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Seminars
Cross-Disciplinary Interplay between the
Humanities, Technology and Musical Practice
SEMINARS, SPRING 2012: The February-May 2012 schedule for the seminar series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound is in the process of being put together during December 2011 and January 2012. Please watch the website for updates and additions.
In the meantime, here is a look at the seminar series as it was conducted during the fall of 2011:
SEMINARS, FALL 2011:
Series: Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound
University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
Please note that there also will be lunchtime concerts in Cafeteria 4 between 12 noon and 1 p.m. throughout the fall semester. The first will take place on September 8. Concert programs are available on http://soundmusicresearch.org/lunchtimeconcerts.html
All of the seminars are conducted in English, with the exception of the lecture on September 8, 2011, which is conducted in Danish.
Throughout the semester, we will be experimenting with long-distance audience participation via Skype. If you are interested in attending a seminar in this manner, please get in touch with Cynthia M. Grund a few days in advance at cmgrund@ifpr.sdu.dk. The success we experienced with speaker pariticpation via Skype last year has prompted us to try extending the opportunity for "digital presence" to audience members as well.
In chronological order September-December 2011:
Thursday, September 8, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73.
 Lyrikken og betydning i tangoens poesi
Claudio Cifuentes-Aldunate, Lektor i spansk ved ILKM, SDU
Resumé:
Tangoen er mere end en dans. Den er et komplekst kulturelt fænomen bestående af lyriske, musikalske og dansrelaterede aspekter. Af disse tre kunstneriske manifestationer i tangoen er det poetiske aspekt særdeles interessant.
I denne præsentation vil jeg principielt fokusere på det betydningsmæssige i tangoens lyrik, med speciel opmærksomhed på de mange sem, der konstant gentager sig omkring isotopien “melankoli”.
Resultat af denne kombination (dans, musik og lyrik) bygger på paradokset “at danse tristheden”.
Nøgleord: Dans, rytme, lyrik, klassisk og moderne tango, aspekter af tangoens evolution.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Abstract in English:
Lyric and meaning in tango’s poetry, Associate Professor of Spanish, Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Denmark
More than just a dance, tango is a cultural phenomenon of great complexity, as it comprehends poetry, music and dance all in one. Of the three manifestations of tango, its poetry is of special interest.
The present talk will focus on the significance of poetry in tango. Special attention will be given to some of the particular “semas” that concentrate around the isotopy of melancholy.
The result of this combination (dance, music and poetry) constructs the paradox which rests in “dancing the sadness” of life.
Key words: Dance, rhythm, poetry, classic and modern tango, aspects of the evolution of tango.
Thursday, September 15, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73.
Markerless Motion Capture
Alex Czarowicz, Vice President of Sales, Organic Motion
Abstract:
Until recently 360 degree markerless motion capture was only a pipe dream. Capturing gesture from an actor required precise location of markers and hours of enduring monotonous calibration and testing before the technical team could finally map the sourced data to content such as digital media such as audio, visuals, and/or an animated character for real-time interactions. The BIG NEWS is that New York based industry-leader Organic Motion (OM) have developed their state of the art platform even further to include advanced MoCap with multiple actor tracking, increased accuracy, no backdrop, and more in-demand capabilities. A mobile system is also under development! Such systems are used by leading companies looking to advance their field by exploring cutting edge applications in industry - for example in contemporary films, health sciences education/research, and rehabilitation. Such explorations are often via Artificial Virtual Environments (AVEs), virtual/augmented/mixed reality sims, games, and/or other created computer-based system concepts.
Musicians, thespians, and dancers are amongst those who are exploring the creative potentials of gesture capture mapped to sonic, visual or other content as an element of contemporary performance.
In line with the above, Alex Czarowicz, Organic Motion's Vice President of Sales will visit from New York to give a limited series of presentations on the OM state of the art in MoCap and animation. See videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/OrganicMotion.
Poster for the seminar available HERE. The abstract for the presentation is available HERE.
