Ryan McNutt

MA Musicology, 2015

 

Email: ryan.mcnutt@dal.ca

Why Dal?

I work here! Thanks to the support of colleagues, I was able to make time to follow my passion and pursue my MA in Musicology on a part-time basis.

What inspires me

I've spent years as a music journalist and critic and it has been incredibly rewarding to translate this back into academia. I'm particularly interested in how the transition to a digital culture is changing how recordings and artists are understood and appreciated.

Publications and works

  • "It Was Cool But Was It All Pretend? Kelly Clarkson and Genre Mobility" presented at the 2012 Canadian conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)

Awards, honours and conferences

  • Juror for the Polaris Music Prize
  • Nominated for a National Magazine Award for "The Music We Hate." Maisonneuve, 36. 2010.