Institute of Philosophy,  Education and the Study of Religions   Research Director for The Aesthetics of Music and Sound and  Editor and Webmaster for www.soundmusicresearch.org: Cynthia M. Grund cmgrund@ifpr.sdu.dk     Updates   Archive for "Updates": Click HERE.     April 28, 2012: Concert -Thursday, May 3, 2012, 12  noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. The piano quartet PAÏAN - Martin Vestergård Hansen, piano; Peter Andreas Nielsen, violin; Josefine Weber Hansen, bratsch & Josefine Opsahl, cello, play Bach, Vestergård Hansen and Korngold.  Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Daniel Bonevac (via Skype), Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin.  The seminar is entitled Rhetorical and Musical Structures and takes place, Thursday, May 3, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the concluding seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring of 2012. For spring series information and updates, please see HERE. Planning is in progress for the fall 2012 series. Please keep an eye out for updates here on www.soundmusicresearch.org.   April 23, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Is Narrative in Music Possible? -presented via Skype by Malgorzata Pawlowska, Assistant in the Department of Theory and Interpretation of the Musical Work of the Academy of Music in Kraków; Lecturer in Music History, Musical Analysis, Music Literature and Ear Training; PhD student in Music Theory. Thursday, April 26, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the twelfth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   April 22, 2012: Friday, April 20, 2012, Cynthia M. Grund represented The Aesthetics of Music and Sound and NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics in The Festival of Research coordinated by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology, and Innovation. Cynthia gave  presentations about cross-disciplinary music research for 7th and 8th graders at Breum  School in Northern Jutland and for music and theatre students (college age) in Toftlund, Southern Jutland, at The Danish Music and Theatre folk high school. For description of the presentation, please see here.   April  13, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Research Initiatives in the Study of Music, Meaning and the Body -presented by William Westney, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Piano, Browning Artist-in-Residence School of Music, Texas Tech University (via Skype) and Cynthia M. Grund, Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Education, and the Study of Religions; University of Southern Denmark. Thursday, April 19, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eleventh seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   April 3, 2012: Concert: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12  noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Janus Araghipour, piano. Concert poster available HERE. For concert program please see HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Janus Araghipour, Pianist, Bachelor of Fine Arts, currently enrolled in the Master’s Program in Performance at The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Odense. The seminar is entitled Performing Debussy and takes place, Thursday, April 12, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the tenth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   March 23, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound: Witttenstein and the Limits of Musical Grammar(via Skype).  Presented by Hanne Appelqvist, Postdoctoral Fellow (Academy of Finland); Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki. Thursday, March 29, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the ninth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   March 16, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound The Polyfunctionality of Music in Some Dramas by Henrik Ibsen, presented via Skype  by Sofija Todić, PhD Student in Studies of Culture and Part-time Lecturer at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Thursday, March 22, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eighth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   March 10, 2012: Concert: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 12  noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Martin Vestergård Hansen, piano, & Josefine Opsahl, cello, play Bach, Brahms, Busoni and Debussy Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Peter Møller Juhl, Assoc. Prof., Institute of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark. The seminar is entitled Room Acoustics – How Does the Room Influence Speech and Music? and takes place, Thursday, March 15, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the seventh seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   March 5, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound: Reflections on Improvisational Artistry and Style in Live Dance and Music Performance (via Skype). Presented by Aili W. Bresnahan, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia; Editor, American Society of Aesthetics Graduate E-journal (ASAGE); and former professional-level ballet dancer and lawyer. Thursday, March 8, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the sixth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   March 2, 2012: Annual Meeting of the Danish Philosophcial Association, March 2 & 3, 2012 Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. For general information, please see HERE. For presentations by members afffiliated with The Aesthetics of Music and Sound, please see HERE and HERE.   