Thursday, September 22, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
 Immanuel Kant and Eighteenth-Century Musical Thought
Tomas McAuley, PhD Candidate, Department of Music
King's College London
Abstract: Immanuel Kant’s views on music are generally taken to be of little interest. This is due to two presumptions: (i) that Kant straightforwardly dismissed music as (in his own words) ‘more pleasure than culture’; and (ii) that he did so either out of blind prejudice or out of unthinking adherence to the standards of his age. In this presentation, I question both of these assumptions. I begin by showing how, although Kant did indeed have a low opinion of music, his dismissal is not nearly as straightforward as it may initially seem. I then argue that the reason behind Kant’s negative assessment of music is the philosophical context of his philosophy as a whole. I conclude by suggesting that Kant is a prime example of the way in which changes in musical thought in the late eighteenth century were, to a large extent, driven by changes in philosophy with little or no direct concern with music.
In order to make the presentation accessible to non-specialists, I include brief introductions to eighteenth-century musical thought and to Kant’s philosophy.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, September 29, 2:30-4 p.m. in U73.
Norms of the Performance Context
Søren R. Frimodt-Møller, PhD
Abstract: When we engage with music, how we respond to a given piece of music (or a given performance within a genre) reflects which parts of the music have our attention in the situation. This attention is shaped by the context of the performance or listening situation. For the performer, the context of the performance, e.g. the context defined by the composition, the genre conventions, the musician's expectations regarding the preferences of the audience etc., constitutes norms that she takes into consideration when shaping her performance - norms meaning, broadly, what e.g. defines what is ”permitted”, ”an obligation” or ”less acceptable” in the situation. For a listener, the conventions of the genre or tradition a performance appears within also shapes the default reception of the music, but in addition, factors related to the immediate environment of the music experience also shapes the listener's total music experience.
Utilizing examples from progressive rock, metal and pop, the talk will present a view of how normativity is shaped in the composer-performer-listener circuit, and how different traits of a piece of music are ”made normative” in a particular context (to use the vocabulary of music philosophers Jerrold Levinson and Stephen Davies).
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, October 6, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
 Goals for Cross-Disciplinary Research and Education in Music and IT
Dr. Barry Eaglestone, Senior Lecturer, U of Sheffield, UK (Retired)
Abstract: Music and IT are now irrevocably linked. This has implications for both music-related research and education. This talk reflects on the nature of the evolving relationship between music and IT. The speaker, who has recently retired from an academic career in computer science and information sciences, will share insights gained from lessons learned during several decades of conducting music informatics and computer science research. He will draw conclusions on the inter- and multi-disciplinary nature of music/IT-related studies, research challenges and the difficulty of defining a core syllabus.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, October 13, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
Musicianship, Musical Interpretation, and Cultural Identity: Challenges for Philosophy and the Social Sciences
David G. Hebert, PhD, Professor of Music, Grieg Academy
Faculty of Education, Bergen University College
Abstract: The notion of musicianship – or artistry in the field of music – is a phenomenon that raises an array of philosophical questions intricately tied to problems of interpretation, particularly when music is considered cross-culturally as a profoundly meaningful global practice. In this talk, I will explore the implications of how cultural differences affect our understandings of various forms of music, as well as how relationships between musical practices and cultural identities are rapidly transforming as a consequence of both globalization and the popularization of new media technologies. I will also explore the implications of recent empirical research in relation to these themes and attempt to distill a reasonable projection of possible paths that musicianship and music research may take in the future.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, November 3, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
Romantic Ballet: Features, Conventions and Narratives
Dr. Astrid Bernkopf, Programme Leader Dance Studies, Admisions Tutor for Dance, Department of Performing Arts, Middlesex University, Trent Park Campus, London. Areas of Interest: dance analysis, libretto analysis, narrative analysis, performing arts, history, philosophy of history, critical theory.
Abstract: Romantic ballet, its features and conventions represent the transition between 18th century dance tradition and the 20th century. Here, the most significant works of ballet tradition have been created, whilst new technical aspects such as point work were incorporated into the storylines that have since become classics. This lecture traces the historical development of the aesthetics of this particular style in relation to the narrative and its re-interpretation in the 20th century. It will outline the changes of performance tradition that have established Romantic ballet and present the various elements of these performances. Moreover, the narrative side of these features will be addressed and reference to 20th century postmodern revisions of these performances is made.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, November 10, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73.
