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News Archive

(From the right-hand "News" column: removed February 27, 2015.)

March 29, 2014:

M*U*S*I*C-Music Union for Student Interaction and Creativity holds its first general meeting on Monday, March 31, 2014 4-6 p.m. in Room U52 at the University of Southern Denmark. Here the official and organizational formation of M.U.S.I.C. will take place; including elections of the management team and the planning of future activities. For more information on M*U*S*I*C, please see the M*U*S*I*C Facebook group HERE.

Niels Chr. Hansen; Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Hospital; Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom; Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.

Systematic Musicology Meets Historical Musicology: Quantitative Support for Historical Changes in Rhythmic Variability of European Art on Thursday, April 3, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the ninth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring of 2014. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

March 23, 2014: The eighth seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, March 27, 15:15-17 at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Andreas Lenander �gidius, PhD Student (1st year), Institute for the Study of Culture - Media Studies, University of Southern Denmark: The (Possible) Application of Format Theory in the Study of the Use of Immaterial Music Formats. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for the entire spring 2014 seminar series is available HERE.

March 14, 2014: Much is happening during the week beginning with Monday, March 17! First - A new, student-run music association is seeing the light of day at SDU - M*U*S*I*C-Music Union for Student Interaction and Creativity. We wish this initiative the very best of luck! For more information, come to M*U*S*I*C* info meeting March 17, 12:30-2 p.m. in U51 and listen to the Odense band Etagen Under. See the M*U*S*I*C Facebook group HERE.

Next - Etagen Under gives the second Lunchtime Concert during the spring semester on March 20, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in The Winter Garden across from Cafeteria 4. Poster and program available HERE.

Last - but absolutely not least! - Mogens Davidsen, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark.

Natural Movement and Proprioception: Some Possible Implications for Practicing Musicians. Thursday, March 20, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the seventh seminar during the spring of 2014 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

March 8, 2014: The sixth seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, March 13, 15:15-17 at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Susanne J�rgensen, Master of Arts in Education and B.A in International Business and Modern languages: Applying Methods of Musical Interaction to the Classroom in a Multicultural Environment. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for the entire spring 2014 seminar series is available HERE.

February 28, 2014: The fifth seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, March 6, 15:15-17 at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Daniel Frandsen, mag.art i Filosofi (MA in Philosophy): "Real" Heavy Metal - The Notion of Authenticity and Its Implications for Musical Aesthetics. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for the entire spring 2014 seminar series is available HERE.

February 23, 2014: The fourth seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, February 27, 15:15-17 at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Mikkel Snorre Wilms Boysen, Associate professor, University College Zealand, Denmark; cand.mag and Master from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Aarhus; PhD student at the University of Southern Denmark: To Be Wrong in an Appropriate Way - How to Understand and Facilitate Creativity among Children in a Technological Context. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for the entire spring 2014 seminar series is available HERE.

February 15, 2014: The third seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, February 20, 3:15 p.m.- 5 p.m. at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Fernando Bravo, PhD Candidate (3rd year) in Music, U. of Cambridge: The Effects of Music upon the Emotional Processing of Visual Information from a Neuroscientific Perspective. Fernando Bravo will also be giving the Lunchtime Concert, Thursday, February 20, 12 noon - 1 p.m., in The Winter Garden: Music, Multimodality and Emotion. Two seminar/workshops will also be given by Fernando Bravo on Friday, February 21: 10:15 a.m. - 12 noon, in Comenius, IKV: Das Unheimliche and Musical Dissonance - Mentalizing, Self-Other Distinction, Metaphor and Cross-Modal Mechanisms in the Brain, and in the same location 2:15 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Music Technology and Psychological Research - An Introduction to Max/MSP/Jitter for Artistic and Scientific Purposes. Please see HERE for more information about and posters for all three seminars with Fernando Bravo. Please see HERE for information about and poster for the Lunchtime Concert with Fernando Bravo.

February 7, 2014: The second seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, February 13, 15:15-17 at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Alisa Smirnova, who recently graduated from SDU with a Master's degree in Economics and Business Administration (cand.merc): The Dynamics of Materiality and Digitalization in the Practices of Music Consumption. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for the entire spring 2014 seminar series is available HERE.

January 27, 2014: This is the last week of examinations for the fall semester at Danish universities, and the spring semester starts on Monday, February 3. The first seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound for the spring of 2014 will be presented on Thursday, February 6, 15:15-17 at University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. in U73 by Matthias Bode, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Marketing and Management, SDU: Sounds a Lot like Research. A Collaborative Art-Based Research Project about and in Sound. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for the entire spring 2014 seminar series is nearly complete, and please keep an eye out HERE for updates! Hope to see you there as we kick off the spring term.

December 22, 2013: All of us at The Aesthetics of Music and Sound wish you very Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year, and hope that 2014 will be a healthy and rewarding year for all!

January is examination month at Danish universities and the spring term officially begins on February 1. Please watch this website for updates regarding activities during 2014, particulary those in connection with our new research program, The Performances of Everyday Living. with our continuing seminar series, Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound and with our continuing series of Lunchtime Concerts.

December 4, 2013: Concert: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in The Winter Garden, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Nu er det jul/Christmas Time Is Here with Nikolaj Nottelmann, tenor, and Cynthia M. Grund, piano. Concert poster available HERE.

Concert program available HERE. The concert is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Mikkel Snorre Wilms Boysen, Associate professor, University College Zealand, Denmark; cand.mag and Master from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Aarhus; PhD student at the University of Southern Denmark. The seminar is entitled The Search for the Autonomous Creative Composer and takes place Thursday, December 12, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eleventh seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. For fall 2013 series information and updates, please see HERE.

November 23, 2013: Lau Lindquist. Lau holds a master's degree in Performance Design and Philosophy from Roskilde University and is a VJ teacher at Engelsholm Folk High School. The seminar is entitled Audiovisual Relationships in VJing (Live Video-Musical-Performance) and takes place Thursday, November 28, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the tenth seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

November 16, 2013: Concert: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on The Campus Square (Campustorvet), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Brass and Tango with the SMKS Brass Ensemble and Tengo Tango. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. The concert is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Mika Sihvonen, Senior Researcher in The School of Information Sciences, University of Tampere; Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology; Lic.Phil in Music Education. University of Tampere Coordinator for NNIMIPA (Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics) entitlted Mobile Video as a Tool for Music Education on Thursday, November 21, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the ninth seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. For fall 2013 series information and updates, please see HERE.

