Sonic Symbiosis: the relationship between composer and musicologist
a one-day seminar hosted by the Department of Music, NUI Maynooth
in association with the Society for Musicology in Ireland

Friday 3 May, 2013

Sonic Symbiosis: the relationship between composer and musicologist reflects on the role of both parties in the other’s musical life, examining this amalgam from both perspectives and explicitly contextualising it within the wider milieu of contemporary culture. It aims to examine the need for both additional intellectual discourse and firm creative practice in order to establish a professional relationship which acknowledges the goal of obtaining a shared understanding of the creative object by all external parties (performer, listener, visual artist, student, scholar, etc.). Participants will contemplate not only the potential benefits of this amalgam, but also the possible pitfalls.

This is the first such meeting to take place in Ireland and will take the format of dual-presentation sessions by leading Irish musicologists and composers who are actively working on an international scale. Session presentations will conclude with a Keynote address by Professor Martin Iddon, Head of the School of Music, University of Leeds. The seminar will culminate in a roundtable exchange by contributors and attendees. In addition, there will be opportunities throughout the day for informal dialogue with contributors and sample collaborative work will be available for viewing.

For more information, log on to: http://music.nuim.ie/researchnews/sonicsymbiosis

A full schedule of this free event will be posted here soon