Proceedings of ISPS 2007

Proceedings of ISPS 2007

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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2007, edited by Aaron Williamon and Daniela Coimbra, published by the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC), Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-9022484-8.

 

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Frontmatter

Preface, acknowledgments, contents, scientific committeep. i-xiii


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22 November 2007

Keynote paper

From the Neanderthal to the concert hall: Development of sensory motor skills and brain plasticity in music performancep. 5-14
Eckart Altenmüller

Poster session

Excellence in achievement contexts: Psychological science applications and future directionsp. 17-22
Liliana S. Araújo, Leandro S. Almeida, José F. Cruz

Noise exposure and hearing thresholds among orchestral musiciansp. 23-28
Bradford C. Backus, Terry Clark, Aaron Williamon

Rhythm capacity: Comparison between professional dancers and dance studentsp. 29-34
Ana Paula Batalha, Ana Macara

The phenomenology of performance: Exploring musicians’ perceptions and experiencesp. 35-40
Terry Clark, Aaron Williamon, Tânia Lisboa

Exploring the experience, expression, and control of anger among singersp. 41-46
Daniela Coimbra

Appassionata for guitar of Ronaldo Miranda: Relationship between timing variation and musical texturep. 47
Guilherme Augusto de Ávila, Ricieri Carlini Zorzal

A comparative study: Editions and manuscripts of the Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra by Villa-Lobosp. 49-54
Ricardo Camponogara de Mello

When gesture sounds: Bodily significance in musical performancep. 55-60
Elena Esteban Muñoz

The roles of expertise and partnership in collaborative rehearsalp. 61-66
Jane Ginsborg, Elaine King

Musical performance anxiety as a form of social anxiety?p. 67-72
Susanne Gorges, Georg W. Alpers, Paul Pauli

Not quite so healthy: The lifestyles of music conservatoire studentsp. 73-78
Gunter Kreutz

Just in Time as a scientific interface between rhythm composition and performancep. 79-84
Eduardo Lopes, Paulo Gaspar

Science meets art: The body and its role in “shaping” piano musicp. 85-90
Cristine MacKie

Control of affective content in music productionp. 91-96
António Pedro Oliveira, Amílcar Cardoso

Learning to be…singing: A choral music education programp. 97-102
Luis Miguel Simões Pacheco, Sandrina Dinis Fernandes Milhano

Analyzing performance interpretation: The bouncing ballp. 103-108
George Papageorgiou

La cathédrale engloutie: Is musicology changing the way we perform?p. 109-114
Rui Pedro Pereira

Motor control and learning: The basics of skilled instrumental performancep. 115-120
Florian Pertzborn

Schubert’s lament: Original readingp. 121
J. Miguel Ribeiro-Pereira

Integration of improvisation in violin lessons: Why and how to build an accessible and efficient didactic toolp. 123-128
Noémie Robidas, Louise Mathieu

Epidemiology of musician’s dystonia: Experience from the London clinic, 2002-07p. 129
Karin Rosenkranz, Katherine Butler, Aaron Williamon

The tuned brain: Enhanced brain plasticity in musiciansp. 131
Karin Rosenkranz, Aaron Williamon, John C. Rothwell

Sensory immersion training for concert artistsp. 133
Joseph M. Sanders

The learning of music as a means to improve mathematical skillsp. 135-140
Carlos Santos-Luiz

From quantitative empirï to musical performology: Experience in performance measurements and analysesp. 141-146
Jan Tro

Assessing the importance of visual/theatrical features in the perception of music by an audience, using sociological toolsp. 147-152
Teresa Vila Verde

Thematic session: Practicing performance

Unresolved dissonance? Subjectivity in music researchp. 155-160
Roger Chaffin, Mary Crawford

Variability and automaticity in highly practiced cello performancep. 161-166
Tânia Lisboa, Roger Chaffin, Topher Logan, Kristen Begosh

The effect of retrieval cues developed during practice and rehearsal on an expert singer’s long-term recall for words and melodyp. 167-172
Jane Ginsborg, Roger Chaffin

Thematic session: Performance analysis I

Performance motives: Analysis and comparison of performance timing repetitions using pattern matching and Formal Concept Analysisp. 175-180
Neta Spiro, Nicolas Gold, John Rink

The role of timbre in expressive musical performance: A case study of Bach’s Prelude BWV 998 played on the acoustic guitarp. 181-186
Andrew Earis, Patricia Holmes

Tendencies of piano interpretation in the twentieth century: Concept and different types of “piano interpretation schools”p. 187-192
Sofia Lourenço