November 8, 2013: S�ren Schauser, Educated as a violinist and music historian; holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Southern Denmark; works as a cultural journalist and music critic for the newspaper Berlingske in Copenhagen. Via Skype. Music of the Visible. Thursday, November 14, 4:15 p.m. -6 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR TAKES PLACE AN HOUR LATER THAN IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE SEMINARS IN THIS SERIES! Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eighth seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

November 2, 2013: Concert: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square (Campustorvet). University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Elements with students from the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. The concert is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Sigr�n Lilja Einarsd�ttir, Assistant professor, Bifr�st University, Iceland. NNIMIPA Coordinator, Bifr�st University, Iceland. Via Skype.Choral Capital and Choral Identity in the Academic Context: The Oxford Choral Scholars on Thursday, November 7, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the seventh seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. For fall 2013 series information and updates, please see HERE.

November 7, 2013: Sigr�ns talk was POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE DUE TO ILLNESS. Instead, Cynthia M. Grund , Associate Professor, Philosophy; Institute for the Study of Culture; University of Southern Denmark, offered A Presentation of Recent International Conference Activity of Interest to Participants in Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. See update on http://www.soundmusicresearch.org

/seminarsfall2013.html.

October 12, 2013: October 14-18, 2013 -

NNIMIPA goes to Marseille to hold a meeting in conjunction with The 10th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) themed Sound, Music and Motion. Please see http://www.cmmr2013.cnrs-mrs.fr/. More details available here regarding NNIMIPA's session and meeting in conjunction with the CMMR symposium.

October 5, 2013: Concert: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in the Winter Garden across from Cafeteria 4. University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Schuberts Winterreise with Anders Bloch, baryton and Christian Verdoner Larsen, klaver.Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. The concert is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Christian Verdoner Larsen, cand.mag./Master in the History of Ideas and BA in Classical Piano entitled Kierkegaard, Music and Truth

on Thursday, October 10, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the sixth seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. For fall 2013 series information and updates, please see HERE.

September 27, 2013: Simon H�ffding, Center for Subjectivity Research, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. Via Skype. Musical Immersion - What Does It Amount To? Thursday, October 3, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fifth seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE

September 20, 2013: Nereya Otieno, Master's Candidate in Cognition and Communication, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen. Hearing with the Whole Body, Thursday, September 26, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE.This is the fourth seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

September 13, 2013:

Mogens Davidsen, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark. Beat, Bebop and Pop, Thursday, September 19, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the third seminar during the fall of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE

September 9, 2013: Concert: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in the Winter Garden across from Cafeteria 4. University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. With Janus H�gfeldt Araghipour, klaver; Sidse Malene Bohm, sopran; Anders Christensen, baryton;and Maria Due Marstal, sopran.Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. The concert is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Janus Araghipour, Pianist, Bachelor of Fine Arts, currently enrolled in the Master�s Program in Performance at The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Odense and an MA student of Dr. Andrzej Jasinski, Katowice, Poland, and Cynthia M. Grund, Associate Professor, Philosophy; Institute for the Study of Culture; University of Southern Denmark.entitled 'Content v. Competition, or Is Music Really So Different from - Sport? on Thursday, September 12, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Poster for the seminar available HERE. For fall 2013 series information and updates, please see HERE.

August 21, 2013:

Here's hoping that everyone has had an enjoyable summer break! Now that fall is coming, we can look forward to a succession of exciting seminars in our ongoing series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. We kick off with

Erik Christensen, PhD, Aalborg U, who will give a presentation entitled

Music in the Brain and Body, Thursday, September 5, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. The schedule for all seminars in Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound during the fall semester of 2013 may be found HERE.

Update - June 26, 2013: For all who keep an eye on this site and wish to keep up with what is going on, apologies for the lack of updating during the last few months; we've just all been too busy, as you can see here in the "News" column. You can get a good idea of what we have been up to by scanning this "News" column, and the activities post-dating May 2 and extending into the future may be found in between the two rows of ******s below:

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October 14-18, 2013:

NNIMIPA goes to Marseille to hold a meeting in conjunction with The 10th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) themed Sound, Music and Motion. Please see http://www.cmmr2013.cnrs-mrs.fr/. More details available here regarding NNIMIPA's session and meeting in conjunction with the CMMR symposium.

July 17-July 22, 2013:

NNIMIPA goes to London once again to meet in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Royal Music Association Music and Philosophy Study Group. NNIMIPA will be holding two sessions of presentations on Thursday, July 18, a day of coordination meetings on Sunday, July 21, and some NNIMIPA delegates will also be presenting at the main RMA-MPSG meeting on July 19 and 20. Watch for updateshereon the NNIMIPA site.

June 28, 2013: Nordic connections are further strengthened as Cynthia M. Grund acts as opponent for the doctoral dissertation Ideas of Time in Music: A Philosophico-Logical Investigation Applied to Works of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) by Marianela Calleja, presented with the permission of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Helsinki, for public examination in Auditorium XII, Univerisity Main Building, on June 28, 2013, at 12. noon. Dissertation advisors: Gabriel Sandu and Alfonso Padilla.

June 8, 2013

Kristoffer Jensen, David Hebert and Cynthia M. Grund raise their glasses to toast NNIMIPA as Kristoffer and David kicked off several days of work on NNIMIPA-related collaborative projects in Copenhagen.

Primo June 2013: A reminder to everyone to periodically check into JMM:The Journal of Music and Meaning

athttp://www.musicandmeaning.net. For some time JMM has had a rolling acceptance AND publication policy, and new articles appeared as part of an update of JMM 11.

Friday, May 10 - Friday May 17, 2013, William Westney, Michael O'Boyle, and James Yang, all from Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, Texas together with Cynthia M. Grund, University of Southern Denmark, carried out the next phase of empirical work connected with the project Technological and Aesthetic Investigations of the Physical Movements of Pianists together with the terrific staff of the TTU Neuroimaging Institute. For more on the project, please see HERE.

Friday, May 3, 2013 and Saturday, May 4, 2013, Cynthia M. Grund represented The Aesthetics of Music and Sound and NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics in The Festival of Research coordinated by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology, and Innovation. Cynthia gave presentations about the current cross-disciplinary music research project Technological and Aesthetic Investigations of the Physical Movements of Pianists involving Texas Tech U and SDU (see HERE) to gymnasium (upper-level secondary school) students at Greve Gymnasium and Odsherred Gymnasium on May 3, andfor the general public at K�ge Library on May 4. For a description (in Danish) of the presentation, please see HERE.

