SEMPRE

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SEMPRE Autumn Conference 2019

About the conference

Expression, communication and learning

Music performance provides an opportunity for performers to communicate and express musical ideas, emotions and even their identity. Performers communicate to their audience and other performers in the group through gestures and through breathing as well as in the performance itself.

This one-day conference is designed to bring together recent knowledge on music performance studies with a focus on expression, communication, and learning in music performance. It asks:

• What is expressive performance, and how do we know when a performance is expressive?
• Is expressiveness a prerequisite for any performance that moves the listener?
• How do performers learn to master the skills of communication and expression, and how can it be taught?

The SEMPRE Autumn Conference is open to the public and has been designed with students and researchers in music in mind.

Keynote speakers

• Dr Renee Timmers, University of Sheffield
• Professor Amanda Bayley, Bath Spa University

Programme of events

Our conference programme is now available for download. 

Deadlines

• Deadline for abstract and application for SEMPRE conference award: Saturday 31 August 2019
• Notification: Friday 6 September 2019
• Early bird registration: until Friday 18 October 2019
• Registration deadline: Thursday 31 October 2019

Tickets

Early bird

• £40. Students: £30

After 19 October

• £45. Students: £35