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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Fwd: The Musical Brain is looking for a new Director
Fwd: Music SIG Research Seminar Tuesday 17 October 2017, 4-5.30pm.
Music Education Special Interest Group
Research Seminar Announcement
A double-bill from Jordan
The Development of Contemporary Arabic Music in Jordan: The Modernised
Use of Oriental Modes (Maqamat) in Keyboard and Orchestral Composition
Dr. Haitham Sukkarieh, University of Jordan
Teaching Western Music in Jordan: an Anglicised-Russian-Jordanian perspective
Dr Anna Galakhova, National Music Conservatory and University of Jordan
Tuesday 17th October
4.00 – 5.30 pm
Room: tbc
Further details from David Baker, david.baker@ucl.ac.uk
All are welcome
The Development of Contemporary Arabic Music in Jordan: The Modernised
Use of Oriental Modes (Maqamat) in Keyboard and Orchestral Composition
This will be a workshop presentation with musical illustrations,
incorporating an introduction to Arab Maqamat (modes), the
harmonization of Maqamat, and relationships with contemporary
classical composition. Maqamat are divided into two kinds: with
quarter tones (3/4 quarter interval) and without quarter tones ( 1/2,
1, and 1.5 intervals). Dr Haitham will explain all the main Maqamat
and their branches, playing examples on his own keyboard, and showing
how oriental instruments play music in different styles. He will
discuss how contemporary Arab composers use oriental Maqamat in
orchestral works.
Teaching Western Music in Jordan: an Anglicised-Russian-Jordanian perspective
It feels just like yesterday: on my first arrival at the Institute of
Education, back in October 1992 as a full-time MA student arriving
from Jordan, I encountered the local part-time MA students from London
being left completely astounded when I told them I was a full-time
teacher of Western classical music in Jordan! The question still
reverberates in my ear: 'How could you possibly teach music in Jordan
if I cannot convince my Moslem students in girls' schools in London to
attend music lessons, because their father say music is 'Haram' and it
is a sin to be involved in any musical activity?" In fact I have
taught music in Jordan since 1984 at some well-established private
bilingual schools and specialist music institutions. I have indeed
frequently faced some restrictions being placed on my professional
skills. However, the position of music teaching in Jordan certainly
cannot be compared to, for example, its position in Saudi Arabia,
Yemen or Iran. In this presentation I will discuss the development of
music education in Jordan between 1984 and the present, from an
Anglicized-Russian expatriate classroom music teacher perspective;
socio-cultural conflicts within Western music teaching in Jordan;
Trends and issues encountered teaching classroom music to Jordanian
teenagers; and problems observed in teaching classical Western piano
to young adult beginners in Jordan.
-------------------------------------------------
A Jordanian composer and conductor, Dr. Haitham Sukkarieh has had many
orchestral compositions performed in Jordan and other countries. He is
Associate Professor of Music Composition in the Faculty of Arts and
Design, The University of Jordan, and Head of the Music Department. He
earned a doctorate in the Department of Composition and Conducting
with honours from the Higher Institute of the Music Academy of the
Arts, Cairo, in 2011, as well as many awards and honors. He has
published widely on the development of Oriental music, and has created
a new oriental mode (Maqam).
Dr. Anna Galakhova's music teaching experience in Jordan between 1984
and the present covers one-to-one piano teaching, student choral
training, International General Certificate of Secondary Education
music, and general classroom music to various age-groups of school and
university level students at several well-established private schools
and music institutions in Jordan. Currently, Dr. Galakhova is teaching
History of Music to BA Music students at the National Music
Conservatory and piano to BA Music students at the University of
Jordan and the National Music Conservatory. With piano training based
in her native St Petersburg, Anna is a trice British Graduate with her
LRSM in Piano Teaching, (ABRSM, 1991), MA in Music Education
(Institute of Education University of London, 1992-93), and PhD in
Music (Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Kent, 2009).
Besides having staged several charity piano concerts in Amman, such as
a Piano Concerto by Grieg with the orchestra of the National Music
Conservatory in December 1994, she has participated in the First
Jordanian Song Competition as an accompanist to the orchestra and
choir of about 100 musicians in September 2001, and composed and
conducted the Conference Hymn for the thirty-second International
Girl-Scouts Conference in Amman in June 2004, to mention but a few
activities. Dr. Galakhova has worked on several full-scale school
musical productions in Amman, such as 'The Wiz', 'Ruddigore', 'You're
a Good Man Charlie Brown' and 'Oliver' and, has directed 'My Fair
Lady' under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of Jordan in May
2015.
