Fwd: The Musical Brain is looking for a new Director

The Musical Brain is looking for a new Director. Hilary Bartlett, Trust Secretary and Director of The Musical Brain since its foundation in 2010, has announced her retirement, with effect from September 2017.  Working in a voluntary capacity she has had responsibility for the assembly and delivery of events as approved by the trustees, financial control, and initiating and programming conferences, working together with a salaried part time Administrator.  In addition, she has provided office space in her home and acted as financial guarantor as and when necessary.  As you can imagine, we will be extremely sorry to lose Hilary.  One of the founders of The Musical Brain, she has been at the very heart of the organisation throughout its life and has led and managed its activities with great purpose, charm and good humour, as all who have had dealings with us will know.  It will be difficult to find someone to cover all Hilary's roles, and we are open to proposals that may involve changes to our management structure. The Musical Brain is unique in the way it combines live performance of the highest standard with cutting-edge scientific debate, involving lecturers and performers in the whole of each event, joining in discussion, interacting with the audience and taking part in panel sessions.  We are proud of the ground the Trust has covered, its following and its record to date.  Click here for programme archive.   We have no financial reserves; activities are supported by ticket sales, grants and donations.  This approach has worked successfully so far.   This is a fascinating opportunity for someone with a passionate interest in the arts and sciences, relevant experience and vision.  If you are interested as an individual, or as a member of an organisation with an interest in collaborating, please email me: michael@themusicalbrain.org    Greg Harradine, The Musical Brain Administrator: greg@themusicalbrain.org is available to answer any questions.   As there will be an interregnum until the new director / new organisational structure is in place, the next two Why Sing? conferences: The Power of Singing: Religion, Revolution and Tribalism, originally scheduled for 24 November 2017, and the final two-day conference, Singing Together: Wellbeing and Learning, will now take place at future dates to be advised. Walking with Elgar will take place on 15/16 September as scheduled.    Michael Pugh  Chairman

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.

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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.

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

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

Fwd: CSMC 2017 - Call for Panel Session Participation

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Panel session - Domain-Specific Generative Music: Music in Computer Games at CSMC2017

https://csmc2017.wordpress.com/

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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/sc32924

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Vacancy: RSME Editor and Editorial Assistant

Vacancy: RSME Editor and Editorial Assistant

Research Studies in Music Education Journal

Editor position

Applications are invited for the Editor of the SEMPRE journal Research Studies in Music Education, 2017-2022, published by SAGE.

Research Studies in Music Education is a peer-reviewed journal, currently published in print twice a year, and moving to three times a year in 2019. The journal receives a large number of submissions across a wide range of disciplines related to the broadly conceived understanding of research in music education.

The primary role of Editor is to decide, with the support of anonymous peer review, which submissions merit publication in the Journal. The Editor should be an excellent and diplomatic communicator, self- motivated and highly organised, and with exceptional attention to detail. An excellent command of written and spoken English is essential. It is expected that the Editor should have expertise across a broad range of appropriate disciplines associated with music education research, as well as some experience of academic publishing. The Editor is supported by an editorial team, including a paid editorial assistant and an international Editorial Board, by SEMPRE, and by SAGE, the commercial academic publishers of the Journal. We welcome applications from individuals or dual/shared applications.

Interested applicants should send a full CV, list of two academic or other relevant referees and a 500 word statement of their vision for the future development of the Journal to Professor Graham Welch, Chair of SEMPRE ( graham.welch@ucl.ac.uk), by 31st August 2017. Enquiries are welcome to the current Editor, Professor Kathy Marsh ( kathryn.marsh@sydney.edu.au).

Editorial Assistant

The position of RSME Editorial Assistant currently carries an annual honorarium of £1,900 from appointment in 2017 (subject to tax, if applicable) and is an important role in supporting the Editor and Editorial Board of the Research Studies in Music Education Journal. It requires someone with exceptional attention to detail, good time management skills, an ability to manage a complex online system, and high levels of discretion, as well as knowledge of the academic subject matter covered by the journal. The approximate time involved is around 5-8 hours per week, depending on the flow of activity. The role includes dealing with author enquiries, checking manuscripts on submission and resubmission, proof reading of accepted manuscripts before they are passed to the publisher (e.g., checking style, English, academic conventions), and processing manuscripts through the SAGE online system in a timely fashion. The role also involves monitoring manuscript progress through the online system and ensuring the editorial team are kept informed of tasks in hand. In addition, the Editorial Assistant will support the editor with social media and digital initiatives, including posting on the RSME twitter account and, for example, curating thematic material from previously published topical RSME articles for online dissemination and discussion.

