CategoryMPSG related events

Music, Marxism, and the Frankfurt School, International Conference Dublin
School of Music, University College Dublin, 2–4 July 2014
Provisional Programme
Registration will open on the afternoon of Tuesday 1 July for those delegates who arrive early.
Wednesday 2 July
08.30–09.00    Registration
09.00–09.30    Words of Welcome and Opening Address, Professor Harry White

Music, Emotions and Well-being: historical and scientific perspectives International Conference: Music, Emotions and Well-being: historical and scientific perspectives Date: 20 June 2014, 8.45am – 6pm Place: Robin Brook Centre, Queen Mary University of London Organised by: Penelope Gouk (Manchester), James Kennaway (Newcastle), Jacomien Prins (Warwick), and Wiebke Thormählen (Royal College of...

Colloquium: The Aesthetics of Rhythm Music Department, Palace Green, Durham University, UK, 28-29 June 2014 Andy Hamilton and Max Paddison are hosting a colloquium on “The Aesthetics of Rhythm” as part of their project on this a neglected topic in aesthetics.  The project draws on philosophical aesthetics to broaden technical debates within disciplines into more conceptual areas of investigation...

We would like to announce that the inaugural Music Mind Meaning conference will take place at the Peabody Institute of Music of the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD),  Jan 30 and 31st, 2014.  The conference will feature papers by leading experts in the field of music cognition, including David Huron, Aniruddh Patel, and Isabelle Peretz, as well as musical performances by Vijay Iyer and...

We are delighted to announce three special events, generously supported by the Royal Musical Association, Society for Music Analysis, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester and University of North Texas. More information is available at

London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy)
Programme | Autumn 2013
Thursday, 03 October 2013
Garry Hagberg – Wittgenstein’s Blue Book, Meaning, and
Music
12:30-14:00 at Court Room, Senate House

You are cordially invited to attend “Music in Time. Phenomenology, Perception, Performance,” a conference and concert in honor of Christopher Hasty, Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music at Harvard University October 18-20, 2013. The conference is free, but registration is recommended. Details about sessions, speakers, directions, and the concert are below. Thank you, very much, for...

The Listening Workshop 11 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RF Chaired by Professor Rachel Beckles Willson, Director of the Humanities and Arts Research Centre at Royal Holloway, London University Royal Holloway’s Humanities and Arts Research Centre (HARC) is pleased to announce The Listening Workshop, a new central London forum for inter-disciplinary thought. Sound and listening have become focal...

The first ESSA international conference, Functional Sounds: Auditory Culture and Sound Concepts in Everyday Life, takes place in Berlin, October 4-6, 2013, and registration is open now. The conference is organised in cooperation with the Sound Studies Lab at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the international research network Sound in Media Culture.

“Silence, Absence and Ellipsis in Words and Music”. Ninth International Conference of the International Association for Word and Music Studies (WMA) London  7-10  August 2013 The conference is hosted by the Literature and Music Research Group of the Open University. It will take place in Senate House, University of London, in association with The Institute of Musical Research and The Institute of...