term and Long-term Goals in Studio Teaching", 2010. 
  * Concordia University Hexagram Series, Co-lecturer with Joseph Malloch and D. Andrew Stewart on the CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project, Montreal, 2008. 

===== Recent Performances =====

  * [[http://afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org|Afghanistan National Institute of Music]] and [[http://www.afceco.org/|Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO)]], Kabul, Afghanistan, 2012.
  * //[[http://www.orpheusinstituut.be/en/research-centre-orcim/orcim-calendar-2011/|X-Periment: an international dialogue on Artistic Experimentation in Music - ORCiM-Pentacon Research Festival]]//. //Television Sky// by Eliot Britton. EP trio. Ghent, Belgium, October, 2011.
  * Electronic Music Studies Network / Electronic Music Foundation //sforzando!// conference. //Television Sky// by Eliot Britton. EP trio. New York City, USA.
  * International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). //Television Sky// by Eliot Britton. EP trio. Oslo, Norway.
  * //[[http://www.clusterfestival.com/|Cluster New Music & Integrated Arts Festival]]//. Solo cello and EP trio performances. Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2010.
  * MusiMars Contemporary Music Festival. Premiere of //Ferrofluid// by Eliot Britton. Montreal, 2009.
  * MUTEK: Electronic Music and Digital Creativity Festival. //Middle Clouds: Family A, B, C// for amplified string quartet and laptop by Ben Shemie. Montreal, 2008.
  * Music + Technology Incubator III. //sounds between our minds// by D. Andrew Stewart. CIRMMT/McGill University, Montreal, 2008.
  * Premieres and recording of //Jeux d'ombres// for cello with live electronics and dance by Anthony Tan with Erika Donald and Melina Stinson. Montreal, 2008. 
  * MusiMars Contemporary Music Festival. The Digital Orchestra project: Premieres of //The Long and the Short of It// (solo cello) by Heather Hindman and //sounds between our minds// (soprano t-stick) by D. Andrew Stewart . Montreal, 2008. Recorded live for CBC Radio 2 ('The Signal').   

===== Selected Workshops =====

  * //[[http://bodymap.org/main/?p=383|What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body]]//, Andover Educators 5th Biennial Conference, Montclair State University, NJ, 2011, and McGill University (organizer), 2011.
  * //International Summer School in Systematic, Comparative and Cognitive Musicology//, Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2009. 
  * [[http://www.irenesharp.com/|Irene Sharp Cello Seminar]], Stanford University, 2004.

===== Teaching Experience =====

  * Guest Artist and Teacher, [[http://afghanistannationalinstituteofmusic.org|Afghanistan Winter Music Academy]], Kabul, Afghanistan, 2012 and 2013. See article: //[[http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/eyes-coupdoeil/Afghanistan_CFLI_Music-Musique.aspx?lang=eng|Canada is rebuilding Afghanistan through music - one cello at a time]]//
  * Course Lecturer, //Basic Materials of Western Music I - MUAR 201//, McGill University, Fall 2012.
  * Course Lecturer, //String Techniques - MUIT 201//, McGill University, Winter 2011.
  * Cello Faculty, //Brandon Suzuki Summer Institute//, Brandon University, Brandon, MB, July 2010.
  * Teaching Assistant, //The Art of Listening - MUAR 211//, McGill University, Winter 2010.
  * Substitute Lecturer, //String Techniques - MUIT 201//, McGill University, Winter 2009.
  * Guest Instructor, Winnipeg Summer Cello Institute, Winnipeg, MB, 2008.
  * Cello Instructor, McGill Conservatory of Music, McGill University, 2007 - present.
  * Private Cello Instructor, Montreal, QC, 2007 - present.
  * Cello and Suzuki Group Class Instructor, University of Manitoba Preparatory Studies Program, Winnipeg, MB, 2001-2006.
  * Program Coordinator, City of Brandon Kids in Bloom Summer Day Camp, Brandon, MB, 2002.
  * Counselor, Kids in Bloom and YMCA Summer Day Camps, Brandon, MB, 1998-2001.