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25th October 2021

ResearchWorks: Artistic Citizenship Training within the 21st Century International Conservatoire

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Speaker: Professor Jonathan Vaughan

Within the artistic, pedagogical, and intellectual discourse there is a widespread belief in the power of music, not only as an intrinsic experience for its own sake, but as an instrument for the ethical pursuit of transformational change in communities and the empowerment of individuals therein.  

6:00pm

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1st November 2021

ResearchWorks: The musicalized body. Blanche Selva’s piano technique in practice

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Speaker: Maite Aguirre-Quinonero

Maite Aguirre-Quinonero explores Blanche Selva’s work in context and examine the relevance of her writings for the contemporary pianist and piano teacher. 

6:00pm

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8th November 2021

ResearchWorks: 'Crossover' Singing – Bridging the Gap, or a Big Mistake?

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Speaker: Dr Toby Young (Guildhall School)

Dr Toby Young's presentation will consider the complex relationship between operatic and popular singing styles in crossover vocal practices. Toby Young will argue that there are several key features of the operatic style that need to be better understood in relation to other singing traditions if we are ever going to untangle the socio-cultural issues of motivation, class and identity in audience engagement with operatic crossover singing.

6:00pm

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15th November 2021

ResearchWorks: The flexible text: official and unofficial versions of the Schumann Cello Concerto in the 19th century

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Speaker: Dr Kate Bennett Wadsworth 

Dr Kate Bennett Wadsworth examines some of the patterns that knit together Ebert’s version of the Schumann Cello Concerto with other substantially altered versions from the private collections of later cellists, as well as the more modestly altered versions that were published as performing editions when the initial copyright expired in the 1880s. 

6:00pm

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22nd November 2021

ResearchWorks: Brahms-Schumann Circle: Performance Practice and Style

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Speakers: Professor Jaqueline Ross, Kate Bennett Wadsworth, Professor Laura Roberts (Guildhall School)

This session brings together three Guildhall School researchers who have focused on the performance practice of members of the Brahms-Schumann circle.

6:00pm

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29th November 2021

ResearchWorks: Léon Melchissédec’s ‘leçon de chant’

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Speaker: Professor Sarah Fuchs 

Professor Sarah Fuchs contextualizes Melchissédec’s 'leçon de chant' alongside his pedagogical writings, exploring how operatic pedagogy evolved in response to the emergence of sound-recording technologies in turn-of-the-century France. 

6:00pm

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