Fwd: Hourly-paid lecturing opportunity Music Psychology at YMPG

Dear list,
we are currently recruiting an hourly paid lecturer for an
undergraduate module to be taught in the Summer Term of 2018-19 within
the York Music Psychology Group, University of York. Please find
details of the course to be taught below. Could you please forward
this email to interested colleagues and graduates?

We would require from our candidate a completed PhD in Music
Psychology or a related discipline (or to be close to PhD completion)
and some previous teaching experience. Interested candidates should
send an email to hauke.egermann@york.ac.uk and attach a short CV and
any possible references for teaching (or give names of possible
referees). We will start considering applicants from 24 July 2018
onwards. Payments will be made according to the comprehensive lecturer
rates and there will be an opportunity to continue teaching in our
department for several subsequent years at undergraduate level.

Module title:
Introduction to the Psychology of Music

Module content:
Music Psychology aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and
experience, including the processes through which music is created,
perceived, responded to, and incorporated into everyday life (Tan,
Pfordrescher, Harré, 2010). Accordingly, this module will introduce
students to the basic mechanisms underlying these human capacities. We
will start with engaging in the functionality of the auditory system
and from there, elaborate on the perception and cognition of musical
elements, such as melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre or higher level
structures like compositional form or expressiveness. Subsequently, we
focus on basic principles underlying listener experience (aesthetics,
emotion, and preferences). Finally, the module will provide a
introduction to the mechanisms that underlie musical performance
skills, like sensorimotor learning, training, and musical talent.
During the course of this module, students will be also introduced to
basic principles of social science research methods including the
design of experimental studies, statistics, and data analyses.

Further details on the module can be found here:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/MUS00112H/2018-19

Dates of the summer term in York are 15 April 2019 till 21 June 2019,
but it is not expected that applicants are present in York during the
whole term.

Kind regards,
Hauke

Dr Hauke Egermann

Assistant Professor in Music Psychology
York Music Psychology Group (YMPG) (Director)
Music Science and Technology Research Cluster
Department of Music
University of York
Heslington, York
YO10 5DD, UK

Phone: +44 - 1904 - 324303

hauke.egermann@york.ac.uk

Room: MRC / 003

- my office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm -

www.ympg.uk
www.egermann.net
facebook.com/ympgsite

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Dr Hauke Egermann

Assistant Professor in Music Psychology
York Music Psychology Group (Director)
Music Science and Technology Research Cluster
Department of Music
University of York
Heslington, York
YO10 5DD, UK

Phone: +44 - 1904 - 324303

hauke.egermann@york.ac.uk

Room: MRC / 003

- my office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm -

www.ympg.uk
www.egermann.net
facebook.com/ympgsite

****please have a look at my TEDx talk: http://youtu.be/kzFgoaZ9-VQ *****














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Fwd: composition competition

folk-rnn composition competition

The aim of this competition is to explore an application of machine learning to music --- in particular the online tool at folkrnn.org. 

This model is an example of artificial intelligence trained on traditional tunes mainly Irish and English. The web interface allows users to generate new melodies using a few parameters (There's a video on the website that explains how it works). We are seeking works that make creative use of this tool to compose new pieces, which do not need to adhere to the idiom of the training material.

Submissions will be judged on their musical quality and their utilisation of outputs from folkrnn.org
The winning piece will be performed by a professional ensemble at a public concert in London, UK, in early October 2018.

We welcome submissions from any composer without restriction of age or nationality. Attendance at the concert is not mandatory. There is no cost for submitting a work.

Rules for submitted works:

1. scored for any combination of the following instruments: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (only 1 each); no use of amplification or electronic instruments is allowed;

2. no longer than 10 minutes in duration;

3. must be derived in some way from material generated by the application at folkrnn.org

4. must be accompanied by a written explanation of how the work comes about from the use artificial intelligence throughthe folkrnn.org
 website. Composers can also accompany the text with illustrations (e.g. staff notation).