February 25, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound: Is Music Healthy for Your Ears? Presented by Jesper Hvass Schmidt, M.D., PhD. Center for Musicians' Health, Clinical Institute, U. of Southern Denmark; Dept. of Audiology, Odense University Hospital; Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital. Thursday, March 1, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fifth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   February 19, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound Wagner and Žižek on the Revolutionary Potential of Music, presented via Skype  by Tere Vadén, Professor, Department of Art, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Helsinki.Thursday, February 23, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fourth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   February 12, 2012: Concert: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12  noon - 1 p.m.  in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Sound Seeds: Live Concert with Jensen-Georges. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Kristoffer Jensen, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University Esbjerg, and Laurent "Saxi" Georges, musician, composer, researcher. The seminar is entitled Sonification: From Signal to Sound and takes place, Thursday, February 16, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the third seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   February 3, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Composing as Adventurous Applied Science , presented by Jan Flessel, composer and instrumentalist, Thursday, February 9, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the second seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   January 31 2012: The spring semester 2012 begins on February 1, 2012 in Denmark, and we get off to a running start on February 2 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with On Sound Segregation and Music, presented by Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Sound Communication, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark on Thursday, February 2, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the first in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.   December 31, 2011: The Aesthetics of Music and Sound wishes everyone a very Happy New Year and hopes that 2012 will be a healthy and rewarding year for all!   January is examination month at Danish universities and the spring term officially begins on February 1. Please watch the website for updates regarding activities during 2012.   December 12, 2011: Concert: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 12  noon - 1 p.m.  in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Nu er det jul with Nikolaj Nottlemann, tenor, and Cynthia M. Grund, piano. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE.   December 12, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, December 15, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55.  5230 Odense M.   Sigrún Lilja Einarsdóttir, PhD student in Sociology – University of Exeter, England; Part time lecturer – Bifröst University, Iceland. Presentation via Skype: Bach in Everyday Life: ´Choral Capital´As Well-Being and the Socio-Musical Identities of Amateur Choristers Who Perform Art Music. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE.   December 7, 2011: ArtsIT-Second International ICST Conference on Arts and Technology, December 7-8, Esbjerg, Denmark. http://artsit.org/show/home   November 25, 2011:Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, December 1, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55.  5230 Odense M. David Clowney, Associate Professor, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA  presents a talk entitled Limits, Risks and Accomplishment in Musical Performance. Via Skype. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE.    November 18, 2011: Concert: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 12  noon - 1 p.m.  in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Pianist and Professor William Westney plays a program of Bach, Scriabin, Albeniz and Brahms..Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE.   November 18, 2011:Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, November 24, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55.  5230 Odense M. William Westney (Texas Tech U) and Cynthia M. Grund (SDU) present a talk entitled David Hume's Theories of Beauty and Utility Applied to Issues of Musical Performance – A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE.    November 18, 2011:  New Directions in Musical Performance. Workshop and seminar in the Concert Hall, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark/Syddansk Musikkonservatorium og Skuespillerskole (AMDA/SMKS), Islandsgade 2, Odense, Denmark. 9:30 -14:00,  November 21, 2011. For details, please see HERE.   November 14, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55.  5230 Odense M. We welcome Catherine Z. Elgin, Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, who will present a talk entitled Two Dogmas and the Arts via Skype. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE.     At 7:30 p.m. on November 17, 2011, William Westney will be giving a concert in the Concert Hall at the The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark (AMDA), Islandsgade 2, 5000 Odense C. William Westney is Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Piano and Browning Artist-in-Residence, School of Music, Texas Tech University and was appointed H.C. Andersen Visiting Professorial Fellow at The University of Southern Denmark during the 2009-2010 academic year, affiliated with The Aesthetics of Music and Sound. Dr. Westney's program will include works by Bach, Albeniz, Brahms and Scriabin. For detailed program, please see HERE. For more information on Dr. Westney, please see HERE.     November 6, 2011: Concert: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 12  noon - 1 p.m.  in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Pianist Morten Heide plays a program of character pieces, the titles of which suggest that they have been inspired by the song of birds or the sounds of flowing water..Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE.   