Event overview
A One-Day Postgraduate Conference at Goldsmiths.
This one-day conference seeks to encourage debate about ways in which national identities are expressed in music. Speakers will explore a wide range of topics including the English song repertoire, Stravinsky in 1040s America, Rap & Hip-Hop’s Embodiment of the American Identity, and Krishna’s Flute and Indian National Identity.
Programme:
10.30 Paper 1: The Dawn is Breaking: The School Songs in Early 20th Century China.
Yiwen Ouyang, Royal Holloway, University of London.
11.00 Paper 2: Krishna’s Flute and Indian National Identity.
Flora Henderson, PhD Student, SOAS.
11.45-12.15 Paper 3: American Music: Rap & Hip-Hop’s Embodiment of the American Identity.
Crystal Roberts, MA Transnational Media & Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London.
12.15-12.45 Paper 4: A Popular Nationality? Stravinsky in 1940s America.
Jenny Tamplin, University of Oxford.
1.30-2.00 Meeting of PGR Performance Students with Keith Potter (Small Hall).
2.00-2.45 Keynote Paper: Barbara Eichner, Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London.
2.45-3.15 Paper 5: Exploring the Effect of Prokofiev’s Move to the West on his Piano Writing.
Gary O’Shea, PhD student (musicology and performance) University of Sheffield.
3.15-3.45 Paper 6: Composing Diasporic National Identity:
Musical Landscapes between Nationalism and Exoticism in Chen Yi’s Dunhuang Fantasy and Spring in Dresden.
Chih-Suei Shaw, Jesus College, University of Oxford.
4.00-4.45 Lecture Recital: 'English sounds best suit with English sense'.
Stephen Foster, PhD Student, Goldsmiths, University of London.
All sessions will take place in the Small Hall/Cinema apart from the Lecture Recital, which will take place in RHB 167 (the Recital Room).
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2008 | 10:00am - 5:00pm |
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