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April 28, 2013:

Concert: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square p.m. on the Campus Square - Campustorvet, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Giacomo di Tollo, piano, performs A Festival of Italian Operatic, Belle �poque and Contemporary Piano Transcriptions. Poster for the concert available HERE as a pdf-file. Program (with notes) available HERE as pdf-file. Please see HERE for more detailed information on the Lunchtime Concert Series at the University of Southern Denmark. Following the concert there will be a seminar with Giacomo di Tollo, PhD, LISIC -- Universit� du Littoral C�te d'Opale, Calais France: An Application of Cycles to Twelve-tone Structures, Thursday, May 2, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the twelfth and final seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE. For the fall 2013 seminar series, please see HERE.

April 23, 2013:

Concert: Wednesday,

April 24, 2013, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in Cafeteria 4 , University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Janus Araghipour, piano, plays music of Beethoven, Nielsen, Bach, Debussy, Schumann og Chopin. Poster for the concert available HERE as a pdf-file. Program (with notes) available HERE as pdf-file. Please see HERE for more detailed information on the Lunchtime Concert Series at the University of Southern Denmark. On Thursday, April 25, there will be a seminar with Carla Cash, PhD, Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Chair, Keyboard Area, School of Music;Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX, via Skype:

Optimizing Music Learning: The Neuroscience of Skill Practice and Memory Formation, Thursday, April 25, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eleventh seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

April 14, 2013:

Concert: Thursday,

April 18, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square - Campustorvet, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Morten Heide, piano, celebrates that 2013 is the bicentennial birthday year for Charle-Valentin Alkan. Poster for the concert available HERE as a pdf-file. Program (with notes) available HERE as pdf-file. Please see HERE for more detailed information on the Lunchtime Concert Series at the University of Southern Denmark. Following the concert there will be a seminar with Morten Heide, Pianist and Choral Director; NNIMIPA (Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics) delegate-at-large representing The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark (AMDA), Odense, Denmark.Charles-Valentin Alkan: The Pros and Cons of Virtuosity, Thursday, April 18, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the tenth seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

April 6, 2013:

Mogens Davidsen, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark. The Correlative Properties of the Unresolved Discord, Thursday, April 11, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the ninth seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

April 2, 2013:

M�rten Nehrfors, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Musicology and Performance Studies, Stockholm U. (Via Skype).

Shaping the Community through Song - Ideology in the Song Collections of Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Thursday, April 4, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eighth seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

March 15, 2013:

Concert: Thursday,

March 21, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square (Campustorvet), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Emma Oemann, soprano, and Teresemarie Lisiux, piano, celebrate the arrival of spring with Britten, Mozart, Puccini and Bernstein. Please seeHEREfor more detailed information on the Lunchtime Concert Series at the University of Southern Denmark.

Following the concert there will be a seminar withTeresemarie Lisiux, Cand. Musicae, Master of Music - main subject: classical piano. The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark. Progress in Piano Pedagogy through Research, Thursday, March 21, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the seventh seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be foundHERE.

March 9, 2013: Tere Vad�n, Professor, Dept. of Art; School of Art, Design and Architecture; Aalto University, Helsinki (Via Skype). Dwelling �In-Between�: The Ineffability of Musical Meaning as an Asubjective Phenomenon, Thursday, March 14, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the sixth seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester is currently under construction and may be found HERE

March 1, 2013: Mary L. Tuck, currently in the MA Ethnomusicology program at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. What Music Tells Us About Ourselves and Our Cultural Experience, Thursday, March 7, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fifth seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

February 22, 2013: Nereya Otieno, Master's Candidate in Cognition and Communication, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen.Music, Rhythm and Embodied Cognition, Thursday, February 28, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE.This is the fourth seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

February 17, 2013: Concert: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Minako Jensen, piano, plays Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt and Brahms. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. The concert is followed by a seminar with

S. Alex Ruthmann, PhD, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Department of Music; Faculty Fellow in Residence, Commonwealth Honors Program, University of Massachusetts Lowell; President, Association for Technology in Music Instruction; Co-Editor, International Journal of Education & the Arts:Aesthetics and Pedagogies for Making Music with New Media (Via Skype) on Thursday, February 21, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE.This is the third seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

February 10, 2013: Golan Gur, MA, Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Musicology and Media Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin (Via Skype). Oracular Music: Musical Modernism and the Ideology of Progress, Thursday, February 14, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the second seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester is currently under construction and may be found HERE

February 2, 2013: Matthias Bode, Associate Professor, Dept. of Marketing & Management, U. of Southern Denmark. On the Meanings of the Sounds of Commerce, Thursday, February 7, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the first seminar during the spring of 2013 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound. The schedule for all seminars during the semester is currently under construction and may be found HERE.

February 1, 2013: This is the first day of the spring 2013 university semester here in Denmark, so welcome back to all who have spent the month of January either taking or grading exams! This site will be updated during the next few days to reflect all that will be happening during the spring term. Please keep an eye out especially for the Lunchtime Concert Series and the seminar series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, and please check the site's calendar periodically for the other activities which will also be taking place throughout the spring semester.

December 10, 2012: Concert: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square (Campustorvet) University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Nu er det jul with Nikolaj Nottelmann, tenor, and Cynthia M. Grund, piano.Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. The seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Anne Helle Jespersen,Research Librarian in Music, Head of Music Section; Library of the University of Southern Denmark, entitled 'Rhythmical Building Blocks': Creating Creativity which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 13, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, IS BEING RESCHEDULED AS PART OF OUR SPRING SERIES.PLEASE WATCH FOR NEW DATE DURING THE SPRING! Poster for the seminar available HERE. For fall 2012 series information and updates, please see HERE.

December 1, 2012: Matthias Bode, Associate Professor, Dept. of Marketing & Management, U. of Southern Denmark. On the Meanings of the Sounds of Commerce, Thursday, December 6, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. NOTE: M. BODE RESCHEDULED - WATCH FOR NEW DATE DURING THE SPRING! Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the twelfth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

November 25, 2012: Oded Ben-Horin, Associate Professor, Stord Haugesund University College, Norway, Faculty of Learning and Culture (Music Dept.) - via Skype. Write a Science Opera on Thursday, November 29, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eleventh seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

-forskning i �stetiske l�reprocesser gennem lyd i krop, kultur og kunst

(Soundtracks - research in aesthetic learning processes involving sound in the body, culture and art) please see HERE; poster available HERE. The course is offered in Danish by IKV-SDU on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Pages with course materials HERE.

