The AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice
Lead Research Organisation:
Royal Holloway University of London
Department Name: Music
Abstract
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Organisations
- Royal Holloway University of London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (Collaboration)
- Australian Research Council (Collaboration)
- Rhythm Changes Jazz Cultures and European Identities (Collaboration)
- Third Reflective Conservatoire Conference (Collaboration)
- Royal Holloway, University of London (Collaboration)
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Collaboration)
- Laboratoire d'excellence (GREAM) Groupe de Recherches Expérimentales sur l'Acte Musical (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- Cambridge Summer Music Festival (Collaboration)
- Royal College of Music (RCM) (Collaboration)
Publications
Clarke E
(2020)
Creativity, Collaboration and Development in Jeremy Thurlow's Ouija for Peter Sheppard Skærved
in Journal of the Royal Musical Association
Clarke E
(2013)
Distributed Creativity and Ecological Dynamics: A Case Study of Liza Lim's 'Tongue of the Invisible'
in Music and Letters
Cook
(2014)
Beyond the Score: Music as Performance
Dan Tidhar (Author)
Police and beyond: temperament analysis in harpsichord recordings
Dan Tidhar (Author)
The shaping of unmeasured preludes
Dan Tidhar (Author)
Towards gesture-based visualisation of music
Dan Tidhar (Co-Author)
(2012)
Effects of observed music-gesture synchronicity on gaze and memory
Dan Tidhar (Co-Author)
(2012)
Musicology and music information retrieval
| Title | The Elusive Chopin |
| Description | Lecture-recital outlining how historical and analytical insights into select works by Fryderyk Chopin can be conveyed through musical performance |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Impact | Considerable interest expressed by members of the public, who were encouraged to consult the resources at www.cfeo.org.uk and www.ocve.org.uk. |
| Description | Musical performance has increasingly attracted the attention of researchers after generations of relative neglect. In a dynamic five-year programme, however, the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP) has achieved new levels of understanding about music and how it is created both in and through performance. Launched in October 2009, with a focus on live musical performance and creative music-making, CMPCP has engaged a large team of musicians and musicologists spanning all stages of the career cycle. The Centre's research agenda has addressed important questions such as: How is musical performance creative? How does the act of performance take shape over time? And how does understanding musical performance as creative practice vary across different global contexts and conditions? Reflecting a recent shift in how music is taught at universities and conservatoires, the Centre's work has encouraged the interaction of theory and practice rather than their traditional separation. Based at the University of Cambridge, CMPCP has featured partnerships with King's College London, the University of Oxford, and Royal Holloway, University of London, and close affiliations with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Royal College of Music. It has undertaken five complementary research projects with associated workshops. Alongside these, the Centre has established an international Performance Studies Network to foster collaborative research between scholars and performers across the globe, in addition to awarding Visiting Fellowships and doctoral studentships and running three major conferences. |
| Exploitation Route | The study of musical performance has a long history within musicology, mostly in the fields of historical performance and music psychology, but only in recent years has a performance studies strand developed within the discipline. Musical performance studies now embraces a wide range of methodological approaches from such fields as music history, psychology, analysis, computational musicology, aesthetics, ethnomusicology, anthropology, cultural studies and sociology, while also rubbing shoulders with other art forms including drama, dance and the visual arts. CMPCP believes this diversity is to be celebrated: not only does it ensure greater vitality and viability, but it also paves the way for mutually enriching forms of engagement and collaboration. The Centre's Director Professor John Rink elaborates: "The fact that we can speak of performance studies as an integral part of today's musicology is attributable to the development of a sizable international community of scholars, institutions to support their work, a large body of research, established modes of dissemination, shared beliefs and values, a common discourse, and a perceived identity. But in some ways we have only just begun: in the brave new world that might now follow, the immensely significant role of performers will be fully recognized by musicologists and thus will inform and shape their research." Over forty musicians, musicologists and external experts have belonged to the CMPCP team, along with the large membership of CMPCP's Performance Studies Network. In working to consolidate research activity, CMPCP as a whole has aimed to generate new capacity and capability for future generations in part by uniting communities that to date have remained separate rather than engaging with one another. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://www.cmpcp.ac.uk |
| Description | Findings from the research carried out by members of the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP) have been used across a wide array of sectors, ranging from private musical tuition to university-level education, and encompassing the creative worlds of composing, giving concerts, leading masterclasses and workshops, and so forth. The commensurately broad spectrum of stakeholders has been in evidence at events including public lectures, focus-group discussions, public performances, conferences, etc. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