The post would suit a doctoral/post-doctoral student, or recent graduate in music education/psychology of music, or a closely related area, and it is intended that this appointment will provide at least some overlap between the current and new Editors (a new Editor will be appointed in 2017). Interested applicants should send a full CV and names of two referees (at least one of whom is academic) who can comment on their ability and motivation to undertake this work to Professor Graham Welch, Chair of SEMPRE ( graham.welch@ucl.ac.uk) by 30 September 2017. It is hoped that an appointment will be made by the end of October 2017 or soon after. Any informal enquiries about this role can be directed to the current Editorial Assistant, Samantha Dieckmann ( samantha.dieckmann@sydney.edu.au), or the current Research Studies in Music Education Editor, Professor Kathy Marsh ( kathryn.marsh@sydney.edu.au).

Fwd: Early Reg CSMC 2017

Dear all,

Early registration for the second Conference on Computer Simulation
of Musical Creativity to be held at the Open University in Milton
Keynes (UK) from 11 to 13 Sept 2017 has opened until Aug 10th.

See: https://mcs-notes2.open.ac.uk/quickpay.nsf/Payment.xsp?ID=CSMC2017


The following calls have been extended until Aug 8th.

Panel Sessions: Please submit title and short description (max 200 words).

Short Talks: Please submit abstract (max 300 words).

Workshops/Tutorials: Please submit short description (max 300 words).

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Elaine Chew, Queen Mary, University of London

Dr. Anna Jordanous, University of Kent

Further details, including submission instructions at:
https://csmc2017.wordpress.com/

Best Wishes,
Robin Laney

The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an
exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland
(SC 038302).

Fwd: [ISMIR-Community] Web Audio Conference 2017: Call for Participation

Dear all,

we are happy to announce that the programme for this year's Web Audio Conference (WAC) is now available on our website: http://wac.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/programme/

This will be the third installment of the conference (after IRCAM/Mozilla in Paris and GeorgiaTech in Atlanta) and will be held at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London from August 21-23, 2017.

The final programme features a wide range of oral paper presentations and talks, poster presentations, interactive demos, web-based artworks and installations, as well as two nights with performances and concerts. We are looking forward to fantastic keynotes given by Chris Chafe (CCRMA / Stanford University) and Franziska Schroeder (SARC / Queen's University Belfast). Additionally, there will be joint activities with the co-located Audio Mostly conference on Wednesday.

Further, there will be a wide variety of tutorials, given by Paul Adenot (Mozilla), Felicia Lim / Jamieson Brettle (Google), Nicholas Jillings / Ryan Stables (BCU), Christoph Guttandin (Media Codings) and Iwan Dewi Lavanant (...Loops). That means we will learn about the latest developments and additions to the web audio api right from Mozilla, Google's work on open standards for producing spatial audio in the browser, how to build audio effects on the web, how to effectively test web audio code and how to collaboratively improvise music in the browser.

So if you think that Web Audio is or will be relevant, please register today (early bird registration ends on 31 July).

We are looking forward to welcoming you to London!

Best wishes,
the WAC organizing committee

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Dr Sebastian Ewert
Lecturer in Signal Processing
Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) and Machine Listening Lab (MLLAB)
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
+44 20 7882 8287

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BEATBOXING without a Voicebox

Featuring Marv Radio (3-fold UK Beatbox Champion), La Verne Williams (Soprano), CTS male voice ensemble (lead Owen Stark), Marc Masson (piano) and our laryngectomy choir. 

Event date: Sunday 23rd July 

Time: 16:00-17:00

Location: Emmanuel Church, Lyncroft gardens, West Hampstead

Tickets details: http://www.shoutatcancer.org/tickets

Free Entry for Laryngectomees and Partner (do register!)

Link documentary on BBC II!

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Fwd: Study Day on Music and Space

Dear colleagues,

might be of interest to you or your students. Feel free to share widely.

Study Day on Space and Music - 28 October 2017 - University of Manchester
https://www.rma.ac.uk/news/2017-10-CFP-Music-and-Space.pdf

What do we mean when we talk about space in music? This study day aims to bring together composers, musicologists and practitioners from all areas of music to explore the concept of space in music. We encourage 20-minute presentations in any appropriate format such as papers, musical works, performances, etc. Participants can combine the study day with the MANTIS electroacoustic music festival in the evening of 28 October and 29 October.

Best regards,

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Núria Bonet
PhD Candidate (Computer Music)

ICCMR, Plymouth University

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