DAN School of Drama and Music, Queen's University

03/20/2026

Please join us on April 11, 2026 to hear selections from our talented vocal students!

Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 2:30-5:30
Principal Emerita Karen Hitchcock Recital Hall
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

https://sdm.queensu.ca/dan-school-vocal-showcase

03/13/2026

Today is the final opportunity to hear visiting composer Michael Schumacher's work in a very lovely gallery presentation which includes examples of scores and conceptual projects in sound.

Open 10am to 4:30, Art and Media Lab, The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

Michael will be in attendance throughout!

03/10/2026

Composer in Residence, Michael J Schumacher (NY, NY), will be running continuous presentations of multichannel compositions March 10-13. Come out and meet the composer in the Art and Media Lab at the The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts!

We will be hosting a reception and artist talk Wednesday, March 11 at 6:00pm.

03/09/2026

The Queen's University Orchestra & Choral Ensemble perform Dan Forrest's "Creation"
📆 Sunday, March 29, 2026
⏳ 2:30 pm
📍Isabel Bader Center for the Performing Arts (390 King St. W)
🎟 $22.00 adults $7.50 for students
https://sdm.queensu.ca/dan-forrests-creation

03/09/2026

S**C MACAY Kingston Chapter Presents:
✨ Ustad Irshad Khan, Sitar with Ssoumya Basu (Tabla)
📅 March 22
⏳ 7 pm
📍 Isabel Bader Center for the Performing Arts (390 King Street, W.)
🆓 Reserve Seats here using the QR Code

03/08/2026

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Animal Farm opened last night! Congratulations to everyone involved! Tickets are already 70% sold for the rest of then run, get yours before it’s too late!

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03/08/2026

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Tickets are selling fast! Don’t miss your chance to see this monumental show!

03/08/2026

Join us in Grant Hall for an evening of music, dancing, and a whole lot of magic as the DAN School celebrates the end of term together!
The ticket link will be in our bio and sent to all students by email tomorrow.

03/03/2026

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Our Parter in Hands In Her Pockets, Deaf Spirit Theatre is a pioneering theatre collective based in Kingston, who are dedicated to authentic ASL storytelling. They focus on creating and showcasing original works that highlight Deaf talent at both local and national festivals. They brought their talents to the TKFringe Festival, and FOLDA and they continue to enrich the cultural landscape of the arts in Kingston and Canada. This Collaboration with Theatre Kingston will prove to be in leap in ASL storytelling.

02/27/2026

Award-winning composer (and Queen’s BMus graduate) Alexandra Petkovski will be visiting the Dan School of Drama and Music as well as the Queen’s Film and Media Department on March 3rd and 4th, 2026. Known as a producer, multi-instrumentalist, artist, and songwriter, Petkovski’s work defies genre, focusing on telling compelling stories. Her music is heard across platforms like Fortnite, SXSW, Disney+, TIFF, Blumhouse Productions, Netflix, and HBO. In addition to her composition work, she is a director on the Alliance for Women Film Composers board of directors, the secretary on the Executive leadership board for the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and a proud standing voting member of the Recording Academy, BAFTA Connect, Television Academy, Society of Lyricists and Composers, World Soundtrack Awards.

https://www.alexandrapetkovski.com/about

02/27/2026

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02/26/2026

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The English Literature and Creative Writing Department Presents Dr. Kelsey Jacobson presenting Re-reading Realness on Stage: Theatre, Audiences, and Reception.

Kelsey Jacobson is an associate professor in the DAN School of Drama and Music, newly cross-appointed with the Department of English and Creative Writing. She is passionate about teaching and supervising and was awarded the Frank Knox Award for Teaching Excellence in 2021. She received her PhD from the University of Toronto and her MA from University of London where she also spent time working in Research and Higher Education at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, UK. Her SSHRC-funded research focuses on audience and spectatorship studies, and in particular on the ways in which audiences impact, receive, and make meaning through performance. She has expertise in, and teaches courses on, theatre histories, dramatic literature, and performance studies.

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