MUSIC AND THE SPIRITUAL SINCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

1-3 December 2022

Following the French Revolution, as institutionalized religion generally declined in Europe and beyond, many artists turned away from rigid Christian dogma to explore horizons of spirituality aimed at enhancing the mystical component of religious experience. Works of art were seen as products of divine inspiration and music, in particular, as an object of spiritual reverence. Composers were viewed as inhabiting godly powers and listeners described music as an object of spiritual contemplation.

Call 2022 Music and the Spiritual since the French Revolution

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR THE STUDY OF SPIRITUALITY

14 September 2022

Special Interest Group on the Arts and Spirituality SASIG: Light as a Spiritual Signifier - Light Painting Photography

https://spiritualitystudiesnetwork.org/Spirituality-and-the-Arts-SIG

THE 12TH EUROPEAN MUSIC THERAPY CONFERENCE

'Music therapy in progress: please disturb’

This conference marks the 30th anniversary of European music therapy conferences. After the first conference in 1992 which took place in Cambridge, the European conference returns to the United Kingdom. In the span of these three decades, the music therapy profession has grown significantly, and the European conference has become a prestigious triennial event. As such, it offers a unique space for developing music therapists’ professional and disciplinary identity, knowledge and expertise internationally

https://www.qmu.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/emtc-2022/

 

MUSIC, SPIRITUALITY AND GENRE STUDY DAY - MAY 20TH

Dr Mike Dines and Dr Brian Inglis, in association with the international network Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing (MSW) 

From Lady Gaga and Leonard Cohen to Arvo Pärt and Galina Ustvolskaya via John Coltrane, musicians working in various genres have notably explored spiritual themes and/or made music with spiritual intention. Music without such intentions can also be received in a spiritual context. How does spirituality manifest in musical terms through different genre lenses? How can such radically different sounds purport to have, or achieve, similar aims? To what extent can spirituality be de-coupled from religion? 

 

BOOK PRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: RHYTHM IN ACTING PRACTICE    25-27 FEBRUARY

• Launch of Olu Taibo's book - International Conference: Rhythm in Acting Practice - The Return Beat - Interfacing with Our Interface. 25-27 February 2022 Rhythm in Acting Practice.
• An International Conference held under the auspices of The Makings of the Actor, the Deree American College, the Labanarium, organized by Dr Olu Taiwo, with the support of Post-doctoral Researcher Dr Kiki Selioni, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.