PEDAGOGIES, PRACTICES AND THE FUTURE OF FOLK MUSIC IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 January 2018 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow In partnership with Celtic Connections and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music PROGRAMME THURSDAY 18 JANUARY - TRADITION AND CHANGE 09.00 - 09.45 Delegate Registration Jack Bruce Space Tea/coffee and networking 09.45 Welcome and Opening Keynote Prof Joshua Dickson Head of Traditional Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 10.20 Delegate Transition to Paper Sessions 10.30 - 12.10 Paper Session 1 Room R4 Room R5 Room R6 Room - R7 10.30 - 1. Ånon Egeland, 2. Patrícia Costa, 3. Ragnhild 4. Mary Mitchell- 11.00 Department of Fado Singer & Knudsen, Assistant Ingoldsby, Traditional Music, Masters Student, Professor, University Department of Music, University College of Aveiro University College of Southeast University College Southeast Norway Norway Cork Partying outside: The Artification and the Portuguese affair The folk/traditional An historical impacts of the music education in overview of Irish conservatoire setting Rauland, Norway traditional music pedagogy at University College Cork Transition Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education 11.05 - 5. Ingrid Wahlberg, 7. Jo Asgeir Lie, 8. Dr Tríona Ní 9. Pál Richter, 11.35 PhD Student, Rector, Ole Bull Shíocháin, Lecturer Professor, Head of Academy of Music Academy in Irish Traditional Folk Music and Drama, Music, University Department, Liszt Gothenberg In the tradition of College Cork Ferenc Academy of University Spotify and Music YouTube? The challenge of PhD in progress: orality at university: Folk music in the Construction of Politics, performance university education identity within higher and performativity folk - and world music education (CANCELLED) Transition 11.40 - 10. Heather 11. Prof Kristiina 12. Dr Daithí 12.10 Sparling, Canada Ilmonen, Professor Kearney, Research Chair in of Folk Music, Department of Musical Traditions, Sibelius Academy, Creative Arts, Media Cape Breton University of the and Music, Dundalk University Arts Helsinki Institute of Technology Undergraduate Growing an artistic traditional and folk identity as a folk The relevance of music programs in music professional - regional identities in Canada: Pedagogical choices traditional music Opportunities and at the Sibelius today and challenges Academy folk music implications for department teaching 12.10 - 13.00 Networking Lunch Jack Bruce Space 13.00 - 14.05 Paper Session 2 Room R4 Room R5 Room R6 Room R7 13.00 - 13. Vilma Timonen, 14. Jane Blair 15. Dr Lori Watson, 16. Jack Talty, Irish 13.30 Lecturer in Folk, MacMorran, Lecturer in Research Council Music, Sibelius Director, Traditional Music, Government of Academy, University Appalachian, Royal Conservatoire Ireland Postgraduate of the Arts Helsinki Scottish, and Irish of Scotland Scholar, University of Studies Program, Limerick Towards educational East Tennessee The new traditional development through State University school in Scotland: The Ivory Tower and intercultural Perspectives on The Commons?: collaboration: Local Tradition and innovation and Problematising as a vehicle for change: Bluegrass, artistry traditional arts global Old Time, Celtic, and pedagogy in Irish Country Music at higher education East Tennessee State University Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education Transition 13.35 - 17. Dr Simon 18. Nate Olson, 19. Mark Sheridan, 20. Dr Aileen 14.05 McKerrell, Associate Assistant Professor, Reader in Music and Dillane, Lecturer in Dean of Research Bluegrass Old Time Creativity, University Music, Irish World and Innovation, and Country Music, of the Highlands and Academy of Music Newcastle University East Tennessee Islands and Dance State University An The community is the Reconsidering here ethnomusicological Barriers to pedagogy and there: Teaching approach to practice entry: How US Irish (traditional) based research in institutions and the (CANCELLED) music in a traditional music National Association Midwestern American of Schools of Music university setting (NASM) resist the inclusion of folk music in higher education 14.05 - 14.25 Tea/coffee and networking Jack Bruce Space 14.25 - 15.30 Paper Session 3 Room R4 Room R5 Room R6 Room R7 14.25 - 21. Margaret 22. Roger Landes, 23. Sven Ahlbäck, 24. Kelly Boyle, 14.55 Bennett, Lecturer in Professor of Practice, Professor of Folk Lecturer, School of Traditional Music, School of Music, Music, Royal College Music, University Royal Conservatoire Texas Tech of Music, Stockholm College Cork of Scotland University Folk music theory - Irish traditional music Incorporating ‘Occupying’ the Ivory developing practice. as a ‘world music’: traditional training Tower: Vernacular Approaches to Designing and methods in the music and the teaching folk music delivering Irish music teaching of Scots and academy theory as a subject courses for Gaelic songs and within performance international visiting music. studies at Kungliga students Musikhögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden Transition 15.00 - 25. Iain Fraser, 26. Dr Mark DeWitt, 27. Prof Susanne 28. Dr Niall Keegan, 15.30 Fiddle Teacher, Professor and Dr Rosenberg, Head of Director of Merlin Academy of Tommy Comeaux Department of Folk Undergraduate Traditional Music Endowed Chair in Music, Royal College Studies, Irish World Traditional Music, of Music Stockholm Academy of Music What does the future University of and Dance hold? Louisiana at Heartbeat and Lafayette breath: Describing Conferring the Ceili – the Swedish folk the negotiation of Postsecondary singing style tradition and training in local oral and methods for institution in the traditions in the teaching traditional music and United States dance programmes of the Irish World Academy Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education 15.30 Panel-led forum and review Stevenson Hall 16.00 Delegate free time 17.00 Creative Conversation Stevenson Hall Welcome Stevenson Hall Prof Jeff Sharkey Principal, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland On the Thursday evening we are delighted to be bringing together world renowned musicians, industry leaders and academics to discuss some of the key conference themes through conversation, debate and performance. This is an opportunity for a wider audience to engage with, and learn from, the visiting international academics and musicians. We are delighted this session will be opened by Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, The Scottish Government. Facilitated by Prof Gary West, Presenter of Radio Scotland’s Pipeline, panel members include Ros Rigby OBE, Former Performance Programme Director of the Sage Gateshead and Co-Founder of Folkworks; Sven Ahlbäck, Professor of Folk Music, Royal College of Music, Stockholm and Head of Research & Development, DoReMIR Music; Mary Ann Kennedy, Musician and Broadcaster, Presenter, BBC Alba and co- owner, Watercolour Music and Dr Niall Keegan, Associate Director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. 19.00 Close of Day One Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education FRIDAY 19 JANUARY – LEARNING & TEACHING 09.00 - 09.30 Delegate Registration Jack Bruce Space Tea/coffee and networking 09.30 Opening Keynote Ledger Recital Room Prof Susanne Rosenberg Head of Department of Folk Music, Royal College of Music Stockholm 10.10 - 10.15 Delegate Transition to Case Study Sessions 10.15 - 11.55 Case Study Session 1 Room R4 Room R5 Room R6 Room R7 10.15 - 29. Anna-Wendy 30. Mary Mitchell- 31. Mark Simos, 32. Olof Misgeld, 10.45 Stevenson, Ingoldsby, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer in Programme Leader, Department of Songwriting Folk Music Theory BA (Hons) Applied Music, University Department, Berklee and PhD student, Music, The College Cork College of Music, Royal College of University of the Boston, MA, U.S. Music Stockholm Highlands and Thoughts and Islands reflections on Passing on the Style analysis pedagogical practice tunesmith’s craft: methods in Developing in Irish Traditional New pedagogical performance studies communities of Music at approaches for within folk music musical practice University College composing tunes in programs at Royal using a blended Cork traditional styles and College of Music learning model forms Stockholm Transition 10.50 - 33. Petri Prauda, 34. Kelly Boyle, 35. Hamish Napier, 36. Sven Ahlbäck, 11.20 Lecturer in Folk Lecturer, School of Lecturer in Professor of Folk Music, Sibelius Music, University Traditional Music, Music Royal College Academy, University College Cork Royal Conservatoire of Music, Stockholm of the Arts Helsinki of Scotland Creating, teaching, We hear what we Ensemble and contextualizing Practical know - on tonality in performance performing musicianship and traditional Swedish pedagogy and ensembles: A case theory in the folk music in a methodology at the study of the traditional music modern society Sibelius Academy Javanese Gamelan department Folk Music at University College department Cork Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education Transition 11.25 - 37. Soma Salamon, 38. Dr Tríona Ní 39. Marie Fielding, 40. Mark DeWitt, 11.55 Lecturer and Shíocháin, Lecturer Tutor in Traditional Professor and Dr Doctoral Student, in Irish Traditional Music, Royal Tommy Comeaux Liszt Ferenc Music, University Conservatoire of Endowed Chair in Academy of Music College Cork Scotland Traditional Music, University of How to perform and Ceol trí Performance class