November 19, 2012: Concert: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square (Campustorvet) University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Den f�rste koncert i Syddansk Musikkonservatorium & Skuespillerskoles Kammermusikfestival 2012. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Tom Eide Osa, Associate Professor, University of Bergen, The Grieg Academy. The seminar is entitled Wittgenstein and Music Performance as Aesthetic Practice and takes place, Thursday, November 22, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the tenth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

November 11, 2012: Tomas McAuley, PhD Candidate, Department of Music, King's College London (via Skype). Music and Epistemology: The Case of Friedrich Schlegel on Thursday, November 15, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the ninth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

November 2, 2012: S. Alex

Ruthmann, PhD, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Department of Music; Faculty Fellow in Residence, Commonwealth Honors Program, University of Massachusetts Lowell; President, Association for Technology in Music Instruction; Co-Editor, International Journal of Education & the Arts: Aesthetics and Pedagogies for Making Music with New Media (Via Skype)on Thursday, November 8, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. (NOTE: A. RUTHMANN RESCHEDULED - WATCH FOR NEW DATE! On November 8, Oded Ben-Horin gives us a "preview of coming attractions" for his talk on November 29.) Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eighth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

October 29, 2012: Concert: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. on the Campus Square (Campustorvet) University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Martin Vesterg�rd Hansen, piano, & Josefine Opsahl, cello, play Cassad�, Bach and Debussy. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Matias Vesterg�rd Hansen, currently studying piano with Amalie Malling at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music. The seminar is entitled Composition as Inquiry and takes place, Thursday, November 1, 4:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIME OF THE SEMINAR HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 4:15 P.M. SO AS NOT TO COLLIDE WITH THE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ACADEMY ANNUAL LECTURE AT SDU AT 3:00 P.M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the seventh seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

October 5, 2012: Niels Chr. Hansen; Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Hospital; Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom; Royal Academy of Music Aarhus. Elucidating the Significance of Statistical Learning in Music Cognition through Behavioural Experiments and Computational Modelling on Thursday, October 11, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the sixth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

September 29,2012: Thursday, October 4, 2012,

12 noon - 1 p.m. in , University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Minako Jensen, piano, performs works by Chopin, Schubert og Liszt. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Inge Bjarke entitled Improving Sight-Reading by Combining Ear, Eye and Instrument and taking place Thursday, October 4, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fifth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester HERE.

September 21, 2012: Daniel John Carroll, BA, Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Music, Boston University (Via Skype). Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture as an Example of How Semiotics Can Inform Hermeneutics on Thursday, September 27, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fourth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

September 14, 2012: Ludim R. Pedroza, PhD, Assistant Professor of Music, Texas State University School of Music (via Skype). Music asCommunitas: Ecstasy and Dogma in the Performance Aesthetics of Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann on Thursday, September 20, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Audience participation via Skype is also welcome. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the third seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester may be found HERE.

September 8, 2012: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Morten Heide, piano, performs Tchaikovsky's The Seasons.Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Morten Heideentitled The Search for Musical Perfection When Preparing a Piece for Recording � Beyond the Musical Score and taking place, Thursday, September 13, 3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the second seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the fall of 2012. The schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester HERE.

September 3, 2012: Welcome back from summer vacation! Updates are now in the process of being uploaded throughout the site. Please pay special attention to the "kick-off" for the seminar series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound on September 6 and have a look at the schedule for all 13 seminars during the semester HERE.

Markus Becker, Professor in the Strategic Organization Design Unit, Department of Marketing & Management, SDU and S�ren R. Frimodt-M�ller, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University Esbjerg, will present The Role of Routines in Music Performance and in the Accomplishment of Work in Organizations on Thrusday, September 6, 3:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. in in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.

June 5, 2012: NNIMIPA joins with the RMA-MPSG for a four-day multi-event in London July 19-July 22, 2012 on the occasion of the second annual conference of the RMA-MPSG held at King�s College London on 20-21 July 2012. Please see HERE.

June 5, 2012: NNIMIPA joins with the Grieg Research School in Interdisciplinary Music Studies for the June 2012 event UNDERSTANDING MUSICALITY in Bergen, Norway June 22, 2012. Please see HERE for information. This event is in extension of the GRS international research seminar Researching Music Practices � Methodological Approaches, June 18-21. For more information on the GRS seminar, please see HERE.

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April 28, 2012: Concert -Thursday, May 3, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. The piano quartet PA�AN - Martin Vesterg�rd Hansen, piano; Peter Andreas Nielsen, violin; Josefine Weber Hansen, bratsch & Josefine Opsahl, cello, play Bach, Vesterg�rd Hansen and Korngold. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Daniel Bonevac (via Skype), Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin. The seminar is entitled Rhetorical and Musical Structures and takes place, Thursday, May 3, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the concluding seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring of 2012. For spring series information and updates, please see HERE. Planning is in progress for the fall 2012 series. Please keep an eye out for updates here and on www.soundmusicresearch.org.

April 23, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Is Narrative in Music Possible? -presented via Skype by Malgorzata Pawlowska, Assistant in the Department of Theory and Interpretation of the Musical Work of the Academy of Music in Krak�w; Lecturer in Music History, Musical Analysis, Music Literature and Ear Training; PhD student in Music Theory. Thursday, April 26, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the twelfth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

April 22, 2012: Friday, April 20, 2012, Cynthia M. Grund represented The Aesthetics of Music and Sound and NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics in The Festival of Research coordinated by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology, and Innovation. Cynthia gave presentations about cross-disciplinary music research for 7th and 8th graders at Breum School in Jutland and for music and theatre students (college age) in Toftlund, Southern Jutland, at The Danish Music and Theatre folk high school. For description of the presentation, please see here.

