The 9th SIMM-posium was hosted by the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and its Copenhagen Centre for Research in Artistic Citizenship (CReArC), in a close collaboration with the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making).
Building on the previous SIMM-posia in Ghent, London, Porto, Bogota, Brussels, Paris, London and Brisbane, the 2024 Copenhagen SIMM-posium featured presentations, thematic panels and keynotes, exploring the social impact of participatory music-making across a wide range of cultural contexts.
Up to 100 delegates joined in person in Copenhagen. Some online presentations were being accommodated, and the event was being livestreamed. Papers were being presented on research developed in and/or by researchers from Croatia, El Salvador, Colombia, Chili, Honduras, Kenya, USA, Sweden, Brazil, China, Denmark, Belgium, UK, Italy, Syria, Iceland, Canada, Austria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, France and Cyprus.
This year’s programme was welcoming 2 keynote speakers and up to 45 brief (10 minute) presentations of academic as well as artistic research, research-related work in progress or critical reflections on research, which were curated into thematic panels and followed by plenary discussions. Artistic and creative research methods were welcomed alongside presentations of community-centred empirical theoretical or methodological inquiry.
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Keynote speaker(s) were:
Emily Achieng Akuno
Professor Emily Achieng’ Akuno is board member and past president of the International Music Council (IMC) and past president of the International Society for Music Education (ISME). Emily Achieng’ Akuno is currently Vice Chancellor of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in Siaya County, Kenya.
and Jacob Anderskov
Jacob Anderskov is professor WSA at Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC), Copenhagen. At RMC, Anderskov is a.o. subject responsible at RMC for the main subject Artistic Development Work, in which the students’ reflections on methodology and contextualization are intersected with presentations of the students’ own artistic work. As part of his development responsibilities at RMC, Anderskov has initiated and lead a handful of larger artistic research projects, including Habitable Exomusics, Sonic Complexion, and Echoes from the torn down fourth Wall. All of these are published at researchcatalogue.net.
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Programme:
You can find the full programme with abstracts of all presentations here: SIMM-posium#9_programme
And here is a short overview of the different sessions, with links to some of the papers and powerpoint presentations:
Tuesday 5 November 2024
welcome session
Søren KJÆRGAARD, Brydie-Leigh BARTLEET & Lukas PAIRON
keynote 1
by Emily Achieng Akuno
session 1
Artistic Citizenship as Practice)
chair: Andrea CREECH (Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Canada)
- Charles CARSON (USA, Texas University)
- Flavia MOTOYAMA-NARITA (Brazil, Universidade de Brasília)
- Oscar PRIPP (Sweden, Uppsala University / CReARC)
- Nan QI (Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN)
- Maria WESTVALL (Denmark, Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen)
session 2
Musicians as Makers in Society
chair: Lukas PAIRON (SIMM / Chair Jonet, Ghent University)
- Dillon BEEDE (USA) – Columbia University
- Pablo MENDOZA (Colombia) – Sinfonietta de Bogotá research group (online)
- Daniela FAZIO-VARGAS (Chili/Colombia/UK) – University of Manchester
- Yonatan VOLFIN (Israel/Netherlands/Belgium) – Ghent University, Chair Jonet – summary Yonatan Volfin & slides Yonatan Volfin
session 3
Musical Co-creation as Social Intervention
chair: Geoff BAKER (Agrigento / Guildhall School)
- Borja JUAN-MORERA (Spain) – University of Zaragoza
- Joel MARTINEZ-LORENZANA (Canada) – University of Western Ontario
- Natalia PUERTA (Colombia) – Universidad del Valle, Cali-Colombia / Guildhall School London
- Tina REYNAERT & An DE BISSCHOP (Belgium) – Ghent University, Chair Jonet
session 4
Social Aspects of Listening
chair: Søren KJÆRGAARD (Rhythmic Music Conservatory)
- Leonardo BARBIERATO (Italy) – Conservatorio Santa Cecilia/University of RomaTre – & paper Leonardo Barbierato & slides Leonardo Barbierato
- Alan WILLIAMS (UK) – The School of Arts and Media, University of Salford – text paper by Williams Alan
- Ana CORIC (Croatia) – University of Zagreb
- Line DALILE (Syria/Belgium) – Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Wednesday 6 November 2024
session 5
Musicians as Makers in Society
chair: An DE BISSCHOP (Chair Jonet, University Ghent)
- Natalie CAIRNS-RATTER (UK) – University of Roehampton
- Þorbjörg DAPHNE HALL (Iceland, Iceland University of the Arts), Jo GIBSON (UK, Guildhall School), Lee HIGGINS (UK, York St John’s International Centre for Community Music), and Sigrun SAEVARSDOTTIR-GRIFFITHS (UK, Guildhall School)
