CONGRESSO DE ORGANOLOGIA 2017 ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS

Final Call for Papers   Strategies for the future of scientific and cultural knowledge and expression [sustainability – heritage – technology – education]   6th International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instrument Studies ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS   Porto PORTUGAL   24-27 Agosto | August 2017   WEBSITE: link [https://congressorganimusic.wixsite.com/porto2017]   INTRODUCTION: In this special conference we welcome participation from all areas, proposing to communicate your work on scientific and cultural heritage which is thought to be relevant to sound and musical instrument research and creative output, comprising innovative technology and issues regarding sustainability (matters on preservation of rare species and forest genetic resources are among these). We strongly invite all those who care and are willing to step forward with solutions and propositions concerning the four main topics, to be discussed and summoned during the conference days. ANIMUSIC provides a space and time to share concepts, discoveries, methodologies, experience, research and practical outcome from all fields touched by Organology (namely museology, acoustics, archaeology, education, visual arts and conservation methodologies, engineering, etc.) - a highly valued interchange which bridges science and art. ANIMUSIC foments interdisciplinary cooperation, considered a vital key to the assessment of reality with a broad perspective. This year's special Focus on Education is coordinated by GEFAM (Switzerland); we encourage the inclusiveness of performance issues and singing. ANIMUSIC and partners welcome people from all over the world to participate in a unique meeting which gathers partakers involved in the present and future of culture, interested in knowledge exchange and open regarding different perspectives about the creative sound. This year the congress is in the famous city of Porto, which has a rich patrimony including the impressive number of around 50 historical organs - some shall be visited and demonstrated during the congress. Porto also has an important carillon in the gorgeous baroque Tower of Clerigos (a recital by the carillonist Ana Elias is planned), besides the famous Port wine... We are offering as an extra-program a marvellous cruise up the Douro (meaning "of gold") river, where the famous vineyards are cultivated on layers of centenary stone terraces. INCLUDED in the congress: recitals and concerts with historic and innovative instruments, namely by composer Graham Hair and Scottish Voices superlative music, Ancient Music Ireland presenting the new replicas of the Irish/British Iron Age trumpets (trumpa mór) and a pair of traditional Nepalese narsingra in comparison, ‘Body Music: Japanese Bunraku revisited’ from the project KikiT VisuoSonic presented by Professor Maurice Owen from Southampton Solent University, and a special performance by the archeao-ethnographic music research group from Chile ‘Chimuchina’ (with possible support from the Chilean government); exhibition/ENCONTROIM (encounter for makers and collectors of musical instruments); a Skype presentation from one of the founders of sustainability in music, directly from the USA, Professor Jeff Titon; discussion, panels, roundtables and a brain storm session; workshops and a pioneer Maker's LAB where makers have the chance to explain in detail their original inventions and projects, showing the participants the actual practice; and also the presentation of the newest project in education dedicated to Organology which is being developed by ANIMUSIC. SUBMISSION: please send your proposal/s by the 31st of May We welcome proposals for papers (15+5mn for questions and handover), panels (one hour), posters and workshops, as well as demonstrations, videos, lecture-recitals (30 to 40 minutes) and full concerts (between one hour and one and a half hour). In addition, participants, namely inventors, makers and collectors, have the possibility to show a selection of their musical instruments or designs at the Exhibition. The ENCONTROIM is a special showcase offered by ANIMUSIC and the hosts, with no charge (the access is open and free to the general public). There is also a specific display area for books, scores, and other items, available during the conference days. The common language for presentations is English. Papers may be read in Portuguese, Spanish, French or Italian, provided the PowerPoint projection is in English. We also provide direct translation from other languages if necessary and possible - please contact us if you need help. We look forward to abstracts that describe original and technically excellent research from various perspectives. The title, abstract (in English or bilingual, of up to 300 words), and a biographical note (up to 100 words) should be received by email on or before the 31st of May (2nd Call for Papers deadline). The results shall be communicated individually by middle June after being peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Papers presented at the Organological Congresses may be submitted for publication in the conference proceedings (books collection ‘Liranimus’ and online). Please send proposals to:  congressorg2017.animusic@gmail.com A SPECIAL THANK YOU... Given our extraordinary research area, we are very fortunate to be able to encourage practical demonstrations - we are indeed honoured and thankful to the generous offers of recitals, concerts and impromptus by the great musicians who have so much contributed to the natural and incomparable involvement of our “always unique” meetings. For the OC2017, we gratefully acknowledge our gracious hosts, the ‘Fundação Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro e Luís Pinto de Mesquita Carvalho’ and the Municipality of Porto, and the generous financial contributions from Dr Eng Giulio Salvadori and the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, as well as all our other partners and supporters.

