This has just been published by the ISM.
https://www.ism.org/images/images/Future-of-Music-Education-ISM-report-December-2018.pdf
Please note the deadline of 9 December.
From: IASPM UK and Ireland <IASPMUK-AND-I@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Simon Zagorski-Thomas <Simon.Zagorski-Thomas@UWL.AC.UK>
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Subject: Some More PhD Scholarships at UWL
The University of West London (London College of Music) is now offering PhD scholarships for highly motivated individuals. These are open to all UK/EU students who qualify and include:
The principal subject areas are outlined below:
Preliminary enquiries can be directed to simon.zagorski-thomas@uwl.ac.uk , who will be delighted to discuss the interests of potential applicants, and help to shape the proposed theme of any application.
The study of communication and interaction in the recording studio is an ongoing theme in the musicology of record production and this project would focus on a relevant aspect of LCM's world-leading research in this area. The prospective student should choose a specific focus such as contemporary song writing techniques, recording improvisations, performing for sound-to-picture work etc. Working with a theoretical framework drawn from embodied
/ grounded cognition and network- or system-based creativity, this project would utilise filmed recording sessions, interviews and stimulated recall to explore the ways that musicians and technicians work together in the studio environment.
Principal Supervisor
Simon Zagorski-Thomas is Professor of Music at the London College of Music: For informal queries about this PhD project, please contact Professor Zagorski-Thomas at simon.zagorski- thomas@uwl.ac.uk
Building on LCM's world-leading research into the notion of sonic cartoons this project would explore the connections between the complexities of 'real-world' sonic phenomena and the use of audio production and processing tools to create schematic representations that afford related metaphorical interpretations. This project will explore these metaphorical connections through analyses of the 'real-world' phenomena and the construction of instrumental timbres, audio panoramas and musical narratives that utilise schematic features from the analyses. The analysis techniques will combine spectrographs, musicological description and audience / expert surveys to triangulate these forms of evidence.
Principal Supervisor
Simon Zagorski-Thomas is Professor of Music at the London College of Music: For informal queries about this PhD project, please contact Professor Zagorski-Thomas at simon.zagorski- thomas@uwl.ac.uk
Much of the process of part writing and arranging in popular music ensembles is unspoken and often even unconscious. Using a process of filmed rehearsals, interviews and stimulated recall, this study will seek to explain the ways in which popular musicians acquire this form of tacit knowledge and synchronise their actions into a 'head arrangement'. The study will use theories of situated learning, embodied / grounded cognition and network- or system- based creativity. This approach to learning will then inform a series of proposals for incorporation into ensemble-based performance pedagogy. Ideally the candidate will propose ways in which the impact of this research can be exploited in conjunction with LCM Exams and their international network.
Principal Supervisor
Elizabeth Pipe is Senior Lecturer at the London College of Music: For informal queries about this PhD project, please contact Dr Pipe at elizabeth.pipe@uwl.ac.uk
Staff at LCM established the international 21st Century Music Practice research network and are at the forefront of practice-as-research in music. This project will continue the process of refining rigorous methodologies in practice-as-research while also furthering UWL's
research excellence in the field of gender studies. In addition to creative practical work the candidate will use the exegesis of the PhD to illustrate and explain the development of new technical and/or metaphorical musical language, concepts and structures that illuminate aspects of the gender studies agenda. Ideally the project will propose ways in which the creative output can contribute to LCM's research impact agenda.
Principal Supervisor
Sara McGuinness is Associate Professor at the London College of Music: For informal queries about this PhD project, please contact Dr McGuinness at sara.mcguinness@uwl.ac.uk
Since its inception the somatic learning technique founded by Mosche Feldenkrais has been associated with performing arts-training. Feldenkrais worked with the guitarist Narciso Yepes, the violinist Yehudi Menuhin and the conductor Igor Markevitch. Scholarship on Feldenkrais and musicians has focused primarily on mechanical technique rather than developing new thinking and practices of listening and learning from the history, aesthetics, and the underlying strategies and philosophy of embodiment intrinsic to the Method. The proposed PhD would develop new pathways to practice (multi-modal approaches to problems for example) from these contexts and trial them with London College of Music students to connect theory and practice.
Principal supervisor
Robert Sholl is Professor of Music in London College of Music. For informal queries about this PhD project, please contact Professor Sholl at robert.sholl@uwl.ac.uk
Forthcoming events
in conversation with Julian Anderson
Talk: Thursday 29 November 2018, 18:00
Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Admission free.
Promoted by Institute of Musical Research with the support of the Hepner Foundation.
The Institute of Musical Research celebrates Brian Ferneyhough's seventy-fifth birthday with a talk with the composer Julian Anderson. Brian Ferneyhough (b.1943) is widely recognized as one of today's foremost living composers. Since the mid-1970s, when he first gained widespread international recognition, his music has earned him an enviable reputation as one of the most influential creative personalities and significant musical thinkers on the contemporary scene.
His works include the opera Shadowtime, the orchestral works Plötzlichkeit, La Terre est un homme and Transit, six numbered string quartets and several smaller works for the ensemble, concertos for solo instrument and chamber ensemble including La chûte d'Icare, Incipits and Terrain, and many virtuosic solo works. His recent cycle of works, Umbrations, was premiered in Frankfurt: one of these works, Christus Resurgens, will receive its London première at Wigmore Hall on Monday 26 November.
