Das Festival „The Great Escape“ nimmt noch bis zum 17.03.2021 Bewerbungen entgegen. Es steigt im englischen Brighton vom 13.-15.05.2021. 

„Opéra sans frontières? Musicians and migration in a globalised world“ heißt eine Konferenz, die am 12.09.2017 in der Oxford Brookes University in Oxford (GB) veranstaltet wird. Oberto ist die Abkürzung für „Oxford Brookes: Exploring Research Trends in Opera“ und bezeichnet eine Forschungs-Abteilung, die die Geschichte, Performance und Rezeption von Oper untersucht sowie ihre politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Kontexte und kritischen Debatten. Einmal im Jahr veranstaltet sie eine Konferenz, für die kommende werden noch Papers gesucht:

„From prima donnas of the past travelling with their favourite ‘suitcase arias’ to contemporary directors designing collaborative productions for multiple international opera houses, operatic personnel have always worked across territorial boundaries. Travel is an inherent part of the opera singer’s, composer’s or conductor’s lifestyle. Historically speaking, there have of course been frequent backlashes against such freedom of movement, stressing the uniqueness or superiority of homegrown traditions or campaigning for greater protectionism. These have typically pitted the national insider against a (threatening) foreign “other”, whether protests against the dominance of foreign singers at the Bayreuth Festivals in the 1890s or the successive attempts to establish a national English opera.

These debates have taken on added urgency in light of recent political developments, which have witnessed a resurgence of nationalist fervour that may herald a more difficult climate for the practitioners of an international artform such as opera. This conference will reflect on the transnational nature of the opera profession through presentations, round tables and free-ranging discussions. As with previous OBERTO conferences, we aim to bring together in fruitful debate academics, performers, conductors, directors, agents, opera company managers, journalists and any other stakeholders in the opera industry. We therefore invite papers addressing a wide variety of topics – both historical and contemporary – including (but by no means limited to):

Crossing borders – literally and figuratively / The international careers of composers, performers, conductors, directors and other operatic personnel, past and present / Protectionism and advocacy for native performers and national opera institutions / Potential challenges to the opera industry in post-Brexit Europe and worldwide / Critical and polemical debates about opera, nationalism and cosmopolitanism / Language, communication and a lingua franca in the opera industry / Opera singers and travel writing

Proposals of up to 250 words are invited for individual papers of 20 minutes duration. We also welcome suggestions for alternative format sessions and expressions of interest to participate in panel discussions or roundtables. These should be submitted by email to Dr Barbara Eichner (ku.ca1733921119.seko1733921119orb@r1733921119enhci1733921119e.ara1733921119brab1733921119) no later than 31st May 2017.

Die LGBTQ+ Study Group lädt vom 26.-27.05.2017 zum Symposium „Music, Queer, Intersections“ in die Edge Hill University in der Nähe von Liverpool (UK) ein. Zum Inhalt: „This symposium aims to support current and nurture future research on LGBTQ issues within music studies. On the one hand, it hopes to foster more activer exchange between the sub-disciplines of music studies in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches. On the other hand, it strives to bring musicology into greater dialogue with current pressing debates in queer studies, in particular with issues of affect theory, intersectionality and transnationalism. Through diverse formats – including a keynote lecture, roundtable discussions, reading workshops and presentations – this two-day event will gather music scholars interested in queer studies as well as LBGTQ identifying musicologists of all sub-disciplines from student up to professorial level“.

Einblicke in die englische Salon- und Konzertkultur gewährt vom 10. bis 26. November 2015 das Forschungszentrum Musik und Gender im Foyer der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Die Ausstellung „I’ve brought some Songs“ (Eröffnung: 18 Uhr) widmet sich mit seltenen Notendrucken und weiteren Archivbeständen einem bisher wenig beachteten Ausschnitt der europäischen Musikkultur und zeigt musikalische Kostbarkeiten aus der Sammlung englischer Komponistinnen des Forschungszentrums Musik und Gender.
Musizierende Frauen, klirrende Gläser, fauchende Katzen, pfeifende Wasserkessel und genervte Ehemänner – sah es so in den aristokratischen und bürgerlichen Salons in England um 1800 aus? Oder vielmehr: klang es so? Die Musik der Opern- und Konzerthäuser in den Musikmetropolen der Zeit um 1800 ist gut erforscht, ganz im Gegensatz zu den Fragen nach der häuslichen Musikkultur. Wer spielte? Was wurde gespielt? Wer hörte zu? Ein von Prof. Dr. Melanie Unseld an der Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg initiiertes Forschungsprojekt geht anhand von Karikaturen des englischen Karikaturisten James Gillray (1756-1815) dieser Frage nach. Denn in diesen Zeichnungen spielt die Musik eine ebenso interessante wie herausragende Rolle: Vor der spitzen Feder Gillrays waren weder die Primadonnen der Zeit, noch die Glee-Club-Besucher sicher. „Delights of Harmony“? – wohl nicht immer. Um die Karikaturen zum Klingen zu bringen, werden Kompositionen der abgebildeten Musikkultur in einem Gesprächskonzert am 26. November 2015 um 19:30 Uhr aufgeführt: Sonaten und Rondos von Johann Baptist Cramer, Veronica Cianchettini und Elizabeth Billington, Balladen von Harriet Abrams u. a. aus dem Bestand des Forschungszentrum Musik und Gender. Es musizieren: Anastasia Wendler (Sopran) und Elisabeth Reda (Klavier) zu einem Vortrag von Maren Bagge und Clemens Kreutzfeldt. Der Eintritt zu beiden Veranstaltungen ist frei.

As part of the international collaborative Project ESTHER (funded by the Culture Programme of the European Union), the Royal College of Music is holding a three-day symposium and celebration, exploring the work of émigré musicians in Great Britain and other countries during and after the Second World War „Singing A Song In a Foreign Land“ from 21.-23. February 2014. From the impact of such cultural transfer upon musical institutions (opera houses, broadcasting, concert venues and universities) to the stories of individual composers and performers building a new life and reputation in a new country, „Singing a Song in a Foreign Land“ will involve paper presentations, panel discussions and interviews, and performances of music by European émigrés. Papers and poster presentations dealing with any aspect of this cultural exchange are welcome. These include studies of specific individuals, the evolution of organisations and institutions, reception of émigré music and musicians in their new country, and the compositional, performative and scholarly impact of émigré musicians on British musical life in the short and long term.
Abstracts (250 words) for individual papers (20 minutes) and poster sessions should be submitted by Monday 2nd December 2013 to ku.ca1733921119.mcr@1733921119sergi1733921119melac1733921119isumm1733921119cr1733921119" target="_blank">ku.ca1733921119.mcr@1733921119sergi1733921119melac1733921119isumm1733921119cr1733921119.

For further information and enquiries, please contact: Dr. Katy Hamilton, +44 (0)20 7591 4786, ku.ca1733921119.mcr@1733921119sergi1733921119melac1733921119isumm1733921119cr1733921119

Das „Centre for Music Studies – Department of Creative Practice and Enterprise School of Arts“ an der City University in London sucht für 16 Monate eine/n DozentIn für Musikwissenschaft (Beginn: 18. September 2012).
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