MUSICOLOGY CONGRESS

Dear Partners / Dear colleagues,

The International Society for Musical Studies organizes the second
edition of the Congress of Musicology in Timisoara between September
22 and 28, 2014, in partnership with the Union of Composers and
Musicologists of Romania, the National University of Music Bucharest,
George Enescu University of Arts Iasi, Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
Cluj Napoca, and the University of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of
Chisinau - Moldova.
The Congress will be held in the Aula of the EUGEN TODORAN University
Library of the West University of Timsioara.
We invite you to participate in the Congress and publish our
invitation to participate on your institution's website.

The Congress sections are:

Traditional Music
Postwar Romanian Music
Ancient Music
New Currents in Musicological Research
2014 Homage
Free Section

The Congress registration deadline is June 30, 2014.
Persons interested in participating shall send the title of the work
accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 300 words, 3-5 keywords and a
short biography in a narrative format until this date at e-mail
ismusicalstudies@gmail.com.
The participation fee is 100 Euros/work and includes the congress
folder, the certificate of participation and the Congress book.
Accommodation, meals and transportation are the responsibility of the
participants. Congress organizers will recommend 3 locations for
accommodation with prices negotiated for participants, and can arrange
transfer from the airport/railway station by specialized companies in
Timisoara.

The deadline for submission of works in final format is August 15, 2014.
Contact person: Assoc. Prof. Veronica Laura DEMENESCU, PhD.
Phone 0040762190365, 0040733411013,
Fax 0040356819186,
E-mail: vdemenescu@gmail.com

Conf. univ. dr. Veronica Laura DEMENESCU
www.veronica-demenescu.eu
fax 0356819186

Music Culture and Music Education across the Silk Road

Last month (April 2014) the Music Educators Society of Turkey (MÜZED),
one of ISMEs INAs (Affiliated National Organization) organized a
Regional Conference, themed "Music Culture and Music Education across
the Silk Road." Held in İstanbul the overall aim of the event was
establishing a "Union of Eurasia Music Educators." MÜZEDs ambition was
to find a catalyst that might lead to an increased collaboration
between professional organizations and peoples from within Turkey and
their neighboring countries.

MÜZED hosted a rich event featuring keynotes, paper presentations, a
small market place, and some stunning music making. I was well looked
after by Uğur Alpagut, MÜZED Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Rafik
Saydam who is the current president of MÜZED.

As the representative of ISME I gave one of the keynotes speeches
entitled "Community Music as Cultural Capital: Non-formal Music
Experiences and Young People" which also included an outline of the
societies mission and the how ISME might aid MÜZED in their goals.
Ekin Çorakli, a young music educator and pianist is currently working
on a translation of the presentation in order to continue the
dialogue. Other keynotes included ISME members David Elliott and
Jiaxing Xie and one of Turkeys most important music educators Dr. Ali
Uçan.

Although the conference was in Turkish a simultaneous translation
service was provided which gave those of us that couldn't speak the
language access to the local issues and challenges. If you haven't
been lucky enough to visit Istanbul it is a fabulously diverse and
multicultural city that bridges Asia and Europe. It also has some of
the best seafood I have ever tasted!

Preface for study score

Below you find a list of works, which we will publish in the next
months in our series REPERTOIRE EXPLORER. We would like to invite you
to contribute a preface for the following works:


Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg - Sinfonia in C - Dur, Sinfonia
Concertino in D - Dur
Berger, Wilhelm - Simfonia VI
Berwald, Franz - Reminiscence of the Norwegian Mountains
Berwald, Franz - Konzert für zwei Violinen und Orchester
Boccherini, Luigi - Sinfonia in la op.37 n.4
Boehe, Ernst - Aus Odysseus Fahrten op.6
Cimarosa, Domenico - Sinfonia D - Dur, Sinfonia B - Dur
Flotow, Friedrich von - Klavierkonzert Nr.2 in a - Moll
Franckenstein, Clemens von - Gesänge für Singstimme und Orchester op.34
Grosz, Wilhelm - Rondels
Haydn, Michael - Sechs Menuette für Orchester, Divertimenti in G - Dur
und B - Dur
Henriques, Fini - Suite pour Hautbois op.12
Hofmann, Heinrich - "Frithjof" Symphonie
Juon, Paul - Anmut und Würde op.94
Kopylow, Alexander - Symphonie Ut mineur
Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Tarantella pour Orchestre
Lyapunov, Sergey - Klavierkonzert op.4
Massenet, Jules - Scènes dramatiques
Moór, Emanuel - Symphonie für Orchester op.65
Muffat, Georg - Florilegium Primum & Secundum
Muffat, Georg - Sechs Concerti Grossi
Myslivecek, Josef - Ezio (Ouvertüre)
Myslivecek, Josef - Tre otteti per due oboi, due clarinetti, due corni
e due fagotti
Ostrcil, Otakar - Impromptu
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Concerto in Sol maggiore
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Salve regina per contralto e archi
Rachmaninow, Sergej - Felsen
Reicha, Joseph - Konzert für zwei Hörner und Orchester op.5
Respighi, Ottorino / Bach - Passacaglia in Do minore
Reuss, August - Sommeridylle op.39
Ritter, Alexander - Hochzeitsreigen für Orchester
Romberg, Andreas - Die Glocke
Rossini, Gioacchino - Tema con Variazioni per quattro strumenti a fiato
Saint-Saens, Camille - Rhapsodie d'auvergne für Klavier und Orchester op.73
Schillings, Max von - Tanz der Blumen
Schulhoff, Erwin - Stücke für zwei Violinen Viola und Violoncello
Sinding, Christian - Rondo Infinito
Suter, Hermann - Sextett op. 18
Szymanowski, Karol - Penthesiliea
Szymanowski, Karol - Litany to the Virgin Mary
Thieriot, Ferdinand - Serenade für Orchester F - Dur op.44
Weingartner, Felix - Symphonie Nr.3 op.49
Woyrsch, Felix - Zweite Symphonie C- Dur op.60
Zach, Jan - Konzert für Klavier und Orchester As - Dur op.17


The series is dedicated to unjustly neglected works, which are no
longer available or were never available before. It is a direct and
idealistic response to the fact, that the repertoire of classical
music is shrinking every day and many little known pieces are
vanishing into oblivion. We hope that our scores will help this music
revive and survive. If you want to know more about our activity,
please visit our website www.musikmph.de. There you find the catalogue
of our study scores which will allow a survey of the fundamental idea
of our publication work.


With greetings from Munich
Peter Dietz

Musikproduktion Höflich
Enhuberstrasse 6-8 Rgb.
D - 80333 München
Tel 089 - 52 20 81
Fax 089 - 52 54 11
www.musikmph.de

Vacancy: Peter Sowerby Research Associate in Performance Science

Peter Sowerby Research Associate in Performance Science

Fixed-term for one year (starting September 2014)

 

The Royal College of Music is one of Britain’s leading conservatoires. It provides specialised musical education and professional training at the highest international level for performers and composers.

 

This is a newly created fixed term post (one year) which sits within the RCM’s Centre for Performance Science (CPS), an internationally distinctive centre for research, teaching and knowledge exchange in music performance science. The post, which is funded by the Peter Sowerby Foundation, is linked to the CPS’s Performance Simulator, an innovative training facility that enables musicians to practise and refine their professional skills in interactive, virtual performance environments. The appointment will involve taking a lead role in researching and developing applications of the simulator, including designing original studies into musicians’ learning and performance and working to apply project outcomes widely across the RCM’s learning and teaching activities.

 

You should be an active researcher with a proven ability to manage large-scale projects, preferably within the fields of applied performance psychology and physiology (e.g. studies of heart rate variability in stress assessment contexts), and an ability to work effectively in music education and training settings.

 

The successful applicant should be available to start by 1 September 2014.

 

For further information please see the ‘Jobs and Opportunities’ section of our website at www.rcm.ac.uk.

 

Completed application forms should be returned to Tim Rounding at recruitment@rcm.ac.uk or Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS.

 

Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 16 May 2014.

 

Interviews will be held on Thursday 5 June 2014.

 

The Royal College of Music is an equal opportunities employer.

Youth Music charity invests £1.2m in new approaches to music in schools

PRESS RELEASE

23^RD April, 2014

 

 

YOUTH MUSIC INVESTS £1.2M IN NEW APPROACHES TO MUSIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

 

 

Ten pioneering ‘Exhanging Notes’ projects awarded grants to explore new collaborative approaches to music education in schools for young people at risk

 

 

The National Foundation for Youth Music today announced grants totalling £1,195,308 to support new partnerships between schools and music education providers who normally work in out-of-school settings.  Investment of up to £120,000 is being made available to music projects delivered by these new partnerships.

