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PAMS SUMMIT 2017 6–8 April 2017 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND “Is the Conservatory Dead?” Delegates and Institutions Australia University of Melbourne Barry Conyngham, Dean, Faculty of VCA & MCM Sydney Conservatorium of Music Anna Reid, Dean Canada University of British Columbia Richard Kurth, Director, School of Music China Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Shane Levesque, Senior Lecturer Shanghai Conservatory of Music Wang Rui, Vice President Zhu Dandan, Program Manager, International Exchange Centre Japan Tokyo University of the Arts Isao Matsushita, Vice President, Performing Arts Center Korea Seoul National University Shinuh Lee, Associate Dean, College of Music Jong Hwa Park, Head, Piano Department, College of Music New Zealand University of Auckland Martin Rummel, Head of School, School of Music Singapore Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Bernard Lanskey, Director Taiwan Taipei National University of the Arts Jinny Liu, Dean, School of Music Thailand Mahidol University Darin Pantoomkomol, Associate Dean, College of Music United States University of Southern California Robert Cutietta, Dean, Thornton School of Music Mist Thorkelsdottir, Senior Advisor for International Relations Programme Thursday 6 April 2017 09:00 Foyer, School of Music, 6 Symonds Street Opening Event Whakatau Ceremony Dr Te Oti Rakena Associate Dean (Māori & Pacific), Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries Words of welcome from Professor Jenny Dixon Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Engagement), University of Auckland Morning tea 09:30 Walk to Department of Dance Studies. Morning session: room 421W-518, 26 Symonds Street 10:00 Delegates will give a short overview of their institution, with a focus on programme pathways and graduate profiles 10:30 “Fine tuning – Life after Tertiary Music Studies. A Case Study” (Martin Rummel, School of Music, University of Auckland) Discussion 12:30 Lunch at Old Government House 14:00 Afternoon session: room 423-340, 22 Symonds Street to 16:30 “The balancing act between employability, specialisation and education value – or: how to prepare today’s students to be a portfolio musician” 19:00 Dinner Vivace Restaurant, 50 High Street, CBD Friday 7 April 2017 10:00 Morning session: room 421W-518, 26 Symonds Street (Guest speaker: Anastasia Belina-Johnson, Assistant Head of Undergraduate Programmes, Royal College of Music) 11:00 Morning tea 11:30 Discussion to 12:30 Conjoint (dual) degrees: University Music Education of the Future? 13:00 Music Theatre, 6 Symonds Street Lunchtime Concert 14:00 Lunch at Old Government House Afternoon Free for individual sightseeing 19:30 Music Theatre, 6 Symonds Street Gala Concert: Launch of the School of Music’s newly acquired fortepiano Saturday 8 April 2017 09:15 Meet at Ferry Terminal, 99 Quay Street 09:30 Ferry Departure to Waiheke Island Transfer to Cable Bay Vineyard, arrive at approximately 10.30 10:30 Morning session to 12:15 Topics: Potential for joint degrees between two institutions Staff and student exchanges 12:15 Lunch 13:30 Final Session Topics: 2018 Summit in Los Angeles Future of the Organization 14:15 Wine Tasting 15:00 Transfer to Waiheke Ferry Terminal 15:15 Ferry Departure 19:30 Farewell Dinner at Fish Restaurant, 147 Quay Street (Level 1, Hilton Auckland, Princes Wharf) Sunday 9 April 2017 Taxi vouchers will be provided Information The University of Auckland’s School of Music has its main building on 6 Symonds Street, Auckland 1010. The Music Office is open on weekdays from 8am to 4pm. Contact details: Associate Professor Martin Rummel MRSNZ, Head of School DDI: +64(9)9232071, M: +64221020574, E: [email protected] Grace Jung, Executive Assistant DDI: +64(9)9233319, M: +64211451054, E: g.jung@auckland,ac.nz Pamela Kam, Music Office DDI: +64(9)9234660, E: [email protected] Please come to the Music Office on 6 April before the official welcome event to collect your personal folder with a campus map and further useful information. Australia University of Melbourne Barry Conyngham, Dean, Faculty of VCA & MCM Australian composer Barry Conyngham MA (Hons) Syd, DMUS Melb. studied with Peter Sculthorpe and with Toru Takemitsu. He is Emeritus Professor from both the University of Wollongong and Southern Cross University, the later where he was Foundation Vice –Chancellor (1994-2000). He is also the first musician to hold the Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University (2000-2001). He has been a Churchill, Harkness and Fulbright Fellowship holder. In 1997 he became a Member of the Order of Australia. With premieres and performances of his works in Japan, North and South America, Europe, the UK and Australia, Conyngham is one of Australia’s international composers. He has over seventy published works and over thirty recordings including those by the London, New Zealand, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. Recent premieres include the orchestral work Cala Tuent (2008) in Spain, Australia and Hong Kong, and the double bass concerto Kangaroo Island (2009) in the United States. 