April 13, 2012:

Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Research Initiatives in the Study of Music, Meaning and the Body -presented by William Westney, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Piano, Browning Artist-in-Residence School of Music, Texas Tech University (via Skype) and Cynthia M. Grund, Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Education, and the Study of Religions; University of Southern Denmark. Thursday, April 19, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eleventh seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

April 3, 2012: Concert: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Janus Araghipour, piano.Concert poster available HERE. For concert program please see HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Janus Araghipour, Pianist, Bachelor of Fine Arts, currently enrolled in the Master�s Program in Performance at The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Odense.The seminar is entitled Performing Debussy and takes place, Thursday, April 12, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the tenth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

March 23, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound: Witttenstein and the Limits of Musical Grammar(via Skype). Presented by Hanne Appelqvist,Postdoctoral Fellow (Academy of Finland); Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki.Thursday, March 29, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the ninth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

March 16, 2012:

Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound The Polyfunctionality of Music in Some Dramas by Henrik Ibsen, presented via Skype by Sofija Todić, PhD Student in Studies of Culture and Part-time Lecturer at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Thursday, March 22, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the eighth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

March 10, 2012: Concert: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Martin Vesterg�rd Hansen, piano, & Josefine Opsahl, cello, play Bach, Brahms, Busoni and DebussyConcert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE. Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Peter M�ller Juhl, Assoc. Prof., Institute of Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark.The seminar is entitled Room Acoustics � How Does the Room Influence Speech and Music? and takes place, Thursday, March 15, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the seventh seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

March 5, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound: Reflections on Improvisational Artistry and Style in Live Dance and Music Performance (via Skype). Presented by Aili W. Bresnahan,PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia; Editor, American Society of Aesthetics Graduate E-journal (ASAGE); and former professional-level ballet dancer and lawyer. Thursday, March 8, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the sixth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

March 2, 2012: Annual Meeting of the Danish Philosophcial Association, March 2 & 3, 2012 Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. For general information, please seeHERE. For presentations by members afffiliated with The Aesthetics of Music and Sound, please see HERE and HERE.

February 25, 2012: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound: Is Music Healthy for Your Ears? Presented by Jesper Hvass Schmidt, M.D., PhD. Center for Musicians' Health, Clinical Institute, U. of Southern Denmark; Dept. of Audiology, Odense University Hospital; Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Odense University Hospital. Thursday, March 1, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fifth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

February 19, 2012:

Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound
Wagner and �i�ek on the Revolutionary Potential of Music, presented via Skype by Tere Vad�n, Professor, Department of Art, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Helsinki.Thursday, February 23, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the fourth seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

February 12, 2012:

Concert: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Sound Seeds: Live Concert with Jensen-Georges. Concert poster available HERE.

Concert program available HERE.

Followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with Kristoffer Jensen, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University Esbjerg, and Laurent "Saxi" Georges, musician, composer, researcher.The seminar is entitled Sonification: From Signal to Soundand takes place, Thursday, February 16, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE. This is the third seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

February 3, 2012:

Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with

Composing as Adventurous Applied Science , presented by Jan Flessel, composer and instrumentalist, Thursday, February 9, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar availableHERE. This is the second seminar in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

January 31 2012:

The spring semester 2012 begins on February 1, 2012 in Denmark, and we get off to a running start on February 2 in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound with On Sound Segregation and Music, presented by Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Sound Communication, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark on Thursday, February 2, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for theseminar available HERE. This is the first in a series of 13 seminars during the spring. For series information and updates, please see HERE.

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December 31, 2011: NNIMIPA wishes everyone a very Happy New Year and hopes that 2012 will be a healthy and rewarding year for all!

January is examination month at Danish universities and the spring term officially begins on February 1. Please watch the website for updates regarding activities during 2012.

December 12, 2011: Concert: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Nu er det jul with Nikolaj Nottlemann, tenor, and Cynthia M. Grund, piano. Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE.

December 12, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, December 15, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55. 5230 Odense M. Sigr�n Lilja Einarsd�ttir, PhD student in Sociology � University of Exeter, England; Part time lecturer � Bifr�st University, Iceland. Presentation via Skype: Bach in Everyday Life: �Choral Capital�As Well-Being and the Socio-Musical Identities of Amateur Choristers Who Perform Art Music. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE.

December 7, 2011: ArtsIT-Second International ICST Conference on Arts and Technology, December 7-8, Esbjerg, Denmark. http://artsit.org/2011/show/home

November 25, 2011:Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, December 1, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55. 5230 Odense M. David Clowney, Associate Professor, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA presents a talk entitled Limits, Risks and Accomplishment in Musical Performance. Via Skype. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE.

November 18, 2011: Concert: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Pianist and Professor William Westney plays a program of Bach, Scriabin, Albeniz and Brahms..Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE.

November 18, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, November 24, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55. 5230 Odense M. William Westney (Texas Tech U) and Cynthia M. Grund (SDU) present a talk entitled David Hume's Theories of Beauty and Utility Applied to Issues of Musical Performance � A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue. Abstract available HERE. Poster for the seminar available HERE

November 18, 2011: New Directions in Musical Performance. Workshop and seminar in the Concert Hall, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark/Syddansk Musikkonservatorium og Skuespillerskole (AMDA/SMKS), Islandsgade 2, Odense, Denmark. 9:30 -14:00, November 21, 2011. For details, please see HERE.

November 14, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound, Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2:15 -4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55. 5230 Odense M. We welcome Catherine Z. Elgin, Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, who will present a talk entitled Two Dogmas and the Arts via Skype. Abstract availableHERE. Poster for the seminar availableHERE.

At 7:30 p.m. on November 17, 2011, William Westney will be giving a concert

in the Concert Hall at the The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark (AMDA), Islandsgade 2, 5000 Odense C. William Westney is Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Piano and Browning Artist-in-Residence, School of Music, Texas Tech University and was appointed H.C. Andersen Visiting Professorial Fellow at The University of Southern Denmark during the 2009-2010 academic year, affiliated with The Aesthetics of Music and Sound. Dr. Westney's program will include works by Bach, Albeniz, Brahms and Scriabin. For detailed program, please seeHERE. For more information on Dr. Westney, please see HERE.

November 6, 2011: Concert: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Pianist Morten Heide plays a program of character pieces, the titles of which suggest that they have been inspired by the song of birds or the sounds of flowing water..Concert poster available HERE. Concert program available HERE.

The concert will be filmed for television broadcast and is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound entitled: The Cognitive Semantics of Musical Tension with Jens Hjortkj�r, PhD, Research Assistant, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. The seminar will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE.

October 29, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound- Romantic Ballet: Features, Conventions and Narratives with Dr. Astrid Bernkopf, Programme Leader Dance Studies, Dept. of Performing Arts, Middlesex U., Trent Park Campus, London. Presentation via Skype. Audience participation via Skype also welcome. Thursday, November 3, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.

October 7, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Musicianship, Musical Interpretation, and Cultural Identity: Challenges for Philosophy and the Social Sciences with David G. Hebert, PhD, Professor of Music, Grieg Academy, Faculty of Education, Bergen University College. Presentation via Skype.Thursday, October 13, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.

