Daniel Hawkins

MA, Ethnomusicology, Memorial University

Daniel Hawkins is a MA student at MUN. Daniel is a fine cellist and improviser whose thesis explores the politics of using notation in traditional music. He is also an active session player.  In November 2015 he presented his research at the national conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas, Austin.  He also presented on the Improvising Spaces Series, filling in for cellist Vernon Regehr who was unable to perform in the March session: Improvisation in Bach, Mozart, and Newfoundland Traditional Music