11th International Scientific Meeting for Sound, Music and Musical Instrument Studies
Submissions update: till the 21st of June
Information and proposals: congressorg2023.animusic@gmail.com
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In-motion, with emotion: the belief in Art, Science and interdisciplinary knowledge.
Topics that we particularly welcome in the ANIMUSIC Congress 2023:
-musical instruments and their influence in the compositional styles (traditional and modern creations)
-reflections on wave equations (variability in sound materials)
-technology in the service of music and musical instruments
-imaging, 3D drawing and printing musical instruments
-past and future of sound production and industry
-acoustics of theaters, auditoriums and rooms for music processing – the sound of spaces (architecture)
-acoustics of instruments and sound tools
-ethnological diversity and similarities
-anthropological considerations about the evolution of music and sound tools
-archives and libraries - resources for the study of musical instruments
-biological interface (our body and sound production and perception)
-music and sound at the service of psychology and vice-versa
-gender, abnegation, survival, and glory
-the role of medicine in the ergonomic construction of musical instruments
-museums' difficulties and solutions in the conservation, restoration and exhibition of sound (related) objects
ANIMUSIC, with the Association Museum of Music of Coimbra, is promoting another special gathering from the 21st to the 24th of July. In 2023, we are having (confirmed) national and international guests, with topics that go from aartistic and ethnological marvels to the upfront of technology, with Artificial Intelligence. We are delving in some of the "shadowed" aspects of musicology (conspicuous absence and marginalization of women in the androcentric music industry, thanks to Dr Ragland) as well as acoustics (des-sound quality in theatres), and the psychological strength of musical performance, all in relation to sound, music, and musical instruments.
Moreover, an Exhibition of a singular collection, with some unique banjos and new inventions, will be shown at one of the emblematic buildings by a renown Portuguese architect, in the "Green Park" (yes, the dinner shall be served looking at the sunset over the river).
A strong highlight is the visit to the Seminario Maior (18th century); besides the splendid building which we shall visit, it has a fabulous organ in a circular, and extraordinary in many ways, church (we try to show with the pictures and a short improvised video at the website). Following Dr Paulo Bernardino, for us certainly at the summit of the Portuguese organists, we will then go to one of the oldest universities of the world (1290), and visit the superb baroque organ there. We shall enjoy mesmerizing performances in these organs, as well as front-rank virtuoso pianist Toni James at the Convent of S. Francisco, the Scottish Voices, lead by our favorite friend composer, Professor Graham Hair (Australia), and the amazing art of several musicians from Coimbra.
Contact: congressorg2023.animusic@gmail.com
Greetings from the ANIMUSIC team