The Cognitive Semantics of Musical Tension
Jens Hjortkjær, PhD, Research Assistant, Department of Arts and
Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Abstract: Our mental ability to connect musical events over time is often described in terms of tension-release patterns. But why do we experience music in that way? Why do musical grammars emerge with the phenomenal quality of tension? I have recently advanced a semantic account of musical tension, arguing that tension patterns in music rely on mental schemas related to interacting forces (as initially discussed by linguist Leonard Talmy).
In this presentation, I will present a listening study demonstrating different force semantic patterns in listeners' real-time response to music. I will also discuss the origins of these dynamic schemas in the earliest sound communication between human infants and their mothers. This generic human musicality - I will argue - is essential in understanding how meaningful behavior emerges in human life.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, November 17, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
 Two Dogmas and the Arts
Catherine Z. Elgin, Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
Abstract: In 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism', Quine discredits the analytic/synthetic distinction and kindred dualisms – scheme/content, necessary/contingent, a priori/a posteriori. He thereby undermines the conceptual underpinnings of traditional philosophy. In the final section of the paper, 'Empiricism without the Dogmas' he asks, in effect, what is left for philosophy to do once the traditional supports have been abandoned. His answer echoes that of the logical positivists – mathematics and natural science remain. Remarkably, he never argues for – indeed never seriously investigates – the assumption that only mathematics and science remain. He takes it for granted that ethics and the arts are irremediably committed to the untenable dualisms.
I think this is a mistake. I believe that the arts, like the sciences, advance understanding. I will argue that music exemplifies properties, patterns, feelings and forms. By making them manifest, it enables us to identify them, recognize them when we encounter them in other contexts, and appreciate their significance. Music thus affords epistemic access to aspects of reality that were previously inaccessible to us. Some are purely or predominantly musical – melodies, harmonies, rhythms, motifs. Others are broadly aesthetic – stylistic properties that cut across genres. Yet others extend beyond the arts. The polite, restrained struggle to be heard, the trade-offs and negotiations that we first recognize in a string quartet can make us aware that the same features are present in ordinary conversational practice. Some of the features music exemplifies are even more abstract. Bach's fugues afford auditory access to mathematical symmetries. Many works exemplify complex and/or subtle emotions, enabling us to discern fine distinctions, recognize surprising equivalences, and appreciate combinations of emotions that we were previously oblivious to. By increasing our sensitivity to what there is and our appreciation of why newly discerned factors are significant, we advance our understanding of ourselves and the world.
The rebuttal to Quine is this: A musical work, like a mathematical proof, can exemplify structure. A musical work, like a scientific experiment, can reveal previously undetected aspects of reality. Like any hypothesis, a hypothesis suggested by an encounter with music, or any other art, must be tested against further experience. Some findings are misleading; some are ambiguous; some are enigmatic. Others are powerful, sustainable, resonant sources of insight. This too is a feature that the arts and the sciences share.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, November 24, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Joint seminar: SDU and Texas Tech.
David Hume's Theories of Beauty and Utility Applied to Issues of Musical Performance - A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue
William Westney, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Piano, Browning Artist-in-Residence School of Music, Texas Tech University.
Cynthia M. Grund, Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Education, and the Study of Religions; University of Southern Denmark.
Abstract: In this conversational lecture performance, we will explore
the connection between beauty and utility in the world of piano playing, where physicality and aesthetics are combined
several ways in which Hume’s marriage of beauty and utility can be relevant to, and beneficial to, the work of a classical performer, both in the practice room and on stage
the role of cross-disciplinarity in contemporary research in the humanities.
The presentation will include exemplifying material at the piano. This seminar further develops topics addressed by Grund and Westney in a paper given at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics, October 26 - 29, 2011, Tampa, Florida.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, December 1, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
Limits, Risk and Accomplishment in Musical Performance
David Clowney, Associate Professor, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. Ph.D. Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia. When not playing blues and Jazz harmonica, Clowney teaches and does scholarly research in the areas of ethics (including environmental and business ethics), aesthetics, philosophy of religion, and logic.
Abstract: Music is a form of human communication. This is especially true in live performance, where the performer is the communicator, and the performer’s voice, body movements, gestures, facial expressions, and instrumental technique blend with and become part of the music made.