4th International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instrument Studies 18.19.20/12/2015

ANIMUSIC-Portugal and partners, welcome you to

«Creativity in musical instruments, sound and music making»

Makers and inventors of musical instruments are welcome to participate at the ENCONTROIM – a time and place to communicate their art, with a special exhibition open to the public. INSTRUMENTS, CDs, TOOLS, PHOTOGRAPHS… All are welcome to this special Exhibition!

We invite you to see some selected links:

General information (about the places, transportation, lodging, etc.)

Index of the Organological Congress 2015

Tavira/Algarve

ENCONTROIM: meeting and exhibition for makers and inventors of musical instruments

Listen to concert pianist Kyoko Hashimoto playing “La danse des B…” (excerpts)

Call for Papers, other proposals welcome

REGISTRATION TO THE ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS 2015 is now open: see here.

4th International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instrument Studies

18.19.20/12/2015

ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS

in TAVIRA, eastern side of Algarve, at the south Atlantic coast of PORTUGAL

CALL FOR PAPERS (open until the 20th of October)

THEME

The wide capacity for inventing sound tools and music has been a constant human evolution factor, from regional environments to the application of leading-edge technology. Modernity does not imply a merging homogeneous reality, nor entails a comprehensive Western permeation. Musical instruments reflect individuals and their societies, traditions and quests for novelty, as well as links and differences between cultures. Some sound objects are endlessly duplicated and common in all corners of the world while others are rare or even unique. So is each voice. We believe this meeting to be a good opportunity for bringing to light different spectra on the importance of musical instruments, sound and music making in human history. 

Following the natural crossroads in Organology, this year’s main theme is «Creativity in musical instruments, sound and music making». The theme is the ‘leitmotif’ of the conference and it is not exclusive; participants are welcome to explore the interdisciplinary essence of Organology and sound studies, on all topics and techniques relevant to our field. We may add that performance issues should especially refer to the instruments or sound producing devices used for the artistic communication, being possible to focus on the "creativity" of the composer in the use of the particular instrument/s or sound producing.

PARTICIPATION

We welcome proposals for papers (15+5mn for questions and handover), panels (one hour), and posters, as well as lecture-recitals (30 to 40 minutes) and concerts. In addition, participants, namely inventors, makers and collectors, have the possibility to show a selection of their musical instruments or designs at the Exhibition. There is also a specific display area for books, scores, and other items, available during the conference days.

The common language for presentations is English. Papers may be read in Portuguese, Spanish, French or Italian, provided the PowerPoint projection is in English. We also accept participation with direct translation in special cases.

SUBMISSION

We look forward to abstracts that describe original and technically excellent research from various perspectives. The title, abstract (in English or bilingual, of up to 300 words), and a biographical note (up to 100 words) should be received by email on or before the 20th of October of 2015. The results shall be communicated individually by the end of October after being peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Papers presented at the Organological Congresses may be submitted for publication in the conference proceedings.

Please send proposals to congressorg2015.animusic@gmail.com

For further and updated information please check the website www.animusic-portugal.org or contact us at the email above.

EVENING CONCERTS

The exquisite art of the Hungarian Organist Gyula Szilágyi will be heard in a concert (Friday night, 18th of December) and in a lecture-recital (Sunday), playing on two historical organs, the first at the Igreja de Santiago and the second at the Igreja da Misericórdia. The famous Japanese Pianist Kyoko Hashimoto will perform on Saturday night, the 19th of December, works from one of her last recordings, “La danse des B...”, by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Blumenfeld and Bartók.

