The Royal Musical Association, City University and the Guildhall School of
Music & Drama present
P E R F O R M I N G M U S I C O L O G Y
with Keynote Speaker John Rink
A Study Day for Research Students
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS - 1 March 2011
Performance Space, College Building, City University, St John's Street,
London EC1V 4PB
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Over the past twenty years scholars have increasingly engaged in
collaborations with performers as the traditional emphasis on music as
embodied in the score has been fundamentally challenged by an understanding
of music as sound, as event and as communicative act. These collaborations
have often proved fruitful, yet a genuine synthesis of musicology and
performance is still a comparatively rare phenomenon and representatives of
both fields generally continue to conduct their professional careers on
'home territory'. There is still immense scope for fusion of musicology and
performance, and this Study Day aims to explore how a more fully integrated
approach may become an innate part of our daily scholarly and creative
activity.
Discussion might be stimulated by, but not limited to, the following
issues: How an analytical understanding of temporal aspects of music,
such as narrative, shape or expression, may enhance the communicative
impact of performance. The role of theorising in the negotiating of
performance strategies in new music or non-classical repertoires. Studies
of analytical/ musicological/ sociological approaches to music pedagogy.
The effect of physical gesture and of visual aspects in performance on
audience engagement and/ or the role of the audience as active participants
in performance events. Exploring the creative role of the performer as
interpreter or improviser and of all performance as a form of
(re)composition.
Abstracts of not more than 200 words for individual papers (20 minutes,
followed by 10 minutes discussion) or lecture recitals (30 minutes,
followed by 15 minutes discussion), detailing principal research questions
and methodology if relevant, should be submitted by the 1 March 2011 to the
convenor Clare Hammond ([log in to unmask]) for consideration
by the programme committee. Proposals from those pursuing performance-based
research are particularly welcome. Sound clips or other media which
accompany your proposal will be considered, but are not required.
See www.performingmusicology.org.uk for further details and updates.
There will be a roundtable discussion at the end of the day. Speakers will
include Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, Laudan Nooshin, Ian Pace and Kate Romano.
To register your intention to come to this event please contact Clare
Hammond ([log in to unmask]) or the RMA Student Liaison
Officer Susan Bagust ([log in to unmask]). Deadline for general
registration is Thursday 9 June.
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