Help shape the content of the MCS age 14 survey
Consultative conference: 27th March 2013
The IOE's Centre for Longitudinal Studies is seeking advice on what
should be covered in the age 14 survey of the Millennium Cohort Study
(MCS), scheduled for 2015. Age 14 marks a major transition in the
cohort members' lives and has the potential to be a particularly
important and illuminating stage of the study. Your expertise will
help us produce a high quality survey.
We are inviting academics, policy makers and other stakeholders to
join us at the MCS6 consultative conference next week, on Wednesday
27th March 2013, to debate proposed content and questions for the
survey.
We have organised the survey content into eight key themes, with a
theme leader responsible for reviewing and prioritising the proposals
received under each theme, and presenting a summary for debate at the
conference. Further information on the themes can be found below.
Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals for content in the
latest stage of the consultation.
Register for the conference
Date: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Location: Institute of Education, University of London
Book your place via our website: www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/mcs6consultativeconference
The conference is free of charge.
Content themes
1. Parents: Parental health, behaviours and beliefs
This theme covers main carer and partner health, disability, mental
health, parenting, parental relationships and friendships,
neighbourhood context and parents' beliefs and values.
2. Family resources
This theme covers family income, parents' employment and economic
activity, housing and assets.
3. Teenage health and wellbeing
This theme covers the teenager's physical measurements, physical
maturity and development (puberty), mental and physical health,
disability, wellbeing and life satisfaction.
4. Education and school
This theme covers the teenager's experience of school, engagement and
alienation, attitudes to education, educational and occupational
aspirations, school type and characteristics. This theme does not
include cognitive assessments.
5. Cognitive function and personality
This theme covers cognitive and neuropsychological assessments,
personality traits, and values.
6. Risk, relationships and independence
This theme covers the teenager's engagement in risky behaviours,
anti-social behaviour, peer, family and romantic relationships,
independence and autonomy.
7. Identity and activity
This theme covers teenager's ethnicity, identity, financial literacy,
consumption, media engagement sporting and cultural participation.
8. Measures of daily activity and time use
This theme covers time diary record of how the teenager spends his or
her time and with whom.
Please forward this email on to others you think would be interested
in attending. If you have any questions please email Claire Battye at
c.battye@ioe.ac.uk.
Thank you in advance for your help.
The MCS Team
Monday, March 18, 2013
Music organisations get £4.5M Youth Music funding
PRESS RELEASE
Youth Music gives £4.5m to help 108 organisations provide new music-making opportunities
Youth Music today announced plans to fund new music-making opportunities for children and young people with the release of over £4.5m in funding to 108 music organisations. This brings the total amount of grants given this year to £10.8m.
Youth Music is the leading UK charity supporting life-changing musical experiences and learning for children and young people. The £4.5m will be spent by music organisations helping young people with least opportunity to access music provision. These include young people at risk of exclusion, looked-after children, those coping with disability and young people living in urban deprivation or rural isolation.
Over the last year, Youth Music supported over 380 projects benefiting more than 110,000 young people and children – the highest number ever. This brings the total number helped by Youth Music to 2.5 million. Grants support music provision across all musical genres.
The grants announced today are for music projects varying from a community opera initiative by Garsington Opera to a project by Soft Touch Arts in deprived areas of Leicestershire reaching out to 11-19 year olds through hip-hop, grime and dance.
Over 125 children and young people from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire are set to benefit from a £50,000 grant to Garsington Opera for their community opera project Road Rage that aims to support youth development and community cohesion through musical performance. Over six months, the project will bring together young participants from many walks of life to sing, train and perform alongside adults from their own communities, professional opera singers and a professional orchestra. The lasting impact that this project will have on participants, teachers and local schools will be profound, significantly improving the quality and standards of music delivery for children and young people in the region.
Karen Gillingham, Creative Director of Garsington Opera Education and the opera's Director says: "Garsington Opera is delighted that Youth Music has supported our community opera, 'Road Rage', putting work with young people and the community centre-stage. The opera will reach a huge number of children and young people, giving vocal and dramatic training, as well as an experience that will stay with them for a lifetime. Opera is a wonderfully engaging genre of music and I am thrilled that we can use it to inspire a new generation of young musicians."
At the other end of the musical spectrum, Soft Touch Arts aims to engage young people in deprived areas of Leicestershire using hip-hop, grime and dance music. The 160 young people between the ages of 11 to 19 benefiting will include some who have a background of offending, young people not in education or employment and looked-after children. Music leaders in the area say feedback from local police suggests that anti-social behaviour was less prevalent during the period previous Youth Music funded projects were underway.
Joe Cotton, Co-Director of Soft Touch Arts said: "Soft Touch Arts are very excited to start this strand of youth music work. It gives us the opportunity to begin working with some groups of young people that do not usually get the chance to participate in potentially life-changing opportunities like this. The funding will give us the chance to run a series of taster sessions in rural and city locations all over Leicestershire and in Leicester itself, targeting young people from a range of different back grounds. We will then run a regular weekly session at the Soft Touch Studios giving them opportunities to create music and perform at local showcase events and festivals."