| Description | Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) |
| Amount | £23,994 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/J013145/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) |
| Amount | £23,994 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/J013145/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | KCL Graduate School Conference Fund Grant |
| Amount | £300 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | KCL Graduate School Conference Fund Grant |
| Amount | £300 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | KCL Graduate School Travel Bursary |
| Amount | £203 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | KCL Small Grant for Research in Arts & Humanities |
| Amount | £250 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | KCL Small Grant for Research in Arts & Humanities |
| Amount | £200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | KCL Small Grant for Research in Arts and Humanities |
| Amount | £350 (GBP) |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Music and Letters Trust |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Music & Letters Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2011 |
| End | 08/2011 |
| Description | Music and Letters Trust |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Music & Letters Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Music and Letters Trust Bursaries |
| Amount | £1,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Music & Letters Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Music and Letters Trust Bursaries |
| Amount | £1,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Music & Letters Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2010 |
| End | 07/2010 |
| Description | SEMPRE Conference Award |
| Amount | £50 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | SEMPRE Conference Award |
| Amount | £50 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2012 |
| Description | SEMPRE Conference Award |
| Amount | £175 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| Description | SEMPRE Conference Award |
| Amount | £175 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions |
| Organisation | Australian Research Council |
| Department | Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Nicholas Cook gave a keynote paper entitled 'Beyond hidden persuasion' at the 34th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia and the 2nd International Conference on Music and Emotions, held in Perth, Australia in December 2011 in association with the ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions (of which CMPCP International Advisory Board member Jane Davidson is a Co-Director). |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | CMPCP Affiliate Artist Scheme |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Department | AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | CMPCP has a roster of distinguished Affiliate Artists, including Alfred Brendel, Simon Channing, Margaret Faultless, Christopher Hogwood, Janis Kelly, Helen Reid, Susan Tomes, and the four members of the Endellion Quartet ? Andrew Watkinson, Ralph de Souza, Garfield Jackson and David Waterman.These Affiliate Artists have actively contributed to at least one CMPCP workshop or conference or to another area of the Centre's work. Full details of the current roster appear at www.cmpcp.ac.uk/people_artists.html. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | CMPCP Associate Scheme |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Department | AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice currently has four CMPCP Associates ? Dr Mine Do_antan-Dack, Dr Helena Gaunt, Dr Nicolas Gold, and Professor Aaron Williamon ? all of whom provide high-level input to the Centre's work on an ongoing basis. For biographical details on these members see http://www.cmpcp.ac.uk/people_associates.html. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | CMPCP International Advisory Panel |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Department | AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Both CMPCP's Directorate and the Steering Committee are supported by an International Advisory Panel, whose formal membership includes leading scholars within the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, music psychology and cognate disciplines, as well as distinguished performers, composers and music teachers. The panel's current membership includes Professor Philip Bohlman (University of Chicago), Professor Jane Davidson (University of Western Australia), Peter Dejans (Orpheus Instituut), Professor Jonathan Dunsby (Eastman School of Music), Professor Stephen McAdams (McGill University) and Professor Huib Schippers (Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University). |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Cambridge Summer Music Festival |
| Organisation | Cambridge Summer Music Festival |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The concert given on Friday 15 July 2011 by the Endellion String Quartet, which formed part of CMPCP's Performance Studies Network International Conference at the University of Cambridge in July 2011, was organised by the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Guildhall School of Music & Drama |
