IASJ JAZZ EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2010, CORFU GREECE "Teaching Improvisation - A Bridge over Classical and Jazz Studies"

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1 IASJ JAZZ EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2010, CORFU GREECE "Teaching Improvisation - A Bridge over Classical and Jazz Studies" Τόπος : ιοργανωτές : Οκτωβρίου 2010 Κέρκυρα Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήµιο Τµήµα Μουσικών Σπουδών International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ Ελληνική Ενωση για τη Μουσική Εκπαίδευση (ΕΕΜΕ) Το πρώτο παγκόσµιο συνέδριο στην Ελλάδα µε θέµα την εκπαίδευση Τζαζ και τον Αυτοσχεδιασµό στη Μουσική. Κεντρικός οµιλητής µία µεγάλη προσωπικότητα της µουσικής: ο συνθέτης, µαέστρος, µουσικολόγος, πανεπιστηµιακός και συγγραφέας Gunther Schuller, συνεργάτης τόσο του Leonard Bernstein και του ηµήτρη Μητρόπουλου όσο και του Miles Davis και του Charles Mingus. Θέµα του συνεδρίου: "Η διδασκαλία του Αυτοσχεδιασµού-Μία γέφυρα ανάµεσα στις σπουδές κλασικής και τζαζ µουσικής" (περισσότερα για τον Schuller στην ανακοίνωση, κεφάλαιο KEYNOTE SPEAKERS και στο ) To Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήµιο πρόκειται επίσης να τιµήσει τον Gunther Schuller αναγορεύοντάς τον σε επίτιµο διδάκτορα του Τµήµατος Μουσικών Σπουδών. Το Τµήµα Μουσικών Σπουδών του Ιονίου Πανεπιστηµίου είναι το µόνο Πανεπιστηµιακό Τµήµα στην Ελλάδα µε θεσµοθετηµένες σπουδές τζαζ σε προπτυχιακό και µεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο. Οµιλητής θα είναι επίσης και ο διακεκριµένος συνθέτης και διευθυντής ορχήστρας Θόδωρος Αντωνίου ο σηµαντικότερος υποστηρικτής της µουσικής του 20ου αιώνα στην Ελλάδα και πρόεδρος της Ενωσης Ελλήνων Μουσουργών. Ευχαριστώ, ήµος ηµητριάδης IASJ π π π π

2 ,, mail: Αγαπητοί συνάδελφοι, Παρακαλώ διαβάστε την πρόσκληση για το παγκόσμιο συνέδριο για την εκπαίδευση τζαζ και τον Αυτοσχεδιασμό, με κεντρικούς ομιλητές τον Gunther Schuller και τον Θόδωρο Αντωνίου. Ευχαριστώ, Δήμος Δημητριάδης Dear IASJ relation, The 2 nd IASJ Jazz Education Conference 2010 will take place on the beautiful island of Corfu in Greece in the third week of October. In the attachment you can find a call for papers. Kind regards, Wouter Turkenburg IASJ Executive Director IONIAN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

3 Corfu, Greece CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS 2 ND IASJ JAZZ EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2010 Teaching Improvisation - A Bridge over Classical and Jazz Studies Thursday 21- Sunday 24 October 2010 INTRODUCTION The 2 nd IASJ Jazz Education Conference will take place on the island of Corfu, Greece and will be hosted by the Ionian University Department of Music ( and the Greek Society for Music Education ( The International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ, established in 1989, is the only existing worldwide network of schools of jazz. The 2010 IASJ Conference will be a meeting point for musicians, educators and scholars interested in the art of musical improvisation in both jazz and classical music. The focus will be on recent developments in teaching improvisation in both genres as well as in programs that teach improvisation outside of strict stylistic boundaries. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Our principal keynote speaker will be Mr. Gunther Schuller, a world-renowned musician, composer, conductor, educator, academic, scholar and writer well known also for his pioneering work in connecting 20 th century classical music with jazz through numerous compositions, reviving, restoring and performing historical jazz works from Scott Joplin to Charles Mingus, recording with Miles Davis on Birth of The Cool and establishing the Jazz and Third Stream departments at the New England Conservatory as early as His view on the role of improvisation in contemporary musical education will be the starting point of the conference. Our second keynote speaker will be Mr. Theodore Antoniou, one of the most eminent and prolific contemporary composers, also a conductor, a professor of composition at Boston University and an active performer of new music. Mr. Antoniou holds the position of president of the National Greek Composers' Association. PROPOSALS The conference organizing committee welcomes proposals for paper

4 presentations, poster presentations, workshops - demonstrations, panel discussions and concerts. Interested individuals and parties are invited to submit their proposals by the 15 th of May Abstracts for each type of presentation should be no more than 200 words accompanied by a CV of no more than 150 words. Selected papers will be published. Participants, who wish their work to be reviewed for the publication of the proceedings, please send your paper by September 1st SUGGESTED TOPICS (NOT LIMITED TO): Connecting Classical and Jazz Studies Improvising Skills for the Professional Musician Jazz Education and the Changing Language of Jazz Developments in Teaching Jazz Improvisation The Jazz Tradition and Contemporary Improvisational Practices Improvisation and Creativity in Music Education Improvisation in Classical and Baroque Music Improvisation in Traditional Musical Cultures Musical Languages in Dialogue in Improvising Ensembles Informal Learning Practices in Music Composition and Improvisation Improvisation and the Avant-garde Teaching Non-Idiomatic Improvisation Harmonic and Formal Context in Improvised Music Improvising in Large Ensembles Improvisation and Popular Music Introducing Improvisation to General Music Education Teaching Improvisation to Pre-School and Elementary School Students Towards the Universals of Teaching Improvisation DATES and NOTES Abstract submission deadline: May 15 th 2010 Complete paper submission for publication deadline: Sep 1 st 2010 Registration fee for individuals: 75 Further information will be published shortly on the conference webpage at: Further questions can be addressed to: jazzconf@ionio.gr Mr Dimos Dimitriadis, Assistant Professor in Saxophone and Jazz dimosd@ionio.gr Dr Zoe Dionyssiou, Lecturer in Music Education at: dionyssiou@gmail.com

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