Thematic session: Science of the voice

Voice source and acoustic measures of girls singing “classical” and “contemporary commercial” stylesp. 195-200
Chris Barlow, Jeannette LoVetri, David Howard

Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey using the WHOQOL-BREFp. 201-207
Stephen Clift, Grenville Hancox, Ian Morrison, Bärbel Hess, Gunter Kreutz, Don Stewart

The effects of the menopause and the use of hormonal replacement therapy on the female professional voice users’ perceptionsp. 209
Filipa Lã, Nancy Lee Harper, João Luis Silva Carvalho

Thematic session: Learning and teaching I

Diary of a child musicianp. 213-218
Gary McPherson

The influence of the wider context of learning, gender, age, and individual differences on adolescent musicians’ performance anxietyp. 219-224
Ioulia Papageorgi

Composing with Hyperscore in general music classes: An exploratory studyp. 225-230
Graça Mota, Daniel Gonçalves, Ana Daniela Oliveira, António Sousa, Fernando Calheiros, Helena Ribeiro

Thematic session: Perceiving performance

Intended versus perceived emotionp. 233-238
Cristina Capparelli Gerling, Regina Antunes Teixeira dos Santos

Golden Section in the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti: An examination of Kirkpatrick’s cruxp. 239-244
Nancy Lee Harper

Making sense out of taste: A study on listeners’ preferences of performed tonal musicp. 245-250
Ângelo Martingo

Thematic session: Performance practice

How singers influence the understanding of sung textp. 253-258
Philip Fine, Jane Ginsborg

Effects of musical texture, performer’s preparation, interpretative goals, and musical competence on error patterns in organ performancep. 259-264
Bruno Gingras, Stephen McAdams, Peter Schubert

Cognitive feedback and metaphors in emotional communication instruction of musical performancep. 265-270
Nuno Arrais, Helena Rodrigues

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23 November 2007

Keynote paper

Enhancing music and dance performance with EEG-neurofeedbackp. 275
John Gruzelier, Joe Leach, Tony Steffert, Trevor Thompson

Thematic session: Musicians health

Orofacial considerations concerning musiciansp. 279
Miguel Pais Clemente, Inês Carvalho, Mário Vasconcelos, Rogério Branco, José Cavalheiro, José Frias-Bulhosa

Joint hypermobility is a liability for the performing artistp. 281-285
Rodney Grahame

The role of retraining in rehabilitation from focal dystoniap. 287-292
Rae de Lisle, Dale Speedy, John Thompson

Thematic session: Psychology of performance

Theoretical and practical applications of mental imageryp. 295-300
Melanie J. Gregg, Terry Clark

What does mental imagery mean to university music students and their professors?p. 301-306
Elizabeth Haddon

Measuring self-efficacy in musicp. 307-312
Laura Ritchie, Aaron Williamon

Thematic session: Performance analysis II

Virtuosity: Some (quasi phenomenological) thoughtsp. 315-320
Francisco Monteiro

The art of hand-splitting: Vianna da Motta’s contribution toward a better rendering of Beethoven’s sonata op. 31/2p. 321-326
Luís Pipa

Fernando Lopes-Graça’s choral music: Characteristics and interpretationp. 327-332
Jorge Matta

Graduate award paper

Neural correlates of professional classical singingp. 335-343
Boris Kleber, Ralf Veit, Niels Birbaumer, Martin Lotze

Thematic session: Performance analysis III

The timbre vocabulary of professional female jazz vocalistsp. 347-352
Daniela Prem, Richard Parncutt

Authenticity in the twentieth century: Listening to composer’s own recordingsp. 353
Rui Pedro Pereira

A prototype system for rule-based expressive modifications of audio recordingsp. 355-360
Marco Fabiani, Anders Friberg

Thematic session: Physicality of performance

Biographical predictors of music-related motor skills in children pianistsp. 363-368
Hans-Christian Jabusch, Raymond Yong, Eckart Altenmüller

The role of the Alexander technique in musical training and performingp. 369-374
Malcolm Williamson, Neil Roberts, Andy Moorhouse

Kinesics analysis in the investigation of the emotion expression in music performancep. 375
António Salgado

Thematic session: Learning and teaching II

PGCE music students’ perceptions of the benefits of their musical involvement outside of schoolp. 379-384
Dimitra Kokotsaki

A theoretical framework for examining foundational instructional materials supporting the acquisition of performance skillsp. 385-390
Frank Heuser

Youth and dance: Relation of university students with different types of dancep. 391-396
Ana Macara, Ana Paula Batalha

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Endmatter

Author index, sponsorsp. 397-399


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