 

Projects benefiting from funding include Leeds based charity, Opera North working in Winifred Holtby Academy in Hull, Kinetika Bloco working in St Gabriel’s College, Lambeth, London, and Derbyshire Music Education Hub, which will work across the Virtual Schools Network in Derbyshire.

 

The ‘Exchanging Notes’ initiative aims to establish if this collaborative approach brings additional benefits for young people at risk of low attainment, disengagement or educational exclusion. Over a four year period, Birmingham City University will be undertaking a rigorous study of the ten projects to evaluate the educational, musical and other outcomes of these new models of partnerships for the pupils involved. It will also examine how the distinctive educational approaches used in schools and out-of-school settings might be combined to improve young people’s educational outcomes and encourage the exchange of ideas, practice and understanding of effective music teaching techniques between practitioners working in these different settings.

 

This action research project follows publication of Youth Music’s ‘Communities of Music Education’ pilot study which highlighted some of the key differences in music education experienced outside and inside the classroom. The study noted that the teaching style used in the out-of-school music projects placed an equal focus on personal and social outcomes as well as musical outcomes. The findings also indicated that partnership-working between different settings was a positive and valuable process with practitioners recognising strengths in different methods of delivery.

 

Derbyshire Music Education Hub, in partnership with Derbyshire ‘Virtual School’ and delivery partner organisation Baby People, was awarded a grant of £120,000 to bring care and education professionals together with specialist music providers to support children in care. The programme will use music education to improve social and emotional resilience amongst the young participants from twenty schools across the county and increase their academic achievement.   There will also be a focus group for music leaders, teachers and supporters to share learning. A toolkit with case studies, practice notes, impact, evidence and signposts will be produced.

 

Jayne Briggs, School Improvement Adviser, Derbyshire Music Education Hub says: “We are delighted that Youth Music is providing this opportunity for us to work with our Virtual School in an action research study, using music-making to engage and motivate young people in challenging circumstances. Narrowing the gap between the attainment of children in care and all young people is a high priority for Derbyshire. Our approach will be for our delivery partners, Baby People, to use music to harness the interests and personal passion of the young people to help drive their learning and show improvements in their attainment across the curriculum.”

 

Opera North and Winifred Holtby Academy, located on the Bransholme estate north of Hull, have been awarded a grant of £120,000 to work with pupils who suffer socio-economic disadvantage and face low attainment.  Opera North's approach will use the voice as a way into musical learning, with a focus on classical music styles although folk, gospel, jazz and popular genres will also be included.

 

Kinetika Bloco, in partnership with Sound Connections and Lambeth Music Education Hub, was awarded a grant of £120,000 to work with Saint Gabriel’s College in Lambeth, London to deliver a programme of music and leadership opportunities. Participants will receive tuition on percussion, steel pan, woodwind and brass instruments and over 600 young people will be involved. The aim of the project is to develop a Bloco in-school model which joins up formal and non-formal music-making to empower young people through activities that develop their creative life skills and transform their educational attainment.

 

Matt Griffith says:  “In designing the Exchanging Notes programme, we encouraged schools, music organisations and local music education hubs to work together. The range of applications we received has shown us how vibrant our music education system can be with, in many cases, very creative ideas for partnership working. We look forward to the outcome of this action research project with great excitement as it is the first time such a rigorous study of combined approaches between schools and music providers, who normally work in out-of-school settings, has been done. The results may well turn out to be of enormous significance to stimulate fresh thinking in music education and support the aspirations set out in the National Plan for Music Education.”

 

 

Further details about the grants awarded under the  ‘Exchanging Notes’ programme can be found at http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/exchangingnotes

 

 PIC ATTACHED:  Caption:  Kinetika Bloco musicians lead TeamGB in the Greatest Team Parade, London 2012 Olympics

 

NOTES FOR EDITORS

ABOUT YOUTH MUSIC

 

·         Youth Music believes that music-making is life-changing and the charity wants the opportunity for music-making to be available to all children.   Every year, Youth Music provides more than 90,000 young people with the chance to take part in a local music project. 

 

·         Many of these children and young people face challenges in their lives including coping with disability, homelessness or living in care.  Others simply need help to develop their full musical talent and potential.

 

·         In addition to developing musical skills, Youth Music projects help young people to develop their creative and social skills, make positive contributions to their community and live happy, successful lives. Youth Music projects work across all music genres.

 

·         Youth Music currently supports over 400 music projects around the country.

