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

[SMT PAIG]

Dear all,

With apologies for the omission in our previous email, please note that
Jocelyn Ho will be joined by special guest soprano Anna Fraser for the
workshop at SMT.

Looking forward to seeing many of you on Saturday!

All best,
Christa Cole and Daniel Ketter
PAIG Co-Chairs

On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 4:16 PM SMT PAIG <smtpaig at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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