5. no restrictions on style, or the way the outputs from folkrnn.org
 are used;

Important dates:
- August 31 2018: Submission of PDF score and required accompanying material by email to competition@folkrnn.org 
- September 15 2018: Notification
- September 25 2018: Performance materials due
- October 9 2018: Concert (London UK)

For more information about the technology, see the following:

http://theconversation.com/machine-folk-music-composed-by-ai-shows-technologys-creative-side-74708


https://www.inverse.com/article/32276-folk-music-ai-folk-rnn-musician-s-best-friend

If you have questions or comments, contact Dr. Oded Ben-Tal: o.ben-tal@kingston.ac.uk

Fwd: ICVPB Proceedings Extension, Accommodation, other logistics

ICVPB Proceedings extension, Accommodation extension, other logistics

View this email in your browser International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics Information Update Program: ICVPB 2018 Program is online Follow the link to the Program for the 2018 ICVPB in East Lansing.  Authors and Co-authors, please review it and send us a note if you need corrections to your name, your co-author's names, and the title of your presentation. Proceedings Template: Proceedings (extended abstract) extension Linked is the template for the proceedings write-up.  This template is limited to 2 pages and can be thought of as just an extended abstract.  Please send your writeup by proceedings by 8 July.  The file can be emailed directly to icvpb2018@gmail.com.  See the specific instructions below. Accommodations: Extension of room rate We were able to negotiate an extension for the block of rooms at the conference rate through the end of this week. After that, the hotels have said they would still honor the rate as long as they have space. For students or anyone planning to stay in East Lansing very economically, Michigan State University on campus housing is available (it is the last one on the list).  However, these on campus options do fill up so you should reserve early. The Cottonwood Suites option has agreed to offer childcare at $5USD per hour (with advanced notice) for those staying with them. Also, they will offer a free shuttle to the conference venue.  Registration: Pre-Conference and Full Conference Follow the link to register for ICVPB 2018 and the special topic pre-conference.  Note that the registration fee for the pre-conference is an additional fee.  Dinner (Gala): Share your vocal talents There will be local vocal talent performing at the GALA dinner. If you would also like to perform a short piece, let us know. Proceedings Instructions All contributors are requested to submit an expanded abstract write-up (maximum 2-page) to contribute to the published ICVPB 2018 Proceedings. The template for the proceedings write-up is attached.   Please email your paper as a ".doc" or "docx" file to icvpb2018@gmail.com. Name your document to follow the standard file name given ("[first author surname] ICVPB2018 Proceedings Template.docx"); an example if the first author surname was Smith and there were co-authors: "Smith et al ICVPB2018 Proceedings.docx". For logistical reasons, when you email your document please include the filename in the subject line of the email similar to Subject Line: Smith et al ICVPB2018 Proceedings submission.   Presentation Instructions Podium Presenters are allotted 15 minutes. Speakers will be grouped into small sessions of 3-4 which will be followed by a 15 minutes of Q&A for the group of presenters.   Poster Presenters are requested to hang their poster as early as able once the conference begins, preferably on the morning of the 2nd day (August 2nd).  Each poster is allotted up to 60" width, but with 52" preferable for comfort of other presenters. A size which would be optimal is 52 inches wide and 32 inches tall, though taller posters can be accommodated. The poster session will take place between 3:00-5:30PM on Thursday, 02 August.  Posters in the program are numbered. Odd number poster authors are requested to be at their poster between 3:00-4:14pm; even numbered poster authors are encouraged to be at their poster between 4:15-5:30.   Agenda Snapshot The conference will be proceeded by a special topics symposium on 31 July. Tuesday 31 July: Preconference symposium (additional registration) Evening: ICVPB Opening Reception Wednesday 1 Aug: ICVPB 2018 Day 1, Morning: Keynote Speakers & Open Papers Afternoon: Keynote Speakers & Open Papers Thursday 2 Aug: ICVPB 2018 Day 2 Morning: Keynote Speakers & Open Papers Afternoon: Open Papers &Poster Session Evening: ICVPB Dinner Friday 3 Aug: ICVPB 2018 Day 3 Morning: Keynote Speakers & Open Papers Afternoon: Adjourn   Pre-conference Symposium: Don't miss out on the preconference symposium: "Vocal Effort, Vocal Fatigue, and Vocal Load".  It is scheduled the day before ICVPB (31 July).  You can add-on registration for the preconference at the same time you register for ICVPB.    http://indico.fnal.gov/e/ICVPB

The 5^th MERYC-England conference will be hosted by Bristol Plays Music at Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR. 