| Organisation | Guildhall School of Music & Drama |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | One of the key collaborating institutions in the 'Creative learning and "original" music performance project within CMPCP. Extensive fieldwork is being conducted at both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; the work in question is being undertaken by two Research Fellows based at the University of Cambridge (Dr Karen Wise and Dr Mirjam James). The director of this collaborative research project is Prof. John Rink (Cambridge), working in partnership with Dr Helena Gaunt (Guildhall School) and Prof. Aaron Williamon (Royal College of Music). |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Institute of Musical Research |
| Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Department | Institute of Musical Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Institute of Musical Research exists to facilitate research in music of all traditions and eras, and to support freelance and affiliated scholars alike. The IMR is working closely with CMPCP in mounting an annual Performance/Research seminar series along with other special events, such as the Study Day with the Arditti Quartet on 26 January 2012. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Laboratoire d?excellence (GREAM) Groupe de Recherches Expérimentales sur l?Acte Musical |
| Organisation | Laboratoire d'excellence (GREAM) Groupe de Recherches Expérimentales sur l'Acte Musical |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | John Rink is an invited overseas member of the Comité de pilotage for the Groupe de Recherches Expérimentales sur l?Acte Musical (GREAM), which is a Laboratoire d?excellence (LABEX) at the Université de Strasbourg, France. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Rhythm Changes: Jazz Cultures and European Identities |
| Organisation | Rhythm Changes Jazz Cultures and European Identities |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Rhythm Changes project has been funded as part of the Humanities in the European Research Area?s (HERA) theme, ?Cultural dynamics: inheritance and identity?, a joint research programme funded by thirteen national funding agencies to ?create collaborative, trans-national research opportunities that will derive new insights from humanities research in order to address major social, cultural, and political challenges facing Europe?. CMPCP and the Rhythm Changes project collaborated in organising the jazz panel discussion on 17 July 2011 as part of CMPCP's Performance Studies Network International Conference entitled 'On the margins of idiomatic jazz: creativity in improvisation, performance and composition'. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Royal College of Music |
| Organisation | Royal College of Music (RCM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | One of the key collaborating institutions in the 'Creative learning and "original" music performance project within CMPCP. Extensive fieldwork is being conducted at both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; the work in question is being undertaken by two Research Fellows based at the University of Cambridge (Dr Karen Wise and Dr Mirjam James). The director of this collaborative research project is Prof. John Rink (Cambridge), working in partnership with Dr Helena Gaunt (Guildhall School) and Prof. Aaron Williamon (Royal College of Music). |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queens University Belfast (SARC) |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Department | Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Sonic Arts Research Centre was established at Queen?s University Belfast, Northern Ireland in February 2001. The Centre, the first purpose-built facility of its kind in the UK, has brought together over fifty researchers working in the fields of music, computer science and electrical and electronic engineering into a world-class research group. CMPCP collaborated with SARC on 30 June 2011 in the event 'Improvisation in the Round' (see ROS separate entry). |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Third Reflective Conservatoire Conference |
| Organisation | Third Reflective Conservatoire Conference |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Third International Reflective Conservatoire Conference 'Performing at the Heart of Knowledge' was held at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Barbican Centre from 17 to 20 March 2012. It brought together leading researchers, professional performers and teachers in music and drama from all over the world to address key issues within music in Higher Education in a series of Keynote papers, curated sessions, seminars, practical workshops and a festival showcasing new work. The conference was delivered in partnership with the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC), The Culture Capital Exchange (TCCE), the Society for Education, Music & Psychology Research (SEMPRE) and the AHRC Research Centre for Music Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP). |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | 'Eight ways to play or sing a piece': A workshop on the paths to creative performances among conservatoire music students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aim of the second workshop in CMPCP's 'Creative learning and "original" music performance' project was to share the findings of the first year of project fieldwork with teaching staff from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Royal College of Music. Most participants who joined the workshop had taken part in one or more project initiatives in the previous year. Plans for the second year of research were introduced, and a lively discussion raised many ideas. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | 'The practice of performance studies': paper presentated at Fondazione Cini, Venice, in Symposium on 'Performing Music: A Comparative Approach' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Alfred Brendel: Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chamber Music 2011 was held by Alfred Brendel. The programme consisted of the following events, all of which were held in the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge: Lectures: On Character in Music - Friday, 13 May 2011 Light and Shade of Interpretation - Monday, 16 May 2011 Open Rehearsal with Alfred Brendel and Szymanowski Quartet - Tuesday, 17 May 2011 Concert by Szymanowski Quartet - Wednesday, 18 May 2011 Stimulated considerable discussion and heightened interests. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | CMPCP/IMR Performance/Research Seminars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This seminar series features speakers who specialise in performance, the study of performance, or both. Intended to present some of the most advanced work taking place in the field of musical performance studies, the series has been designed to appeal to a wide audience ranging from university music departments and conservatoires to the worlds of professional and amateur performance. The series is presented collaboratively by CMPCP and the IMR. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Chopin's afterthoughts. Talk presented in The Prince's Teaching Institute Summer School Residential for English, History, Art and Music, Homerton College, Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Collectivity, popularity, and history in the world of orchestras: perspectives from India and Indonesia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The second workshop in CMPCP's 'Global perspectives on the "orchestra"' project took place in the University of London on 11-12 November 2010. Speakers from the UK, France, Netherlands, Denmark and USA contributed to the discussions. The workshop focused on Indian film orchestras and Indonesian gamelan with all participants (including those who did not formally present a paper) sharing insights from practice-based research perspectives and highlighting interconnections in the performing arts. Future research activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Creative learning and 'original' musical performance: workshop 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The first workshop in CMPCP's 'Creativity and "original" musical performance' project took place at the University of Cambridge on 23-24 September 2010. The aims of the workshop were as follows: - to introduce participants to the project plans under development and gain feedback on these - to seek participants' input in their areas of expertise as these relate to the project - to foster dialogue and cross-fertilisation of ideas among participants working in diverse areas - to seek examples. Future research activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Creative practice in contemporary concert music: workshop 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The first workshop in the 'Creative practice in contemporary concert music' project in CMPCP focused on the broad theme of distributed creativity. It was held at the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford on 5 September 2011 and was attended by performers, composers, musicologists and psychologists. The day consisted of six short presentations, followed in each case by opportunities for discussion. The aims of this workshop were to stimulate a series of debates. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Creativity in Musical Performance: From Theory to Practice. Keynote presentation at ABRAPEM (Associação Brasileira de Performance Musical) National Congress on 'Performance Musical e Criatividade'. Held in Victoria, Brazil. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Further related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Exploring qualitative research methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was the second to be held in connection with CMPCP's 'Shaping music in performance' project. One of the aims of the project is to explore the thoughts of expert performing musicians concerning the ways in which they use the idea of 'shape' when preparing for performance. The array of qualitative research methods available to us have their own advantages and disadvantages, some of which are apparent, and some of which are not. This workshop was intended partly to help us to understand the issues at stake. Future research activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Improvisation in the round |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | 'Improvisation in the round' was part of the Mellon-funded 'Future University' conference organised by CRASSH at the University of Cambridge in June 2011. Presented in association with the AHRC Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice, this 120-minute event explored musical improvisation through the ages and in different idioms. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Masterclasses and Side-by-side events with the Academy of Ancient Music |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Masterclasses were given by the cellist Steven Isserlis on 25 January 2011 and by Richard Egarr on 19 January 2012 at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, linked to two Side-by-side events held in partnership with the Academy of Ancient Music. Margaret Faultless, who is one of CMPCP's Affiliate Artists, organised these events, to which John Rink offered additional support. Considerable public interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Music in creation: What we can learn from Chopin. Presentation at Royal Society of Medicine (Psychiatry Section) study day in London on 'Creativity, music and the brain: The power of music over the mind' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterward Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Musical Performance as Creative Practice. Talk presented in University of Cambridge Alumni Festival. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Future related activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Orchestras and the distribution of creativity: reflecting on archives, organisational processes and policies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The third workshop in CMPCP's 'Global perspectives on the "orchestra"' project took place at the Institute of Musical Research, University of London on 30 September 2011. Speakers from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Iceland contributed to the discussions. The workshop focused on Balinese gamelan performance issues, orchestral governance, the rehearsal process, community outreach projects and Tamil film songs. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Performance Studies Network First International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CMPCP's Performance Studies Network hosted its first International Conference at the University of Cambridge from 14 to 17 July 2011. Approximately 140 delegates from around the world attended the four-day event, which included the presentations of c.100 speakers in the form of individual papers, research reports, and special sessions. Professor Keith Sawyer gave a Keynote Paper entitled 'Creativity in performance: improvisation, ritual and collaboration'. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.cmpcp.ac.uk/conference1.html |
| Description | Performance Studies Network Second International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | CMPCP's Performance Studies Network hosted its second International Conference at the University of Cambridge from 4 to 7 April 2013. Approximately 110 delegates from around the world attended the four-day event, which included the presentations of c. 100 speakers in the form of individual papers, research reports and special sessions. The Britten Sinfonia gave a Keynote Session, convened and moderated by CMPCP's Director, Professor John Rink. In addition, there were featured sessions convened by members of the CMPCP Directorate. The main conference events were held at the Faculty of Music; delegates were accommodated at nearby Robinson College, where other activities also took place, including an enterprising Creative Workshop run by Jeremy Thurlow, Ewan Campbell and Lucy Downer, on the final day of the conference, when Charles Mutter performed Jeremy Thurlow's Ouija. On 5 April, a conference dinner was held at St John's College with a surprise performance by The Clerks. Other performances were scattered through the conference programme, given by delegates themselves as well as by invited musicians. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.cmpcp.ac.uk/conference2.html |
| Description | Performance Studies Network Third International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | CMPCP's Performance Studies Network hosted its third International Conference at the University of Cambridge from 17 to 20 July 2014. Approximately 145 delegates from around the world attended the four-day event, which included the presentations of c. 85 speakers in the form of individual papers, research reports and special sessions. Eleven musicians from the Academy of Ancient Music gave a Keynote Session, convened by CMPCP's Director, Professor John Rink. In addition, there were featured sessions led by members of the CMPCP Directorate. The main conference events were held at the Faculty of Music; delegates were accommodated at nearby Robinson College, where other activities also took place, including a performance of a new organ piece by Jeremy Thurlow performed by Andrew Blackburn with technical design work by Daniel Halford at a plenary session on the final day of the conference. On 18 July, a conference dinner was held at St John's College, followed by a concert featuring Classico Latino. Other performances were scattered through the conference programme, given by delegates themselves as well as by other musicians. Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.cmpcp.ac.uk/conference3.html |
| Description | Performance shapes and the brain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was part of the 'Shaping music in performance' project in CMPCP. It featured six leading figures concerned with music psychology who drew on their own research in cognition and neuroscience in order to shed light on links between music and shape. An audience of CMPCP team members, visiting scholars and postgraduate students contributed to the discussions. Future research activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | The 'orchestra' from symphony to sustainability: communities, environments, education, technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aims of this workshop in April 2010 were to explore different approaches and methods in studying orchestras and to share insights into this topic from both practitioner and researcher perspectives. Participants considered what kinds of questions might be developed further in their presentations. Future research activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | The (f)utility of performance analysis. Talk presented in study day on analysis and performance at National University of Ireland (Maynooth). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Future related activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | The price of literacy: performing practice today |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lecture given at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge by Professor Richard Taruskin on 19 November 2010 Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Yundi in Cambridge: Chopin Masterclass and Musical Dialogue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Masterclass given by the international concert pianist Li Yundi, followed by 'Musical Dialogue' (public interview/discussion) with John Rink Future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |