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.

CHIGIANA CONFERENCE 2022
Music and the Spiritual since the French Revolution

Siena, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, 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. The last two centuries have seen many different redefinitions of aesthetic concepts binding non-dogmatic spirituality and sound. In the 19th century, the syncretic unity of text, music, and ritual in sacred art gradually weakened, leading to new relationships between aesthetic and religious elements. We find multiple examples of sacred elements in secularized forms and practices, such as allusions to religious or quasi-spiritual elements in secular music.

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

MUSIC, SPIRITUALITY AND GENRE STUDY DAY - MAY 20TH

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)

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.

THE 22nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ISPS

(International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis) and the Arts Therapies Festival- 31ST AUGUSTCo-Constructing Healing Spaces

Festival in Perugia, Italy. ISPS members decided on words they would choose for the title of this conference. The three words most frequently chosen were: Healing, Love, and Community.

THE HYMN SOCIETY CONFERENCE

June Boyce-Tillman: Earthing the hymn – Hymnody and eco-theology. 26TH-29TH JULY

Conference Speakers include

Ally Barrett: Hymns for our Contemporary World
Gordon W. Bell: The Hymnody Project: Where’s that Hymn? and The Anthology of Christian Hymns
June Boyce-Tillman: Earthing the hymn – Hymnody and ecotheology
James Dickinson: The impact and importance of James Montgomery
Michael Tavinor: Ralph Vaughan Williams and his gift to Hymnody
Gordon Taylor: The World of William Booth: Methodism, Music and Ministry
Dick Watson: William Garrett Horder and the Hampstead Mind

35th ISME WORLD CONFERENCE 2022

35th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education! Lancaster University, UK. This is the first time the conference will be back in Australia in 32 years. The last time the World Conference was held in Australia was way back in 1988, in the national capital, Canberra. The conference will be held Online.

The conference theme A Visible Voice is closely aligned with the values of the Australian Society of Music Education, and the broader musical landscape in Australia.