October 2, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Goals for Cross-Disciplinary Research and Education in Music and IT with Dr. Barry Eaglestone, Senior Lecturer, U of Sheffield, UK (RetiredI). Presentation via Skype.Thursday, October 6, 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.

September 26, 2011: A TV-documentary in English about a Lunchtime Concert with pianist Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut earlier this year at The University of Southern Denmark, SDU, at Odense airs throughout the week of September 26 - October 2, 2011 on ALT, Aabenraa Lokal TV on the TV S�nderjylland (TV-SDJ) network. The program will be permanently available HERE and during the broadcast week also HERE. In addition to concert clips, the program features interviews in which Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut, Assoc. Prof. Cynthia M. Grund and S�ren R. Frimodt-M�ller, PhD participate.

September 24, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound -

Norms of the Performance Context with S�ren R. Frimodt-M�ller, PhD. Thursday, September 29 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.

Public lecture in fulfillment of the requirements for the magister degree. Stud.mag. Daniel Frandsen holds a public lecture addressing the following topic: Discuss the role played by authenticity in analysis of musical meaning and of musical value, taking into account considerations involving the connection between aesthetic value and ethical value. The lecture will be given in English and takes place on Friday, September 30 at 1:15 p.m. in U150, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M.

September 20, 2011: Musikkens og lydens �stetik: en tv�rvidenskabelig tilgang til nutidens Parnassus/The Aesthetics of Music and Sound: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to a Present-Day Parnassus with Cynthia M. Grund. Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Southern Denmark at Odense. Opening lecture for the fall 2011 semester, Netv�rk for Kvinder i Filosofiske Fag (KIFF), Friday, September 23, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m, Room 1467-517, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, followed by a reception. Poster available HERE.

September 16, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Immanuel Kant and Eighteenth-Century Musical Thought with Tomas McAuley, PhD Candidate, Department of Music, King's College, London (via Skype). Thursday, September 22 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE.

September 16, 2011:

With all that has been going on as the fall semester gets off to a start, we neglected to include this important update! The website for JMM10, the tenth issue of The Journal of Music and Meaning www.musicandmeaning.net was launched on July 20, 2011. From this issue and onwards, JMM will publish articles as they become camera-ready - a publication strategy we call �rolling publication�. Two articles are already online and more are on their way.

We are also delighted to announce that the Danish Council for Independent Research| Humanities (FKK) has recently renewed its support for JMM with a grant of 90,000 Danish crowns (ca. 17,000 US dollars at current rates of exchange) for 2011/2012, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. All of us at JMM are very grateful to FKK for its continuing support.

September 9, 2011: Seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound - Markerless Motion Capture with Alex Czarowicz, Vice President of Sales for Organic Motion, Thursday, September 15 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for seminar available HERE. The abstract for the presentation is available HERE.

September 2, 2011: Welcome back from summer vacation! Updates are now in the process of being uploaded throughout the site. Please pay special attention to the "kick-off" for both the lunchtime concert series and the seminar series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound on September 8 at the University of Southern Denmark at Odense:

Concert: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Tango quintet RABO DEL GATO plays a program of Astor Piazzolla's tango compositions. Concert poster available HERE. Flyer introducing RABO DEL GATO (in Danish) HERE.

The concert will be filmed for television broadcast and is followed by a seminar in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound entitled: Lyric and Meaning in Tango�s Poetry with Claudio Cifuentes-Aldunate, Associate Professor of Spanish at The University of Southern Denmark. The seminar will take place on Thursday, September 8 2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. in U73, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. Poster for the seminar available HERE.

June 26, 2011: Four-day multi-event in London June 30-July 3 on the occasion of the inaugural annual conference of the RMA-MPSG which will be held at King's College London on 1-2 July 2011. See HERE.

May 30, 2011: NIME - New Interfaces for Musical Expression - 2011 in Oslo, Norway, May 30- June 1, 2011. Please see http://www.nime2011.org/ for detailed information.

May 14, 2011: Texas Tech Discoveriesis the publication of the Texas Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research and its first issue was officially launched May 14, 2011. William Westney is profiled in a feature article that provides detailed coverage of the research on which he and Cynthia M. Grund are currently working as well as Westney's iassociation with NNIMIPA. Please see HERE.

April 15, 2011: Lunchtime Concert with Jan Beck Eriksson, Thursday, April 28, 2011 in Cafeteria 4, SDU, Odense 12 noon - 1 p.m. Please see HERE for details. The concert is followed by a seminar with Jan Beck Eriksson as part of the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound and entitled "The Cultural, Aesthetic and Historical Significance of the Piano," 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. in U70 on April 28, 2011. Please see HERE for details. Since the seminar deals with the cultural, aesthetic and historical significance of the piano, Jan will also present a detailed examination of the Steinway grand, which will be left standing in Cafeteria 4 for a while after the concert for this purpose.

April 11, 2011:

Lunchtime Concert with pianist Janus Araghipour and friends, Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Cafeteria 4, SDU, Odense 12 noon-1 p.m. For program and poster please see HERE.

. . . and. the seminar which is part of the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound and is entitled �Music, Logic and Language" will take place after the lunchtime concert on April 14, 14:15-16:00 in U70.Theseminar will feature (via Skype from Texas)

Daniel Bonevac, Professor of

Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Art and Science of Logic, the text used for the first-year course Theory of Argumentation in the Philosophy Dept. at SDU. Please see HERE for more information about the seminar.

All are welcome!

March 23, 2011:

With so much going on during the past two months, this has been the first opportunity to pause and announce the launch of JMM9, the ninth issue of The Journal of Music and Meaning www.musicandmeaning.net on February 12, 2011. This issue showcases a new, updated website format.

March 20. 2011: Josu� Moreno and Dāvis Ozoliņ� have just completed a NNIMIPA/NordForsk-funded week (March 13-19, 2011) of coordinating, compiling and editing video and motion capture footage at the fourM's lab, University of Oslo (please see HERE). This footage was generated during the February 2010 NNIMIPA workshop in Oslo (please see HERE) in preparation for the March 2010 NordPlus master's course at SDU in Odense (please see HERE). Both Josu� and Dāvis are specializing in music and technology at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. Josu� attended the NNIMIPA-NordPlus master's courses in Esberg, Denmark, 2009, and in Odense, Denmark, 2010. Dāvis attended the NNIMIPA-NordPlus master's course in Odense, 2010.

The work completed by Josu� and Dāvis during this March 2011 visit to the fourM's lab in Oslo will enable NNIMIPA-members to carry out further research in performance studies and aesthetics based on materal generated through network cooperation. Please see HERE for a sample.

