This month – May – Susanne Rosenberg is the researcher of the month. Listen to when she describe the project (in Swedish).
Category Archives: Presentation
Rhyme and Rhyming
‘Cognitive strategies in rhyming in new ballads – an improvisatory approach’ was the title of a presentation of Folk Song Lab hold at the conference ‘Rhyme and Rhyming in Verbal Art and Song’. The main focus in the presentation was to illuminate the different methods used for improvising end-rhyme in ballads and how they worked:Continue reading “Rhyme and Rhyming”
Mirror-singing experiment at KMH X-day
This day Folk Song Lab did both a short presentation and invited to an experiment. Letting the the visitors and participants try out “mirror-singing” by mimicking phrases in the moment. The deeply concentrated participants said it was both hard and fun. Looking forward to analyze the recorded data collected! KMH X-day is a meeting pointContinue reading “Mirror-singing experiment at KMH X-day”
Tuning in the landscape
One of the more interesting presentations / workshop at the conference ‘The Multivalent Voice’ in Istanbul was ‘Inner Asia Throat-Singing (Xöömei) Workshop: Perspectives from Tyva and Mongolia’ with Robert O. Beahrs (Center for Advanced Studies in Music, MIAM) and the Mongolian throat-singer Davaadalai Munkhbat. Thanks to simultaneous interpretation from Mongolian – Turkish – English andContinue reading “Tuning in the landscape”
The Multivalent Voice
During the conference ‘The Multivalent Voice’ in Istanbul, Turkey the Folk Song Lab project were presented. Many interested participants did attend and posed questions and comments on the project. The conference had a broad approach to the Voice including also social keynotes on the importance of having a voice also in society. However the main-partContinue reading “The Multivalent Voice”
Folk Song Lab @ VoCon @ PJP @ AEC
It is wonderful to do a session of Folk Song Lab with a totally new group of people. Today this happened with a group of singers from different countries and genres at the VoCon meeting during the annual PJP (Pop & Jazz Plattform) conference under AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires). This years the conference wereContinue reading “Folk Song Lab @ VoCon @ PJP @ AEC”
Teachers and staff at KMH
Today Folk Song Lab had the opportunity to present the ideas of the project to teachers and staff at KMH. Hopefully they were interested in following the project as it goes along. The presentation focused on giving a broader picture of the ideas behind Folk Song Lab. Flow. Qualities in Folk Music. Interactivity. Improvisation.
Presentation at ELIA in Rotterdam
Folk Song Lab was presented at the ELIA conference in Rotterdam. An attentive audience also got to test some of the concept IRL at the presentation.
Research network meeting, Center for Social Sustainability and KMH
Today Folk Song Lab started a network meeting at KMH with an interactive mirror-singing session and a short presentation of the project. The session created a warm and good discussion climate for the presentations that followed. An interesting day!
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