Youth Music found there was significant interest in funding applications for its newly introduced "Excellence through Group Singing" module and gave grants totalling £595,965 to 13 organisations providing opportunities for young people to explore music through singing in group settings.
Matt Griffiths, Executive Director, Youth Music says: "At a time when money for music education is being really squeezed, it's great to see so many local charitable organisations still determined to provide high-quality music learning for local children and young people. We have aimed to ensure that money is directed to where it is most needed, particularly to those young people with least opportunity or facing significant challenges in the current climate."
A list of all the organisations awarded funding may be found at http://bit.ly/grants2013YM . Subscribers to Youth Music's online network, where more than 3,400 professionals share ideas, innovation and best practice in music education, can find the list on the network at http://bit.ly/YMgrants2013 .
ENDS
18th March, 2013
| For further press information please contact David O'Keeffe at Youth Music david.o'keeffe@youthmusic.org.uk or call (020) 7902 1096 or 07977 067576. For information regarding Garsington Opera or Soft Touch Arts see contact details below |
Notes to Editors
1. Youth Music is the leading UK charity using music to provide life-changing musical experiences and learning for children and young people, especially those with least opportunity. These include young people at risk of exclusion, children in care, those coping with disability and young people living in urban deprivation or rural isolation. We support and develop music provision at every stage of a young person's development, whether it's the first time a mother and baby make music together, a young person not in employment or training attending a DJing course or a talented teen's debut at the Royal Albert Hall.
2, Youth Music has transformed the landscape of musical opportunity in the UK. Since 1999, we've reached over 2.5 million children and young people across all musical genres; both in and out of school. Music has the power to build confidence, broaden horizons and raise aspirations. Our music programmes allow vulnerable young people to find their way, take charge of their lives and unlock their hidden potential.
3. Youth Music is supported by Arts Council England with lottery funding. In addition, the organisation raises funds through donations and gifts. More information on how to donate can be found at http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/Donate.html
4. For further information on the organisations mentioned, the contacts are as follows:
Garsington Opera:
Clare Adams, Press & PR:
Tel: 01295 690344 / 07793 556103.
Soft Touch Arts Ltd:
Joe Cotton, Co-Director
Tel: 0116 270 2706
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David O'Keeffe
Media and PR Consultant
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Youth Music
T 020 7902 1096
M 079 7706 7576
Youth Music is the leading UK charity using music to transform
the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. Donate here
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Suites 3-5, Swan Court, 9 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3LE
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Nexus Series at St George's Church Bloomsbury April 4
Thursday 4th April 6.30pm
Nexus - One World Music
New experimental concerts on the first Thursday of each month at St
George's Bloomsbury, featuring established musicians from diverse
backgrounds fusing improvised modern jazz and the classical
avantgarde.
This first concert features Errollyn Wallen (voice & piano), Paul
Gladstone Reid (piano), Cleveland Watkiss (vocals) and Orphy Robinson
(marimba), in a response to and celebration of the legacy of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jnr on the 45th anniversary of his assassination.
Presented by Bonnie Greer OBE.
Tickets: £10 at the door, £8 advance reservations, £6 concession.
Email concerts@stgb.org.uk for reservations or phone 020 7242 1979
Errollyn Wallen MBE, 'renaissance woman of contemporary British
music', is as respected as a singer-songwriter of pop influenced songs
as she is a composer of contemporary new music. Communication is at
the centre of both worlds: engaging the audience, speaking directly to
hearts and minds. Born in Belize, Errollyn Wallen gave up her training
at the Dance Theater of Harlem, New York to study composition at
universities of London and Cambridge. She founded her own Ensemble X
and its' motto, we don't break down barriers in music, we don't see
any, reflects her genuine, free-spirited approach and eclectic
musicianship. She has been commissioned by outstanding music
institutions from the BBC to the Royal Opera House and has performed
her songs internationally. Errollyn's first
drama series score has just won Best Music Award for a TV Series at
FIPA festival 2013, awarded for ONE NIGHT, the BBC drama series.
Paul Gladstone Reid MBE is a creative musician, producer and
performer, driven by ideas and events that impact culture and society.
As an accomplished pianist and award-winning composer, his work
reflects musical languages and historical reflections of knowledge
that forges new directions in contemporary culture. His classical
compositions have been performed by orchestras such as The London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Royal
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and The London Sinfonietta. In addition
to his Art
Music, he regularly collaborates with artists from the worlds of Hip
Hop, African Music, World Music, Pop, Rock and Electronic and has
received wide-ranging critical acclaim for creating cross-cultural
works of art.
Born in the East End of London, virtuoso vocalist, actor and composer
Cleveland Watkiss studied the voice at the London School of Singing
with opera coach Arnold Rose and at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama.His amazing vocal experiences have seen him perform with many
diverse artists from around the world such as the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Bob
Dylan, Jackie Mittoo, Keith Richards, Nigel Kennedy, George Martin,
the London Chamber Orchestra, Kassa Mady, the BBC Orchestra,Talvin
Singh, Bjork, Pete Townshend and many many more. Cleveland has also
been a multi Award winner,achieving success at the Wire/Guardian Jazz
Awards and has been voted best vocalist for three consecutive years.
