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Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24th – 26th June St Anne’s College University of Oxford Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College WELCOME It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to St Anne’s College and the Oxford Conducting Institute Conducting Studies Conference 2016. The conference brings together 44 speakers from around the globe presenting on a wide range of topics demonstrating the rich and multifaceted realm of conducting studies. The practice of conducting has significant impact on music-making across a wide variety of ensembles and musical contexts. While professional organizations and educational institutions have worked to develop the field through conducting masterclasses and conferences focused on professional development, and academic researchers have sought to explicate various aspects of conducting through focussed studies, there has yet to be a space where this knowledge has been brought together and explored as a cohesive topic. The OCI Conducting Studies Conference aims to redress this by bringing together practitioners and researchers into productive dialogue, promoting practice as research and raising awareness of the state of research in the field of conducting studies. We hope that this conference will provide a fruitful exchange of ideas and serve as a lightning rod for the further development of conducting studies research. The OCI Conducting Studies Conference Committee, Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey Dr John Traill Dr Benjamin Loeb Dr Anthony Gritten University of Oxford University of Oxford Quad City Symphony Royal Academy of Music Oxford Conducting Institute Oxford Conducting Institute Conducting Associate Director 1 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Friday 24th June LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Seminar Room 3 11:30 Registration opens (MOLT Foyer) 12:45 Welcome 13:00 Invited Speaker: Sian Edwards (Head of Conducting, Royal Academy of Music) 13:30 Session 1a: Historical Perspectives Session 1b: Leadership 1 Prof Raymond Holden, chair Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, chair Simone Laghi (Cardiff University) Dr Carole Ott (University of North Carolina at ‘On regulating, or the Principal Violin’s duties’: Greensboro) Orchestral conducting in early 19th-century Daring greatly on the podium – discovering the Northern Italy willingness to lead and inspire Prof Fiona Palmer (Maynooth Brian Kaufman (University of Maryland, University) Baltimore County) ‘Hundreds of people are unable to Reinventing the beginning conducting curriculum: An differentiate between a man who wags a stick integrated approach to musical leadership and the artist who inspires and controls': Concepts of conducting in Britain in 1913 Dr Benjamin Loeb (Quad City Symphony Orchestra) Shared leadership between Music Directors and Executive Directors: Pitfalls and potentials 15:00 Break - Coffee, tea, and biscuits (in Marquee) 15:30 Session 2a: Gesture Session 2b: Choral Pedagogy Dr Anthony Gritten, chair Prof Stephen Darlington, chair Dr Carolyn Watson (Texas State Dr Cherilyn Worthen (Utah Valley University) University) Anticipating the conductor: Engaging amateur singers Perfection as gesture: The art of Carlos in the choral rehearsal through the lens of conductor Kleiber decision-making Dr Markand Thakar (Peabody Aoife Hiney (University of Aveiro) Conservatory) Developing musical literacy with community choirs: Magical synchronicity: Conforming gesture to Pedagogy and performance sound inside the beat Aleta King (University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music) The conductor’s role as musicianship mentor 17:00 Short Break 2 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Friday cont’d LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Seminar Room 3 17:15 Panel: Gesture Dr Anthony Gritten, chair Luis Miguel Clemente (University of Aveiro) Reporting the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth: In search of new paradigms toward a phenomenological analysis of conductors’ technique in the creative process Katharine Parton (University of Cambridge) Meaning and the organisation of conductor beating gestures! Dr Mark Perlman (Western Oregon University) Musical communication through movement: A philosophical and linguistic examination of the conductor’s gesture Ajtony Csaba (University of Victoria) Conducting as interdisciplinary performance 18:45 Finish 19:15 Drinks at the Kings Arms (group walk leaving at 19:00 from the Lodge) Dinner in town (on own – see recommendations) Saturday 25th June LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Seminar Room 3 9:00 Session 3a: Politics, Community and Identity Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, chair Nir Cohen (New York University) Conducting in