Classical & Jazz Departments

MASTER RESEARCH

SYMPOSIUM

16-20 March 2015Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Sweelinckzaal, Amsterdam Blue Note, Ensemblezaal and rooms 4.45, 7.39 & 8.03

free entrance

MONDAY MARCH 16

Sweelinckzaal

09.15-10.00 Job IJzerman. SCHEMATA IN BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT: A Pattern-Based Approach to Early-Nineteenth-Century Music. Workshop.

10.30-11.15 Merve Kocabeyler. COFFEE WITH BACH: A New Adaptation of Bach’s Lute Suite BWV 996 for the Modern Harp. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.15 Ma Antonia Riezu Gonzalez. THE NATURAL HORN AS FIRST INSTRUMENT?: A discussion on 19th- century Valve Horn Methods. Lecture.

13.00-13.45 Sergi Rodrigo Delgado. SINGING WITH A CLARINET: A Study of the Vocal and Clarinet Music by Mozart, Weber and Rossini. Lecture-recital.

14.15-15.00 Kim Grisel. THE MULTICOLOURED CLARINET: A Combination of Clarinet, Singing and Physical Acting. Lecture-recital.

15.30-16.15 Alejandro Peiteado Brea. ARMENIAN FOLK MUSIC: Trios for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano, by Armenian Composers. Lecture-recital.

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09.15-10.00 Maarten Vos. ACOUSTIC CELLO AND (LIVE) ELECTRONICS. Lecture-recital.

10.30-11.15 Bruno van der Haegen. MINGUS OPERANDI. The Music of the Charles Mingus Sextet During its 1964 European Tour. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.30 Natanael Ramos Garcia. WHAT’S UP MI HERMANO?: The Relationship Between Jazz and Latin American Music in the 21st Century. Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.45 Georges Soyka. THE ART OF JAZZ TRUMPET PLAYING. Lecture-recital.

14.15-15.00 Lisa Loeb. OM TE JANKEN ZO MOOI: The Development of Music in Dutch Cabaret. Lecture-recital (presentation is in Dutch).

15.30-16.15 Sebastiaan Lunsingh Scheurleer. HERBIE HANCOCK ON GUITAR: Implementing Pianistic Elements in a Guitar Trio. Lecture-recital.

16.45-17.30 Virxilio da Silva Fernandez. TICKET TO ELECTRIC LAND: Electrification Through Early Jazz-Rock Experiments. Lecture-recital.

Ensemblezaal

09.45-10.15 Ellen Rydelius. TO PLAY AND TO STRUGGLE: Social Transformation through the Vehicle of Music. Research lecture.

10.45-11.15 Gidon Nunes Vaz. INSIDE KENNY DORHAM’S PLAYING: A Study on the Life and Playing Style of Kenny Dorham. Thesis presentation with lecture.

13.15-13.45 Sophie Gourlet. THE SAGA OF THE MODERN FLUTE: Louis Lot, the “Stradivarius” of the Boehm Flute. Thesis presentation with lecture.

14.15-14.45 Philipp Mellies. THE SINGING FLUTIST: How to Improve Your Resonance and Sound Quality through Singing. Thesis presentation with interview.

Room 4.45

13.00-13.30 Oukje den Hollander. KNEF: Recreating Historic Music Theatre Material. Thesis presentation with lecture (presentation is in Dutch).

Room 7.39

15.15-15.45 Raquel Martorell Dorta. FROM CLASSICAL TO ROMANTIC PICCOLO: Three Original German and French Instruments from a Private Collection Compared. Lecture-recital.

Room 8.04

17.00-17.45 Nora Dudas. THE RELATION BETWEEN GREGORIAN CHANT AND ORGAN MUSIC: Alternatim Organ Masses in the European Countries. Lecture-recital.

18.15-18.45 Zsombor. GENIUS OR CRAZY?: Famous Composers and their Psychiatric Disorders. Thesis presentation with lecture.

TUESDAY MARCH 17

Sweelinckzaal

10.00-10.30 Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez. THE SOUND OF THE OBOE. Lecture with demonstrations.