EXTRA-PROGRAM

Masterclass of Piano by Professor Kyoko Hashimoto (Professor at McGill University, Chair of Piano Area, Canada) and Workshop on Historical Flute and Performance by Professor Michael Lynn (Oberlin Conservatoire, USA).

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«We love Art and Science, knowledge and praxis. Music abounds in a whirl of continuous stimulation. Our commitment is to bring people together, welcoming makers, creators, musicians… classic-ethno-world-music-sound inspirations from all parts and fields… This is ANIMUSIC-Portugal.»

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Encontro Científico Internacional para Estudos sobre

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CONGRESSO DE ORGANOLOGIA 2014

 

ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS 2014

International Scientific Meeting for 

Sound and Musical Instrument Studies

 

19 & 20/07, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

Submissions are now open for the 2014 Organological Congress organized by   ANIMUSIC-Portugal in collaboration with the Museum Nogueira da Silva and the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal.

 

The central objective of this conference is to bring together professionals, researchers, makers and players with an interest in the broad field of Organology. We therefore welcome proposals for papers, panels, and posters that relate to the science of musical instruments in areas such as musicology, social history, archaeology, museology, engineering, electronics, acoustics, decorative arts, iconography, psychology, or on issues related to the performance or use of musical instruments. As in the previous conferences, we particularly encourage performance practice, lecture-recitals and commented recitals, promoting the dialogue between science and art. This year’s main theme is Tradition and Modernity, following the crossroads so typical in Organology. We look forward to abstracts which describe original and technically excellent research with critical standpoints. The title, abstract (in English, of up to 300 words), and a biographical note (in English, up to 100 words) should be received by email on or before the 31^st of March of 2014. The results will be communicated individually after being peer-reviewed by the scientific committee, not later than the 15^th of April. The official language is English due to the large number of international participants. Papers presented at the Organological Congress may be submitted for publication in the conference proceedings.

 

Please send submissions to congressorg.animusic@gmail.com

 

For further and updated information please check the website 

www.animusic-portugal.org 

or contact us at 

animusic.portugal@gmail.com

 

CONGRESSO DE ORGANOLOGIA 2013 ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS

Encontro Científico Internacional para Estudos sobre Som e Instrumentos Musicais

CONGRESSO DE ORGANOLOGIA 2013

International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instrument Studies

ORGANOLOGICAL CONGRESS 2013

18-20 / 04 / 2013

Local: Universidade de Évora - University of Evora, Portugal

CALL FOR PAPERS

Geral-General

In furtherance of our principal aim of promoting the interchange of knowledge and experience in the field of musical instruments, the Organological Congress 2013 in Portugal will bring together scholars and all who are interested in the various subjects embraced by Organology, such as museology, engineering, acoustics, archaeology, history, applied arts, psychology, or in issues related to the performance or use of musical instruments (neuroscience, ergonomics, morphological anthropology, kinanthropometry or others). We are looking forward to the revealing of “new ideas”, new studies on instruments, new research methods, inventions and further developments of acquired scientific knowledge. While the main theme in 2013 will focus on innovation in sound studies and production and a strand of the congress will embrace this theme (see below), papers are welcomed from any branch of organology, in order to maintain our aim of representing this scientific area as an holistic whole.
Resumos-Abstracts
We are inviting potential participants to submit abstracts (200-300 words) in English (international common language),  for lecture proposals (15+5 minutes for questions and handover), lecture-recital or recital proposals (30 minutes) or posters, in all topics related to Organology, including acoustic analysis, construction or study of the mechanics of instruments, museological concerns (collections, exhibition, conservation, media, public policies, etc.), iconography or performance issues. Papers are cross-related with the opportunity being provided for open sessions. We appreciate proposals which are original, technically excellent, and with a synthetic and critical posture. Presentations should be in English, wherever possible, but may also be in Portuguese, French or Spanish, provided that the presentational material (PowerPoint) is in English.