Research Seminar Announcement
A double-bill from Jordan
The Development of Contemporary Arabic Music in Jordan: The Modernised
Use of Oriental Modes (Maqamat) in Keyboard and Orchestral Composition
Dr. Haitham Sukkarieh, University of Jordan
Teaching Western Music in Jordan: an Anglicised-Russian-Jordanian perspective
Dr Anna Galakhova, National Music Conservatory and University of Jordan
Tuesday 17th October
4.00 – 5.30 pm
Room: tbc
Further details from David Baker, david.baker@ucl.ac.uk
All are welcome
The Development of Contemporary Arabic Music in Jordan: The Modernised
Use of Oriental Modes (Maqamat) in Keyboard and Orchestral Composition
This will be a workshop presentation with musical illustrations,
incorporating an introduction to Arab Maqamat (modes), the
harmonization of Maqamat, and relationships with contemporary
classical composition. Maqamat are divided into two kinds: with
quarter tones (3/4 quarter interval) and without quarter tones ( 1/2,
1, and 1.5 intervals). Dr Haitham will explain all the main Maqamat
and their branches, playing examples on his own keyboard, and showing
how oriental instruments play music in different styles. He will
discuss how contemporary Arab composers use oriental Maqamat in
orchestral works.
Teaching Western Music in Jordan: an Anglicised-Russian-Jordanian perspective
It feels just like yesterday: on my first arrival at the Institute of
Education, back in October 1992 as a full-time MA student arriving
from Jordan, I encountered the local part-time MA students from London
being left completely astounded when I told them I was a full-time
teacher of Western classical music in Jordan! The question still
reverberates in my ear: 'How could you possibly teach music in Jordan
if I cannot convince my Moslem students in girls' schools in London to
attend music lessons, because their father say music is 'Haram' and it
is a sin to be involved in any musical activity?" In fact I have
taught music in Jordan since 1984 at some well-established private
bilingual schools and specialist music institutions. I have indeed
frequently faced some restrictions being placed on my professional
skills. However, the position of music teaching in Jordan certainly
cannot be compared to, for example, its position in Saudi Arabia,
Yemen or Iran. In this presentation I will discuss the development of
music education in Jordan between 1984 and the present, from an
Anglicized-Russian expatriate classroom music teacher perspective;
socio-cultural conflicts within Western music teaching in Jordan;
Trends and issues encountered teaching classroom music to Jordanian
teenagers; and problems observed in teaching classical Western piano
to young adult beginners in Jordan.
-------------------------------------------------
A Jordanian composer and conductor, Dr. Haitham Sukkarieh has had many
orchestral compositions performed in Jordan and other countries. He is
Associate Professor of Music Composition in the Faculty of Arts and
Design, The University of Jordan, and Head of the Music Department. He
earned a doctorate in the Department of Composition and Conducting
with honours from the Higher Institute of the Music Academy of the
Arts, Cairo, in 2011, as well as many awards and honors. He has
published widely on the development of Oriental music, and has created
a new oriental mode (Maqam).
Dr. Anna Galakhova's music teaching experience in Jordan between 1984
and the present covers one-to-one piano teaching, student choral
training, International General Certificate of Secondary Education
music, and general classroom music to various age-groups of school and
university level students at several well-established private schools
and music institutions in Jordan. Currently, Dr. Galakhova is teaching
History of Music to BA Music students at the National Music
Conservatory and piano to BA Music students at the University of
Jordan and the National Music Conservatory. With piano training based
in her native St Petersburg, Anna is a trice British Graduate with her
LRSM in Piano Teaching, (ABRSM, 1991), MA in Music Education
(Institute of Education University of London, 1992-93), and PhD in
Music (Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Kent, 2009).
