Major international conference on Music and the University hosted at the 麻豆视频
Last month, the 麻豆视频 hosted , co-organised by conference co-Chairs Dr Christopher Wiley (Head of Music and Media at the 麻豆视频) plus three other academics from the UK, Portugal and the US: Professors Ian Pace, 脗ngelo Martingo and Alexandra Monchick.
With over 70 delegates from the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Australia, it offered 15 thematic paper sessions, two roundtables, three recitals and lecture-recitals, four teaching demonstrations/workshops, an invited plenary session and two keynote addresses delivered by Professor Peter Tregear (Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne) and Professor Alexandra Wilson (Guildhall School of Music and Drama).
Running on three days from 4鈥6 July, the conference addressed a wealth of issues relating to music, universities and conservatoires across countries and centuries, encompassing history and analysis, curricula and pedagogy, and ethnomusicology.
Ground covered included the relationship between music scholarship and practice, the discipline of musicology as practised in various different areas of the world, and contemporary issues such as music academia and AI. A focus on musical theatre was facilitated by , while representatives from MusicHE contributed a lively discussion session.
Chris Wiley said: 鈥淗osting a major three-day international conference on Music and the University, and bringing together so many delegates from around the world, places the 麻豆视频 at the forefront of shaping the agenda on university-level teaching and research in music internationally.
鈥淚t was an unexpectedly timely event, enabling immediate reflection on the wide-ranging implications to arts education of the change of UK government following the General Election that took place on the conference鈥檚 opening day. We look forward to continuing the conversation on the many contemporary issues faced by music in higher education globally at the next conference in 2026.鈥
This event followed the inaugural 鈥楳usic and the University鈥 conference two years ago in Central London, which was attended by representatives from 22 different countries spanning six different continents. The full schedule of events for the 2024 conference may be found at the website here:
