28.10.2022 Events, Music, News

PolMus 1900 Postgraduate & Early Career Research Forum

The inaugural Postgraduate / Early Career Research Forum of the Polish Music Since 1900 Research Network

Friday 28th October, Zoom

The inaugural Postgraduate / Early Career Research Forum of the Polish Music Since 1900 Research Network will be held online at 18:00 GMT (19:00 Central European Time; 13:00 Eastern Time) on Friday 28th October 2022.

Schedule:

18.00   Welcome and Introduction (James Savage-Hanford)

18.10   Session 1: Ideology, Reception, Influence

(Breakout room 1, Chair: Andrea Bohlman, Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska)

  • Daniel Elphick (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Slonimsky and the Idea of Poland

  • Paweł Siechowicz (University of Warsaw)

A Hypnotizing Look: Ludomir Różycki, Young Poland, and the Art of Painting

            Session 2: New Techniques, Contemporary Sounds

(Breakout room 2, Chair: Mackenzie Pierce, University of Michigan)

  • Marcin Habela (Geneva University of Music)

Pluridisciplinarity in Paweł Mykietyn’s Opera ‘The Magic Mountain’

  • Monika Pasiecznik (University of Wrocław)

Digital Natives of Music: A New Generation of Polish Composers

18.55   Closing remarks (Mackenzie Pierce)

Individual papers will last ten minutes, with ten minutes for discussion. The two sessions will run concurrently.

The event is free to attend. Anyone wishing to join, please email PolMus1900@gmail.com for a Zoom link. Please specificy which session you prefer to attend.

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