Terezin Nicholas Alexander Brown (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) Leonard Bernstein & the Kennedys: A conductor’s relationship with American political royalty Gabriela Petrovic (University of Vienna) Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in National Socialism 10:30 Break - Coffee, tea, and biscuits (In Marquee) 3 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Saturday cont’d LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Seminar Room 3 11:00 Session 4a: Conductors as Mediators Session 4b: Interpretation 1 Dr Benjamin Loeb, chair Prof Laura Tunbridge, chair Dr Jeremiah Cawley (University of John Murton (College-Conservatory of Music, Washington) University of Cincinnati) Keepers of the gate: Using cultural economics Resurrecting the ‘Romantic’ conductor to illuminate the evolving role of the conductor Dr Monika Stefaniak (Paderewski Dr Anna Stoll-Knecht (University of Oxford) Academy of Music) ‘Mahler arrives, Wagner revives’: Reflections on Conductor-educator: based on Henryk Czyż's Mahler conducting Wagner TV cycle "Nie taki diabeł straszny" (Devil’s not so black) Dr Chaowen Ting (Georgia Institute of Michael Wheatley (American Youth Technology) Philharmonic Orchestra) Orchestra, technology and audience Composers caught in the act: Metronomes & engagement interpretation as realised by composers 12:30 Lunch (in Marquee) 13:30 Session 5a: Rehearsal Communication Session 5b: The Body Prof Eric Clarke, chair Dr John Traill, chair Dr Michael Bonshor (University of Jared Oaks (Ballet West, Salt Lake City) Sheffield) Considerations for the dance conductor ‘With great power comes great responsibility’: The impact of conductors’ verbal feedback on amateur choral confidence Dr Neil McEwan (University of Sydney, Tammy Yi (Columbia University) Conservatorium of Music) The art of conducting children’s orchestras: Conducting Gregorian chant: Creating Examining children’s experiences and responses conducting practices, with the understanding conducted by a conductor as a leader or the of important interpretive signs and letters instrumental leader found in 10th century manuscripts Dr Mary Black (University of Leeds) ‘Let the music dance!’: The functions and effects of verbal imagery in choral rehearsals 15:00 Break - Coffee, tea, and biscuits (in Marquee) 15:30 Invited speaker: Professor Raymond Holden, PhD, Hon ARAM (Professor of Public Engagement, Royal Academy of Music) ‘The iconic symphony: Conducting Beethoven’s Ninth, Wagner’s way’ 17:00 Finish/break 18:30 Drinks reception in Ruth Deech Building (optional) 19:30 Conference dinner in Ruth Deech Building (optional) 4 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Sunday 26th June LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Seminar Room 3 9:30 Session 6a: Global Perspectives Session 6b: Interpretation 2 Prof Tina K. Ramnarine, chair Prof Roger Allen, chair Dr Isaac Chueke (Embap/Unespar, Bede Williams (University of St Andrews) Brazil and Paris-Sorbonne University) The multiple interpretability of the score from Orchestral panorama and music education in prefigurement to performance Brazil: Announcement of fructuous times? Shahril Salleh (Nanyang Technological Dr John Traill (University of Oxford) University) Structural orchestration: Attempting the impossible Of musical interpretation: The practice of negotiating authenticity 10:30 Break - Coffee, tea, and biscuits (in Marquee) 11:00 Panel: Gender Invited Speaker and Chair: Odaline de la Martinez Lucía Acevedo (University of Oxford) Made-to-measure: An examination of fashion etiquette at the podium Dr Nicholas Logie (Open University) Perceptions of gender in orchestral conducting Dr Anna Edwards (University of Washington) Perceptions of the hidden-half: A guide to mentoring the next generation of conductors 12:30 Lunch (in Marquee) 13:30 Session 7a: Technology Session 7b: Leadership 2 Dr John Traill, chair Dr Nicholas Logie, chair Dr Ian Cook (University of Newcastle) Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey (University of Conducting and the undergraduate student Oxford) Attributing the authorship of orchestral performance Dr Abigail Dolan (University of Dr David Baltuch (Birmingham City University) Cambridge) and Dr Shelley Katz (BISC Orchestral conducting, a reality check: What do Queen’s University) practitioners say? New technologies for conductors training 14:30 Break - Coffee, tea, and biscuits (in Marquee) 15:00 Invited Speaker: Professor Edward Higginbottom, DPhil, FRCO (Emeritus Professor of Choral Music, University of Oxford) Der Kapellmeister: Musical leadership in a fixed institutional environment 16:00 Closing comments 16:30 Conference Finish 17:00 Optional future directions discussion (open to all) 18.00 Finish 5 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Welcome Conference Committee Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey,