Event

McGill Music Graduate Students’ Society (MGSS): Symposium

Thursday, March 23, 2017 09:00toSaturday, March 25, 2017 22:00
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1E3, CA
Price: 
Free Admission

The research keynote, William Cheng, is an Assistant Professor of Music at Dartmouth College where he teaches courses in history, media, ethics, disability, race, and digital games. His books include Sound Play: Video Games and the Musical Imagination (Oxford, 2014) and Just Vibrations: The Purpose of Sounding Good (Michigan, 2016). His keynote address, “Bulletproof Rap, Breakable Skin, and the Ears of Frederick Douglass,” comes from his forthcoming monograph, Why Listening to Beethoven Makes Me Feel So Respectable (and Other Vices of Musical Judgment) (Oxford).

The performance keynote, Noam Sivan is a notable pioneer of improvisation in the classical music world who has appeared in three continents, giving full-length improvised piano recitals and conducting orchestral improvisations. He is on the faculties of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute, having founded improvisation courses and produced improvisation concerts in both conservatories. In his keynote address, “The Art of Improvisation,” Dr. Sivan brings back the art of improvisation to the concert hall through live demonstrations in different styles, and calls for its revival in performance and music education.


Friday, March 23, 2018
13:30–17:00: Conference Presentations, A-832
17:30–18:30: Performance Keynote: Dr. Noam Sivan, Tanna Schulich Hall
18:30–19:30: Keynote Reception
 

Saturday, March 24
9:00–11:45: Conference Presentations, A-832
13:15–14:30: Research Keynote: Dr. William Cheng, A-832
15:00–17:30: Conference Presentations, A-832

Sunday, March 25: 9:00-15:30, Conference Presentations, A-832
 

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