Carol Ann Weaver

Education

BM (Piano), Indiana University, 1970
MM (Piano and Composition), Indiana University, 1972
DM (Composition), Indiana University, 1980

Contact

Phone: 519-885-0220 x24245
Email: caweaver@uwaterloo.ca
Office: CGUC 1108

Research areas

Composition, piano performance, African music, women’s music, jazz and groove music, contemporary music, Mennonite music and arts, music and the environment.

Courses taught

Undergraduate
Music 376 – Composition Seminar
Music 334 – Women, Music, Gender Studies
Music 370 – Music Theory 3
Music 240 – Introduction to Jazz.

Selected publications

• “Sound in the Lands: Mennonite Music Across Borders”, edited by Maureen Epp, Carol Ann Weaver, Doreen Klassen, Anna Janacek, (Kitchener:  Pandora, 2011.)
• “Sound in the Land: Essays on Mennonites and Music”, edited by Maureen Epp and Carol Ann, (Kitchener: Pandora Press, 2006). 

Recent CDs

• Paraguay Primeval,  by Carol Ann Weaver, to be released, 2012, with Rebecca Campbell, vocals; CAW piano; Emma Elkinson, flute; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello; Kyle Skillman, drums, recounts stories from the Mennonite settlers’ experiences in Paraguay’s Chaco, recorded/engineered/mastered by David Travers-Smith.  Texts are derived from Rudy Wiebe, Dora Dueck, and Henry & Esther Regehr’s translated Schoenbrunn Chronicles, of original essays by settlers in Schoenbrunn, Chaco.
• Every 3 Children, by Carol Ann Weaver, 2008 with Rebecca Campbell, vocals, CAW piano, Grebel Chapel Choir, Ben Bolt-Martin, cello, and other artists, recorded/engineered/mastered by David Travers-Smith,  features the extended composition “Every Three Children”, composed for African children affected by AIDS, “Piece of a Rock” about the Iraqi war,  as well as “Lobsang” for the five Amish girls, and many more songs, texts all by Weaver.
• Thistle & Jewel, by Carol Ann Weaver, 2006 with Rebecca Campbell, vocals, CAW piano, recorded/engineered/mastered by David Travers-Smith, based on poetry of Jeff Gundy, Ann Hostetler, Julia Kasdorf, Kiera Schneider). For fast order, contact by email: <caweaver@uwaterloo.ca> or phone: 519-576-1068.
• Awakenings, 2003,  features vocalist Rebecca  Campbell, pianist Carol Ann Weaver, guest vocalists Jane Siberry, Mia Sheard, and Jennifer Moore, and guest mandolinist Lyle Friesen, recorded, mixed, mastered by David Travers-Smith, produced by Rebecca Campbell.   The work is a four-way collaboration of composer/performers Carol Ann Weaver and Rebecca Campbell, based on poetry of Di Brandt and Dorothy Livesay.  Coming from varied musical traditions and styles, the music ranges from folk to avant garde, jazz to soundscapes, groove to meditative, creating an interwoven musical/poetic web.

Selected activities

• Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 7:00 PM Durban Playhouse Rehearsal Hall, orchestral reading by KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic Orchestra of Kgalagadi Calls by CAWeaver
• Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 5:30 PM Jazz Centre, UKZN, Durban, South Africa, PARAGUAY PRIMEVAL (African premiere) by Carol Ann Weaver, piano, Rebecca Campbell, vocals, Mageshen Naidoo, guitar, and others.
• Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 12:30 Noon, Conrad Grebel Chapel, UW: PARAGUAY PRIMEVAL, world premiere by Carol Ann Weaver, piano, Rebecca Campbell, vocals, Paul Dueck, Paraguayan harp, Ben Bolt-Martin, cello, Kyle Skillman & Chris Snow, percussion, Myra Weaver, projectionist, Henry Paetkau, Henry Regehr, Paul Dueck, readers.
• Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, Wilfrid Laurier University, Maureen Forrester Hall, 12:00 noon: "Every 3 Children" concert. Carol Ann Weaver, piano; Rebecca Campbell, vocals; Emma Elkinson, flute; Ben Bolt-Martin, cello.
• Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2, 2009 MANITOBA TOUR: - Brandon University, University of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, Canadian Mennonite University –  North of Centre, South of Centre (premiere), Awakenings. Rebecca Campbell, CAW
• July 17, 2009, Mennonite World Conference, Asuncion, Paraguay, Every 3 Children and other CAW music performed in a solo concert by Carol Ann Weaver, piano and vocals.
• July 8, 2009, International Council on Traditional Music (ICTM) , University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa – Every 3 Children and other CAW music performed by CAW, Thandeka Mabuza, voc; Shiyani Ngcobo, guitar; Mduduzi Mbhele, bass
• June 4-8, 2009 Sound in the Lands Festival/Conference on Mennonite-related music, multiple performances:  Daughter of Olapa, Every Three Children, Jive Afrique, other.   
• Along with Rebecca Campbell performed at the CheonAn-Gak Won International Temple Music Festival in CheoAn, South Korea, October, 2007
• Along with Rebecca Campbell, performed Carol's Every Three Children in a special African AIDS awareness concert at Three Willows Church, Guelph, October 13, 2007.
• Travelled with Rebecca Campbell to Lancaster, Pennsylvania for another series of concerts in memory of the deaths of five Amish girls.
• World premiere of her orchestra piece, "Water", performed by the University of Waterloo orchestra, in commemoration of University of Waterloo's 50th anniversary.
• CD, Every 3 Children, officially released in a concert at Conrad Grebel Chapel, January 26, 2008.
• Led Music and Culture in South Africa travel course in May 2008, 2010, 2012 (projected)

Fellowships and awards

• Conrad Grebel Academic Development Grant for Paraguay Primeval CD, 2001
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Conference Grant for Sound in the Lands conference, 2009
• Conrad Grebel Research Grant for Composition/Premiere of South of Centre, 2009
• University of Waterloo/Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Travel Grant to present at Women’s World Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2008
• University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Grant for Music 390, African Music and Peace, 2008
• University of Waterloo Course Internationalisation Grant for Project on South African Music/Culture, 2007

Web page

Carol Ann Weaver Profile at Faculty of Arts