2011 will see premieres of Fallingwater for two bassoons and orchestra, Showboat Kalang for the Australia Ensemble and Gardener of Time a new work for the Melbourne Symphony. He has been involved with a number of arts organisations including, the Australia Council (Chair of Music Board), Opera Australia (Deputy Chair), the World Music Council, NORPA (treasurer) and the Australian Music Centre (Chair) and more recently the Australian Music Examinations Board and Australian National Academy of Music. In early February 2011 he commenced his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Victorian College of the Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. In 2016 he was awarded the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne. Australia Sydney Conservatorium of Music Anna Reid, Dean Professor Reid has established an international reputation for her research and collegial approach to learning and teaching development. Her practical and research interests in social equity and professional preparation have led to the creation of internship programs, ‘buddy’ relationships with regional conservatoria, freeing up the music curriculum to deliver greater student choice, enhancing student engagement with musical studies, and fostering equity programs for the University’s music faculty. Canada University of British Columbia Richard Kurth, Director, School of Music After undergraduate studies in mathematics (B.Sc., University of Toronto) and graduate studies in Oboe performance with Bert Lucarelli (M.Mus., Hartt School of Music) and then with Robert Bloom and Sara Lambert Bloom (Artist Diploma programme, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music), Richard Kurth earned his Ph.D. in Music Theory at Harvard University, under the supervision of David Lewin. His research interests include theory and analysis of 19th- and 20th-century repertoires, connections between music and poetry in vocal music, and relations between performance and analysis. His numerous publications on diverse aspects of Arnold Schoenberg's music have appeared as chapters in the Cambridge Companion to Schoenberg and in three other edited volumes, and as articles in Music Theory Spectrum and the Journal of the Arnold Schönberg Center. Additional articles on theoretical and analytical dimensions of twelve-tone music have appeared in the Journal of Music Theory and Theory and Practice, and essays on Schubert's vocal and instrumental music have appeared in 19th-Century Music. Richard was co-recipient of the 1993 Society for Music Theory Young Scholar Award, and has served on the Review Board of Music Theory Spectrum, and on numerous conference program committees. His research has received grant funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His doctoral supervisees and co-supervisees hold full-time positions at numerous universities in Canada and the U.S. Richard has been a faculty member at McGill University (1992-93), the University of Western Ontario (1993-94), and at the University of British Columbia since 1994. At UBC he has served as Director of the School of Music since July 2007, with his second term extending to July 2018. As Director, he has supervised renovation of the Opera Theatre (535 seats) and Recital Hall (255 seats), evolution of the curriculum, and renewal of almost half of the full-time faculty positions. Current development projects include strategic planning for a new rehearsal facility and a capital campaign to renew the School’s fleet of pianos. China Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Shane Levesque, Senior Lecturer Canadian keyboardist Shane Levesque completed his DMA in historical performance practice and MA in musicology at Cornell University, his MMus in both piano performance and pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory, and his BMus with a double major in piano and organ performance at Brandon University. He has performed concerts, lecture recitals, and improvised continuo on original and replica fortepianos, harpsichords, clavichords, and organs in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong, England, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Hungary. Recent collaborations include as continuoist for a Le French May programme of Rameau with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and for Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium with Helmut Rilling, and as soloist in Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto with Sir James Galway and The Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra at City Hall, broadcast on RTHK Radio 4. Shane’s first place performance at the Canadian National Music Festival