MUSICIANS will learn more about 'lost' music, African music, pop music and the work of women composers at the ISM Annual Conference 2009, Exploring New Frontiers.
The event will take place from 14-17 April at the Cave Castle Hotel, Brough, East Yorkshire.
Professor Nicola LeFanu will discuss the work of female composers; Malian composer Tunde Jegede will introduce a programme of African classical music; Peter Nickol will explain how pop music came to be taken seriously; and Dr Lewis Foreman will unearth forgotten music in a session called Lost and (Only Sometimes) Found.
Royal Northern College of Music Principal Jonty Stockdale, who took over at the RNCM in September, will discuss his new role in the conference's keynote address. Baz Chapman, director of the government-sponsored National Singing Programme, Sing Up, will report on its progress and answer questions.
Participants will visit Beverley Minster and Hull University Music Department, and listen to performances from the Tippett String Quartet and the satirical comedy piano duo Katzenjammer.
Philosopher AC Grayling will speak at the conference's closing dinner.
ISM President 2008-09, the musicologist and broadcaster Roderick Swanston, will chair the conference. He said:
'The conference may make us ask what constitutes a true history of music and re-evaluate our ideas about popular culture. I hope together we can explore new frontiers with passion, insight and pleasure.'
To download a booking form, visit ism.org/annualconference.
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