Confraternities, Congregations and Aural Culture in Counter-Reformation Germany
Author: Alexander Fisher Publication details: In Listening to Confraternities: Spaces for Performance, Patronage and Urban Musical Experience, edited by Tess Knighton, 272–304. Leiden: Brill, 2024. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004702776_012 Abstract: The fate of confraternities in post-Reformation Germany was profoundly shaped by the history of religious division. On the eve of the Reformation, major cities like Cologne and Augsburg […]
Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music
Author: Anabel Maler Publication details: Oxford University Press, Oxford Studies in Music Theory Weblink: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/seeing-voices-9780197601976?cc=ca&lang=en& Abstract: First monograph-length analytical study of sign language music Introduces and explicates the concepts of a singing signing voice, sign language melody, sign language rhythm and meter, and meaning in sign language music Includes interviews with Deaf musicians that have […]
Winterreise
Featured UBC Alumni: Rachel Fenlon, soprano and piano Label: Orchid Classics Recording/mix engineer: Carl Talbot Recording details: It is a dream come true to put my debut record out into the world, and for that record to be Schubert’s Winterreise. Since I began singing, at 17 years old, I never quite understood why it wasn’t acceptable to […]
Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century
Arthor: Vellutini, Claudio Publication details: Edita Gruberová’s Wig: Belcanto Revival and Staging Practices at the Turn of the 21st Century, Belcanto: Tradition and Fascination Today, edited by Isolde Schmid-Reiter and Aviel Cahn (Regensburg: ConBrio, 2024), pp. 167-187. Details: Internationally renowned scholars and artists reflect on Belcanto from different angles rooted in research and practice and […]
Where Waters Meet
Artists: UBC Music PhD student Sherryl Sewepagaham, composer; Canadian Chamber Choir Compositions also by Hussein Janmohamed (BMus’96, MMus’98, MMus’14) Release date: September 2024 Description (from Canadian Chamber Choir website): Where Waters Meet is an Indigenous/settler partnership built on friendship, deep respect and admiration, and the desire to communicate through our shared sung medium. It is […]
The Influence of Dissonance on Listeners’ Perceived Emotions in Rhythmically Complex Musical Excerpts
Author: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, Bryan, Lee, Jason Yin Hei, and Sapp, Craig Stuart Publication details: Auditory Perception and Cognition, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. 291-318 Weblink: doi.org/10.1080/25742442.2024.2396980 Abstract: This study investigates the influence of dissonance on listeners’ ratings of five emotional dimensions (mood, energy, movement, dissonance, and tension) using excerpts from twentieth-century keyboard music that feature complex […]
Making Logos Musical: Joseph Koo’s Compositions for Jingles
Author: Hedy Law Publication details: Non-peer-reviewed essay commissioned by Tai Guan for an exhibition in July 2024, Hong Kong. Published in Bloomberg Connects, July 2024 Weblink: www.taikwun.hk/assets/filemanager/userfiles/2._Programme_-_Heritage/2024/Soundtrack_of_Our_Lives/Bloomberg_Connects/articles/Making_Logos_Musical_(Dr_Hedy_Law).pdf
Analysis of the Music and Lyrics of the Cantonese Musical, The Woman Who Wears Kenzo
Author: Hedy Law Publication details: Script of the Cantonese Musical, The Woman Who Wears Kenzo, 260–275. Hong Kong: Bbluesky and Taipei: e-RedAnt, 2024 Weblink: /www.ggrassy.com/product/
Listeners’ Perceived Emotions in Musical Excerpts with Ordered vs. Randomized Pitch and Register
Author: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, Bryan, Lee, Jason Yin Hei, and Sapp, Craig Stuart Publication details: 2023 4th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds, Pisa, Italy, 2023, pp. 1-9. IEEE. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF59510.2023.10335484 Abstract: The current study investigates the influence of pitch and register (ordered vs. randomized) on listeners’ ratings of five emotional dimensions (mood, energy, movement, […]
Listener’s perceived emotions in synthetic vs. human performance of rhythmically complex musical excerpts
Authors: Poudrier, Ève, Bell, B. J., Lee, J. Y. H., Sapp, C.S. Publication details: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Music and Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2023), 13–15 November 2023, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 599–610. CMMR 2023 & Laboratory PRISM, Marseille, France. Weblink: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10076248 Abstract: Research on listeners’ perceived emotions in music draws on human and synthetic […]