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Archive for "Updates"-column:
The Aesthetics of Music and Sound
Cross-Disciplinary Interplay between the Humanities, Technology and Musical Practice
November 29, 2009: The program for The Aesthetics of Music and Sound has been packed with events for October and November 2009. See "Archive for 'Updates' " (click here) or the "Events" page (click here) for details. There is also a full and exciting program beginning in February 2010 and continuing throughout the spring semester of 2010. Please see the "Events" page - you can click here - for details as these become available.
November 26, 2009, 19:30. Lecture, recital and reception. Juhl-Sørensen Steinway Gallery, Brofogedvej 10,Copenhagen, "The Perfect Wrong Note; the Meaning of Mistakes in Music and in Life" with William Westney,
See http://www.piano.dk for Danish and here for English (the presentation will be given in English).
November 25, 2009, Vojens.
Haderslev Musikskole, Vestergade 20, 6500 Vojens. 16:00-18:00 Un-Master Class. Concert 18:40-19:20. Concert program here. For more information on the Un-Master Class, click here. For more information on William Westney as educator and researcher, click here.
Solo Piano Recital-Alsion Concert Hall (Sønderborg)
William Westney, Hans Christian Andersen Guest Professor
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 20:00.
Winner of the Geneva Competition and other performance prizes, William Westney offers a varied program with works by Haydn, Fauré, Liszt and Gershwin. The recital is free of charge and open to the public. Sponsored by: Hans Christian Andersen Academy; Institute of Philosophy, Education and the Study of Religions, SDU; Kultur og Fritid, Sønderborg Kommue; SDU & Alsion, Sønderborg. Detailed program available here.
Also in Sønderborg on Tuesday, November 24, 2009: Un-Master Class with William Westney, Alsion, 15:00-17:00. For more information on the Un-Master Class, click here. For more information on William Westney as educator and researcher, click here.
The Role of Rhythm in Musical Meaning: 15th Annual National Meeting of NTSMB
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10:00 – 18:00.
Auditorium 100, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. This event is free of charge and open to the public. See here for conference program.
Hans Christian Andersen Academy Guest Professor Lecture: Dr. William Westney
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 15:00 – 16:00. Auditorium 100, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. This event is free of charge and open to the public. See here for lecture description.
Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics: Coordination Meetíng.
Monday, November 16, 2009. Sibelius Academy, T-Building Töölönkatu 28, Helsinki, Finland. For more information, see here.
Second Symposium for Research on Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy: Challenges of Multiculturalism
Saturday and Sunday, November 14-15, 2009. Sibelius Academy, R Building, Chamber Music Hall (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9). For more information, see here.
Piano Recital: William Westney
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 19:30 – 21:15. Solo Piano Recital: William Westney, Auditorium 100, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. The recital is free of charge and open to the public. See here for program.
Recent interviews in the press with H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney »
Updated November 4, 2009:
November 2009
The November issue of Ny Viden, the official monthly magazine of the University of Southern Denmark, contains an interview and portrait (in Danish) of H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney. See pp. 12-14 here.
September 2009
For an interview (in English) with William Westney about his appointment as H.C. Andersen Guest Professor at SDU - "Pedagogy and Philosophy Viewed from the Piano Bench" - which appears on pp. 9-10 in the September 2009 no. 2 issue of the Danish online journal for upper-secondary education entitled GymPæd 2.0, please click here.
November 6, 2009-
Conference: Art and/or Entertainment?
SDU-Odense, Auditorium 100. 10-18. Free of charge and open to the public.
November 4, 2009: Fifth Anniversary Conference on Philosophy and Popular Culture
with William Irwin, Carsten Fogh Nielsen, William Westney, Cynthia M. Grund, Jørgen Dines Johansen, Kirsten Frandsen, Rikke Schubart. For poster and detailed program, see here.
NordPlus awards a matching grant of 11.100 Euros to NNIMIPA for 2009-2010»
June 9, 2009: NNIMIPA - The Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Perfomance and Aesthetics - has just been awarded a matching grant of 11,100 Euros for 2009-2010. The events funded will include a master's-level course in the spring of 2010 as well as various network coordination activities. A new website is under preparation, but for information about the network's programs, please see here.
New homepage»
for The Aesthetics of Music and Sound under construction as of June 2, 2009.
