Earl Davey PhD

Vice-President Academic - edavey@cmu.ca

Earl Davey, Vice-President Academic and Professor of Music at Canadian Mennonite University, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. While engaged in  post-doctoral studies at Darwin College, Cambridge University,  Dr. Davey was a rehearsal guest of Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra and a student of Sergio Celibidache, conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

For many years, he was a tenured member of the Faculty of Music at Brandon University, where he worked in the areas of conducting, philosophy of music and philosophy of music education. While at Brandon University Dr. Davey served in various capacities, including Chair of Music Education and Chair of Graduate Studies.

From 1995 to 1998 Dr. Davey taught at Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana in Yogyakarta, Indonesia under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee. He also served as Provost and Vice-President Academic at Tyndale University College & Seminary in Toronto before returning to Manitoba in 2008.

Dr. Davey’s research includes articles published in the Journal of Aesthetic Education, Canadian Music Educator, American Arts Quarterly,  British Journal of Music Education and Canadian Journal of Higher Education.

Dr. Davey is married to Marion Dick Davey. They have three children: Jordan, Harrison and Rachael. He and Marion attend the L’Eglise Communautaire de la Riviere Rouge, a Mennonite Brethren Church in St. Boniface, Winnipeg.

Vice-President Academic Earl Davey serves as Interim President of CMU, July 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012.