International Conducting Studies Conference 2018 21st – 23rd June St Anne’s College University of Oxford International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 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 International Conducting Studies Conference 2018. The conference brings together 40 speakers from around the globe, presenting on a wide range of topics that demonstrate the rich and multifaceted realm of conducting studies. The discipline of conducting is at the core of a multitude of global musical endeavours, continually shaping musical practices and experiences in substantial ways. Scholars and practitioners have explored, and continue to explore, historical, philosophical, social and psychological aspects of conducting across a wide range of practices; The OCIICSC 2018 aims to bring together these diverse perspectives in the pursuit of a shared and more cohesive knowledge. While professional organizations and educational institutions have worked to develop the field through conducting master-classes and conferences focused on professional development, and academic researchers have sought to explicate various aspects of conducting through focussed studies, researchers and practitioners are rarely in dialogue about these findings and experiences. The OCIICSC 2018 seeks to redress this by continuing the conversation fostered at the 2016 conference, again bringing together practitioners and researchers to participate in productive and scholarly dialogue. We hope that this conference will provide a fruitful exchange of ideas and again serve as a catalyst for the further development of the topic of Conducting Studies. The OCI International Conducting Studies Conference 2018 Committee Dr Cayenna Dr John Traill Prof. Fiona M. Palmer Prof. Chris Ponchione-Bailey University of Oxford Maynooth University, Younghoon Kim University of Oxford Ireland Cornell University For conference committee biographies, please see the end of this conference programme. 1 International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 June, St Anne’s College Director: Dr John P Traill Conducting Associate & Director of Research: Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey The Oxford Conducting Institute (OCI) provides seminars, workshops, and short courses for student, professional, and education-based conductors. The Institute prioritises equality, and nurtures ability in all types of conducting. The OCI is a partner in the Oxfordshire Music Education Hub, and works closely with the Faculty of Music and St Anne’s College, Oxford University. Workshops regularly feature local organisations and have included the Oxford Philharmonic, the Oxford University Philharmonia, the St Anne’s Camerata, the Oxford University Music Society, and the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra. The OCI has also delivered workshops in Brazil (2014), Portugal (2017), and for a variety of music education organisations in the UK. The OCI was founded in 2013 by Dr John Traill (course director, FHS Instrumental Conducting, Faculty of Music, Oxford University), consolidating ten years experience providing tuition at Oxford University, Bristol University, and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 2015 Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey became Conducting Associate, and additionally Director of Research in 2017. The OCI is committed to exploring new and innovative avenues for scholarship within the field of conducting, promoting a dialogue between research and practice, and raising awareness of the profession at all levels. In 2016 the OCI launched the inaugural International Conducting Studies Conference, bringing together 44 speakers, from around the globe, presenting a wide range of papers exploring the multi-faceted topic of conducting; The 2018 OCICISC continues this fascinating conversation. 2 International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 June, St Anne’s College Thursday 21st June 12:00 Registration and Coffee - Mary Olgilvie Lecture Theatre Foyer and Garden Marquee 13:00 Welcome from the Committee (Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, Dr John Traill and Prof. Fiona Palmer) 13:15 Alice Farnham (Invited speaker): Ilya Musin, conducting pedagogue 14:00 Conducting in the 19th Century - Chair, Claire Holden Defining the conductor’s job Prof. Fiona M. Palmer, description in Britain before 1914: Maynooth University, Ireland Dan Godfrey Junior and Bournemouth’s Municipal Orchestra Josephine Weinlich, a conductor of Maria José Artiaga, Centre for female and male orchestras in the last the Study of the Sociology quarter of the 19th century and Aesthetics of Music at Lisbon, Nova University Lady Radnor in context: Gender, Dr Philip Rudd, Denison class, and the late-Victorian women’s University orchestra 15:30 Tea and Coffee in the Garden Marquee 