Orphy Robinson has had the distinction to have been one of the few
select musicians outside America to have been signed to the legendary
record label 'Blue Note records'. His work as a composer has led to
commissions for contemporary dance companies, he represented Great
Britain at the Atlanta Olympic Games, has written for Ensemble Bash
and had music performed at The Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and for
the Romanian violin virtuoso Alexander Balanescu. Since late 2009
Robinson has been a featured soloist on marimba/vibraphone with
violinist Nigel Kennedy, performing and recording an extensive
repertoire from Johann Sebastian Bach, Vivaldi and Duke Ellington,
which has resulted in favourable press reviews throughout with
Kennedy's newly created "Orchestra of Life".
Nexus - One World Music
New experimental concerts on the first Thursday of each month at St
George's Bloomsbury, featuring established musicians from diverse
backgrounds fusing improvised modern jazz and the classical
avantgarde.
This first concert features Errollyn Wallen (voice & piano), Paul
Gladstone Reid (piano), Cleveland Watkiss (vocals) and Orphy Robinson
(marimba), in a response to and celebration of the legacy of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jnr on the 45th anniversary of his assassination.
Presented by Bonnie Greer OBE.
Tickets: £10 at the door, £8 advance reservations, £6 concession.
Email concerts@stgb.org.uk for reservations or phone 020 7242 1979
Errollyn Wallen MBE, 'renaissance woman of contemporary British
music', is as respected as a singer-songwriter of pop influenced songs
as she is a composer of contemporary new music. Communication is at
the centre of both worlds: engaging the audience, speaking directly to
hearts and minds. Born in Belize, Errollyn Wallen gave up her training
at the Dance Theater of Harlem, New York to study composition at
universities of London and Cambridge. She founded her own Ensemble X
and its' motto, we don't break down barriers in music, we don't see
any, reflects her genuine, free-spirited approach and eclectic
musicianship. She has been commissioned by outstanding music
institutions from the BBC to the Royal Opera House and has performed
her songs internationally. Errollyn's first
drama series score has just won Best Music Award for a TV Series at
FIPA festival 2013, awarded for ONE NIGHT, the BBC drama series.
Paul Gladstone Reid MBE is a creative musician, producer and
performer, driven by ideas and events that impact culture and society.
As an accomplished pianist and award-winning composer, his work
reflects musical languages and historical reflections of knowledge
that forges new directions in contemporary culture. His classical
compositions have been performed by orchestras such as The London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Royal
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and The London Sinfonietta. In addition
to his Art
Music, he regularly collaborates with artists from the worlds of Hip
Hop, African Music, World Music, Pop, Rock and Electronic and has
received wide-ranging critical acclaim for creating cross-cultural
works of art.
Born in the East End of London, virtuoso vocalist, actor and composer
Cleveland Watkiss studied the voice at the London School of Singing
with opera coach Arnold Rose and at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama.His amazing vocal experiences have seen him perform with many
diverse artists from around the world such as the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Bob
Dylan, Jackie Mittoo, Keith Richards, Nigel Kennedy, George Martin,
the London Chamber Orchestra, Kassa Mady, the BBC Orchestra,Talvin
Singh, Bjork, Pete Townshend and many many more. Cleveland has also
been a multi Award winner,achieving success at the Wire/Guardian Jazz
Awards and has been voted best vocalist for three consecutive years.
Orphy Robinson has had the distinction to have been one of the few
select musicians outside America to have been signed to the legendary
record label 'Blue Note records'. His work as a composer has led to
commissions for contemporary dance companies, he represented Great
Britain at the Atlanta Olympic Games, has written for Ensemble Bash
and had music performed at The Proms in the Royal Albert Hall and for
the Romanian violin virtuoso Alexander Balanescu. Since late 2009
Robinson has been a featured soloist on marimba/vibraphone with
violinist Nigel Kennedy, performing and recording an extensive
repertoire from Johann Sebastian Bach, Vivaldi and Duke Ellington,
which has resulted in favourable press reviews throughout with
Kennedy's newly created "Orchestra of Life".
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Music Encoding Conference 2013 - Registration Open
> ===============================================================
> REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
> The Music Encoding Conference 2013: Concepts, Methods, Editions
> 22-24 May, 2013
> ===============================================================
>
> The Conference Organizers are pleased to announce that registration for the
> Music Encoding Conference 2013 - Concepts, Methods, Editions, to be held
> 22-24 May, 2013, at the Mainz Academy for Literature and Sciences in Mainz,
> Germany is now open.
>
> CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
> The conference schedule is available at
> http://music-encoding.org/conference/program.
>
> REGISTRATION
> To register, visit https://music-encoding.org/conftool before April 30. There
> will be *no on-site registration*. If you happen to miss the registration
> deadline, please contact conference2013@music-encoding.org.
