A number of music faculty undertake research and creative activities that take them far and wide around the globe year after year, from Europe to Africa to China and elsewhere.
2018:
Chan, Katherine. Repertoire Reading Session: Australia National Choral Association,
Repertoire for Treble voices, Mixed-Voices and Men’s Voices from Graphite Publishing, Brisbane, Australia, 2018
De Ritis, Anthony P. Panelist: “Expanding the Bounds of Creative Expression.” International Computer Music Conference 2018, Art Factory, Daegu, South Korea, 2018.
De Ritis, Anthony P. Performance (Premiere): Kamelle-On for Korean Saenghwang and 4-Speaker Audio, Gamin Kang, saengwhang, at the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2018, Daegu, South Korea, 2018.
Frengel, Mike. Performance: Sarteano, L’estate, for 8-channel sound projection,
International Computer Music Conference, Daegu, South Korea, 2018.
Godfrey, Daniel Strong. Performance: String Quartet No. 2, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy, 2018
Ho, Hubert. Poster Presentation: “How embodiment theory can help musicians perform pieces requiring electroacoustic fixed media.” International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2018.
2017:
De Ritis, Anthony P. Performance: Devolution for DJ and Symphony Orchestra. Hong Kong Philharmonic, Jung-Ho Pak, conductor; featuring Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2017.
Poriss, Hilary. “Pauline Viardot, On Rivalry,” in Tracing Operatic Performances in the Long Nineteenth Century: Practices, Performers, Peripheries, Anne Kauppala, Ula-Britta Broman-Kananen, and Jens Hesselager, eds. (Helsinki: Unigrafia, 2017).
2016:
Poriss, Hilary. Presentation: “Beauty and the Barber: Pauline Viardot, Performance, Transformation,” Rossini 2017 – Convegno Internazionale – Pesaro, Italy, 9-11 June, 2017 and Rey M. Longyear Lecture Series, University of Kentucky, December 2, 2016.
De Ritis, Anthony P., & Si Si (Eds.). (2016, December). “Media and Entertainment Industry: The World and China.” [Special Issue]. Journal of Global Media and China, Issue 1, Volume 4.
De Ritis, Anthony P. (2016, October). “Selected Works for Pipa Composed by Anthony Paul De Ritis” (Musical scores). Beijing, China: Central Conservatory of Music Press.
De Ritis, Anthony P. Award: “Foreign Specially-Appointed Professor” at the opening ceremonies for the new “Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Chinese National School of Music,” China Conservatory of Music. Beijing, China, 2016.
Ho, Hubert. Poster Presentation: “Using psychoacoustical modeling to examine timbral-harmonic complexes in early 20th century music.” 16. Jahreskongresses der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 2016.
Ho, Hubert. Presentation: “Applying a unified theory of emotion in music to re-evaluate theories of the classical Hollywood musical.” XI. Symposium für Filmmusikforschung ‚Musikpraxis im Film‘ / ‚Making music in film‘, Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik Freiburg, und der Kieler Gesellschaft für Filmmusikforschung, Freiberg, Germany, 2016.
Ho, Hubert. Presentation: “Using embodiment ideals to mediate the acoustic and electronic in a work for solo instrument and fixed media: an experiment in auto-choreography.” MuSA 2016, Seventh International Symposium on Music and Sound Art: Practices and Theories, Middlesex University London and Institute for Musicology and Music Informatics, Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2016.
2015:
De Ritis, Anthony P. Performance: Melody for Peace for Western Orchestra and Non-Western Indigenous Instruments, Prague Symphony Orchestra and the “Melody World Orchestra”, Bartholomeus-henri Van De Velde, conductor, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2015.
De Ritis, Anthony P., Friar, J., & Zhang, W. (2015, December 15). “Inhibitors to Innovation in Chinese Students: The Case of the Ballet Slipper” (Winner of the Best Paper Award). Innovation and Entrepreneurship 5th Annual Conference, Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore, 2015.
De Ritis, Anthony P. Performance: Shui. Life for erhu, electronic sounds and video projection. Guo Gan, erhu, part of “The Water Rooms,” UNESCO’s United Nations World Water Assessment Program at the 2015 World Expo, Auditorium of the Italian Pavilion, Milan, Italy, 2015.
De Ritis, Anthony P. Performance: Amsterdam for Symphony Orchestra and Interactive Electronics. Hong Kong Philharmonic, Jung-Ho Pak, conductor, part of “Music, Science & Technology – Music and Technology,” at the Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2015.
Ho, Hubert. Performane: Splinter for bass clarinet. Heather Roche, bass clarinetist, Sixth International Symposium on Music and Sonic Art: Practices and Theories, Institute for Musicology and Music Informatics, Hochschule für Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2015.
Smith, Ronald Bruce. Award: Long-Term Arts Award, Canada Council for the Arts, 2015
2014:
Frengel, Mike. Performance: Hotbird, for electric guitar and electronics, International Society for Contemporary Music World Music Days, Wroclaw, Poland, 2014.
2013:
Poriss, Hilary. Keynote Presentation: “Pauline Viardot in Her Own Words,” Traces of Performance: Opera, Music Theatre, and Theatre Music in the Long 19th Century, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2013.