2 day conference of the Musical Acoustics Network in association with the Groupe Specialise Acoustique Musicale
Royal College of Music and London Metropolitan University
Conference Organisers: Andrew Earis (RCM), Lewis Jones and Allan Seago (London Metropolitan University), with Murray Campbell (University of Edinburgh) and Joel Gilbert (Le Mans).
Programme
The full conference programme is outlined below. Each day will include paper sessions, discussion, and a short musical performance related to the main themes of the conference. There will also be poster displays at London Metropolitan.
Wednesday 20th September
Royal College of Music (Britten Theatre) - 10:00 to 17:30
Main themes: Musical Performance and Historical Instruments
- Nelly Poidevin: The reconstruction of early period bows
- Colin Gough: The Historical Use of Violin Vibrato in the 20th Century
- Charles Besnainou: stringed instruments (title tbc)
- Anne Houssay: Violin Strings, Setup, Bows and Performance Techniques
- Peyman Heydarian: The Santur instrument (Persian Hammered Dulcimer) and applying audio DSP techniques to musical mode recognition
- Craig Sapp & Andrew Earis: CHARM: Style, performance and meaning in Chopin's Mazurka's
- Christophe d'Allessandro: Sound documentation of historical pipe organs: a case study
- Adam Stansbie: Spatial and acoustic consideration that may arise when using loudspeakers within the concert environment
In addition, there will be a pre-lunch session describing research and research resources at the Royal College of Music. Dr Aaron Williamon will talk about the work of the Centre for the Study of Music Performance. Professor Richard Thompson (Director of Studies, Imperial College Department of Physics) will talk about the joint Physics/Music course offered by Imperial College and the RCM, and other acoustics research collaborations and Melissa Daly (4th year BSc Physics/Music) will present her recent work on inharmonicity in historical keyboard instruments. The session will conclude with Dr Paul Banks (Head, Centre for Performance History) talking about the RCM's research collections - instruments, portraits and concert programmes. This will be followed by lunch during which the RCM Museum of Instruments will be open to delegates. For further information on the RCM collections please visit www.cph.rcm.ac.uk.
Thursday 21st September
London Metropolitan University,
Department of Art, Media and Design - 9:30 to 17:00
Main theme: Musical Instrument Design and Construction
- Jean-Yves Rosen: Evolutions of the flute making: history and researches
- Philippe Bolton: From Ganassi to ven Eyck, or recorders and their fingerings in the 16th & 17th centuries
- André Almeida: Double reeds
- Mathew Dart: Acoustical reconstruction of the early-eighteenth-century bassoon
- Jean-Marie Fouilleul and F. Gautier Modern guitar making
- Peter Johnson: title to be confirmed
- Alicja Knast: Preferences in violin sound in recorded performance: a case study concerning late seventeenth and eighteenth-century instruments made on Polish territory
- Allan Seago: An exploration of timbre space for synthesis
- Michaela Reiser: title to be confirmed
- Rene Causse: 'Tonal' and 'playability' qualities of eight didgeridoos as perceived by players
- Crispin Caunter: The didgeridoo: analysis of techniques and textures inrecordings from Arnhem Land in the 1960s
- Richard Smith: Modern brass instrument design and manufacture: what is therole of the scientist?
- Jean-Francois Petiot: The objective/subjective study of trumpets
Registration
To register for a free place at the conference, please e-mail man@londonmet.ac.uk. This e-mail address should also be used for any general enquiries.
Accomodation
Accommodation at preferential rates is available in Imperial College Halls of Residence (directly opposite the Royal College of Music) on Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 September. Prices are:
- Standard Single: £46.00 per room per night including VAT and breakfast
- Ensuite Single: £76.00 per room per night including VAT and breakfast
- Ensuite double: £86.00 per room per night including VAT and breakfast
ACCOMMODATION MUST BE BOOKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE AVAILABILITY
Book accommodation through Imperial College Conference Link as follows:
- Tel: +44 (20) 7594 9507 / 11
- Fax: +44 (20) 7594 9504 / 05
- Email: reservations@imperial.ac.uk
Please quote 'Royal College Music Acoustic Conference' for reservation. Rooms availability outside these allocated dates can be requested. You may also visit the Imperial accommodation website at for more information and hotel reservation. For further accommodation information, please contact Andrew Earis on 020 7591 4843, e-mail aearis@rcm.ac.uk.