Successful performance is almost always an accomplishment, in which risks are taken and limits of form, instrument, or performer are overcome. Overdone, this detracts from the music and is mere showboating. All the same, the element of accomplishment is an integral and important part of musical performance; it can and should form part of the music, rather than being seen as a distraction. Using a variety of musical examples from various genres, including classical, jazz and blues, and featuring various instruments, including the diatonic harmonica, I explore the ways that accomplishment of this sort becomes an important part of human musical communication, and consider the compatibility of this claim with other ideals of performance that might seem to conflict with it.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, December 8, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A DATE TBA DUE TO THE GOOD NEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 THAT DANIEL HAS INDEED BEEN HIRED FOR THE JOB IN FINLAND WHICH HE HAD SO BEEN HOPING WOULD COME THROUGH!
. . but there nevertheless are interesting things going on in the research program today: Several members of the research program will be hosting and/or presenting and/or attending . the ArtsIT conference on the campus of Aalborg University Esjberg on this day. The conference runs December 7- 8 (http://artsit.org/show/home) and for those who are interested, important information is available HERE.
The Notion of Authenticity and Its Implications for Musical Aesthetics
Daniel Frandsen, mag.art.
Abstract: When working with topics in musical ontology, one is often led into a debate about musical aesthetics. Ascribing the property of authenticity to a piece of music will in many cases be interpreted as a statement about the aesthetic value of that piece of music and not just a claim about ontological matters, which can confuse the issue. Not helping this matter is the fact that the notion of authenticity is mostly underspecified in the philosophical literature. But does the ascription of authenticity have any implications for musical aesthetics? In order to answer this question we must at the outset, analyze the notion of authenticity isolated from the field of aesthetics. Secondly, it is necessary to determine what is of aesthetic relevance for the piece of music in question, without implying that it is merely a matter of personal taste.
In this presentation I will attempt to show in what sense musical authenticity and musical aesthetics are related, and under which circumstances the ascription of authenticity is merely an ontological matter. This will be done with reference to theories by Joel Rudinow, Peter Kivy and Matthew Kieran among others.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
Thursday, December 15, 2:15-4 p.m. in U73. Presentation via Skype.
Bach in Everyday Life: ´Choral Capital´ As Well-Being and the Socio-Musical Identities of Amateur Choristers Who Perform Art Music
Sigrún Lilja Einarsdóttir
PhD student in Sociology – University of Exeter, England
Part time lecturer – Bifröst University, Iceland
Abstract: This paper presents socio-musical research that was carried out with an amateur Bach choir as its focus, where the main purpose has been to study the experiences of amateur choristers as they rehearse and perform large-scale choral music.
This study is based on an interdisciplinary approach, utilizing concepts and ideas from a variety of fields of study – primarily sociology and music sociology but also music psychology, music history (especially Bach scholarship), music education, and interdisciplinary studies on music, health and well-being.
The methodological approach consists of a grounded theory-based, single case study where the case was the Croydon Bach Choir in London performing J.S. Bach´s Mass in B Minor, using participant observation (I sang with the choir for one semester) and qualitative interviews as main research methods, while demographic background data on choral members was collected via a paper-based survey. Whereas much research on music performances has been conducted, I am unacquainted with any choral research is where the direct participation of the researcher as a member of the choir is used as one of the main research methods.
The results of this study indicate that participants develop a certain socio-musical identity through their choral participation in general by relating to and reconstructing J.S. Bach and by facing the challenge of performing a large scale choral work. Their choral activities form a valuable addition to their social and cultural capital (´choral capital´) which they use as a source of well-being in everyday life.
Poster for the seminar available HERE.
 To see what seminars were held during the spring semester 2011 in Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, please
see schedule HERE.
To see what seminars were held during the fall semester 2010 in Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, please see schedule HERE.
Please see the following networks for additional information about activities within The Aesthetics of Music and Sound:
JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning (Funded by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities.)
Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (supported by NORDPLUS)
netværk for tværvidenskabelige studier af musik og betydning/
network for cross-disciplinary studies of music and meaning
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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 second 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 second 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 availableHERE. Poster for the seminar availableHERE.
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 seeHERE. 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.
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(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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