Mount Allison Hosts the first Elephant in the Music Room

Mount Allison music students take the popular event The Elephant in the Room to Brunton Auditorium to discuss the issue of mental health in the music classroom and talk about their individual experiences. Mount Allison’s mental health educator Karen Geldart, music professor Dr. Elizabeth Wells, as well as several music …

Mount Allison Music professor receives honours for research, teaching

SACKVILLE, NB — Mount Allison University Music professor Dr. Elizabeth Wells has a lot to celebrate this spring. The 3M Teaching Fellow has been named the 2015 Paul Paré Medal recipient, which recognizes contributions of outstanding quality that demonstrate a balanced approach to teaching, research/creative performance, scholarship, service, and outreach. …

HuffPo Names Beatles Course One Of The “Coolest Classes in Canada”

The Huffington Post recently featured Elizabeth’s Beatles course at Mount Allison University in its list of the Coolest Classes in Canada! The Beatles What it’s all about: “This course addresses the musical, social, and cultural issues surrounding one of the most important rock groups of the twentieth century .. The …

Elizabeth Wells profiled in two recent publications

Elizabeth Wells is profiled in two recent publications, the Rochester Review (September-October 2013) and the Trinity College Donor Report (Winter, 2014). In a regular feature entitled “Master Class”, University of Rochester alumna Wells answers questions posed by the editors as to what makes a great American Musical. David Cowles, renowned …

Pickard-Bell Chair in Music

Dr. Elizabeth Wells has recently been named the new Pickard-Bell Chair in Music at Mount Allison University. This Chair was established in 1966 with a generous endowment from the estate of Winthrop Pickard Bell, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. This very substantial bequest to Mount Allison was in memory of Dr. Bell’s …