11.00 -11.45 Daniel Lanthier. TEACHING OBOE WITH TELEMANN: The Progressive Side of the Kleine Cammer-Music. Lecture-recital.

12.15-13.00 Kirsten Capova. THE S-FACTOR: An Exploration of the Musical Experience of Sibling Musicians. Lecture- recital.

13.30-14.15 Daahoud Abdul Salim Alvarez. TO GERSH OR NOT TO SWING?: Jazz Influences in Classical Piano Works with Orchestra. Lecture-recital.

14.45-15.30 Thomas Goralski. GO UNNOTICED: Implementing Precomposed Transitions in Nonlinear Music. Lecture- recital.

16.00-16.30 Einar Sverrir Tryggvason. INSPIRED CHILD EATING: Adapting Joseph Bishara’s Compositional Style to My Own Score to “Child Eater.” Thesis presentation with lecture.

17.00-17.30 Boudewijn Ruigrok. THE THREAD THAT LINKS IT ALL: Tools for Dramaturgy in (Musical) Kleinkunst. Thesis presentation with lecture (presentation is in Dutch).

19.00-19.30 Dominique Vleeshouwers. THE POTATO DIRECTOR: A Program for Artistic Leadership. Research lecture.

20.30-21.00 Eva Suslikova. HEINRICH BIBERS BATTALIA: With a Summary of Recordings and Performances of the Last 45 Years. Thesis presentation with lecture (presentation is in Dutch).

21.30-22.15 Daan Boertien. THE SOSTENUTO PEDAL, RIGHTFULLY FORGOTTEN?: The Use of the Middle Pedal in Piano Literature. Lecture-recital (presentation is in Dutch).

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09.15-10.00 Yunil Yang. FREE IMPROVISATION WITH LIVE ELECTRONICS: Analysis of Anthony Braxton’s Tools. Lecture-recital.

10.30-11.15 Solomiya Moroz. MAKING THE ABSTRACT REAL: Live Electronics, Embodiment and Physicality. Lecture- recital.

11.45-12.30 Clement Rooney. STARTING FROM SCRATCH: Building an Electronic Dance Music Looping Set-up. Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.45 Eva Aukes. THE LISTENING EYE: On Visualizing Music. Lecture-recital.

14.15-15.00 Pablo Jose Martinez Hernandez. THE FLAMENCO TROMBONE: Traditional Music from the Region of Murcia. Lecture-recital.

15.30-16.15 Xavier Torres Vicente. SOLO JAZZ PIANO AND CLASSICAL INFLUENCE: The Work of Brad Mehldau. Lecture-recital.

16.45-17.30 Christos Yerolatsitis. THE MUSIC OF BRAD MEHLDAU: Improvisational and Compositional Characteristics of his Album Ode. Lecture-recital.

18.00-18.45 Thomas Maasz. KYRIE-ELEISON AS A COMPOSITION MODEL: Bach’s B Minor Mass Through the Eyes of a Jazz Pianist. Lecture-recital.

19.30-20.00 Laura Rayen Escanilla Rivera. STEP BY STEP: Introduction to Preparation of Orchestral Excerpts for Viola. Research-lecture.

Ensemblezaal

12.00-12.45 Ul Seo. CULTIVATING IMPROVISATION: Concepts of Earth, Water, Air and Fire as Seeds. Lecture-recital.

Room 8.03

18.30-19.00 Inge Bergenhuizen. IN TIME WE HATE WHICH WE OFTEN FEAR (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE). Music Performance Anxiety. Thesis presentation with lecture (presentation is in Dutch).

WEDNESDAY MARCH 18

Sweelinckzaal

09.15-10:00 Bjork Nielsdottir. MAGNIFICATHY: Cathy Berberian’s Influence on Sequenza III by Luciano Berio. Lecture- recital.

10.30-11.15 Elnara Shafigullina. MIKHAIL GLINKA AND THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL SINGING SCHOOL: Historical and Methodological Characteristics. Lecture-recital (presentation is in Dutch).

11.45-12.30 Juan Pedro Luna Agudo. FROM DOUBLE TO SINGLE REED: Elliott Carter’s Oboe Concerto on the Soprano Saxophone.

Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.30 Daniel Ramirez Escudero. FIREWORKS IN VENICE: The Venetian Oboe Concerto in the First Half of the 18th Century. Thesis presentation with lecture.

15.00-15.30 Maxwell Aleman. SUITES A VIOLA SOLO SENZA BASSO: Bach’s Cello Suites Legitimized on Viola. Thesis presentation with lecture.

16.00-16.45 Johannes Knoll. PARTIMENTO FOR TREBLE INSTRUMENTS?: An 18th-Century Methodology Revisited. Workshop.

17.15-18.00 Tina Hyo Shin Kim. ISANG YUN’S CREATIVE MUSICAL WORLD: Contemporary and Traditional. Lecture-recital.

19.30-20.15 Mario Sarrechia. POUR UNG PLAISIR: The French Chansons in 16th-Century Keyboard Intabulations. Lecture-recital.

20.45-21.15 Sofia Gioldasi. CLAP YOUR HANDS!: Body Movement in Choral Education and Performance. Research- lecture.

21.45-22.15 Sebastiaan Kemner. TROMBONE EXERCISES: Categorization of Exercises for Trombone from Around the World. Research lecture.

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10.30-11.15 Esther Van Hees. WORDS TO MUSIC: How to Write Good Lyrics. Lecture-recital (presentation is in Dutch).

11.45-12.30 Attila Gyarfas. TIHAIS IN JAZZ MUSIC: Applications of North Indian Rhythmic Cadences in Jazz-Oriented Contexts. Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.45 Jenita Veurink. CESAR FRANCK ON SAXOPHONE: The Violin Sonata in A Major. Lecture-recital (presentation is in Dutch).

14.15-14.45 Femke Steketee. TBA.

16.00-16.45 Li-Fong Chen. FIND YOUR TONGUE: Tongue Position Training Methods on the Saxophone.

17.15-18.00 Sara Berisa. SAXOPHONE IN THE ROLE OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS. How to Play Transcriptions? Lecture-recital.

Room 8.03

13.00-13.30 Yoonhee Lee. CURATING IN MUSIC: How Are Works presented? Thesis presentation with interview.

14.00-14.30 Ramon Bassal Ruiz de Villa. AN 18TH CENTURY SPANISH CELLO MANUAL. The Pedagogical Works of Catalan Cellist Pablo Vidal. Lecture.

THURSDAY MARCH 19

Sweelinckzaal

09.15-10.00 Anastasia Kutina. THE ART OF WAR IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC: Or: If Sun Tzu Were Auditioning. Lecture-recital.

10.30-11.15 Matt Adomeit. APPALACHIAN ARCO: Playing Fiddle Tunes on the Double Bass. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.30 SungEun Bae. MUSIC IS SEEN, IMAGE IS HEARD: A Comparison Between Impressionistic Art and Music. Lecture-recital.

13.00-14.00 Aristo Quartet. ZOLTAN SZEKELY’S STRING QUARTET: An Unpublished Masterpiece and the Artist Behind It. Lecture-recital.

14.30-15.15 Ernst Spyckerelle. TBA.

16.00-16.45 Manuel Jesus Sanchez Garcia. SO THE STROKE SOUNDS: Calligraphic Gesture as a Noise Articulating Tool. Lecture-showcase.

17.15-17.45 Chris Chamoun. ON SIGHT & SONG: The Use of Written Representation to Facilitate Song-Text Connections in the English Language. Lecture.

19.00-19.30 Koen Stapert. TBA.

20.00-20.30 Luca Bognar. TBA.

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09.15-10.00 Kevin Higgins. BLUES IS SUBVERSIVE: Deriving New Theory for Improvisers from the Sounds of Skip James. Lecture-recital.

10.30-11.15 Reindert Kragt. ECLECTIC BASS: The Influence of Popular Electronic Music on Electric Bass. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.30 Breno Leitholdt Viricimo. TOOLS TO PRODUCE: Using Brazilian Musical Elements to Compose. Workshop.

13.00-13.45 Bram Wassink. THE ROLE OF ELECTRIC BASS IN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ: Focusing on Kneebody and Tim Lefebvre. Lecture-recital.