This 5th conference follows the first meeting in 2012 at University of Roehampton, the second in 2014 at University of Cambridge, the third in 2015 with Berkshire Maestros, the fourth in 2016 at Edge Hill University. It is led by the MERYC-England, a charitable incorporated organisation, affiliated to EuNet MERYC that hosts a European conference biennially.  MERYC-England hosts its meetings on the alternate biennial years.

This two-day conference aims to explore new directions in early childhood music education whilst valuing our traditions and heritages. You will have the opportunity to reflect on how research can influence five key questions:

1.   What are the new directions emerging in ECME in England?

2.   How do traditional music education approaches and methods relate to new directions?

3.   How do we ensure creative environments for musical play with both adults and children?

4.   How do we reflect professionally on the values and traditions of early childhood music education?

5.   What key messages do we want to communicate to the wider early childhood education and music education communities? 

We encourage interactive participation through discussion, practical activities, dissemination of research and innovative practice relating to the field of music in early childhood (0-8 years), in education (both inside and outside school), informal learning contexts and everyday life.

We are indebted to our partners in this conference: Take Art and Bristol Plays Music, for their generous financial sponsorship, organisational and administrative support.

2018 Symposium on Research in Choral Singing

2018 Symposium on Research in Choral Singing

 

Keynote Speaker Announcement:  Graham Welch

 

         ACDA is pleased to provide updated information about the 2018 Symposium on Research in Choral Singing.  The Symposium will be held Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15, 2018 on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The keynote speaker will be Graham Welch (University College of London). Dr. Welch's research on singing development spans more than three decades. He is currently coeditor of the Oxford Handbook of Singing being released by Oxford University Press.  The Symposium will combine diverse presentational formats with opportunities for in-depth conversation, inquiry, and consideration of future research directions. Find the call for proposals at www.acda.org; follow the "conferences" and "special events" tabs.  

MA in Music Education, University College London | EMI Sound Foundation Education Bursaries

MA in Music Education, University College London

EMI Sound Foundation Education Bursaries

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Join the largest group of graduate students in music education in the United Kingdom with new tuition-fee support for an MA degree

 

University College London's MA in Music Education and EMI Sound Foundation, part of Universal Music Group, are delighted to announce a new bursary. This will provide 50% tuition-fee support to eligible students and additional funding for resources.    

 

About the bursary

 

50% tuition-fee support will be offered to successful candidates who study on the MA in Music Education. For current fees and programme details, see the link below. The bursary will enable eligible students employed in a UK school or other music education context during their studies to undertake research-and-development as part of an individually-focussed MA dissertation. This work must impact positively on that educational context and align with one of the following themes:

 

·                The wider benefits of music, such as music and literacy, music and mathematics, music and science, music and social inclusion

·                The use of music technology in supporting musical learning

·                Music, adolescence and mental health

·                Addressing gender differences in musical participation, e.g., engaging boys in singing, encouraging girls to learn instruments commonly associated with males

·                Effective practice in whole-class instrumental teaching, and sustaining learning beyond First Access/Wider Opportunities

·                Music, wellbeing and mental health

·                Engaging vulnerable and marginalised groups, or those less likely to participate in music, e.g. "looked-after" children, those from particular cultural groups (e.g. Muslim girls), recent immigrants, children and young people living in areas of high multiple deprivation (rural, suburban, inner city), pupil premium children

·                Introducing new musical genres into classroom music

 

A further £5,000 will be available each year and act as a ring-fenced support fund for all the bursary recipients. Bursary recipients will be able to apply to this one-off £5,000 fund for additional financial support to help with resources for their practical work during the MA, e.g. music resources.  

 

The UCL Institute of Education and its Music Education MA

 

Ranked number one for education worldwide in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 QS World University Rankings, the UCL Institute of Education was awarded the 2015 Queen's Anniversary Prize. In 2014, the Institute secured "outstanding" grades from Ofsted on every criterion for its initial teacher training, across primary, secondary and further education programmes. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework assessment, the Institute was top for "research power" in education. Its programmes are fuelled by cutting-edge research by world-leading academics. Founded in 1902, the Institute currently has more than 8,000 students and 800 staff working across a range of postgraduate programmes.