- Julian WEST (UK) – Royal Academy of Music London: text paper by Julian West & slides
session 6
Artistic Citizenship as Practice
chair: John SLOBODA (Guildhall School)
- Andrea CREECH, Taianara GOEDERT, Fredericka PETIT-HOMME (Canada) – McGill University
- Sergio GARCIA-CUESTA (Denmark) – Rhythmic Music Conservatory Copenhagen & Aalborg University – slides of Sergio Garcia-Cuesta’s presentation
- Axel PETRI-PREIS (Austria) – mdw-University of Music and Performing Arts
- Tanya MAGGI– New England Conservatory (USA) & Raquel JIMENEZ (online) – Harvard Graduate School of Education (USA)
session 7
Artistic Citizenship as Practice
chair: Søren KJÆRGAARD (Rhythmic Music Conservatory)
- Veronika HOFER (Germany) – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- John SLOBODA & Jo GIBSON (UK) – Guildhall School – paper John Sloboda & Jo Gibson
- Lelouda STAMOU (Greece) – University of Macedonia
keynote 2
by Jacob Anderskov – exposition version of the keynote and text of keynote Jacob Anderskov
session 8
Negotiations between/of Artistic Agency and Social Values
chair: Lukas PAIRON (SIMM / Chair Jonet, Ghent University)
- Kim BOESKOV (Denmark) – Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen
- Dave CAMLIN (UK) – Royal College of Music
- Luca GAMBIRASIO (Ireland) – University College Cork
- Lorraine ROUBERTIE (France) – Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès – paper Lorraine Roubertie & slides Lorraine Roubertie
Thursday 7 November 2024
session 9
Musicians as Makers in Society
chair: Maria WESTVALL (Rhythmic Music Conservatory)
- Bernardo MEIRELES (Brazil) – Federal University of Minas Gerais
- Jonathan VAUGHAN (UK) – Guildhall School – text paper by Jonathan Vaughan
- Dierk ZAISER (Germany) – Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen
session 10
Music in Detention or Other Freedom Deprived Contexts
chair: Lukas PAIRON (SIMM / Chair Jonet, Ghent University)
- Aine MANGAOANG (Norway) – University of Oslo – slides presentation Aine Mangaoang
- Silke MARYNISSEN (Belgium) – Vrije Universiteit Brussels
- Ailbhe KENNY (Ireland) – Limerick University
session 11
Participatory Music Practices For Community Building
chair: John SLOBODA (Guildhall School)
- Georgia NICOLAOU (Cyprus-Belgium) – Royal Conservatoire Antwerp | University of Antwerp
- Ioannis LITOS (Greece) – University of Macedonia
- Rafaela TROULOU (Greece) – University of Macedonia
session 12
Participatory Music Practices For Community Building
chair: Maria WESTVALL (Rhythmic Music Conservatory)
- Geoff BAKER (UK) – Agrigento / Guildhall School
- Maria VARVARIGOU (Ireland) – Limerick University
- Deanna YERICHUK (Canada) – Wilfrid Laurier University
session 13
Music in Detention or Other Freedom Deprived Contexts
chair: Lukas PAIRON (SIMM / Chair Jonet, Ghent University)
- Lucy CATHCART-FRÖDEN (Norway) – University of Oslo
- Noah KROGSHOLM (Denmark) – University of Oslo
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About SIMM: SIMM is an international network of researchers and organisations examining the social impact of music-making across a wide range of cultural contexts. Founded in 2015 it has grown to encompass a number of events, including research conferences, research seminars, international comparative research projects, podcasts and doctoral programs.
This will be the first time a SIMM event has been held in the Nordic countries of Europe.
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The scientific committee for the 9th SIMM-posium is composed of:
- Brydie-Leigh Bartleet (President SIMM / Creative Arts Research Centre and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)
- Søren Kjærgaard (Vice Principal, Head of Research and Development / Associate Professor, Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Maria Westvall (Professor, Centre for Research in Artistic Citizenship (CReArC) / Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- John Sloboda (Founding President SIMM / Research Professor Guildhall School of Music, London, UK)
- Torben Snekkestad (Professor of Contemporary Music, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway)
- Lukas Pairon (Founder SIMM / Professor and Founder of Chair Jonet & Centre for Social Action and Music-Making (CESAMM), Ghent, Belgium)
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Registration:
- Full in-person registration: 670 dkk (90 euro)
- Student in-person registration (with catering): 370 dkk (50 euro)
- Student in-person registration (without catering): free
- Single day in-person registration: 260 dkk (35 euro)
- Online registration: 110 dkk (15 euro)
You can registrate and get your tickets via this link on the website of the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, as well as more information on how things will be organised locally in Copenhagen.
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