Professor Welch gives keynote presentation for Italian Government

Invited keynote presentation to the Emilia Romagna regional conference as part of the National Project on Music Education in Italy, Bologna 27 May 2008

[presentation slides (PDF)]

Creativity and Hybrid Genres in Music Education

Professor David G. Hebert, Sibelius Academy, Finland

Monday 15th June, 12.00 – 1.00, room: 944

Further details from Lucy Green, l.green@ioe.ac.uk

All are welcome

Abstract

Taking a cross-cultural and historical perspective, this seminar will consider how new music genres develop through creative hybridity and become institutionalized in educational systems. The process by which jazz, popular music and 'world music' genres are adopted, as well as the way their adaptation is rationalized, highlights ideological dimensions of schooling, and opens important questions regarding the ultimate objectives and outcomes of music education.

Biography

Professor David G. Hebert is a Visiting Research Scholar with the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Kyoto) and Professor with the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), where he mentors doctoral students and contributes to the departments of Music Education, Jazz Studies, Folk Music, and Music Technology. An instrumental music educator and ethnomusicologist, his previous academic positions were with Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan), Te Wananga o Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Boston University (United States). His research, which intersects ethnomusicology and music education, is published (or forthcoming/in press) with 15 different refereed journals and 10 books.

Professor Welch on BBC Radio4

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8003000/8003683.stm With over 20 million views on the video sharing website YouTube and features appearing in newspapers around the world, the overnight stardom of Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle has highlighted the quality - and popularity - of choirs in the UK. Stephen Rhys, conductor of the Putney Choral Society, the choir itself, and Graham Welch, professor of music education at the Institute of Education in London, explain the benefits of being in a choir.

Sunday Recital Series concerts at St George’s Bloomsbury

St George's Bloomsbury's Sunday Recital Series is a season
of recitals taking place on Sundays at 16.00. Each concert
lasts approximately 60 minutes and admission is free (retiring
collection).

Since 2006, our Sunday Recital Series has included concerts
by leading professional and amateur musicians from across
London and the South of England.

http://www.stgeorgesbloomsbury.org.uk/concerts/sunday.html

Music Lecturer Post - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF HUMANITUES AND EDUCATION
INSTUTUTE OF EDUCATION - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN MUSIC EDUCATION

The ideal candidate should have a PHD focusing on Music Education and
should have considerable experience in research and teaching at the
tertiary level. A demonstrated record of the relevant research and
publication will be an asset.

Responsibilities:
The lecturer will report to the Head, Institute of Education and the
duties of the post include:
.       Provide leadership and support to tertiary institutions in the
region on aspects of Music Education through policy advice to various
stakeholders;

·       Facilitate the development, review and revision of Music
Education courses that are part of the programmes for the Diploma in
Teaching and  Bachelor in Education ;

·       Develop appropriate methods for programme delivery and assessment;

·       Provide quality assurance services to teacher education
institutions in Jamaica and the Western Caribbean.

·       Provide professional development (e.g. Curriculum design,
teaching methods, assessment and materials development) for lecturers
in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries served by the Institute of
Education/ Joint Board of Teacher Education;

·       Conduct research in music teaching and teacher education,
publish research findings on an annual basis;

·       Develop and present music education courses at the post
graduate level as well as short courses and seminars for professional
development.

·       Teach and supervise students at the graduate level;

Applicants are required to submit curriculum vitae inclusive of the
names and addresses of three references to hrmd.sed@uwimona.edu.jm or
to The Human Resource Officer – Staffing, The University of The West
Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica,West Indies. The final date for
receipt of application is March 31, 2009. The University of the West
Indies thanks all applicants; however, only short listed applicants
will be contacted.

The Joan Chissell Schumann Prize at the Royal College of Music

06/03/2009
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at 10:00

The launch of a major new RCM competition to represent the works of
Robert Schumann. This year pianists compete for £5000 prize money.

http://www.rcm.ac.uk/?pg=104

ulcc spring concert

ULCC SPRING CONCERT music to include: *bach - lobet den herrn *howells - take him earth for cherishing *haydn - missa brevis st. joannis (little organ mass)

university of london chamber choir conducted by colin durrant friday 20th march 2009 - 19.30 st george's bloomsbury, wc1 tickets £8/£5 available on the door www.ulchamberchoir.co.uk

To What Extent Can the Study of World Music Promote Children's Intercultural Understanding?

Professor Lily Chen-Hafteck, Kean University, NJ, USA

Date: Tues 3rd March

Time: 12.00 – 1.00

Room: 938

Further details from Lucy Green, l.green@ioe.ac.uk

All are welcome

Abstract

If music is an expression of culture, then to what extent can learning the music of an unfamiliar culture enhance understanding of the culture and its people? I have conducted a research study in which I introduced 250 children in New York city to a ten-week interdisciplinary program on Chinese music and culture. As a result of this program, the elementary children showed evidence of an increase in cultural and musical knowledge; higher motivation; a more positive attitude towards people from other cultures; and greater self-confidence for students from the minority cultures. As follow-up, I expanded the study to New Jersey, introducing the music and culture of Cuba in addition to those of China. In this talk, I will report on these research projects and discuss their implications for music education practice.

Biography

Lily Chen-Hafteck, PhD, is currently Associate Professor of Music Education and Assistant Chair of the Music Department at Kean University, NJ, USA. Originally from Hong Kong, she holds a doctorate in music education from the University of Reading in the UK and has held teaching and research positions at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, University of Surrey Roehampton in the UK and the Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research publications focus on early childhood music education, particularly cultural issues and children's singing. She serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Music Education, Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education, and the Music Education Research International. She is the chair of ISME (International Society for Music Education) Young Professionals Focus Group, a former member of its Board of Directors and former chair of its Early Childhood Commission.

Bridging the gap: Informal learning practices as a pedagogy of integration

Music Education Special Interest Group Research Seminar Announcement Bridging the gap: Informal learning practices as a pedagogy of integration

Dr. Heloisa Feichas, School of Music, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Date: Tuesday 17th February Time: 12.00 Room: 944, Institute of Education

Further details from Lucy Green, l.green@ioe.ac.uk All are welcome

Abstract

Music courses at universities in Brazil have to deal with a huge amount of diversity in terms of students' backgrounds. The number of students with backgrounds and experience in popular musics has been increasing, which also means diversity in musical genres and styles. Consequently students have different expectations and motivations in their learning processes. The problem is how to deal with such diversity at the institution. How is the inclusion and integration of students with different backgrounds in the Music School system possible? Are the students, as well as the skills and knowledge embodied in their previous learning processes, respected and valued? To what extent does the Music School control what is to be taught and how to teach it, thus shaping all the students in the same mould? This presentation is about pedagogical strategies in Brazilian Higher Education, in which informal music learning practices help the integration of students with different backgrounds. These strategies encourage students' diversity and inclusion, and help to bridge the gap between the students' own musical practices and what they are expected to learn at the institution. This forms a pedagogy of diversity, inclusion, creativity and integration. Students have more autonomy and the teacher is a facilitator of the process so that the idea of partnership prevails. The pedagogical strategies will be illustrated through examples of aural training classes, which are compulsory for all the students at Music School.

Biography

Heloisa Feichas completed her PhD in Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2006. Her thesis is entitled 'Formal and Informal Music Learning in Brazilian Higher Education'. She was awarded her Masters degree in Music Education at the same institution in 2000. She has a Bachelors in Piano from the School of Music of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, where she is currently a lecturer. She has presented papers in conferences, and given workshops about Brazilian popular music in Brazil and many other countries, including Canada, Germany, Cyprus, England, Holland and Norway. She has worked in cooperation with the Music School of Pitea from Lulea University in Sweden in 2004/2005. Currently she is starting partnerships with the Connect Project from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Boomtown project in Sweden. Heloisa has been working with music education for nearly 20 years in Brazil, teaching children, adolescents and undergraduate students, and exploring new teaching methods in which creativity, improvisation and popular music are key words.

4th MERYC Conference

The 4th MERYC Conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Education, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna.

The Meryc 2009 Conference will be sponsored by: Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Department of Music and Performing Arts-University of Bologna, European Society for the Cognitive Science of Music (ESCOM), Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE).

The focus of MERYC 2009 is interdisciplinary discussion and dissemination of new, unpublished research relating to the field of music and childhood (0-8 years), in education (school and extracurricular contexts) and everyday life, both in theoretical research and innovative approaches to practice. MERYC2009 aims to promote the participation of researchers and educators from the East European countries, by network relationships and economic support. The main aim of MERYC is to improve European research and practice with young children and music. For this reason, only European people will act as presenters at the MERYC Conference. Educators and researchers from other continents can attend the Conference as participant not presenting.

conference website: http://www.meryc2009.scform.unibo.it/