2012 Presentation Abstracts

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Live Electronics, Audiovisual Compositions, and Telematic Performance: Collaborations During the Pandemic

We present a report of the experience of our remote musical collaboration during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding live electronic, audiovisual compositions, and telematic performance in the context of the project Sound Notebooks. We discuss the problems found and the solutions adopted in the performances, as well as the hypotheses of musical research raised by the remote environment. We argue that the variety of expressive modes, sonic modalities, and video possibilities in the Sound Notebooks repertoire we presented contributes to the construction of an aesthetics for remote performance. We additionally address practical and conceptual questions involving the composition, performance, and technical issues of the networked environment. We conceived of the environments for the remote performances through a relationship to the technical needs of the repertoire. We conclude with a brief discussion of the differences between live electronic concerts in physical and telematic spaces. Telematic performances have a complexity factor in which the musicians and audience share a virtual and perceptual space, suggesting multiple listening experiences of the same musical phenomena

Copyright Concerns for Educators: Online Learning Post Pandemic Effect

Online distance education was once a process that was not easily been accepted by students, even by the educators, but when the pandemic strikes, they had to adopt and adapt the process in order to gain knowledge. The COVID-19 has resulted in shutting down schools, including tertiary institutions, all across the world. Consequently, education changed dramatically, and the mode of teaching was done remotely and on a digital platform. One of the adoptions of online learning involves using numerous online platforms and inserting interactive programs, music, animated graphics, photos in the teaching material to attract the interest of students. These types of works are, more often than not, copyrighted works that belong to someone. Generally, a license or permission must be sought before these works can be used by anyone. The permission or license, once granted, would involve a licensing fee or royalty payments to the copyright owner. However, this article looks at the law relating to the copyright exploitation awareness in the context of the law of intellectual property and the exceptions to this law, in particular, the scope of the hybrid fair dealing defence for education. This paper employs a doctrinal analysis using secondary data from academic journals, books, and online databases. The findings will respond to the legal framework for the understanding of copyright exploitation and its exception in the post-pandemic era

The Daily Texan

Texas Student Medi

Exploring the life stories of three voice istructors and their journeys as teachers from bel canto to musical theater belt

Colleges, universities, and conservatories are known and respected for teaching singers with the potential to become either performers or teachers-in-training through the instruction of bel canto vocal pedagogy. Recently, however, a shift towards the popular musical theater points to a desirable career path for many students. The evolution of musical theater and its rigorous performance demands has caused many teachers to believe this style of singing is deleterious to the voice. Arguments between bel canto and musical theater pedagogues validate the importance of a closer examination of how personal and professional experiences shape an individual to become a teacher of musical theater pedagogy with no formal training. This narrative inquiry sought to determine how three voice teachers’ past experiences influenced their desires, beliefs, and methods of teaching musical theater singing. The discovery of the theme of generic otherness revealed the commonality of marginalization experienced by each participant, based on their musical preferences, by their collegiate voice teachers and colleagues. Implications of this study established the need for current and future voice teachers to examine their own biases toward varied styles of singing that may in turn inhibit their teaching

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 4

Editors Richard J. Bonanno Robin A. Edwards Associate Editors Steven Ager Tom Williams Lay-out Editor Eugenia Miller Contributing Editors Paul Bialas Robert Breckenridge Lynne Porter David Jacoby Terry Burt Mark Pearlman Michael Leo Mike LeWitt Editors Emeritus Delvyn C. Case, Jr. Paul M. Fernhof

Mediation, Improvisations, and All That Jazz

In the present article, we will be exploring the subject of improvisation generally from the perspective of mediation and jazz as performance arts; the roles of the jazz musician, the mediator, and the mediation advocate as creative problem solvers; the elements of jazz in mediation; and the collective conversation in jazz as compared with the collective conversation in mediation

Biomimicry - medical design concepts inspired by nature

Biomimicry is the application of existing features in nature to human technologies, such as the invention of aircraft inspired by bird flight. In the development of medical solutions, biomimicry is a growing field of research, where a holistic understanding of nature can inspire cutting-edge design. The purpose of this study was to create an educational, visual resource exemplifying up-and-coming medical applications of biomimicry. A website was created to present 2D motion graphics (animations) and illustrations. Animation is an established and useful method of communicating health information to the public. This presents an accessible interface for the public to interact with and learn about this area of research, bridging the gap between the two. Increasing public knowledge, engagement, and interest can expand the reach and thereby influence future research. A survey was conducted to assess public engagement and opinions on both the resource and the topic of biomimicry and medical design. The results suggested that participants positively engaged with the resource; 95.7% strongly agreed/agreed that the animations were beneficial for learning. All responding participants agreed that biomimicry could provide useful solutions in medical design. This study suggests that graphic motions are effective at communicating complex ideas for public outreach.</p