March 15, 2011:

Lunchtime Concert with Nordphone Sax Quartet, Thursday, March 17, 2011, 2011 in Cafeteria 4, SDU, Odense 12 noon-1 p.m. For program and poster please see HERE.

. . . and. in the afternoon there will be a seminar in series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound entitled �Soul from Plato to Motown." The seminar will take place after the lunchtime concert on March 17 14:15-16:00 in U70. The seminar will feature philosopher Joel Rudinow - with us via Skype from California - who will talk about his new book Soul Music: Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown
(2010, The University of Michigan Press) Please see HERE for more information about the seminar. All are welcome!

February 15, 2011: Book a researcher from The Aesthetics of Music and Sound as a speaker at your event during the Danish Festival of Research

(Forskningens D�gn) April 28-30, 2011. For S�ren R. Frimodt M�ller, see HERE. For Cynthia M. Grund, see HERE. Booking is open February 15, 2011-April 1, 2011.

February 9, 2011:

Lunchtime Concert with pianist Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut, Thursday, February 10, 2011 in Cafeteria 4, SDU, Odense 12 noon-1 p.m. For program and poster please see HERE.

. . . and. the seminar which kicks off the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound is entitled �Aspects of the Philosophy of Musical Performance� and will take place after the lunchtime concert on February 10 14:15-16:00 in U70. The seminar will feature a panel discussion with Gustav Piekut, William Westney (HCA Academy Guest Professorial Fellow SDU 2009-10, pianist � via Skype from Texas); S�ren R. Frimodt-M�ller (PhD Philosophy SDU 2010) and Cynthia M. Grund. Please see HERE for more information about the seminar. All are welcome!

January 21, 2011 - Welcome back! As we segue out of the fall semester 2010 into the spring semester of 2011 (begins February 1 here in Denmark), the collection of a new round of news from NNIMIPA members around the Nordic area is in progress. An update of this website is also in progress.

From the University of Southern Denmark at Odense we can report that seminars in the series Topics in the Aesthetics of Music and Sound are now being scheduled for the spring semester and as a rule will be held following lunchtime concerts in room U70, 2:15 -4 p.m. (please see here). Please keep an eye out for further updates.

Best wishes for a good wind-up of the fall semester 2010 and a great start for the spring semester of 2011!

- Cynthia M. Grund,

Network Coordinator

(From the front page feature column; removed January 21, 2011)

Lunchtime Concert, NU ER DET JUL.

Cynthia M. Grund, piano; Nickolaj Nottelmann, tenor and piano; S�ren R. Frimodt-M�ller, violin. Thursday, December 9, 2010, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. For program and poster, please see HERE.

Theme Day: Music for the People!

was held on November 11 at SDU. See HERE. For the TV-documentary (in Danish) on the lunchtime concert given that day and, in general, on SDU's lunchtime concert series, please see HERE. This documentary is also airing November 22-29, 2010 on ALTV.

Book Release: November 11 was also the release date for the print version of Music, Movement, Performance & Perception: Perspectives on Cross-Disciplinary Research and Teaching within NNIMIPA - Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics. An essay in words and pictures recounting the NordPlus-sponsored Coordination Meeting for NNIMIPA held at the University of Oslo, February 18-19, 2010. Text: Cynthia M. Grund and William Westney. Photography: Cynthia M. Grund. Online version available HERE.

(From the right-hand "News" column: removed periodically.)

December 7, 2010: Lunchtime Concert, NU ER DET JUL. Cynthia M. Grund, piano; Nickolaj Nottelmann, tenor and piano; S�ren R. Frimodt-M�ller, violin. Thursday, December 9, 2010, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M. For program and poster, please see HERE.

November 23, 2010: NEW RELEASES

TV-documentary: "Musik for folket!" (in Danish) on SDU's lunchtime concert series airs November 22-29, 2010 on ALTV and is permanently available from November 22 HERE.

Book: Music, Movement, Performance & Perception: Perspectives on Cross-Disciplinary Research and Teaching within NNIMIPA - Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics. An essay in words and pictures recounting the NordPlus-sponsored Coordination Meeting for NNIMIPA held at the University of Oslo, February 18-19, 2010. Text: Cynthia M. Grund and William Westney. Photography: Cynthia M. Grund. Print release on November 11, 2010. Online version available HERE.

November 10, 2010: For Theme Day: Music for the People! on November 11 - lunchtime concert with Janus Araghipour and seminars with Sigr�n Lilja Einarsd�ttir, Line S. Kristoffersen and Kean Andrew Bruhn, 12 noom - 5. p.m., SDU in Odense - please see HERE.

November 5, 2010: For Sigr�n Lilja Einarsd�ttir's guest lectures at SMKS in Odense (November 8), AAUE in Esbjerg (November 10) and SDU in Odense (November 11), please see HERE.

October 19, 2010: Lunchtime Concert, Michelle J�rgensen, soprano, & Janus Araghipour, piano. Thursday, October 21, 2010, 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Cafeteria 4, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M

For program and poster, please see HERE.

October 13, 2010: NordForsk Network Kick-Off Seminar i Oslo October 14-15. NNIMIPA-Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics - will be represented by NNIMIPA/NordForsk Project Leader Cynthia M. Grund. For details, please see HERE.

September 28, 2010: For the panel discussion Music as Philosophical Microcosmos on Friday, October 8, in Odense at SDU with (clockwise from top left) Catherine Z. Elgin, Lars Ole Sauerberg, William Westney, S�ren R. Frimodt M�ller, Cynthia M. Grund and Daniel Bonevac, please see HERE.

September 28, 2010: For S�ren R. Frimodt-M�llers PhD-defense on Thursday, October 7, in Odense at SDU, please see HERE.

September 15, 2010: For Barry Eaglestone's guest lectures in Esbjerg (September 20), Odense (September 23) and Copenhagen (September 24), please see HERE.

September 15, 2010: Lunchtime Concert with pianist Morten Heide Thursday, September 23 in Cafeteria 4, SDU, Odense. For program and poster please see HERE.

September 12, 2010: For Jean Penny's guest lectures in Esbjerg (September 13) and Odense (September 14), please see HERE.

September 6, 2010: Airing on ALTV (Aabenraa Lokal TV) Sept 6, 2010 - Sept 13, 2010 and available permanently online at ALTV's homepage HERE: William Westney's lecture as Hans Christian Andersen Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense: "Experience and Inquiry - A Musical Journey."