 

At the Institute, the Music Education MA introduces students to research and research-informed practice at the forefront of music education. The MA provides tools for interrogating musical and educational assumptions, values and practices. It helps students to expand their understanding of effective music teaching, evaluation and assessment across the lifespan. Graduates from the programme are currently working e.g. as music teachers in primary and secondary schools, instrumental teachers, Further Education lecturers, music education hub managers, arts, health and wellbeing therapists, university lecturers, musical performers and advocates for the arts. For more information on the MA, please see:

 

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/music-education-ma-0

 

EMI Music Sound Foundation

 

The EMI Music Sound Foundation, supported by Universal Music, is an independent music education charity established in 1997 to celebrate the centenary of EMI Records and to improve young peoples' access to music education in the UK. Further information on the charity can be found at www.emimusicsoundfoundation.com  

 

Further information and application forms

 

For further information, an informal discussion about the EMI Sound Foundation Education Bursaries, or an application form, please contact Dr David Baker, Programme Leader, MA in Music Education, at david.baker@ucl.ac.uk or call 0207 612 6460.

 

 

 

 

 

Fwd: Art, Music, and the Brain (19-20 July, Goldsmiths, University of London)

Art, Music, and the Brain

19th-20th July 2018, Goldsmiths, University of London

Please join us for 'Art, Music and the Brain', a 2 day celebration of
the science of the arts, including the 10 year anniversary of the MSc
in Music Mind and Brain (MMB) and the launch of the new MSc degree in
Psychology of the Arts, Neuroaesthetics and Creativity (PANC) at
Goldsmiths. The events features keynotes by Dr Rebecca Schaefer
(University of Leiden) and Robert Pepperell (Cardiff Metropolitan
University) as well as talks, discussion panels and performances on
the science of art and music. Read the full programme and register on
eventbrite (attendance is free but places are limited):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-music-and-the-brain-tickets-47059184287

--
Dr. Daniel Müllensiefen
Reader in Psychology,
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross Road, New Cross
London SE14 6NW

Tel.: +44-20-7919-7895
email: d.mullensiefen@gold.ac.uk
website: http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas03dm/
Music Mind and Brain programme: http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/msc-music-mind-brain/

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Fwd: Book Launch: Communication, Gaze and Autism

 

Dear Colleague

 

You are invited to the book launch of

Communication, Gaze and Autism: A Multimodal Interaction Perspective (Terhi Korkiakangas)

 

·        Thursday 5th July

·        5:30PM – 7PM

·        UCL Knowledge Lab (23-29 Emerald St, London WC1N 3QS)

 

Please RSVP to Terhi t.korkiakangas@ucl.ac.uk as we need to gauge likely numbers.

 

 

Thanks and kind regards,

Terhi 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fwd: Developing Countries - Resources online --- IFORS

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of the IFORS Developing Countries On-Line Resources page is to
offer the OR worker all publicly-available materials on the topic of
OR for Development. It also aims to provide a venue for people who are
working in the area to share their completed or in-process work, learn
from others, and stimulate comments and discussions on the work.

Regarding IFORS Developing Countries OR resources website, its regular
updates - and your possible submission of "free" (not copyright protected)
material, you might occasionally visit

http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page.


"Operational Research" (OR) is the discipline of applying advanced
analytical methods to help make better decisions. By using techniques
such as problem structuring methods and mathematical modelling to
analyze complex situations, Operational Research gives executives the
power to make more effective decisions and build more productive
systems.

The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS;
http://ifors.org/) is an almost 60-year old organization which is
currently composed of 51 national societies.

Regional Groups of IFORS are:

ALIO (The Latin American Ibero Association on Operations Research),
APORS (The Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies),
EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies),
NORAM (The Association of North American Operations Research Societies).

IFORS conferences are taking place every three years; IFORS 2017 has been
successfully celebrated in Quebec City, Canada.


Thank you very much for your attention.

With kind regards,
best wishes,


Luciana Buriol, Sue Merchant, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber


PS: Feedback is welcome via buriol@inf.ufrgs.br, suemerchant@hotmail.com,
gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl.

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