2014
Listening to the 20th Century and Beyond
This three day conference explores the question of musical listening with regard to a wide variety of musical genres and artists.
Time and place: Nov. 11, 2014 9:30 AM–Nov. 13, 2014 7:30 PM, Auditorium U 35 in Helga Engs house
A wide variety of musical genres will be explored from Ligeti to The Beatles, from Mahler to Nordheim, from James Brown and jazz standards to Stockhausen, Boulez, Maja Ratkje and Nordic folk Music.
Program
November 11
- Julian Johnson (London): Listening for the Voice
- Paper presentations by students at the Department of Musicology
- Lunch at the Department of Musicology
- Darla Crispin (London): Critical Listening; Listening as Criticism: ‘curating’ performances of Schoenberg as a route to new audience insights
- Paper presentations by students at the Department of Musicology
November 12
- Charles Wilson: Listening in the Contemporary Moment
- Paper presentations by students at the Department of Musicology Thursday
November 13
- Paper presentations by students at the Department of Musicology, UiO
Listening to the twentieth century and beyond - Course (presentation based variant)
Autumn 2014: Course given at Department of Musicology in advance of the conference. MUS2501 - Current musicological research.
Course start: Tuesday, 2 September 2014 (opening seminar)
Topic
Music from the 20th century and up to the present day has challenged and changed the way we listen to music. It has also transformed how musicians and composers draw on the listening experience in the creative process. This course explores these issues through listening to a wide variety of genres, from Ligeti to the The Beatles, Mahler to Nordheim, James Brown and jazz standards to Maja Ratkje and Nordic folk music.
Evaluation: Students are required to present a 20-minute paper during the conference.
Contact
Tanja Orning
2012
Performing modernism
International Research Seminar
Time and place: Nov. 27, 2012–Nov. 28, 2012, ZEB-bygningen IMV
Keynotes by:
- David Metzer (Canada)
- Darla Crispin (Belgia)
- Francesca Placanica (UK)
- Arnulf Mattes (Oslo)
- Stefan Östersjö (Sweden)
Topics:
- Re-historicizing the performance of modernist music
- Changing expressive and aesthetic ideals in musical performance and interpretation
- New performance practices in contemporary music, theatre, arts, and literature
- Crossing borders between the arts in performance
Contact:
- Prof. Erling E. Guldbrandsen, leader of MORG and MEK-phd-program, Department of musicology, UiO. e.e.guldbrandsen@imv.uio.no
- Ph.d. Peter Edwards, Department of music, UiO. peter.edwards@imv.uio.no