14.15-15.00 Angelo Akkerman. JUST PRESS PLAY: Bringing Electronic Dance Music to the Live Stage. Lecture-recital.

15.30-16.15 Alisa Klein. JAZZ MINIMAL: Steve Reich’s Composition Techniques Applied to Jazz Quartet. Lecture- recital.

18.15-19.00 Linus Kleinlosen. AN APPROACH TO EXTENDED TECHNIQUES FOR THE ALTO SAXOPHONE: A Collaborative Artistic Process. Lecture-recital.

Ensemblezaal

13.00-13.45 Marco Zenini. STRUCTURED FREEDOM. Charlie Haden’s Approach to Double Bass Performance. Lecture- recital.

14.15-15.00 Alexander Jedig. TBA.

Kamer 4.45

10.45-11.15 Johan Naus. MAASTRICHT: French Cultural Influences on Classical Music. Thesis presentation with lecture (presentation is in Dutch).

Kamer 8.03

14.30-15.00 Amit Gur. IN SEARCH OF TEXTURE AS A MUSICAL PARAMETER. Lecture.

FRIDAY MARCH 20

Sweelinckzaal

09.15-10.00 Julie Stalder. “PARLAR CANTANDO” AND THE MYTH OF ORPHEUS AND HIS LYRE: Renaissance Poetry Recitation as Inspiration for a New Piece. Lecture-recital.

10.30-11.15 Adan Mizrahi. YUMBA: The Tango Bass Toolbox. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.30 Yung-Tuan (Tiffany) Ku. HELLO, STAGE: A Stage-Performing Workbook for Percussionists. Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.45 Wen-Chin (Pikong) Wu. SAXOPHONE IN SPACE. Thesis presentation with lecture.

14.15-15.00 Banri Hoshi. TBA.

15.30-16.00 Nadezda Filippova. SHOWING HIS TRUE FACE: The Chamber Music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Lecture.

16.30-17.15 Wakana Shimizu. WHO IS FREDERIC CHOPIN?: His Mazurkas, Nocturnes and the Polonaise Fantaisie. Lecture-recital.

18.30-19.15 Fernando Aguado. TBA.

19.45-20.30 Panos Iliopoulos. THE UNMEASURED PRELUDES OF D’ANGLEBERT: An Analysis with Emphasis on the Linearity of Voice-Leading. Lecture-recital.

21.00-21.45 Elicia Silverstein. MODERNA PRATTICA: Examining Connections Between the Avanguardia and the Stylus Phantasticus. Lecture-recital.

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09.15-10.00 I-Han (Andy) Fu. TALASS RAGAZZ. Tabla Music in Classical Percussion Ensemble Combined with Jazz Band. Lecture-recital.

10.30-11.15 Sujin Hwang. PREPARED MARIMBA: Extended Techniques for a Percussion Instrument. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.30 Bruno Calvo Anillo. CLIFFORD BROWN: Everything he played in the “Historic California Concerts”. Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.45 Sasu Schildt. SEARCHING FOR A PERFECT BLEND: How to Combine Acoustic Instruments with Electronic Sounds. Lecture-recital.

14.15-15.00 Gerhard Ornig. QUARTERTONE IMPROVISATION: The Microtonal Jazz-Trumpet Based on Persian Traditional Music. Lecture-recital.

15.30-16.15 Mauricio Ramirez Echeverri. ONE MAN SHOW: Developing a Solo Performance for Drum Set. Lecture- recital.

Room 8.03

10.30-11.15 Cheng Peng Cheong. THE MOON’S REFLECTION ON THE SECOND SPRING: Transcription for Solo Viola. Lecture-recital.

11.45-12.30 Hui-Wen (Winnie) Cheng. CULTURAL INTERACTION: Erhu Pieces Crossing Borders. Lecture-recital.

13.00-13.30 Marene Elgershuizen. HOERRRRRRR!!: Courtisanes in the History of Opera. Lecture.

14.15-14.45 Sean o Dalaigh (Daly): THE AUDITORY CLOCKMAKERS: A Personal Journey Towards an Objective Aesthetic. Thesis presentation with lecture.