Curriculum Vitae
Michael Joseph Daley
#2-255 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R5
647 654 7855
email: mikedaley@gmail.com
EDUCATION
York University, Toronto, Ontario
Doctor of Philosophy (Ethnomusicology and Musicology), 2007
Dissertation: "A Historiography of Rock Music, 1955-1976".
Supervisor: Rob Bowman. Committee: Bob Witmer, Marc Egnal, Rob van der Bliek,
David Sanjek.
Master of Arts (Ethnomusicology and Musicology), 1997
Thesis: "'One Who Sings With His Tongue on Fire': Change,
Continuity and Meaning in Bob Dylan's Vocal Style, 1960-66".
Supervisor: Rob Bowman. Committee: James Tenney, Jonathan Fine, Bob Witmer.
Winner of 1998 York Thesis Prize.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Honours Bachelor of Music (Music History and Theory), 1994. Summa cum laude.
Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
Diploma in Applied Arts (Music Performance and Composition), 1992. Honours.
EXPERIENCE
September 1991 - present
Adjunct Professor and Teaching Assistant, various universities
Fall/Winter 2006/2007 Co-Course Director, MUSI 1012 (Guitar
for Non-Majors), York University
Two Guest Lectures, "Robert Johnson and Delta Blues" MUSI 5800 (African-American
Music), York University, January 2007
Fall 2006 Course Director, "The Great Singers", Living and Learning
in Retirement, York University (Glendon Campus)
Fall/Winter 2005/2006 Tutorial Leader, SOSC 2830 (Music and Society), York University
(two sections)
Guest Lecture, "Robert Johnson and Delta Blues" MUSI 5800 (African-American
Music), York University, October 2005
Winter 2005 Tutorial Leader, FA/FILM 1701 (Hollywood Old and New), York University
Winter 2005 Course Director, "Jazz, Blues and Swing", Living and Learning
in Retirement, York University (Glendon Campus)
Winter 2002 Course Director, MUSC 1080 (Musicianship I), Guelph University
Winter 2002 Course Director, MUSC 1060D (Introduction to Music, Distance Education),
Guelph University
Fall 2001 Course Director, MUSC 1060 (Introduction to Music), Guelph University
Fall 2001 Course Director, MUSC 1080 (Musicianship I), Guelph University
Summer 2001 Course Director, MUSC 2140 (History of Jazz), Guelph University
Fall/Winter 2000-2001 Tutorial Leader, SOC SCI 2830 (Music and Society), York
University
Winter 2001 Course Director, MUSC 1080 (Musicianship I), Guelph University
Winter 2001 Course Director, MUSC 1240 (Music History II, Reformation to J.S.
Bach), Guelph University
Fall 2000 Course Director, MUSC 1060 (Introduction to Music), Guelph University
Fall 2000 Course Director, MUSC 2140 (History of Jazz), Guelph University
Fall 2000 Three guest lectures on 20th-century concert music, HUMN 1080 (Arts
and Ideas in the 20th Century), Guelph University
Winter 2000 Course Director, Music 240 (Introduction to Jazz), University of
Waterloo, Conrad Grebel College
Winter 2000 Course Director, MUSC 1240 (Music History II, Reformation to J.S.
Bach), Guelph University
Fall/Winter 1999-2000 Tutorial Leader, SOC SCI 2830 (Music and Society), York
University
Fall 1999 Course Director, MUSC 1060 (Introduction to Music), Guelph University
Winter 1999 Course Director, Music 2AA3 and 2AA3E (Popular Music), McMaster
University
Winter 1999 Guest lecture, "The 1960s Folk Revival", SOC SCI 2830
(Music and Society), York University
Fall/Winter 1998-99 Tutorial Leader, SOC SCI 2830 (Music and Society), York
University
Summer 1998 Course Director, Music 2AA3 (Popular Music), McMaster University
Winter 1998 Course Director, Music 2AA3 (Popular Music), McMaster University
Fall/Winter 1997-98 Course Director, MUSI 1000 (Workshop in Musicianship I),
York University
Winter 1997 Course Director, MUSI 1512 (Fundamentals of Musical Perception II),
York University
Fall 1996 Teaching Assistant, MUSI 1511 (Fundamentals of Musical Perception
I), York University
Fall/Winter 1995-96 Teaching Assistant, MUSI 1200 (The Musical Experience),
York University
Fall/Winter 1994-95 Teaching Assistant, MUSI 1512 (Popular Music Since1945),
York University
Fall/Winter 1991-92 Peer Tutor, Mohawk College
Fall/Winter 1991-92 Teaching Assistant, MUS 1M6 (Jazz Harmony), Mohawk College
September 2003 - present
Music Director (selected shows), Classic Albums Live
horn and string arrangements, musician contracting, rehearsal coordination
June 2006 - September 2006 (contract)
Researcher, Banger Productions
research for the documentary film Global Metal, focusing on heavy metal subcultures
in Asia
March 2002 - December 2004
Associate Producer, CBC Radio Music
Shows include Music and Company, Take Five and In Performance, as well as special
projects. Duties included: script preparation, music programming, remote production,
digital audio editing, research, studio directing, team coordination.