Julian Anderson (b.1967) is one the leading composers of his generation, with commissions and performances throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and the United States. His opera Thebans was premiered at ENO in 2014, and he has recently composed string quartets for the Arditti and JACK. The BBC featured a 'Total Immersion' day of his music in 2017, and he holds the post of Professor of Composition and Composer in Residence at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
A series of talks by leading international composers, linked to performances of their work in the UK. Organised by Dr Paul Archbold, in collaboration with Contemporary Music Research Unit Goldsmiths, Guildhall School, Kings College London, Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study University of London, and Royal Holloway University of London, in association with BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Wigmore Hall.
Funded TECHNE AHRC Doctoral Studentships at Kingston:
AHRC TECHNE PHD studentships at Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London. Fully funded full time and part time PhD studentships available for October 2019 start |
Initial application deadline January 7th, final TECHNE deadline February 1st.
Members of the Lords, including the chairs of the Royal College of Music and the English Schools' Orchestra, will debate the state of music education in schools, in the House of Lords on Thursday 18 October. Find out more here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/october/lords-debates-music-edcuation/
The week in Oslo will comprise a combination of lectures, hands-on tutorials and a small, team-based research project utilizing the theories and methods taught during the school.
All students that complete the MOOC, the Oslo programme, and submit a final written report, will receive a diploma with a recommendation of being awarded 3 ECTS credits as part of their PhD training.
The winter school is primarily intended for PhD students in relevant fields, but it is also open for advanced Master's students. Students from the NordicSMC partners will have priority.
The winter school is free of charge for all participants. Students from NordicSMC partners can apply for getting travel and accommodation covered. Other participants have to cover travel and accommodation on their own.
To apply for a place in the winter school, please fill in this form and upload your CV and a letter of interest that clearly indicates your motivation and previous experience with sound and music computing.
Deadline: 1 December 2018
Selected participants will be notified by 15 December 2018
Please see the NordicSMC winter school web page for updated information about the programme, teachers, etc. Get in touch if you have any questions.
-- Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Musicology, University of Oslo http://people.uio.no/alexanje/ Deputy Director, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion http://www.uio.no/ritmo/ New book: "A NIME Reader" http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-47214-0 New master's programme: "Music, Communication & Technology" http://www.uio.no/mct-master/
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Call for Participation: APME 2019
June 12-15, 2019
New York University (NYU)
The Association for Popular Music Education is pleased to announce a call for participation in the 2019 conference at NYU, entitled "Celebrating Diversity in Popular Music Education". We welcome proposals for papers, presentations, workshops and performances from a broad range of contexts and perspectives.
Application Deadline is December 1, 2018
Note: All accepted participants are required to be current members of APME and pay to register for the conference.
Papers
Paper presentations run 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions.
Pop 10
A "Pop 10" is a 10-minute TED-talk-style presentation, followed by discussion. The idea behind the Pop 10 is to present one compelling idea quickly, similar to a 'lightning talk'.
Panel Presentation
A 50-minute session on a single topic with multiple presenters
Workshops
Workshops are designed to share and inform, providing the opportunity for audience participation. Workshops are either 20 or 50 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions.
Demonstrations
Demonstrations are sessions that showcase a technique, method, project, tool, resource, pedagogical idea, etc. Demonstrations are scheduled for 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes of questions.
Performances
Performing groups or individual artists from any educational setting are encouraged to apply. Performances are limited to 40 minutes, including an additional 60-minute workshop with an APME clinician.
Head of Dept vacancy – covering maternity leave - 1 year (starting January 2019) at Fearnhill School in North Hertfordshire, UK. https://www.teachinherts.com/find-a-job/view,lead-teacher-of-music-temporary-appointment-for-one-year-maternity-cover_49757.htm
Journal of Popular Music Education
Call for papers for a special issue on modern band
Guest Editors: Ann Clements and Clint Randles
Modern Band is a stream of music education that broadens the repertoire and instrumentation typically found in school-based instrumental programs in the United States. The repertoire of modern band includes rock, rap, metal, reggae, EDM, county, and other genres as they emerge. Modern band instrumentation includes guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals, ukulele and a full range of hardware and software technologies.
Modern Band in Higher Education
Modern band is expanding rapidly in higher education. Over 40 colleges and universities have include Modern Band in a college course syllabus. Lebanon Valley College now offers a graduate certificate in modern band and the University of Kentucky offers a summer Modern Band Institute. In the past four years, more than 60 colleges and universities have hosted modern band workshops, and several Higher Education institutions are also purposely placing their music education student teachers in schools with modern band programs.
Little Kids Rock
The term "modern band" has been popularized by Little Kids Rock (LKR), a non-profit organization that provides instruments, curriculum and professional development to K-12 and collegiate educators. A number of school districts, including some of the nation's largest public school systems have adopted modern band programming by making it an official part of their music programs and are working closely with Little Kids Rock, state governments and other funders to help make modern band available to children throughout their schools.
This special issue of JPME invites colleagues to submit critical, empirical, descriptive and philosophical papers on topics including, but not limited to:
· Modern band ensembles in K-12 contexts
· Modern band and pre-service music teacher education
· Songwriting and improvisation in modern band ensembles
· Professional development in/and modern band
· The Modern Band Fellowship
· Music as a Second Language
· Diverse approaches to facilitating modern band ensembles
· Critiques of Modern band
· Little Kids Rock- opportunities and challenges
Scholarship from and across all relevant research methods and disciplines is welcome. Please submit manuscripts of between 6,000 and 8,000 words (double-spaced, Times New Roman, font size 12, including references) by January 1, 2019. You can submit your paper through the
JPME website. Please refer to JPME submission guidelines and Intellect style guide when preparing a submission. Less traditional format submissions are also welcomed for the perspectives and practices section of the journal.