From Schulich School of Music Press Release 22 Dec 2024 :

From conducting fieldwork in Senegal to podcasting, Dr. Althea SullyCole’s career in music has been incredibly diverse. She studied her primary instrument, the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp, for three years in Dakar, Senegal, and has performed both as a soloist and alongside renowned musicians from around the world. Her passion in organology led to her work with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and currently, Dr. SullyCole is the co-chair of the Organology Special Interest Group and Secretary of the African and African Diasporic Music section at the Society for Ethnomusicology. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, she will perform fieldwork in Mali and Guinea to study historical collections of musical instruments from the Mandé region of West Africa. 

Dr. SullyCole brings a wealth of experience to the Schulich School of Music, where she joined the faculty in Fall 2024 and teaches courses in music research. Her teaching not only explores contemporary themes and methods in ethnomusicology but also offers students the chance to engage with her expertise in ethnographic fieldwork and the new findings in her current research.