Merry Christmas to all
I will second Linda's nomination. I had the pleasure in meeting Linda at
Banff this year where she was finalising her thesis. Linda is passionate
about her work in relation to how the arts and in particular voice and
choirs can be used in relation to conflict resolution. Her repertoire of
interests and skills makes for a unique contribution and therefore AACORN is
a perfect community for her to be part of.
Best wishes
Cathryn Lloyd
Principal
Maverick Minds
where art and business meet
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From: Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisations Research Network
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Sent: 28 December 2008 12:05
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Subject: Introducing Linda Ippolito - Worldclass musician, lawyer, and peace
maker
Dear AACORN friends and colleagues,
I hope you are enjoying the holidays and looking forward to the
New Year.
I would like to introduce Linda Ippolito. I first met Linda this
past fall when we were both artist-in-residence at The Banff Centre. Linda
brings her extensive background as a world class musician and a talented
lawyer to one of the world's greatest challenges: global peace making. Her
thesis, which I have just had the privilege to read, explains why
collaborative music making, and especially vocal choirs and ensembles can
support peace building and conflict resolution, even in some of the most
tension-filled areas of the world. To say that her work is breaking new
ground is an understatement. Moreover, she is a delightful human being -
someone you will enjoy meeting because of who she is (as well as for what
she knows and what she is doing). Let me give you a bit of her formal
background:
Linda Ippolito is a classical pianist, litigation lawyer, alternative
dispute resolution practitioner, and teacher.
She studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City and the
University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. Throughout the 1980's Linda
distinguished herself at national and international competitions,
participating, most notably, in the Tchaikovsky International Competition in
Moscow, the Sydney International Piano Competition in Australia, and the
Montreal International Piano Competition in Canada. She has performed
throughout North American and Europe as a soloist, vocal collaborator and
duo pianist, and continues to actively perform.
As a Toronto-based litigation lawyer since 1994, with a practice now focused
primarily in family and estates law, Linda has argued before every level of
Court in Ontario and before various administrative tribunals. She is also a
certified collaborative family practitioner and mediator, and has taught a
number of subjects, including negotiation theory and practice, to law
students, lawyers and non-legal professionals.
Her passion lies in the intersection between music and peace building.
Linda has recently completed her Master of Laws Degree in Alternative
Dispute Resolution at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Her major
research paper explores collaborative vocal music-making as an innovative
tool in conflict resolution and peace building. It proposes group vocal
music-making - whether the format is choir, circle singing, chanting, or
improvised sounding - as an effective social contact vehicle through which
opposing groups can come together in a cooperative activity to address the
past, experience the present, and the explore the possibilities of a shared
future. Through the universal language of music and the ritual of group
music-making, people can work together to build sustainable peace, and
achieve the conflict resolution goals of reconciliation and healing.
It is Ippolito's goal to apply the model in a variety of formats for
different purposes, working in partnership with professionals from other
disciplines. The model is also a powerful team-building and leadership
development vehicle through which a number of objectives can be achieved
alongside conflict resolution and peace building goals.
I would like to welcome Linda as a member of AACORN
All my best, Nancy
Nancy J Adler
McGill University
Desautels Faculty of Management
1001 rue Sherbrooke ouest
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1G5
tel: 1-514-398-4031
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