 

·         The charity knows that many more young people still need its help and continues to fundraise to realise its mission to ensure that all children and young people have access to life-changing music-making opportunities.

 

·         Find out more about the work of Youth Music by visiting www.youthmusic.org.uk

 

For enquiries about Youth Music please contact:

 

David O’Keeffe,

Media and PR Consultant,

Youth Music

 

E:   david.okeeffe@youthmusic.org.uk

T:   0207 902 1096

M:  07977 067576.

 

For the projects mentioned please contact:

1.Kinetika Bloco:

 

Tamzyn French

Bloco Manager

Kinetika Bloco

E: tamzyn@kinetikabloco.co.uk 

T: 07795142535

 

www.kinetikabloco.co.uk 

 

2. Derbyshire Music Education Hub

Jayne Briggs

School Improvement Adviser

with responsibility for the

Derby & Derbyshire Music Partnership  -  Leading the Music Education Hub for Derbyshire

T: 01629 532871

E: Jayne.Briggs@derbyshire.gov.uk

3. Opera North

Rebecca Walsh,

Education Director

Opera North

Tel:  0113 243 9999

E:Rebecca.Walsh@operanorth.co.uk

 

 

 

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Call for applications for Musical Accompaniment for Dance (MAD) audition

 

The Danish National School of Performing Arts are now receiving applications for the Musical Accompaniment for Dance education. This is a part-time postgraduate education that may be interesting for your readers/members of this forum. Therefor we hope that you will help us spread the word of our upcoming audition and forward this email and/or the attached flyer about the education to your network.

If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to contact me.

 

Call for applications for Musical Accompaniment for Dance (MAD) audition 

MAD is a unique postgraduate education for professional musicians who wish to broaden their competences in music. The education focuses on accompaniment for dance and theatre, with a particular emphasis on improvisation and newly composed music for the above.

As the education is part time, it is possible to continue one’s professional carrier parallel to the education.

 

Call for application deadline is April 22^nd

Audition is the 3^rd of May

 

Application form can be found and completed online at www.scenekunstuddannelser.dk while further information can be found on www.scenekunstskolen.dk. Specific questions can be sent to kih@scenekunstskolen.dk.

 

 

Bedste hilsner / Best regards

MAJA BONDE HOLTZE
Studentermedhjælper/
Student assistant

 

M  + 45 4172 2093
E  mabo@scenekunstskolen.dk
W  scenekunstskolen.dk

 

International Jazz Day, 30 April 2014

Jazz, a Film by Ken Burns http://www.pbs.org/jazz/

A supplement to the excellent film documentary by Ken Burns. Find artist biographies, film clips and recordings here. For younger students use the Jazz for Kids area on the web site. 

Smithsonian Folkways Jazz Education Website  http://smithsonianfolkways.us/

This is a terrific website developed by John Hasse and the jazz experts at the Smithsonian Museum. Included is an introduction to jazz history with a timeline.  I really love the Jazz Mixer. Select from three jazz standards and play with the sliders to control the instruments in the virtual jazz quintet as you listen to the improvised solos. 

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz Academy  http://academy.jalc.org/

Explore the archives of films available at this website to learn from members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Lessons include warming up, practice technique on the trumpet, how to solo in a big band, and topics for everyone from babies to seniors! 

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz  http://www.monkinstitute.org/education/

Included in the Jazz in the Classroom video library are masterclasses with drummer Max Roach, pianist Chick Corea, and others. Find the Blues and Jazz Curriculum for 5th, 8th and 11th grade. Under the International section you can read about touring groups that may be traveling to your country. 

Bobby McFerrin   http://bobbymcferrin.com/

Master jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin's website is full of engaging activities and information for teachers and their students. My favorite is Sing and Play with Bobby. You can play with Bobby's layered vocal lines and see how he constructed "Don't Worry Be Happy." 

The Kennedy Center Arts Edge Jazz in Time  http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/jazzintime/index.html

Arts Edge is the education resource for the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Jazz pianist Billy Taylor was a master at explaining jazz to people who are new to the art form in a fun, engaging way. Explore his talks and those by others. 

The Louis Armstrong House Museum  http://louisarmstronghouse.org/louie_armstrong/multimedia.htm

Check out the multimedia of the father of jazz, Louis Armstrong. There are wonderful recordings of him talking, singing and playing! 

Kimberly McCord

Professor of Music Education

Board Member, International Society for Music Education

School of Music 

Campus Box 5660

Illinois State University

Normal, IL 61790

309-438-3365