16:00 Multi-cultural Perspectives on Gender in Conducting - Chair, Dr Juliana M. Pistorius Institutional sexism in Jordan: Women Chara Charalambous, and conducting University College Cork, Ireland The conductor within Kabbalah: Nicky Gluch, Sydney Repositioning the female conductor Conservatorium through Jewish mysticism 17:00 Short break 3 International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 June, St Anne’s College Thursday 21st June, cont’d Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre Seminar Room 3 17:15 Body and Mind - Chair, Dr Emily Payne Conductor Training - Chair, Dr John Traill Posture and basic setup: Refining Prof. Petter Sundkvist, School Score study as a means of preparing Brian Kaufman, University of craftsmanship through other of Music at Lulea University of beginning conducting students for the Maryland Baltimore County and Nell practices, using Tai Chi as a case Technology rehearsal process Flanders, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute Embodied knowledge in orchestral Dr Cayenna Ponchione- Assistant conductors and score study Dr Benjamin Loeb, International performance Bailey, University of Oxford Conducting Workshop and Festival Finding a sense of play in the playing Ubaldo Valli, State University Modern leadership skills in conducting Associate Professor TzeLaw Chan, of music: Applying the theater of New York at Cortland Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of improvisation techniques of Keith Music, Singapore Johnstone to ensemble playing Conductors’ attentional processes László Stachó, The Liszt Rehearsing the rehearsers: Choral Gavin Thatcher, Brunel University and strategies: Implications for the Academy of Music, Budapest conducting training through London and Daniel Galbreath, Royal rehearsal process movement theatre practice Birmingham Conservatoire 19:15 Dinner on own (or at the King’s Arms) 20:30 Drinks at the King’s Arms 4 International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 June, St Anne’s College Friday 22nd June 10:00 Andrea Quinn (Invited speaker): Conducting for the ballet 11:00 Tea and Coffee in the Garden Marquee 11:30 Humanitas Visiting Professor William Christie: ‘In conversation’ with Edward Higginbottom This talk is part of the University of Oxford Humanitas Visiting Professor series and is open to the public 12:30 Lunch in the Garden Marquee 13.30 Education Panel - Chair, Dr John Traill Handing on the conducting baton: Aleta King, Sydney When mentee becomes mentor Conservatorium The orchestra as inclusive classroom Dr Jaemi Blair Loeb, Grinnell College Meta Mindset: Creating meaningful Dr Jennifer Kelly, Lafayette performance in a liberal arts college College setting Engaging 21st-century singers in the Dr Daniel McDavitt, Goucher choral rehearsal College and Dr Cherilyn Worthen, Utah Valley 15:30 Tea and Coffee in the Garden Marquee 5 International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 June, St Anne’s College Friday 22nd June, cont’d Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre Seminar Room 3 16:00 The Politics of Authority - Chair, Dr Toby Young Controlling Time - Chair, Dr Benjamin Oliver (Un)Conducting Andriessen: The Dr Jeremiah Cawley, Western Does speed matter? The Dr Ian Cook, Avondale politics of 1970s minimalism in Kentucky University interpretation of a tempo indication is Conservatorium, Avondale College rehearsal and performance today central in realising the contextual of Higher Education issues of a Mozart opera libretto when conveying the story Between the conductor and the Dr David Baltuch, Birmingham Tracing time in indeterminacy: The Dr Emily Payne, University of Leeds soloist, Who is the Boss? A critical Conservatoire, Birmingham conductor as ‘chronometer’ in John study on shared leadership and the City University Cage’s Concert for Piano and construction of a unified musical Orchestra meaning Reaching Audiences - Chair, Dr Benjamin Loeb The British choral director Down David Anthony Taylor, Sydney Reconfiguring rehearsal and Dr Kevin Purcell, Australian Discovery Under: Differences in cultural Conservatorium performance processes for streaming Orchestra attitudes to leadership authority in concerts: A case study the choir rehearsal and considerations for choral pedagogy Democratic score study: How the Evan Harger, Michigan State The Atlanta School: A new approach Dr Alexandra Dee, University of St. metaphysical and aesthetic ideas of University to promoting audience receptivity to Francis (Joliet, Illinois) John Dewey inform 21st-century contemporary symphonic music interpretation 18:45 Pre-dinner drinks and canapés in the Garden Marquee 19:30 Conference dinner in the Garden Marquee 6 International Conducting 2018 Studies Conference 21-23 June, St Anne’s College Saturday 23rd June 9:00 Prof. Roger Allen (Invited speaker): Furtwängler Mary Ogilvie Lecture