>
> The regular price for the conference is 80€, but there is a discounted rate
> of 60€ for students. Eligibility for the student rate needs to be proved
> on-site by showing a student ID card or similar document. We offer a one-day
> tutorial on MEI at no additional charge, but please select the tutorial option
> during registration.
>
> The conference dinner, planned for Thursday evening, costs an additional 30€.
> There is no reduced fee for the dinner. Additional guests may register for
> the dinner only.
>
> SERVICES
> Your registration fee includes several things. First, the venue is somewhat
> out of the center of Mainz, with very few options for meals nearby. Therefore,
> we provide lunch on Thursday and Friday. We also provide catering for coffee
> breaks every morning and afternoon. The fee also includes a three-day ticket
> (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) for local transit within Mainz.
>
> PAYMENT DETAILS
> Payment options are available within ConfTool. We accept payment by bank
> transfer and PayPal. Select PayPal if you wish to pay by credit card. Payment
> is made through the Edirom Service GbR, which will appear on your receipts.
> This small company supports the conference by taking care of all financial
> details without charge. Otherwise, payment by major credit cards wouldn't be
> possible.
>
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> Additional details will be announced on the conference webpage at
> http://music-encoding.org/conference/2013. If you have any questions, please
> contact conference2013@music-encoding.org.
>
> ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
> Music encoding is now a prominent feature of various areas in musicology
> and music librarianship. The encoding of symbolic music data provides a
> foundation for a wide range of scholarship, and over the last several
> years, has garnered a great deal of attention in the digital humanities.
>
> This conference intends to provide an overview of the current state of
> data modeling, generation, and use, and aims to introduce new
> perspectives on topics in the fields of traditional and computational
> musicology, music librarianship, and scholarly editing, as well as in the
> broader area of digital humanities.
>
> With its dual focus on music encoding and editing in the context of the
> digital humanities, the Program Committee is happy to announce keynote
> lectures by Frans Wiering (Universiteit Utrecht), and Daniel Pitti
> (University of Virginia), both distinguished scholars in their respective
> fields of musicology and markup technologies in the digital humanities.
>
> ------
> Program Committee:
> Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Montreal
> Niels Krabbe, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København,
> Elena Pierazzo, King's College, London
> Eleanor Selfridge-Field, CCARH, Stanford
> Joachim Veit, Universität Paderborn, Detmold
>
> (Local) Organizers:
> Johannes Kepper, Universität Paderborn
> Daniel Röwenstrunk, Universität Paderborn
> Perry Roland, University of Virginia
>
> ----------------------
> Raffaele Viglianti
> Research Programmer, MITH, University of Maryland
> PhD Candidate, DDH, King's College London
> REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
> The Music Encoding Conference 2013: Concepts, Methods, Editions
> 22-24 May, 2013
> ===============================================================
>
> The Conference Organizers are pleased to announce that registration for the
> Music Encoding Conference 2013 - Concepts, Methods, Editions, to be held
> 22-24 May, 2013, at the Mainz Academy for Literature and Sciences in Mainz,
> Germany is now open.
>
> CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
> The conference schedule is available at
> http://music-encoding.org/conference/program.
>
> REGISTRATION
> To register, visit https://music-encoding.org/conftool before April 30. There
> will be *no on-site registration*. If you happen to miss the registration
> deadline, please contact conference2013@music-encoding.org.
>
> The regular price for the conference is 80€, but there is a discounted rate
> of 60€ for students. Eligibility for the student rate needs to be proved
> on-site by showing a student ID card or similar document. We offer a one-day
> tutorial on MEI at no additional charge, but please select the tutorial option
> during registration.
>
> The conference dinner, planned for Thursday evening, costs an additional 30€.
> There is no reduced fee for the dinner. Additional guests may register for
> the dinner only.
>
> SERVICES
> Your registration fee includes several things. First, the venue is somewhat
> out of the center of Mainz, with very few options for meals nearby. Therefore,
> we provide lunch on Thursday and Friday. We also provide catering for coffee
> breaks every morning and afternoon. The fee also includes a three-day ticket
> (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) for local transit within Mainz.
>
> PAYMENT DETAILS
> Payment options are available within ConfTool. We accept payment by bank
> transfer and PayPal. Select PayPal if you wish to pay by credit card. Payment
> is made through the Edirom Service GbR, which will appear on your receipts.
> This small company supports the conference by taking care of all financial
> details without charge. Otherwise, payment by major credit cards wouldn't be
> possible.
>
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> Additional details will be announced on the conference webpage at
> http://music-encoding.org/conference/2013. If you have any questions, please
> contact conference2013@music-encoding.org.
>
> ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
> Music encoding is now a prominent feature of various areas in musicology
> and music librarianship. The encoding of symbolic music data provides a
> foundation for a wide range of scholarship, and over the last several
> years, has garnered a great deal of attention in the digital humanities.