Besides having staged several charity piano concerts in Amman, such as
a Piano Concerto by Grieg with the orchestra of the National Music
Conservatory in December 1994, she has participated in the First
Jordanian Song Competition as an accompanist to the orchestra and
choir of about 100 musicians in September 2001, and composed and
conducted the Conference Hymn for the thirty-second International
Girl-Scouts Conference in Amman in June 2004, to mention but a few
activities. Dr. Galakhova has worked on several full-scale school
musical productions in Amman, such as 'The Wiz', 'Ruddigore', 'You're
a Good Man Charlie Brown' and 'Oliver' and, has directed 'My Fair
Lady' under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of Jordan in May
2015.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Fwd: Institute of Acoustics Musical Acoustics Group One-Day Conference
Institute of Acoustics Musical Acoustics Group
21 CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSICAL SOUND PRODUCTION, PRESENTATION AND
REPRODUCTION
TUESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2017
NOTTINGHAM CONFERENCE CENTRE, BURTON STREET, NOTTINGHAM NG1 4BU
Further information about the event, including details of how to
register, can be found at:
https://ioa.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=267
Please send any enquiries to: linda.canty@ioa.org.uk
21 CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSICAL SOUND PRODUCTION, PRESENTATION AND
REPRODUCTION
TUESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2017
NOTTINGHAM CONFERENCE CENTRE, BURTON STREET, NOTTINGHAM NG1 4BU
Further information about the event, including details of how to
register, can be found at:
https://ioa.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=267
Please send any enquiries to: linda.canty@ioa.org.uk
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Fwd: 3rd Conference of the Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) & 5th International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME)
3rd Conference of the Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS) & 5th International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME)
Musical Affects
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 7-9 December 2017
http://www.musicalaffects2017.com
Hosted by the School of Music, The University of Queensland (UQ)
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce that the next Australian Music and Psychology Society (AMPS) 2017 Conference, incorporating the 5th International Conference on Music and Emotion (ICME5), will be held in Brisbane at The University of Queensland, Australia, 7-9 December 2017.
The conference is intended to engage faculty and student (Honours, Masters, PhD) involvement, and encourage discussion and exchange of ideas around the theme, Musical Affects.
The conference theme is intentionally broad to encourage diverse perspectives on music, psychology and emotion, including:
• music perception and cognition,
• music performance,
• music education,
• music health and wellbeing,
• music therapy,
• musicology,
• music composition,
• music and dance,
• ethnomusicology,
• psychoacoustics and models of music processes.
We invite abstracts of up to 250 words for spoken papers (15 mins + 5 mins Q&A), posters, symposia, and workshops.
The internationally recognised Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo, one of the Ensembles-in-Residence at The University of Queensland, will perform for conference delegates and guests on 7 December 2017 at 6pm in the Nickson Room at the School of Music.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
• Professor Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool; ICME founder), and
• Adjunct Associate Professor Nikki Rickard (Monash University; Psychology Program Director, Online Education Services)
Special panel discussions will be led by:
• Professor Emery Schubert (The University of New South Wales), and
• Professor Margaret Barrett (The University of Queensland)
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts submission deadline: 29 August 2017
Notification sent to authors: 3 October 2017
Final abstracts due: 10 October 2017
Early bird registration closes: 10 October 2017
AMPS 2017 incorporating ICME5: 7-9 December 2017
Performance by the Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo: 6 pm, 7 December 2017
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
All submissions will be made through "EasyChair". Go to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=musicaffects17
Once logged in, Click on "New Submission"
For oral and poster presentations, submit an abstract of up to 250 words together with title of the presentation, preferred format, 5 keywords (to assist with allocation to appropriate reviewers), and author names. Please structure your abstract as appropriate to your discipline. For example, background and aims, methods, results, discussion.
Proposals for a symposium on a specific theme should include a 250-word abstract that sets out the goals of the symposium and the titles and authors of the papers within the symposium. A 250-word abstract for each paper within the symposium will also need to be submitted. A standard symposium submission includes 4 papers.
Proposals for a workshop that would be of broad interest should consist of a 250 word abstract outlining the goal, format, length, target audience and presenters involved with the proposed workshop.
Contact Details: musicalaffects2017@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you at the conference in December!
Kind regards,
Mary Broughton on behalf of the Conference Committee for AMPS 2017 incorporating ICME5
Dr Mary Broughton | Lecturer in Music Psychology
School of Music | The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Telephone: + 61 7 33654116
Email: m.broughton@uq.edu.au
web: https://music.uq.edu.au/
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Dr Evangelos Himonides FRSA, FBCS CITP
Reader in Technology, Education, and Music
University College London
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Fwd: CSMC 2017 - Call for Panel Session Participation
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
-- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). The Open University is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Panel session - Domain-Specific Generative Music: Music in Computer Games at CSMC2017
https://csmc2017.wordpress.
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Participants sought for a panel session entitled "Domain-Specific Generative Music: Music in Computer Games" being held at the 2nd Conference on Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity at The Open University in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom between the 11th and 13th of September 2017.
Participant should submit a brief description of the participant's perspective on the topic (100 words max) to simon.cutajar@open.ac.uk by Thurs Aug 10th.
Many thanks,
Simon Cutajar
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PhD Student
STEM
The Open University
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Email: simon.cutajar@open.ac.uk
Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/
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