The title, abstract and a short biography (100 words) should be received by email (to: congressorg.animusic@gmail.com) on or before the 20^th of March of 2013, independently of time zone. The results will be communicated individually after being peer-reviewed by the scientific committee, not later than the 31^st of March. Papers presented at the Organological Congress may be submitted for publication in the conference proceedings. Early registration is available during February and March. Participants are offered special discounts for flights by TAP.

Special guest speakers: Dr. Peter Holmes, Prof. Eberhard Meinel, Prof. Jeremy Montagu, Prof. Arnold Myers

For further and updated information please check the website: www.animusic-portugal.org or contact us at: animusic.portugal@gmail.com

TEMA-THEME 
Leading to new ideas : innovation from past, present and future

By identifying crossroads of diversified knowledge, this meeting will facilitate the interchange of ideas, bringing people together from various fields and expanding awareness of what exists and what might exist. Beyond the reinvention of the past, using a limitless imagination regarding the building of instruments with traditional materials, the bridge to new technology has been crossed to access a new world of sound exploration. Wonderful possibilities have been opened up with the advances in technology, both in the study of the lost past or the surviving objects of the present, as well as in the development of innovative instruments, paving the way to a future whose potential remains unimaginable even for the workers on the cusp of these developments, let alone the general public. Different perspectives will be presented at this conference, for the observation of the intersection of sound with everyday life, the physical and psychological effects of listening and playing, the interconnectivity or the regional particularities observed in the various collections around the world, or for cultural originality of any kind.  Researchers, constructors, inventors, curators, traders, artists, and all interested in this unlimited journey will gather to debate the inventive spectrum of ‘sound’ production and musical composition and also to investigate what has lead the human to value organised sound so greatly and what drives us on to expand the world of sound continuously, ensuring that the one predictable thing about the future of human sound tools will be their unpredictability. Sound and creation, from time immemorial into the future.

EXTRA PROGRAM
» CONFERÊNCIA-CONFERENCE “Art and Science” at the Goethe Institut in Lisbon, 17^th of April, 19h00, Biblioteca, free entrance: Lecture in the form of a dialogue, where the relationship between the development of the organological science and the arts is illustrated by Dr. Patricia Bastos, President of ANIMUSIC, and also where examples of schools of musical instrument construction and research carried out in Germany are shown by Prof. Eberhard Meinel, Director of the Studiengang Musikinstrumentenbau from the University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau, Germany.

» EXPOSIÇÃO-EXHIBITION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (during the Congress): Palácio do Vimioso, Universidade de Évora, Portugal

» CONCURSO ANIMUSIC / CONTEST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: to be announced at www.animusic-portugal.org

Conferência&Oficina no dia 19 de Janeiro de 2012, no Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisboa

The sound of Archaeology
by Cajsa Lund

 

 

Lecture and workshop – listen and enjoy!

Nowadays – in the modern world – we hear sounds almost continuously. In prehistoric times there was more silence. Today most sounds come from gadgets and machines. In prehistory, sounds from nature – man’s environment – predominated. Can we have any understanding of how people listened then?

It is even more difficult to determine what kind of music may have existed in prehistoric times. The knowledge is necessarily based on surviving material traces of music and music-related activities.

Music archaeology is today an accepted term for such research which attempts to describe, explain and reconstruct music and other non-verbal sounds on the basis of archaeological finds. Every single find is really a decodable indicator of sound production. The potsherd and the refuse pit, the plough furrow and the foot imprint – all of these offer clues concerning vanished soundscapes. But the main sources of music archaeology are preserved sound-producing artefacts and pictures of them.

Some of the artefacts were clearly made for sound production, for examples bells and bone flutes with finger holes. In other cases we are faced with exciting questions. What about tubes of bone with beveled ends? Are they whistles or are they something completely different?

Workshop

In the workshop you can have a closer look at the sounding artefacts and discuss them with Cajsa S. Lund, such as buzzers, bullroarers, lithophones, jew’s harps, scrapers and many other finds from prehistory and the medieval ages. You can try out some of the instruments, and also make your own traditional sound tool of nuts and sea mussels!

This activity was proposed and organized by the Direction of ANIMUSIC with the cooperation of the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia in Lisbon - we thank the Museum and its Director Luís Raposo, who kindly welcomed this event.