>
> This conference intends to provide an overview of the current state of
> data modeling, generation, and use, and aims to introduce new
> perspectives on topics in the fields of traditional and computational
> musicology, music librarianship, and scholarly editing, as well as in the
> broader area of digital humanities.
>
> With its dual focus on music encoding and editing in the context of the
> digital humanities, the Program Committee is happy to announce keynote
> lectures by Frans Wiering (Universiteit Utrecht), and Daniel Pitti
> (University of Virginia), both distinguished scholars in their respective
> fields of musicology and markup technologies in the digital humanities.
>
> ------
> Program Committee:
> Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Montreal
> Niels Krabbe, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København,
> Elena Pierazzo, King's College, London
> Eleanor Selfridge-Field, CCARH, Stanford
> Joachim Veit, Universität Paderborn, Detmold
>
> (Local) Organizers:
> Johannes Kepper, Universität Paderborn
> Daniel Röwenstrunk, Universität Paderborn
> Perry Roland, University of Virginia
>
> ----------------------
> Raffaele Viglianti
> Research Programmer, MITH, University of Maryland
> PhD Candidate, DDH, King's College London
Friday, March 15, 2013
Ensuring the National Plan for Music Education succeeds+++
Schools, music services and community music organisations must start 'singing from the same sheet' if the National Plan for Music Education is to succeed
"It's essential that schools, music services, and community music organisations understand each other's perspectives and ways of working if the National Plan for Music Education is to be truly inclusive." Dr Douglas Lonie of Youth Music said today, when he presented a paper on the place of non-formal pedagogy in English music education at the first international 'Community Music and Music Pedagogy" conference at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
Youth Music is the leading national charity using music to help transform the lives of children and young people, especially those with least opportunity. Since 1999, the charity has helped over 2.5m children access unique music learning experiences. In the last year alone, Youth Music has supported more than 380 music projects reaching over 110,000 children and young people, its highest number ever.
In his address, Dr Lonie drew on the "Communities of Music Education" research study commissioned by Youth Music and conducted by Dr Jo Saunders and Prof Graham Welch of the Institute of Education. The study examined the issues faced by schools and non-formal music organisations working together as well as differences in teaching and learning approaches in those settings. The research also explored how the approaches and effects of non-formal music education are understood by practitioners and young people.
Dr Lonie said: "Community music settings have a lot to offer young people across a range of styles, genres, instruments and methods not currently supported in the curriculum. This presents a number of opportunities to schools in working with others."
Dr Lonie outlined some of the distinctive features of non-formal music teaching and learning approaches as identified in the research. One aspect highlighted was limited 'teacher talk' and where this was included in sessions, it took the form of feedback regarding technique or performance, introductions to a wider number of musical genres or introductions to the concept of being a musician.
Another principal feature of non-formal music sessions was greater scaffolding and modelling and alternative approaches to instruction. This included modelling the techniques of playing, modelling the ways of being a musician (communicating musically), establishing 'horizontal learning' (i.e. peer -led learning and less hierarchical relationships) with more able learners and establishing more of a mentoring relationship with less musically confident learners.
A particularly interesting aspect of the study compared Ofsted guidance indicating the 'outstanding characteristics' of a school music lesson with the characteristics of observed sessions in the non-formal sector. The findings indicate that there are commonalities in high quality musical learning across these different contexts.
Whilst the research highlighted the lack of mutual understanding between potential partners in formal and non-formal musical settings about their ways of working and different terminologies, the study also suggested there were strengths in the different methods of delivery and ways of working employed by the formal and non-formal sectors and providers had a 'huge amount to learn from each other'.
"We are all interested in providing the highest quality music education to as many young people as possible. This research should help providers talk about what quality looks and sounds like across different learning contexts. These conversations will be crucial to the success of Music Education Hubs and a National Plan that is relevant to all young people" says Dr Lonie.
The Communities of Music Education report has been published by Youth Music and the Institute of Education (International Music Education Research Centre) and is available at http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/resources/research/communities-music-education
In addition to supporting music projects around the country, Youth Music undertakes research across a range of music education topics as part of its aim to provide thought leadership to the music education sector. Over 3,200 music education professionals subscribe to the online Youth Music Network to share ideas, innovation and best practice www.youthmusic.org.uk/network
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Webex session- Facilitating learning in small groups: interpersonal dynamics and task dimensions-Wed 13 March at 5.00 pm.
Facilitating Learning in Small Groups:
Interpersonal dynamics and task processes
Dr Andrea Creech
Wednesday 13th March 5.00 pm
Room 938, Institute of Education, University of London
part of:
FIFTH SERIES OF WEBINARS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS
The Series of Webinars for Professional Development in the Arts aims
to provide
opportunities for college students, professors, practitioners
and researchers to participate
in The Fifth Series will be now simultaneously transmitted at
the Institute of Education
(London), Veracruzana, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California,
Musics R.E.D. Group, CENIDIM-
INBA, Gettysburg College, Universidad Panamericana, Conservatorio
de Música de
Chihuahua, and Lake Forest College.
Facilitating Learning in Small Groups: Interpersonal dynamics and task processes
Small groups can be a powerful context for learning. With
the right tasks and effective
facilitation, students can learn to collaborate, explore new
ideas and build new
understandings together. This session will explore some general
principles and practices
of facilitating small groups. We will discuss issues
relating to the interpersonal and the
task dimensions of group processes. Participants in the
session will be encouraged to
consider examples from their own practice through these
theoretical lenses. Illustrative
case study examples from musical contexts will be presented.
Most musical genres
involve communication and collaboration in groups, yet there
has been little emphasis in
instrumental music pedagogy on how facilitators may most
effectively support learning in
small arts disciplines and will explore how facilitators, generally,
might maximise the potential for
creative, collaborative and effective learning in groups.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Western Classical Music Pedagogy: Music Theory, Analysis and Techniques of Composition
Western Classical Music Pedagogy: Music Theory, Analysis and
Techniques of Composition
27 March 2013
Chancellor's Hall, Senate House
Convenor: Robert Sholl
Keynote speakers: Michael Spitzer (Liverpool), Nicholas Baragwanath (Nottingham)
Promoted by the IMR in association with the Royal Academy of Music
Part of the Higher Education Academy Discipline Workshop and Seminar
Series
This event is free of charge. Booking is open via the HEA at
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/Seminars/Disciplines_AH/GEN292_RAM
Programme:
9.30: Coffee and Registration
10.00 Welcome Dr Paul Archbold (IMR)
Chair: Dr Anthony Gritten (Royal Academy of Music)
10.10: Denis Collins (University of Queensland): Incorporating
Taneyev's Moveable Counterpoint in the Western Classroom
10.40: Cecile Bardoux (University of Uppsala, University of Stockholm
and Sorbonne, Paris IV): Exploring Linearities and Melodic
Elaborations: an Efficient Analytical Method based on the Theories of
Schenker and Meyer
11.10 Coffee
11.40: Keynote 1: Dr Nicholas Baragwanath: Existential Angst, the
Supremacist's Toolbox, and Current Approaches to Music Theory and
Analysis
12.40 Lunch break
Chair: Dr Robert Sholl (Royal Academy of Music)
2.10 Arild Stenberg (University of Cambridge): Guidance through the
learning curve: can scores be made easier to read by incorporating
analytical elements?
2.40: Hannah French (Royal Academy of Music, London): Aural analysis
3.10: Jane Piper Clendinning (Florida State University): It's all
about the Music: Effective Selection and Employment of Music
Literature in Teaching Undergraduates Music Theory and Analytical
Techniques
3.40 Coffee
Chair: Dr Timothy Jones (Royal Academy fo Music)
4.00: Keynote: Prof. Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool):
Reflections of a Mid-Atlantic Analyst
Techniques of Composition
27 March 2013
Chancellor's Hall, Senate House
Convenor: Robert Sholl
Keynote speakers: Michael Spitzer (Liverpool), Nicholas Baragwanath (Nottingham)
Promoted by the IMR in association with the Royal Academy of Music
Part of the Higher Education Academy Discipline Workshop and Seminar
Series
This event is free of charge. Booking is open via the HEA at
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/Seminars/Disciplines_AH/GEN292_RAM
Programme:
9.30: Coffee and Registration
10.00 Welcome Dr Paul Archbold (IMR)
Chair: Dr Anthony Gritten (Royal Academy of Music)
10.10: Denis Collins (University of Queensland): Incorporating
Taneyev's Moveable Counterpoint in the Western Classroom
10.40: Cecile Bardoux (University of Uppsala, University of Stockholm
and Sorbonne, Paris IV): Exploring Linearities and Melodic
Elaborations: an Efficient Analytical Method based on the Theories of
Schenker and Meyer
11.10 Coffee
11.40: Keynote 1: Dr Nicholas Baragwanath: Existential Angst, the
Supremacist's Toolbox, and Current Approaches to Music Theory and
Analysis
12.40 Lunch break
Chair: Dr Robert Sholl (Royal Academy of Music)
2.10 Arild Stenberg (University of Cambridge): Guidance through the
learning curve: can scores be made easier to read by incorporating
analytical elements?
2.40: Hannah French (Royal Academy of Music, London): Aural analysis
3.10: Jane Piper Clendinning (Florida State University): It's all
about the Music: Effective Selection and Employment of Music
Literature in Teaching Undergraduates Music Theory and Analytical
Techniques
3.40 Coffee
Chair: Dr Timothy Jones (Royal Academy fo Music)
4.00: Keynote: Prof. Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool):
Reflections of a Mid-Atlantic Analyst
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Workshop on Information Dynamics of Music - 21 March 2013 - London, UK
Workshop on Information Dynamics of Music (IDyOM)
We invite you to join us for a one day workshop to celebrate the successful completion of our research project Information and Neural Dynamics in the Perception of Musical Structure funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). The project includes members at Queen Mary, University of London and Goldsmiths, University of London.
When: Thursday 21 March 2013, 9am - 5pm
Where: Room RHB 137a, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW, UK
The workshop will provide a forum for dissemination and discussion of cutting edge research on dynamic predictive processing of musical structure in:
- probabilistic and information-theoretic models;
- cognitive, psychological and neural processing;
- musicological analysis.
For further details on the project see: http://www.idyom.org.
Speakers will include:
- Prof. Moshe Bar, Harvard Medical School
- Prof. David Feldman, College of the Atlantic, Maine
- Prof. Israel Nelkin, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
For more information and to reserve a place please visit: http://idyom2013.eventbrite.co.uk/
2nd Call for papers: The Lure of the New 2013
The deadline for the Cognition Institutes's conference: Lure of the
New 2013 has been extended to 1st March 2013:
The Cognition Institute is a new trans-disciplinary research centre
focused on understanding human cognition. We believe that through
forging links with researchers from psychology, cognitive robotics,
neuroscience, biology, humanities and the arts we can develop new ways
of thinking about cognition.
In our first 1st international conference, we will explore how novelty
and creativity are key drivers of human cognition. Each of our themed
symposia will bring a different approach to this topic, and will cover
such areas as embodied cognition, auditory neuroscience and
psychophysics, language development, mental imagery, creativity and
cognition, the relationship between the arts and sciences, modelling
and imaging of brain processes & deception research.
We welcome abstracts in any of these areas and are very keen for
submissions which take a trans-disciplinary approach to cognition
research.
Symposia
• Embodied Cognition and Mental Simulation (Haline Schenden, Diane
Pecher, Rob Ellis, Patric Bach)
• Engineering Creativity - can the arts help scientific research more
directly? (Alexis Kirke, Greg B. Davies, Simon Ingram)
• Imagery, Dance and Creativity (Jon May, Scott deLaHunta, Emma
Redding, Tony Thatcher, Phil Barnard, John Matthias, Jane Grant)
• Developments in infant speech perception (Katrin Skoruppa, Silvia
Benavides-Varelaa, Caroline Floccia, Laurence White, Ian Howard)
• Sounds for Communication (Sue Denham, Roy Patterson, Judy Edworthy,
Sarah Collins)
• Computational Modelling of Brain Processes (Thomas Wennekers, Ingo
Bojak, Chris Harris, Jonathan Waddington)
• Current trends in deception research (Giorgio Ganis, Gershon Ben-Shakhar)
As well as the symposia, there will be a panel discussion drawing
together all the themes of the conference, a performance by Emma
Redding & Tony Thatcher (as part of the Imagery, Dance and Creativity
symposium) and keynote talks by:
-Linda Lanyon (Head of Programs at the INCF): Toward globally
collaborative science: the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating
Facility
-Guy Orban (Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Parma): Finding a
home for the mirror neurons in human premotor cortex.
In addition, the evening programme includes a reception and CogTalk
debate to mark the official launch of the Cognition Institute, and a
special film screening in association with SciScreen.
http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/
The programme can be found here:
http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/programme/
Registration is now open and details of how to apply can be found here:
http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/registration/
Deadline for abstract submission: 1st March 2013
Abstracts should be emailed to info.cognition@plymouth.ac.uk in Word
doc or docx format, no longer than 1 A4 page, including all refs,
title, all authors names and affiliations, corresponding authors
contact address and email.
For all conference enquiries please contact Lucy Davies at:
info.cognition@plymouth.ac.uk.
New 2013 has been extended to 1st March 2013:
The Cognition Institute is a new trans-disciplinary research centre
focused on understanding human cognition. We believe that through
forging links with researchers from psychology, cognitive robotics,
neuroscience, biology, humanities and the arts we can develop new ways
of thinking about cognition.
In our first 1st international conference, we will explore how novelty
and creativity are key drivers of human cognition. Each of our themed
symposia will bring a different approach to this topic, and will cover
such areas as embodied cognition, auditory neuroscience and
psychophysics, language development, mental imagery, creativity and
cognition, the relationship between the arts and sciences, modelling
and imaging of brain processes & deception research.
We welcome abstracts in any of these areas and are very keen for
submissions which take a trans-disciplinary approach to cognition
research.
Symposia
• Embodied Cognition and Mental Simulation (Haline Schenden, Diane
Pecher, Rob Ellis, Patric Bach)
• Engineering Creativity - can the arts help scientific research more
directly? (Alexis Kirke, Greg B. Davies, Simon Ingram)
• Imagery, Dance and Creativity (Jon May, Scott deLaHunta, Emma
Redding, Tony Thatcher, Phil Barnard, John Matthias, Jane Grant)
• Developments in infant speech perception (Katrin Skoruppa, Silvia
Benavides-Varelaa, Caroline Floccia, Laurence White, Ian Howard)
• Sounds for Communication (Sue Denham, Roy Patterson, Judy Edworthy,
Sarah Collins)
• Computational Modelling of Brain Processes (Thomas Wennekers, Ingo
Bojak, Chris Harris, Jonathan Waddington)
• Current trends in deception research (Giorgio Ganis, Gershon Ben-Shakhar)
As well as the symposia, there will be a panel discussion drawing
together all the themes of the conference, a performance by Emma
Redding & Tony Thatcher (as part of the Imagery, Dance and Creativity
symposium) and keynote talks by:
-Linda Lanyon (Head of Programs at the INCF): Toward globally
collaborative science: the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating
Facility
-Guy Orban (Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Parma): Finding a
home for the mirror neurons in human premotor cortex.
In addition, the evening programme includes a reception and CogTalk
debate to mark the official launch of the Cognition Institute, and a
special film screening in association with SciScreen.
http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/
The programme can be found here:
http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/programme/
Registration is now open and details of how to apply can be found here:
http://cognition.plymouth.ac.uk/annual-conference-lure-new/registration/
Deadline for abstract submission: 1st March 2013
Abstracts should be emailed to info.cognition@plymouth.ac.uk in Word
doc or docx format, no longer than 1 A4 page, including all refs,
title, all authors names and affiliations, corresponding authors
contact address and email.
For all conference enquiries please contact Lucy Davies at:
info.cognition@plymouth.ac.uk.
Friday, February 15, 2013
PhD Studentships in Music available at Durham University
PhD Studentships in Music available at Durham University
We are pleased to announce the availability of up to three funded PhD
studentships. In recognition of the recent strategic appointments of
Professor Tuomas Eerola and Dr Nick Collins, which they will be taking
up over the coming months, we invite proposals related to their areas
of expertise, namely:
. Music cognition/ Empirical musicology, especially in
relation to the themes of emotion and of movement (PhD by thesis)
. Live computer music/ generative music (PhD by thesis
or by composition)
We welcome proposals for projects overlapping with the research
expertise of other department staff.
Doctoral studentships will be tenable for three years from October
2013. They will annually provide award-holders with a fee-waiver and a
tax-free maintenance grant at the current RCUK rate (currently
£13590).
Applicants must have submitted an online application form no later
than Monday 11 March in order to be considered for a studentship. They
will need to include within the Other Relevant Experience section of
the online application form a summary of the research project they
plan to conduct. This should not exceed 1000 words in length and
should address the following questions:
a. What research question or problem will they be addressing?
b. What is the research context in which the question or
problem is located?
c. What contribution to knowledge and understanding do
they expect to make?
d. What methodology will they employ to address the
research question/problem?
e. What sources will they be using during the research
project, where are they located, and how will they be accessed?
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact
music.pgadmissions@durham.ac.uk for advice before submitting their
applications. See www.dur.ac.uk/music/postgraduate/ for further
details on studying for a research degree at Durham.
Candidates are also encouraged to attend our Postgraduate Open Day on
Saturday 9 March from 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm. This event will include the
opportunity to meet staff, listen to mini research papers by staff and
current postgraduate students, and tour our facilities. Lunch will be
provided. If you are looking to study at MA or PhD level in the areas
of Musicology, Ethnomusicology or Composition and would like to attend
this event please email Karen Nichol (karen.nichol@durham.ac.uk) by
Friday 1 March 2013.
We are pleased to announce the availability of up to three funded PhD
studentships. In recognition of the recent strategic appointments of
Professor Tuomas Eerola and Dr Nick Collins, which they will be taking
up over the coming months, we invite proposals related to their areas
of expertise, namely:
. Music cognition/ Empirical musicology, especially in
relation to the themes of emotion and of movement (PhD by thesis)
. Live computer music/ generative music (PhD by thesis
or by composition)
We welcome proposals for projects overlapping with the research
expertise of other department staff.
Doctoral studentships will be tenable for three years from October
2013. They will annually provide award-holders with a fee-waiver and a
tax-free maintenance grant at the current RCUK rate (currently
£13590).
Applicants must have submitted an online application form no later
than Monday 11 March in order to be considered for a studentship. They
will need to include within the Other Relevant Experience section of
the online application form a summary of the research project they
plan to conduct. This should not exceed 1000 words in length and
should address the following questions:
a. What research question or problem will they be addressing?
b. What is the research context in which the question or
problem is located?
c. What contribution to knowledge and understanding do
they expect to make?
d. What methodology will they employ to address the
research question/problem?
e. What sources will they be using during the research
project, where are they located, and how will they be accessed?
Potential applicants are encouraged to contact
music.pgadmissions@durham.ac.uk for advice before submitting their
applications. See www.dur.ac.uk/music/postgraduate/ for further
details on studying for a research degree at Durham.
Candidates are also encouraged to attend our Postgraduate Open Day on
Saturday 9 March from 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm. This event will include the
opportunity to meet staff, listen to mini research papers by staff and
current postgraduate students, and tour our facilities. Lunch will be
provided. If you are looking to study at MA or PhD level in the areas
of Musicology, Ethnomusicology or Composition and would like to attend
this event please email Karen Nichol (karen.nichol@durham.ac.uk) by
Friday 1 March 2013.
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