Welcome to the Conference I am delighted to welcome you to the 4th international Reflective Conservatoire Conference: Creativity and Changing Cultures, hosted by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in partnership with the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC), Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, ASIMUT software, Cause4, the Centre of Excellence in Music Performance Education (CEMPE), the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM), the Institute of Musical Research (IMR), the Society for Education, Music & Psychology Research (SEMPRE), The Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE) and Conservatoires UK (CUK). The programme is packed with what promises to be inspiring and thought-provoking sessions which we hope will lead and define a paradigm-shift in conservatoire cultures. Our themes are: Creativity, Playfulness and Improvisation; Interdisciplinary Connections; The World in 2020 and Beyond; and Viewpoints on the Developing Artist. We hope to stimulate debate on how reflective conservatoires can bring about change and innovation to established creative practice as well as preparing students for a professional world with open-ended possibilities. The keynote presentations will focus on reflection on creative processes in both music education and in the making of artistic work, with Ricardo Castro talking on Brazil’s NEOJIBA youth music training programme and Liz Lerman on the Critical Response Process, a feedback system for developing work in progress. The opening keynote, ‘The artist as maker - current issues and future prospects’ will draw on perspectives from across the performing arts, open up fundamental questions about artistic freedom and creativity, and provoke debate. I hope that you find much to discuss, debate and reflect upon over the next few days and that you take advantage of the many social opportunities to forge new professional ties and friendships with fellow conference participants from the global conservatoire community. Finally, I would like to thank all of the presenters for their contributions to the conference. Professor Barry Ife CBE FKC FBbk HonFRAM FRCM Principal, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Conference Chair 1 2 Research at the Guildhall School Research at the Guildhall School is an important element in a dynamic culture of artistic excellence and innovation across music, drama and technical theatre. Through research, staff and students experiment with creative processes in making and performing, and explore fundamental questions relating to the development and impact of our artistic and professional practice in society. Undertaking systematic enquiry into and through the arts plays an increasingly prominent role in promoting artistic depth and stimulating originality, and in enabling artists to make a difference in the world. In recent years, research strands have emerged around the themes of: Understanding Audiences, Words becoming Music and The Creative Stage. Through these themes and through thinking about the role of research in the conservatoire, researchers have sought to address some of the following questions: What repertoire should we create and perform, and how should we perform it? What is and will be the role of the performing arts in society and how can we help to shape their future? What roles do creativity and originality play in shaping artists of the future? How do performers learn and prepare for professional life? How can teachers in the conservatoire best evolve their practice and engage with research? Research takes place at all levels in the School, from students' guided study at undergraduate level to post-graduate doctoral work supported by research active staff. Seed funding for staff is available to encourage experimental new projects or those new to research, and more established researchers within the School have formed partnerships with artistic institutions such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House and English Touring Opera to create productive synergies between professional artistic practice and our research expertise. For further information about research at the School visit: www.gsmd.ac.uk/research 3 4 Contents Section Page Schedule at a glance 6 Full conference programme Thursday 26 February 8 Friday 27 February 11 Saturday 28 February 21 Sunday 1 March 30 Information for delegates 33 Conference personnel 39 Floor plans 41 Keynote speakers 49 Performances & workshops 57 Presenter & chair biographies, & session abstracts 75 5 Schedule at a glance THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2015 13:00–15:00 Registration and coffee (Milton Court Box Office / Foyer level 1) 15:00–16:30 1a. Conservatoires in the 1b. Teaching of practising 1c. Interdisciplinary 1d. Institutional curriculum 1e. Reinvigorating piano 1f. Open