January 1999 - March 2004
Music Director, Anglican Church of the Incarnation, Oakville
music selection, choir leadership, congregational music accompaniment
HONOURS AND AWARDS
· 1999 Nominated for McMaster Students' Union Teaching
Award
· 1998 York University Thesis Prize
· 1998 Nominated for McMaster Students' Union Teaching Award
· 1998 McMaster Students' Union Merit Award For Teaching Excellence
· 1997 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship
· 1996 York Entrance Scholarship (Ph.D programme)
· 1994 York Entrance Scholarship (M.A. programme)
· 1993 Louise E. Bettger Memorial Scholarship
· 1993 Harry Lyman Hooker Award
· 1991 Mohawk College Music Department Scholarship
· 1990 Music Department Award For Excellence
· 1990 War Pensioners of Canada Award
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Vocal Performance and Speech Intonation" in Barker, Derek, ed. 20 Years of Isis. Surrey: Chrome Dreams, 2005:104-118.
"Like a rolling stone: the role of speech intonation in Bob Dylan's vocal performance". Paper given at Bob Dylan's Performance Artistry. University of Caen-Normandy, Caen, France. March 3, 2005.
“Land Of The Free - Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock Festival, August 18, 1969” in Inglis, Ian. Ed. Signs of the Times: Tradition and Transition in Popular Music Performance. Ashgate Press, forthcoming.
“’Why Do Whites Sing Black?’: The Blues, Whiteness, and Early Histories of Rock”. Popular Music and Society. June 2003.
“Ska”. The Encyclopedia of Women in Music. Oryx Press, 2002.
“Disco”. The Encyclopedia of Women in Music. Oryx Press, 2002.
Review of Berger, Harris M. Metal, Rock and Jazz: Perception and the Phenomenology of Musical Experience. Journal of Popular Music Studies 13/1 (Spring 2001):107-108.
“Music, Race, Ethnicity and Nationhood in Canada”. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The United States and Canada. Garland. 2001:172-76.
Music editor, Joyful Noise. ed. by Ann E. Turner. Toronto: United Church Publishing House, 1999.
“Representations of the Other in the Blues Revival”. Paper given at International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Canadian Chapter Meeting. St. Catherines, Ontario. March 21, 1999.
Review of Rodman, Gilbert R. Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend. RPM, forthcoming.
“Patti Smith’s ‘Gloria’: Intertextual Play in a Rock Vocal Performance”. Popular Music, 16/3 (1998):235-253.
“Music 2AA3: Popular Music”. Journal of Popular Music Studies 9/10 (1997-98):138-140.
“Towards a Methodology for the Analysis of Rap Vocal Performance”. Paper given at Society for Ethnomusicology - Niagara Chapter Meeting. Buffalo, New York, March 15, 1997.
“’One Who Sings With His Tongue On Fire’: Change, Continuity and Meaning in the Early Vocal Style of Bob Dylan, 1960-66”. Master’s thesis, York University, January 1997.
“Speech Intonation and Vocal Performance: Bob Dylan’s ‘Like A Rolling Stone’”. Paper given at Society for Ethnomusicology - Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, November 3, 1996.
“Patti Smith’s ‘Gloria’: Parody and Intertextuality in a Rock Vocal Performance”. Paper given at International Association for the Study of Popular Music - U.S. Chapter Meeting. Nashville, Tennessee, October 7, 1995.