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Details of how to submit an abstract and relevant dates
Submissions detailing original research are invited from all performance disciplines, offering new perspectives from across the arts and sciences on the embodiment of the performer, We intend to offer both on-site and electronic presentation options, although the former will depend on possible restrictions on public meetings and international travel in place at the time of the event. Abstracts should consist of 250-300 words. They will be published on the website and should be submitted in Word, with the following specifications: Alignment:...
read moreAPPRECIATION of the Symposium at the Royal Academy of Music 2018
Prof. Elaine Chew writes: Cristine MacKie [Director of the London International Piano Symposium] ‘does it again …[by pulling] off the third annual London International Piano Symposium, this time back at the Royal Academy of Music (2018). The conference brought together pianists, pedagogues, and researchers from around the world. I immensely enjoyed the great company—all the laughter, good food, beautiful music—and carefully curated single-track series of interesting talks on all aspects of piano performance. Thank you,...
read moreDetails for submission of abstracts and dates
Submissions detailing original research are invited from all performance disciplines, offering new perspectives from across the arts and sciences on the embodiment of the performer, We intend to offer both on-site and electronic presentation options, although the former will depend on possible restrictions on public meetings and international travel in place at the time of the event. Abstracts should consist of 250-300 words. They will be published on the website and should be submitted in Word, with the following specifications:...
read moreAnnouncing a new collaboration with Imperial College in 2025
I am extremely pleased to say that I have begun working on a innovative project with Alison McGregor who is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, where she manages the Human Performance Group, and the engineer, Matthew Banger in the biodynamics Laboratory at Imperial College, London. This collaboration, using Markerless technology, will go a long way toward providing evidence concerning the function (movement) of the pianist’s skeleton and, possibly building on that, to show the...
read moreWe are now published in a special issue of the Finnish Journal of Music Education (2023)
We are delighted to announce that as a result of holding a piano forum at the third symposium at the Royal Academy of Music Oct, 2018 an article is now published in a special issue of the Finnish Journal of Music Education (2023) entitled: ‘An inquiry into the psychological wellbeing of piano teachers engaged in one-to-one tuition in higher music education: How trauma transfers in teaching’. See the abstract in Publications.
read moreRethinking Piano Performance: The Embodied Mind is now published
We are excited to announce the publication of Rethinking Piano Performance: The Embodied Mind. Details of how to puchase the book are shown below. Introduction ‘It seems that so long as we are alive, we shall continue closest to knowledge if we avoid as much as we can all contact and association with the body, except when they are absolutely necessary…’ Socrates c. 469-399 B.C. Pianists routinely encounter a great variety of bodily and intellectual demands in preparing piano works for performance, but until recently, the emphasis has been...
read moreAbstracts 2018
Keynote Speakers Prof. Elaine Chew Queen Mary, University of London From Sequence to Structure: Performance Decisions and Analytical Thinking Dr Georgia Volioti Music Department, University of Sussex. Reflections on Classical Sound Recordings: Prospects and Challenges for Performance Studies. Jonathan Summers, ARAM, Curator of Classical Music Recordings. (Sound and Vision Collections Division, British Library). Introduction to the Classical Collection The Piano Forum ‘Who Do You Think You Are’? Prof. John Sloboda, Psychologist,...
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It is our policy, in part, to give some of the administrative work to persons who are challenged by complications with their eye sight. We would appreciate patience in this area.
read moreFor students wishing to attend the symposium
For post graduate students wishing to attend a full day the fee is £75.00 per day and includes tea/coffee breaks and lunch. Half a day is £35.00. There is no fee for undergraduate students wishing to attend.
read moreA Unique Forum for Piano Teachers, Sunday 28th October
On Sunday 28th October 9.0 am, we are offering a forum for piano teachers entitled: ‘Who do You Think You Are’? The purpose of this forum – which is the first of its kind in the UK – is to address a hitherto increasingly urgent, yet unexplored problem concerning the health and emotional wellbeing of the piano teacher. While achieving success and high marks for the student is a given, work of this nature can be extremely stressful and largely undertaken in isolation. It will begin with a viewing of the film Madame Sousatzka (1988),...
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