Current and Recent Research Projects

Folk Songs of Atlantic Canada from the Collections of MacEdward Leach, produced by Meghan Forsyth and Joy Fraser, executive producer Harris M. Berger

Jean Trudel Online Archive. Produced by Laura Risk, this online archive will make available audio and video of traditional music and dance from Quebec collected in the 1960s and 70s by Jean Trudel. This project is a co-production of the University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC), the Canadian Museum of History, the Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant, the UTSC Library Digital Scholarship Unit, and MMaP.

Minnie White, The First Lady of the Accordion. Edited by Jim Payne, this book is a collection of tunes composed and played by accordionist Minnie White of St. Alban’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Minnie White, The First Lady of the Accordion is a coproduction of MMaP and SingSong Inc.

Music Research Annual. Led by general editors Harris M. Berger and Jocelyne Guilbault, Music Research Annual is the first peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing review essays from the full range of academic disciplines that study music.

Neighbours: St. John’s eBook. Edited by Meghan Forsyth and Beverley Diamond, this eBook examines the diverse cultural communities of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

OKâlaKatiget Society Archival Album project. Produced by Mark David Turner, this album will share one-of-a-kind recordings from the archives of the OKâlaKatiget Society, the Labrador Inuit radio broadcaster. This project is a co-production of MMaP and the OKâlaKatiget Society.

The Oxford Handbook of the Phenomenology of Music Cultures, edited by Harris M. Berger, Friedlind Riedel, and David VanderHamm

Voices of Placentia Bay: A Digital Archive of Music and Narrative. Produced by Meghan Forsyth, this website is the result of a partnership between MMaP, the Town of Placentia Bay, and the Placentia Area Historical Society.