Music and Science Symposium 2018
Date & Time: Saturday 8 December 2018, 10:00 – 17:00
Location: Lecture Room, Department of Music, Durham University
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On Saturday 8th December, 2018, the Music and Science Symposium, a one-day event, will be held at the Department of Music, at Durham University. We are delighted to announce that Dr Maria Witek (University of Birmingham) will be the keynote speaker, amongst other expert researchers. Full programme available below. All are welcome to attend.
Full Programme
10:00 – 10:05 Opening and Introduction to Day
10:05 – 10:35 Dr Kelly Jakubowski: ‘Aesthetic evaluations of microrhythmic variations in groove-based music across cultures’
10:35 – 11:05 Professor Martin Clayton: ‘Interpersonal entrainment in music performance: An end of project report’
11:05 – 11:35 Dr Laura Leante: ‘Moving together: meter as performance strategy’
11:35 – 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 – 12:50 Dr Maria Witek: ‘Musical groove: Effects on pleasure, body-movement and the brain’
12:50 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Professor Pam Heaton: ‘Perception of Musical and Vocal Emotions in Children with Williams Syndrome’
14:30 – 15:00 Mr Thomas Magnus Lennie: ‘The Language of Emotions Revisited: A revised methodology in cross-cultural emotion studies’
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 15:45 Ms Diana Kayser: ‘Are musical aesthetic emotions embodied?’
15:45 – 16:15 Ms Sarah Hashim: ‘Does suppressing visual imagery reduce emotional response during music listening?’
16:15 – 16:55 Group Discussion
16:55 – 17:00 Concluding Remarks
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Past Events
Music and Science Symposium: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
10:00am, Saturday 2 December 2017, Lecture Room, Department of Music, Durham University
We are delighted to announce the next Music and Science Symposium, a one-day event held at the Department of Music, at Durham University. We are honoured to have with us three guest speakers, including a lecture from Prof. William F. Thompson, and talks from Prof. Marcel Zentner and Dr. Hauke Egermann, amongst other expert contributions from our department. All are welcome to attend.
Schedule
10:00 – Opening and Introduction to Day
10:05 – 10:35 – Tuomas Eerola: Empirical Musicology and Non-Western Cultures: Taking Stock and Looking Forward
10:35 – 11:05 – Hauke Egermann: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Music-Induced Emotion
11:05 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 – William Forde Thompson: Towards an Integrative Theory of Cross-Cultural Music Cognition
12:15 – 13:30 – Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 – Martin Clayton: Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis in Music Performance
14:00 – 14:30 – Kelly Jakubowski: Studying Interpersonal Musical Entrainment from Audio-visual Recordings: Corpus and Perceptual Studies
14:30 – 14:45 – Coffee Break
14:45 – 15:15 – Laura Leante: Listening to Ragas: Imagery, Meaning and North Indian Audiences
15:15 – 15:45 – Marcel Zentner: How Can We Measure Musical Ability Across Cultures?
15:45 – 16:30 – Panel Session
16:30 – Concluding Remarks
Music and Science Symposium
10:00am, 31 March 2017, Lecture Room, Department of Music, Durham University
Schedule
10:00 Opening and Introduction to Day
10:10 – 10:45 Tuomas Eerola: ‘Hormonal Correlates of Being Moved by Sad Music’
10:45 – 11:20 Jonna Vuoskoski: ‘Pleasurable Sadness Indicates States of Being Moved’
11:20 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 David Huron: ‘On the Evolution of Sadness and Grief’
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 13:50 Martin Clayton: ‘Interpersonal Entrainment in Musical Performance’
13:50 – 14:25 Kelly Jakubowski: ‘Melodic and Temporal Aspects of Involuntary Musical Imagery’
14:25 – 14:40 Coffee break
14:40 – 15:15 Scott Bannister: ‘Underlying Mechanisms of Musically-Induced Chills’
15:15 – 15:50 Julian Céspedes-Guevara: ‘Elements for a Constructionist Theory of Induction of Emotions by Music’
15:50 Concluding Remarks and Thanks
