Projects

Silences have recurrently been a concern for whoever wrote about music. Despite the large amount of musicological literature available on the topic, much of the treatment that silences have received in the past is rather philosophical or speculative: Does silence exist? Is silence music? These musicological discussions sprung out as a reaction to John Cage’s provocative and controversial composition 4’33’’. Acknowledging the ...

By the end of the 19th-century, music had grown increasingly complex. Audiences lacked a viable explanation of the new structures and musical language that composers had overwhelmed them with. Music guides filled that gap: they offered new ways of talking about music (e.g. the leitmotiv)
and radically altered the discursive strategies we use to process and relate music. Long seen as a stronghold of amateurism in comparison to the ...

In this project, we develop and test a music instrument for people with a Cochlear Implant (CI) enabling them to create and enjoy music. We will also provide the opportunity to do this together with other CI users and/or other normal hearing people. The instrument will be controlled through gestures, and

it will access the electrodes of the Cochlear Implant directly (without using audio).

This study aims to redefine the music-historical positioning of the American composer Charles Ives

as a key figure in the fin de siècle. Ives has been regarded as an extension of the European

Romantic tradition, but has embodied a peculiar stance among contemporaries that seemed

difficult to declare. By exploring his aesthetics, I discovered that Ives took a distinct position in the

debate on absolute music. ...

This study aims to redefine the music-historical positioning of the American composer Charles Ives

as a key figure in the fin de siècle. Ives has been regarded as an extension of the European

Romantic tradition, but has embodied a peculiar stance among contemporaries that seemed

difficult to declare. By exploring his aesthetics, I discovered that Ives took a distinct position in the

debate on ...

There is a growing evidence that musical improvisation has the potential to promote a music education for all. This perspective calls for a critical consideration of the social and musical dimensions of music education and improvisation. In this respect, participatory music activities often use improvisation and especially, collective free improvisation (CFI), to promote inclusive music making. The pedagogical-artistic ...

The research is divided into consolidation of existing research lines and innovation.

Consolidation means the completion of existing lines of research in music history (Russian and Eastern European music, nineteenth-century music history, and gender theory). The consolidation will culminate in a project that includes three book publications: Closer to Music, Opera and Agency in the Age of Realism, and Music as Drawing. ...

Despite the significant growth in eco-theological studies, it must be admitted that ecological consciousness has yet to be made concrete in many fields of study, theology included. Hence, not so much of human lifestyles have been affected, nor has there been a reversal in the devastation of the environment. This brings us to the central theme or concern of this research. This research explores the possibility of creating ...