Prof. William Westney named HCA-Academy Guest Professor 2009-2010»
for a period of six months distributed throughout the 2009-2010 academic year. William Westney will be affiliated with the Insititute of Philosophy, Education and the Study of Religions (IFPR) at the University of Southern Denmark and is a member of the research program The Aesthetics of Music and Sound. For more information, please click here.
ICAD2009 »
has just been held in Copenhagen May 18-22, 2009. Please see here.
NordPlus Course»
Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (here) was held in Esbjerg March 29 - April 3, 2009.
JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning»
JMM7 available online February 9, 2009 here.
Earlier version of online description of The Aesthetics of Music and Sound (in Danish)»
The description of the SDU-IFPR research program The Aesthetics of Music and Sound initiallly appeared online in Danish as Musikkens og Lydens Æstetik during the fall of 2006. To access this pdf-document, click here.
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Institute of Philosophy,
Education and the Study
of Religions
Research Director for
The Aesthetics of
Music and Sound:
Cynthia M. Grund
cmgrund@ifpr.sdu.dk
Updates
March 7, 2010: .pdf-version of the program for Music, Meaning and Gesture - including schedule, lecture descriptions and readings - is now available.
Please click here.
February 27, 2010: Norwegian coverage of NNIMIPA.
On February 22 2010, the Norwegian cultural site www.kulturkompasset.com began running a story here after the NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance an Aesthetics coordination meeting in Oslo at the Department of Musicology, during which William Westney gave a concert, an Un-Master Class and participated in a variety of motion-capture experiments designed to shed light on the role of gesture in musical performance.
February 22, 2010: New comprehensive website for NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of MusicInformatics, Performance and Aesthetics.
For more information regarding NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics, the network behind Music, Meaning and Gesture, please see www.nnimipa.org.
February 21, 2010: Course schedule now up for NordPlus-sponsored Nordic Master's Course on Music, Meaning and Gesture, SDU-Odense March 22-26, 2010.
After a productive coordination meeting in Oslo February 18-19, there is now a course schedule available here for Music, Meaning and Gesture. Please check regularly for updated information.
February 15, 2010: Televised documentary "Music and Meaning: Duets and Dialogues" with WILLIAM WESTNEY and CYNTHIA M. GRUND.
During the week of February 15-February 22, 2010, ALT-Aabenraa Lokal TV will be airing "Music and Meaning: Duets and Dialogues" with H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney and Cynthia M. Grund, Research Director for The Aesthetics of Music and Sound (AMS). To view the documentary on ALTV's homepage, please click here. This program includes interviews with Westney and Grund, gives an overview of the activities of AMS, tells the story behind William Westney's connection with the Institute of Philosophy, Education and the Study of Religions at The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and includes clips from the conference held at SDU-Odense on November 6, 2009: Art and/or Entertainment? The Fifth Anniversary Conference on Philosophy and Popular Culture.
February 8, 2010: Televised documentary on the Un-Master Class with WILLIAM WESTNEY.
The Aesthetics of Music and Sound (AMS) hopes that everyone has experienced a good start to the spring semester, 2010. We are pleased to present more television coverage of the activities of William Westney during his tenure as H.C. Andersen Guest Professor her at the Institute of Philosophy, Education and the Study of Religions at SDU 2009-2010. This time it is a documentary about William Westney's Un-Master Class, filmed at Alsion Concert Hall in Sønderborg November 24, 2009 and broadcast for the first time on ALT-Aabenraa Lokal TV during the week of February 8, 2010. To view the documentary, please click here in order to access the segment directly on ALT's homepage.
To keep up with what is going on in AMS during the spring semester of 2010, please keep and eye on the "Events" page - you can click here - for details as these become available.
January 5, 2010: Televised concert with WILLIAM WESTNEY.
The Aesthetics of Music and Sound wishes everyone a very Happy New Year and is pleased to bring you a New Year's concert. ALT-Aabenraa Lokal TV has broadcast a concert with H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney recorded live on November 24, 2009 at Alsion Concert Hall, Sønderborg. To view the program as a pdf-file, please click here. To see and hear the concert, please click here. The broadcast is of the concert in its entirety and divided into two parts. The first part contains music by Haydn, Fauré, Liszt, Harburg/Arlen, and Arlen as well as the first piece by Gershwin. The second part contains the Gershwin/Wild Fantasy on Porgy and Bess and the Burgmüller encore.
November 30, 2009: TV interview with WILLIAM WESTNEY.
ALT-Aabenraa Lokal TV has broadcast the first of a series of interviews with H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney. To view the clip, please click 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.)
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