[SMT-PAIG] Performance and Analysis IG Session in Jacksonville: Emulation workshop with Jocelyn Ho

[SMT PAIG]

Dear colleagues,

At The Society for Music Theory's annual meeting in Jacksonville, FL,
on *Saturday,
November 9, 7-8:30pm (River Terrace 3 & livestreamed)*, the *Performance
and Analysis Interest Group (PAIG) *is pleased to host a workshop and
discussion led by pianist, theorist, composer, and multidisciplinary
artist *Jocelyn
Ho, Research Fellow at the Sydney Conservatorium*. In this workshop, Dr. Ho
will introduce a collaborative kinesthetic approach to analyzing early
recordings. The methodology takes the recent trend of “emulation” (where
historically informed performers imitate early recordings to assimilate old
styles of playing) as a starting point to enquire about the kinaesthesia of
early recording performance. Attendees will engage with recordings by two
influential performers of their time: Yolanda Mero (1887-1963), concert
pianist and impresario, and Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922), castrato and
First Soprano of the Sistine Chapel Choir.

Though participants’ preparation is not a prerequisite for attending the
workshop, their cross-modal or intra-modal engagement with the recordings
prior to the workshop will contribute to the discussion on embodied affect
in these early recordings. Participants are requested to choose one of the
recordings (below) and follow this prompt:  Carefully listen to the
recording. On your own instrument/voice, attempt to emulate (imitate) the
performer in the recording. How does it feel in your body to do this, from
one phrase to another? Make notes about what the emulation demands of you
physically, paying attention to immediate sound-producing gestures or
movements as well as other parts of the body not involved in sound
production.

Recording 1: Mm. 1–12 of Alessandro Moreschi’s 1904 recording of Ave Maria
by Bach/Gounod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjvfqnD0ws

Recording 2: Mm. 1-16 of Yolanda Mero’s 1905 piano roll recording of
Haydn’s Keyboard Sonata XVI:46, 3rd movement, “Presto”:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ym_-5b0KQkc9OJEMJGUAJ6O5ATwldRpp/view?usp=sharing

Please note that Dr. Ho’s workshop is part of an overarching 3-year
research project (https://bel-canto-rediscovered.sydney.edu.au/). As such,
workshop participants will be requested to complete a consent form. The
Participant Information Statement and Consent Form can be viewed here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j_VdEYImrtrCR_9RZEzDTqKMTx7n6Tkj?usp=sharing
.

Hope to see you there.

Sincerely,
Christa Cole and Daniel Ketter
PAIG Co-Chairs
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