Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College CONFERENCE SCHEDULE PREVIEW (31 May 2016) Friday 24th June LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Marquee 11:30 Registration opens (MOLT Foyer) 12:45 Welcome 13:00 Invited Introductory Talk: 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 MOLT Foyer) 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 Donald Glowinski (University of Aoife Hiney (University of Aveiro) Geneva) and Elena Schwartz (Geneva Developing musical literacy with community choirs: University of Music - HEM) pedagogy and performance Findings from the Geneva Emotion and Music Lab and the Neuroscience of Emotion and Affective Dynamics Dr Markand Thakar (Peabody Aleta King (University of Sydney, Conservatory) Conservatorium of Music) Magical synchronicity: Conforming gesture to The conductor’s role as musicianship mentor sound inside the beat 17:00 Short Break 1 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Friday cont’d LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Marquee 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 conductor’s 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 nearby pub Dinner in town (on own – see recommendations) Saturday 25th June LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Marquee 9:00 Session 3a: Politics, Community and Identity – Chair TBD 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 MOLT Foyer) 2 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Saturday cont’d LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Marquee 11:00 Session 4a: Conductors as Mediators Session 4b: Interpretation 1 Dr Benjamin Loeb, chair Prof Laura Tunbridge, chair 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 is not so terrible) 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 Chair TBD 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 MOLT Foyer) 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 (optional) 19:30 Formal conference dinner (optional) 3 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Sunday 26th June LOCATION Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) Marquee 9:30 Session 6a: Global Perspectives Session 6b: Interpretation 2 Dr Tina Ramnarine, Chair Chair TBD 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 MOLT Foyer) 11:00 Panel: Gender – Odaline de la Martinez, invited speaker and chair 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 Lucia Acevedo (University of Oxford) Made-to-measure: An examination of fashion etiquette at the podium 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 MOLT Foyer) 15:00 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 4 Conducting Studies Conference 2016 24-26 June, St Anne’s College Welcome Conference Committee Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, Dr John Traill, Dr Anthony Gritten, Dr Benjamin Loeb Introductory Invited Talk Sian Edwards (Head of Conducting, Royal Academy of Music) Sian has worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras including Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland, Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Berlin Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, MDR Leipzig, Vienna Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta. She has a particularly close relationship with Ensemble Modern in Germany. She made her operatic debut in 1986 conducting Weill’s Mahagonny for Scottish Opera and her Royal Opera House debut in 1988 with Tippett’s The Knot Garden. From 1993 to 1995 she was Music Director of English National Opera for whom her repertoire included Khovanshchina, Jenufa, Queen of Spades and Blond Eckbert (also recorded on Collins). For the Glyndebourne Festival she has conducted La Traviata and the Ravel Double Bill, and for Glyndebourne Touring Opera Katya Kabanova and Tippett’s New Year. She conducted the world premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage’s Greek at the Munich Biennale in 1988, and other operatic engagements have included the world premiere of Hans Gefors’ Clara for the Opéra Comique in Paris, Così fan tutte in Aspen, her return to Eugene Onegin at English National Orchestra and Don Giovanni in Copenhagen. Sian’s recordings include Peter and the Wolf, Britten’s Young Person’s Guide and Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, all with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert with English National Opera. Recent concert engagements: performances with Ensemble Modern; Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich; SWR Sinfonieorchester