session/Practical Session 1 community Milton Court Studio Theatre perspectives: music and development of pedagogy of canonical workshop Milton Court Theatre drama musicianship and aural works through Silk Street Room 208 Silk Street Music Hall training contemporary music Silk Street Room 148 performance and free play Silk Street Room 210 16:30–17:00 Coffee break (Milton Court Foyer level 1) 17:00–18:30 Keynote roundtable discussion: Christian Burgess, Daniel Evans, Lucy Kerbel, Sean Gregory, Edmund Finnis, Gillian Moore MBE, Agnes Treplin The artist as maker: current issues and future prospects (Milton Court Concert Hall) 18:30–19:30 Opening Reception (Milton Court Foyer level 1) FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2015 08:30–09:30 Registration and coffee (Milton Court Box Office / Foyer level 1) 09:30–11:00 Keynote: Liz Lerman Feedback, judgement and criticism: creating frameworks for change (Milton Court Concert Hall) 11:00–11:45 Coffee break (Milton Court Foyer level 1) 11:45–13:15 2a. Innovations in 2b. Becoming 2c. Towards a virtuous 2d. Performance 2e. Performers in 2f. Approaches to 2g. Enhanced 2h. Move well play Session 2 interdisciplinary equipped: circle: third cycle artistic issues in relation to audiences vocal training encounters: better: an curriculum perspectives on research in the psychology and Silk Street (11:00 - 13:00) connecting through experiential development musicians’ skills and conservatoire as sports science Room 210 Silk Street improvising together workshop looking Milton Court particular creative dialogue, Silk Street Room 251 Silk Street at the question ‘why Concert Hall performance critical reflection and Room 209 Music Hall think about the situations discipline development body?’ Milton Court Silk Street Room 208 Silk Street Theatre Room 150 13:15–14:30 Lunch break (Milton Court Foyer Level 1) including themed lunchtime sessions 13:30–14:15 L1a. Launch pad: the L1b. Opera makers L1c. Audience and artist reactions to L1d. Vocal training for L1e. Teaching methods for SEMPRE AGM Lunchtime orchestral musician of Milton Court Theatre repetitions of a piece within the same choral singers young musicians Silk Street Room 209 sessions the future concert: implications for creative Silk Street Music Hall Silk Street Room 208 Milton Court practice and pedagogy Concert Hall Milton Court Studio Theatre 14:30–15:45 3a. Conservatoires 3b. Change in 3c. Entrepreneurship and 3d. Individual and 3e. Processes and 3f. Developing ‘performance 3g. Voice 3h. ‘Don’t say it, Session 3 in society: the the the performing arts: group creativity in practices in platforms’ to enrich and games play it!’: group Italian case conservatoire connecting with audiences choral performance: musicians’ deepen learning for Silk Street free Milton Court Milton Court and building community cross-cultural development: case performers and their peers Room 208 improvisation as Concert Hall Theatre Milton Court perspectives studies from jazz (14:00 – 16:00) musical Studio Theatre Silk Street Silk Street Silk Street encounter Music Hall Room 210 Lecture Recital Room Silk Street Room 209 15:45–16:30 Coffee break (Milton Court Foyer level 1) 16:30–18:00 4a. Conservatoires in 4b. Making Community 4c. Current issues in 4d. Children’s instrumental 4e. Critical artistry 4f. Navigating through Session 4 society through music composition and learning and its wider Silk Street Room 210 harmony, new strategies for Silk Street Music Hall Silk Street contemporary music benefits the creative use of harmony Lecture Recital Room Silk Street Room 208 Silk Street Room 209 in tonal improvisation Milton Court Theatre 18:00–20:30 Open house: performances and workshops, including drinks reception and canapés (Milton Court Foyer level 1) Schedule at a glance SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2015 09:00–09:30 Registration and coffee (Milton Court Box Office / Foyer level 1) 09:30–10:30 E1a. ICON pathway participants E1b. Practical introduction to mindfulness E1c. Empowering and enhancing artistic development with yoga for Experiential Milton Court Theatre Milton Court Teaching Room 3 musicians Sessions Milton Court Rehearsal Room 3 10:30–11:00 Coffee break (Milton Court Foyer level 1) 11:00–12:30 5a. Creativity, 5b. One-to-one teaching 5c. Practice 5d. Research on 5e. Perspectives on 5f. Open class with 5g. Open rehearsal Session 5 diversity and Milton Court Theatre methodology: improvisation instrumental/vocal Junior Guildhall with Dinis Sousa and integration: a mastering the real-time Milton Court teaching students Eliot Shrimpton manifesto for radical navigation in the Rehearsal Room 3 Milton Court Starts 10:45 Starts 11:30 change in the musical flow Teaching Room 3 Silk Street Milton Court Gym education of 21st Milton Court Lecture Recital Room century musicians Studio Theatre Milton Court Concert Hall 12:30–14:00