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THURSDAY, 12th APRIL |
9.00-9.30 |
Registration and coffee |
9.30-9.45 |
Conference Opening |
9.45-10.45 |
Paper sessions 1: Education
Chair: Catherine Laws |
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J Murphy McCaleb |
Teaching through ensemble performance |
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Andrea Schiavio |
A conceptual framework for interactive music learning |
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Mary Black |
‘Crystal clear’ OR ‘As clear as mud.’ Verbal Imagery as successful communication between singers and choir directors. |
10.45-11.10 |
Coffee Break |
11.10-12.30 |
Paper session 2: Reflection on practice
Chair: Freya Bailes |
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Evgenia Roussou |
Professional piano accompaniment practice in Western art duo ensembles: A conceptual framework |
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Cecilia Oinas |
Ensemble performance shaping formal boundaries |
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Rujing Huang |
The “Everything Else” Ensemble: On collective musicking of the amateur kind |
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Christoph Seibert |
The performer’s experience in a contemporary music ensemble – a longitudinal field study |
12.30-13.30 |
Lunch
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13.30-14.30 |
Keynote: Peter Keller:
The psychology and neuroscience of musical ensemble performance
(via livestream) Chair: Renee Timmers |
14.30-15.00
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Seminar: Chris Terepin:
“Perfect ensemble”: Historical paradoxes in the rhetoric and practice of quartet playing Chair: Helena Daffern
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15.00-15.20 |
Coffee Break |
15.20-17.00 |
Paper session 3: Rehearsal
Chair: Luke Windsor |
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Su Yin Mak, Hiroko Nishida and Daisuke Yokomori |
Metaphorical usage in the rehearsal communication of two professional string quartets |
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Nicola Pennill and Sara D'Amario |
Development of rehearsal interactions in a newly-formed vocal quintet |
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Jane Ginsborg and Dawn Bennett |
Developing familiarity: Rehearsal talk in a newly-formed duo |
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Elaine King |
Understanding communication and interaction in ensemble playing |
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Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey and Eric Clarke |
Technologies for investigating large ensemble performance |
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FRIDAY, 13th APRIL |
9.00-9.30 |
Arrival and coffee |
9.30-10.50 |
Paper session 4: Timing and synchronization
Chair: Luke Windsor |
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Kelly Jakubowski, Rainer Polak and Nori Jacoby |
Aesthetic preferences and perceptual discrimination of microrhythmic variations in music: A comparative study across three cultures |
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Martin Clayton |
Interpersonal entrainment and coordination in music ensembles |
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Sara D'Amario, Helena Daffern and Freya Bailes |
A study of the effects of music training and performance experience on perceptions of singing ensemble synchronization |
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Tommi Himberg, Julien Laroche, Simone Dalla Bella and Asaf Bachrach |
‘Rhythm battle’: a novel task for studying group entrainment, cohesion and resilience |
10.50-11.10 |
Coffee Break |
11.10-12.30 |
Paper session 5: Gesture
Chair: Ryan Kirkbride |
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Tuomas Eerola and Kelly Jakubowski |
Characterisation of periodic movements in diverse musical ensembles |
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Kerstin Frödin |
Champs d’étoiles: Studying gestural interaction in musical performance |
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Cory Meals |
Questions of lag: An investigation of sonic response to conductor gesture |
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Hedvig Kjellström and Anders Friberg |
Sentiment interpretation in musical conducting - a machine learning study |
12.30-13.00 |
Poster presentations with 'quickfire' round* |
13.00-14.00 |
Lunch (and posters)
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14.00-14.45 |
Keynote: James Saunders: Group behaviours as music Chair: Renee Timmers
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14.45-15.30
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Workshop 1: Daniel Galbreath and Gavin Thatcher: Encountering the singing body: Vocal physicality and interactive expression Chair: Catherine Laws
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15.30-15.50 |
Coffee Break |
15.50-17.10 |
Paper Session 6: Social well-being
Chair: Nicola Pennill |
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Alana Blackburn |
The impact of group identity on the social dynamics and sustainability of chamber music ensembles |
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Kathryn King |
Ministry of sound: consonance, dissonance, and the making of music in an English parish church |
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Wendy Moy |
Come together: An ethnography of the Seattle Men’s Chorus Family |
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Juliana Moonette Manrique and Angelina Gutiérrez |
Ensemble singing for well-being and social inclusion: A music-based social action research about street children in Southeast Asia |
17.10-17.25 |
Break |
17.25-18.10 |
Workshop 2: Michael Bonshor The Confident Choir: Teamwork, team leaders and team building Chair: Freya Bailes
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19:00 |
Dinner, and performances from The Assembled and T.Y.P.E |
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SATURDAY, 14th APRIL |
9.00-9.30 |
Arrival and coffee |
9.30-10.50 |
Paper session 7: Creativity and communication
Chair: Renee Timmers |
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Ryan Kirkbride |
Together in cyberspace: Collaborative live coding of music |
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James Williams |
Art and collaborative composition: How designing musical notation in therapeutic arts workshops facilitates creative interaction towards social wellbeing. |
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Catherine Laws and Liz Haddon |
Playful production: Collaborative devising in a music ensemble context |
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Michael Bonshor |
Mirroring, modelling and emotional contagion: the impact of non-verbal communication upon choral confidence |
10.50-11.10 |
Coffee Break |
11.10-11.50 |
Paper session 8: Ensemble interaction
Chair: Sara D'Amario |
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Emily Payne and Philip Thomas |
Ensemble interaction and group dynamics in indeterminate music: A case study of Christian Wolff’s Exercises |
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Laura Bishop and Werner Goebl |
Beyond synchronization: How and why do ensemble performers communicate? |
11.50-12.30 |
Roundtable discussion - Ensemble performance: Research trends and implications
Chair: Renee Timmers
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