15th International Meeting of CHIME (The European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) The music of China and East Asia: Theory versus Practice PROGRAMME Goetheanum, Dornach/Basel, Switzerland 24 to 27 November, 2010 Wednesday, 24 November Wandelhalle 13.30 h (and all afternoon) Registration (and coffee in the foyer) 20.00 h Terrassensaal: CONCERT Music from the Time of Marco Polo Italian and Chinese Instrumental Music from 13th-15th century sources. Informal, one-hour concert, blending East and West in a fine and delicate concert of medieval music. With: John Thompson, guqin (classical zither) FA Schola Ensemble (Estonia): Raho Langsepp, medieval flutes Lilian Langsepp, gothic harp Janno Mäe, percussion 21.00 h Get-together and drinks
Thursday, 25 November 09.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION I: Theory & modern performance practice 09.30 h Ruard Absaroka, SOAS, University of London, England The Sonic Public Sphere(s) in a Chinese Megapolis in Theory and Practice 10.00 h Tan Shzr Ee, Royal Holloway, University of London Indie Music in Singapore 10.30 h Catherine Capdeville, Dept Chine, INALCO, PAris, France Music-Making in Contemporary China: Beijing Opera Amateurs and Rock Groups 11.00 h Foyer: Coffee break 11.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION II: Music theory in historical contexts (1) 11.30 h Fredric Lieberman, Music Dept, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Thoughts on Theories of Pure and Tempered Scales in Pre-Modern China [With practical demonstration on scale generation with the 'origami method', with audience participation] 12.15 h John Thompson, Mumbai, India Modality in Ming dynasty guqin tablature: theory vs practice 13.00 h Vital Restaurant: LUNCH 14.00 h Terrassensaal SESSION III: Music theory in historical contexts (2) 14.00 h Curie Virag, University of Toronto Transmission and Transformation: The Power of Affects in Premodern Chinese Theories in Music 14.30 h François Picard, Sorbonne University, Paris Two Predecessors for the Mei'an Qinpu 15.00 h SESSION IV: WORKSHOP demo with audience particpation Cai Yayi, Siong Leng Musical Assocation, Singapore An Introduction to Nanyin (southern Chinese balladry)
(Thursday 25 November continued:) 16.00 h Foyer: Coffee break 16.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION V: FILM SESSION 16.30 h The bells of Marquis Yi (Doc, Netherlands, 2005, 43') 17.15 h Notes from the Yellow Earth (Doc, UK, 2009, 45') 19.00 h Schreinereisaal: CONCERT Journey to Peach Blossom Paradise New songs with ancient texts from the Middle Kingdom Gong Linna & Ensemble Gong Linna - vocals Wang Hua - Xiao, Dizi Xiong Junjie - Yangqin Nie Yunlei - Sheng Chen Meitong - Cello Friday, 26 November 09.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION VI: Chinese theatre 09.30 h Llamas, Regina, University of Bristol The Musical Origins of Early Southern Drama 10.00 h Mei Wei, Theatre Studies, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich The Special Character of Chinese Opera Music as Contrasted with Western Opera [on the use of qupai in Kun opera] 10.30 h Stecher, Anna, Theatre Studies, Ludwig-Maximilian Univ, Munich Music as Narrative in Contemporary Chinese Spoken Drama Productions on Lin Zhaohua s Cherry Orchard (2004), White Deer Prairie (2006) and Coriolanus (2007) 11.00 h Foyer: Coffee break