June 30, 2010: NordForsk awards a grant of 571,239 Norwegian kroner to NNIMIPA for 2010-2013.

The Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (NNIMIPA -www.nnimipa.org) becomes a research network under NordForsk (www.nordforsk.org) on September 1, 2010. Nordforsk contacted chief applicant Cynthia M. Grund on June 30 to announce the award of 571,239 Norwegian kroner (ca. 535,000 Danish kroner/88,000 US dollars) for 2010-2013. The decision was made by the director of NordForsk following an evaluation carried out by a panel of independent experts.

May 14, 2010: SUM symposium, Thursday May, 20, 2010 10:00-16:00 � Planeten, Huset i Magstr�de, R�dhusstr�de 11, Copenhagen K. The Nordic SUM - Structured Understanding of Music - research project aims to develop tools and procedures that facilitate the use of emotion as a systematic parameter in the creation, analysis and performance of music in its widest sense. The workshop will present a range of concepts and tools for managing musical emotion, both in analysis and synthesis. Among these are the SUM sensor device which is a performance and measurement tool in development. See here for details.

May 14, 2010: Details now available here for both the May 28 piano recital in Reykjavik with William Westney at Salurinn, Kopavogur Concert Hall here, and the May 29 research seminar Music, Meaning and Method at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik. For benefit concert with William Westney in London on May 22, see here for details

May 13, 2010: Announcing a Lunchtime Concert on Monday, May 17 at 12:00 noon with William Westney at The University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Cafeteria 4. See announcement on Kultunaut here.

May 7, 2010: Homepage for the course "'If I could say it, I wouldn�t have to dance it' (Isadora Duncan): A Philosophical Investigation of Multimodality," taught by William Westney and Cynthia M. Grund at Bifr�st U., Borgarnes, Iceland, May 25-28 as part of a course exchange now available. Please see the menu tab "Bifr�st" here.

May 2, 2010: Program for the 16th National Meeting of NTMSB, Music, Meaning and Empathy - An Open Research Colloquium at SDU on May 18 available here.

April 28, 2010: Facebook Group started for The Aesthetics of Music and Soundhere.

April 24, 2010: Presentation of some of the motion-capture work done in Oslo during NNIMIPA coordination meeitng February 18-19, 2010 for Dansk Selskab for Musikforskning/ Danish Musicological Society Annual Meeting in Copenhagen by Cynthia M. Grund. See here.

April 16, 2010: Documentary slideshow and summary report now available for Music, Meaning and Gesture, NordPlus Master's Course held 22-26 March, 2010 at SDU-Odense here.

April 9, 2010: Information now available regarding course on Nordic National Romanticism, fall 2010, at The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense. This is an upper-level course being offered during the fall semester 2010 which will focus on the philosophy and music associated with this complex of cultural and intellectual attitudes. The course will be conducted in English and will include cross-disciplinary elements. Please see here for detailed information.

April 5, 2010:JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning. JMM8 available online as of April 5, 2010 here.

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April 16, 2010:

Documentary slideshow and summary report now available for Music, Meaning and Gesture, NordPlus Master's Course held 22-26 March, 2010 at SDU-Odense.

For

DOCUMENTARY SLIDESHOW FEATURING HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE COURSE

SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK'S
ACTIVITIES

FULL PROGRAM IN PDF-FORMAT

PAGE WITH COURSE INFORMATION

please see here.

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April 9, 2010: Information now available regarding course on Nordic National Romanticism, fall 2010, at The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense.

There is now a page on the site for The Aesthetics of Music and Sound devoted to Nordic National Romanticism. This is an upper-level course being offered during the fall semester 2010 which will focus on the philosophy and music associated with this complex of cultural and intellectual attitudes. These will be explored in historical and contemporary contexts and put into a broader perspective including the architecture, art, literature, theatre and politics of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finalnd and Iceland. The course will be conducted in English and will include cross-disciplinary elements. Please see here for detailed information.

March 7, 2010: .pdf-version of the program for Music, Meaning and Gesture - including schedule, lecture descriptions and readings - is now available.

Please click here.

February 27, 2010: Norwegian coverage of NNIMIPA.

On February 22, 2010, the Norwegian cultural site www.kulturkompasset.com began running a story here after the NNIMIPA: Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance an Aesthetics coordination meeting in Oslo (February 18-19) at the Department of Musicology, during which William Westney gave a concert, an Un-Master Class and participated in a variety of motion-capture experiments designed to shed light on the role of gesture in musical performance.

February 21, 2010: Course schedule now up for NordPlus-sponsored Nordic Master's Course on Music, Meaning and Gesture, SDU-Odense March 22-26, 2010.

After a productive coordination meeting in Oslo February 18-19, there is now a course schedule available here for Music, Meaning and Gesture. Please check regularly for updated information.

February 18-19, 2010: NNIMIPA Coordination Meeting at fourMs, Dept. of Musicology, University of Oslo in preparation for March course in Odense.

Includes Recital with William Westney, Music & Gesture Workshop, Motion Capture Workshop and Un-Master Class with Wiliam Westney. See here for more details and an introduction to the exciting fourM's research program at the University of Oslo.

February 15, 2010: Televised documentary "Music and Meaning: Duets and Dialogues" with NNIMIPA members William Westney and Cynthia M. Grund.

During the week of February 15-February 22, 2010, ALT-Aabenraa Lokal TV airs "Music and Meaning: Duets and Dialogues" with H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Cynthia M. Grund, Research Director for The Aesthetics of Music and Sound at SDU. To view the documentary on ALTV's homepage, please click here. This program includes interviews with Westney and Grund, gives an overview of some of the issues dealt with in NNIMIPA, tells the story behind William Westney's connection with the Institute of Philosophy, Education and the Study of Religions at The University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and includes clips from the conference held at SDU-Odense on November 6, 2009: Art and/or Entertainment? The Fifth Anniversary Conference on Philosophy and Popular Culture.

Ultimo 2009: Two important new books!

Musical Gestures: Sound, Movement and Meaning, Rolf Inge God�y and Marc Leman, eds. and Musikk og bevegelse by Alexander Jensenius (titles linked to publishers' pages).

Network Coordinator,

NNIMIPA;

Editor and Webmaster for

www.nnimipa.org:

Cynthia M. Grund

cmgrund@sdu.dk

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     The contacts that were established among researchers in the Nordic area and beyond through NNIMIPA have resulted in myriad cooperative research efforts. A significant number of these activities continue to be documented on the website www.soundmusicresearch.org which you are most welcome to visit.

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