Midlands Music Research Network 2nd Annual Conference

Midlands Music Research Network Second Annual Conference Music and Boundary: Traversing Musical Borders Supported by the AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership



2nd Annual Midlands Music Research Network Conference Programme

Music and Boundary Monday 9th May 2022 (All times in BST)

Hosted via Zoom ID – 819 3504 4676 Passcode – 358404

Registration/Welcome — 10:30am-10:45am

Session 1 - Audience and Boundary — 10:45am-12:15pm Chair: Daniel Johnson

Crackle and Hiss: Amplification, Distortion, and Twofoldness Nick Young (University of Milan)

The Invisible Audience Tatjana Ostrovska (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

Jazz and its Boundaries: A Baradian Perspective Lee Griffiths (Birmingham City University)

Lunch — 12:15pm-1:00pm

Session 2 - The Natural and Supernatural — 1:00pm-2:30pm Chair: Caroline Ridler

Creation and New Creation in the hymns of Isaac Watts Daniel Johnson (University of Leicester)

Gustav Mahler’s Music and Environmental Thinking Angelo Pinto (University of Innsbruck)

Are Ghosts Real? Attitudes Towards the Supernatural in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw Yaou Zhang (University of York)

Break — 2:30pm-2:45pm

Session 3 - Slavery, Race, and Politics — 2:45pm-4:15pm Chair: Nicholas Ong

Robert Burns’ “The Slave’s Lament”: Engagement after indifference? A song from 1792 Mhairi Lawson (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

Changes in music education in Rio de Janeiro shaped by 	the political context: Leopoldo Miguéz’s direction of the National Institute of Music Desirée Mayr (Bahia State University)

Across the Iron Curtain: Eruption and Development of 	Metal Music in Soviet Russia Dawn Hazle (University of Nottingham)

Close — 4:15pm-4:30pm

Post-Conference Social — 7pm

All presenters, members, and attendees are invited. Location: TBC in Nottingham