(Friday 26 November continued:) 11.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION VII: Music theory in historical contexts (3) 11.30 h Sieber, Patricia, Dept of E.Asian Languages & Lit, The Ohio State U, Columbus, USA Between Performance and Print: The Musical World of Discourse on Singing (before 1324) 12.00 h Wells, Marnix, London The Mad Drummer's Code: A solo drum score in a Ming dynasty opera 12.30 h Yiwen Ouyang, University of London When a Nation Faced Its Peril: Chinese Appropriation of Western Art Music under Political Context, 1930s-1940s 13.00 h Vital Restaurant: LUNCH 14.00 h Terrassensaal SESSION VIII: Music theory in historical contexts (4) 14.00 h Hughes, David, SOAS, University of London, England The Place of Theory in the Transmission of Japanese Traditional Music 14.30 h Jia Shubing, Dept of Music, University of Bristol, England Music in Theory and Practice in Multicultural High Qing China, 1662 1795 15.00 h Discussion panel: Music theory and practice in E.Asia 16.00 h Foyer: Coffee break 16.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION IX: Protection policies in the realm of traditional music 16.30 h Min Yen Ong, Dept of Music, SOAS, University of London, England Negotiating the Theory and Practice of Safeguarding Kunqu in the PRC Today 17.00 h Rees, Helen, Music Dept, UCLA 'Original Ecology Folksongs in Theory and Practice' 17.30 h Discussion panel: Protection policies for traditional music, theory and practice
(Friday 26 November continued:) 21.00 h Schreinereisaal: CONCERT Minguett Quartet, and Lini Gong, vocals Melanie MacDonald, eurythmie Music by Wang Jue, Tan Dun et al [Please note: Ticket not included in CHIME conference fee] Saturday, 27 November 09.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION X: Music theory and the creative process 09.30 h Galliano, Luciana, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy 'Inequality' and 'Inattention' as Method in Noh 10.00 h Han Mei, School of Music, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver Adding Flowers An Analytical Study on Creation Process in Traditional Shandong Zheng Music 10.30 h Kouwenhoven, Frank, CHIME, Leiden Theorizing Shan'ge (Chinese Rural Songs) 11.00 h Foyer: Coffee break 11.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION XI: CONCERT: Informal recital of guqin music Lin Chen, guqin (classical Chinese zither) 12.15 h SESSION XII: WORKSHOP The Chinese concept of 'yun' in performance practice (part 1) With Gong Linna, vocals, Wang Hua, bamboo flute et al & (vocal) audience participation! 13.00 h Vital Restaurant: LUNCH 14.00 h Terrassensaal SESSION XIII: WORKSHOP The Chinese concept of 'yun' in performance practice (part 2) With Gong Linna, vocals, Wang Hua, bamboo flute et al & (vocal) audience participation!
(Saturday 27 November continued:) 14.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION XIV: Posters: Caney, Arlene, Music Dept, Community College of Philadelphia Pingtan Culture, Performance and Music Wong, Betty, Phoenix Spring Ensemble, USA Bright Moon Rising Kouwenhoven, Frank, CHIME, Leiden The Zeng Hou Yi bells: Theory and Practice Antoinet Schimmelpenninck, CHIME, Leiden Shadow theatre in Huanxian, E. Gansu Province SESSION XV: Music theory in historical contexts (5) 15.00 h Huang, Faye, Guangzhou, visiting PhD student, Leiden U., Holland Representation and Practice of Architecture, Space and Landscape: the Theatre in 18 th Century China's Southwest. 15.30 h Middendorf, Ulrike, University of Heidelberg, Germany Is Art for Art s Sake Possible in Early Chinese Music? Form and Feeling in the Service of Extra-musical Ends 16.00 h Foyer: Coffee break 16.30 h Terrassensaal SESSION XVI: DEMONSTRATION Quanzhou Marionette Theatre, Fujian, led by Wang Jingxian (Demonstration of musical instruments in the ensemble, the operation of the string puppets, and short performance) 17.00 h SESSION XVII: FILM SESSION Chinese Shadows (Doc, Neth, 2007, 55') 17.55 h Closing of conference 20.00 h Grosser saal: CONCERT 'Eastern Voices Vocal polyphony and working songs from 'peripheral' China Ensembles & soloists of the Hani, Miao, Qiang, Naxi, Lisu and Mongolians: Li Huaifu and Li Huaixiu (Hani); Qiang chorus (Sichuan), Siqingerile (Mongolia), Miao chorus (Guizhou), He Jinghua, Wang Zhifang (Naxi & Lisu, Yunnan)