The concert will be filmed for television broadcast and is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound entitled: The Cognitive Semantics of Musical Tension with Jens Hjortkjær, PhD, Research Assistant, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. The seminar will take place on Thursday, November 10,  2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE.   October 29, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound- Romantic Ballet: Features, Conventions and Narratives with Dr. Astrid Bernkopf, Programme Leader Dance Studies, Dept. of Performing Arts, Middlesex U., Trent Park Campus, London. Presentation via Skype. Audience participation via Skype also welcome. Thursday, November 3, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.     October 7, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Musicianship, Musical Interpretation, and Cultural Identity: Challenges for Philosophy and the Social Sciences with David G. Hebert, PhD, Professor of Music, Grieg Academy, Faculty of Education, Bergen University College. Presentation via Skype.Thursday, October 13, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.   October 2, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Goals for Cross-Disciplinary Research and Education in Music and IT with Dr. Barry Eaglestone, Senior  Lecturer, U of Sheffield, UK (RetiredI). Presentation via Skype.Thursday, October 6, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.   September 26, 2011: A TV-documentary in English about a Lunchtime Concert with pianist Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut earlier this year at The University of Southern Denmark, SDU, at Odense airs throughout the week of September 26 - October 2, 2011 on ALT, Aabenraa Lokal TV on the TV Sønderjylland (TV-SDJ) network. The program will be permanently available HEREand during the broadcast week also HERE.  In addition to concert clips, the program features interviews in which Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut, Assoc. Prof. Cynthia M. Grund and Søren R. Frimodt-Møller, PhD participate.   September 24, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Norms of the Performance Context with Søren R. Frimodt-Møller, PhD. Thursday, September 29  2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.   Public lecture in fulfillment of the requirements for the magister degree. Stud.mag. Daniel Frandsen holds a public lecture addressing the following topic: Discuss the role played by authenticity in analysis of musical meaning and of musical value, taking into account considerations involving the connection between aesthetic value and ethical value. The lecture will be given in English and takes place on Friday, September 30 at 1:15 p.m. in U150, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M.   September 20, 2011: Musikkens og lydens æstetik: en tværvidenskabelig tilgang til nutidens Parnassus/The Aesthetics of Music and Sound: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to a Present-Day Parnassus with Cynthia M. Grund. Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark at Odense.  Opening lecture for the fall 2011 semester, Netværk for Kvinder i Filosofiske Fag (KIFF), Friday, September 23, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m, Room 1467-517, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, followed by a reception. Poster available HERE.   September 16, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Immanuel Kant and Eighteenth-Century Musical Thought withTomas McAuley, PhD Candidate, Department of Music, King's College, London (via Skype). Thursday, September 22  2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.   September 16, 2011: With all that has been going on as the fall semester gets off to a start, we neglected to include this important update! The website for JMM10, the tenth issue of The Journal of Music and Meaning www.musicandmeaning.net was launched on July 20, 2011. From this issue and onwards, JMM will publish articles as they become camera-ready - a publication strategy we call ”rolling publication”. Two articles are already online and more are on their way.      We are also delighted to announce that the Danish Council for Independent Research| Humanities (FKK) has recently renewed its support for JMM with a grant of 90,000 Danish crowns (ca. 17,000 US dollars at current rates of exchange) for 2011/2012, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. All of us at JMM are very grateful to FKK for its continuing support.       September 9, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Markerless Motion Capture withAlex Czarowicz, Vice President of Sales for Organic Motion, Thursday, September 15  2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE. The abstract for the presentation is available HERE.   September 2, 2011: Welcome back from summer vacation! Updates are now in the process of being uploaded throughout the site. Please pay special attention to the "kick-off" for both the lunchtime concert series and the seminar series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound on September 8:   Concert: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 12  noon - 1 p.m.  in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Tango quintet RABO DEL GATO plays a program of Astor Piazzolla's tango compositions. Concert poster available HERE. Flyer introducing RABO DEL GATO (in Danish) HERE.     The concert will be filmed for television broadcast and is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound entitled: Lyric and Meaning in Tango’s Poetry with Claudio Cifuentes-Aldunate, Associate Professor of Spanish at The University of Southern Denmark. The seminar will take place on Thursday, September 8  2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE.   June 26, 2011: Four-day multi-event in London June 30-July 3 on the occasion of the inaugural annual conference of the RMA-MPSG which will be held at King’s College London on 1-2 July 2011. See HERE.     Archive   for "Updates": Click HERE.   (Includes the description of the SDU-IFPR research program The Aesthetics of Music and Sound which initially appeared online in Danish as Musikkens og Lydens Aestetik during the fall of 2006.)