Dr. Margaret Walker

Mus.Bac. (Toronto)
M.A. (Toronto)
Ph.D. (Toronto)
A.R.C.T. (Piano)

Assistant Professor (Musicology/Ethnomusicology)

School of Music Director

Dr.Walker teaches courses in Ethnomusicology, Western music history, and various aspects of World Music at Queen's. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto (Musicology/Ethnomusicology) and the Royal Conservatory of Music Professional School (Piano Performance and Pedagogy). Her thesis, Kathak Dance: A Critical History, examined and deconstructed the revised history of the North Indian classical dance form, Kathak. She has visited India four times conducting fieldwork, and has been awarded doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Dr. Walker has studied Kathak dance with a number of eminent teachers in both Canada and India since 1997, and has performed in Toronto, Ottawa, and Delhi. She also remains actively involved in the RCME College of Examiners, and reviews new piano teaching repertoire for the Frederick Harris Music Company. She is a regular presenter at international scholarly conferences, and has articles forthcoming in the new Encyclopedia of World Music and Dance (Routledge) and book chapters in the collections Dance Matters (Routledge) and Music, Dance, and the Art of Seduction (CHIME). Her articles on topics ranging from Indian folk traditions to music cognition can be found in The Canadian Journal for Traditional Music, CRME Bulletin and Canadian Music Educators’ Journal/Musicien éducateur au Canada. In addition to ethnomusicology, music of South Asia, and Western music history, Dr. Walker's research and teaching interests include music cognition, pedagogy, and cross-cultural exchange.