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10/03/2017
by R. Kuchar
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Music Cities Convention – April 4th, 2017 – Berlin

Music City Convention goes Berlin

Music Cities Convention is the largest and most extensive gathering on Music Cities. The conference brings together leaders from governments, cities and regions, academics, organisations and the music scene to discuss, debate and introduce new thinking.

The fourth edition of Music Cities Convention will be held on April 4th, 2017 in Rotes Rathaus (City Hall), Berlin. Topic this year is “Started from the Bottom, Now we’re Here: Music and Urban Development”.

Speakers are, among others Maria Vassilakou – Vice Mayor and Executive City Council, Vienna, Martyn Ware – Human League and Founder of Illustious, Dr. Lee – Master planner for Platform Changdong 61 in Seoul, Denai Moore – Musician, Charles Landry – Author, The Creative City, Michail Stangl – Director Boiler Room, Germany, Dr. Torsten Wöhlert – Permanent Secretary for Culture, Berlin, Kat Frankie – Musician, Angela Dorgan – CEO, First Music Contact, Michail Stangl – Boiler Room Germany.

More information: www.musiccitiesconvention.com

Convention organizers offer a 20% discount on conference tickets for ‘urban music studies’ blog abonnents. For discounts contact: katerina@sounddiplomacy.com

What do you think?

 

Urban String – Breaking conventions of classical and pop?

09/02/2017 by Alenka Barber-Kersovan | Comments Off on Urban String – Breaking conventions of classical and pop?

Ensemble Resonanz, an independent chamber orchestra situated in Hamburg, invented the program ‘Urban String’. Urban String is a series of concerts taking place in the orchestra´s own ‘classical underground club’ named Resonanzraum in St. Pauli. The program not only combines classical and popular elements, ‘Urban String’ is a good example for how the distinction of an urban music activity beyond traditional settings and conventions of the classical as well as the popular performance is transcending. A starting point for a new kind of urban music scene?  More on ‘Urban String’ and Ensemble Resonanz

30/01/2017
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Update Resources Section: Bibliography of Articles related to Urban Music Studies

Update Resources Section: Bibliography of Articles related to Urban Music Studies

Bibliography completed! Have a look on the site ‘Articles’ in the Resources section. We just added a quite long list of international contributions dealing with Music and the City. In connection with books and expertises,  we now have completed a basic bibliography of Urban Music Studies that will be updated on a regular basis. In case you are missing anything, especially some of your own publications, just tell us!

Update Resources Section: Bibliography of Expertises and other related Work

In the resources sections, we just added some sources of expertises and other related work referring to Urban Music Studies. Have a look at some international as well as German publications:

To bibliography of expertises and other related work

17/01/2017
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on New Book by Giacomo Bottà: Invisible Landscapes. Popular Music and Spatiality

New Book by Giacomo Bottà: Invisible Landscapes. Popular Music and Spatiality

The multilingual volume “Invisible Landscapes” comprises chapters about heterogeneous popular music practices, largely, but not exclusively, from Europe. Addressing the relation between popular music practices and political struggles, postcolonialities, dense and layered urban settings and a certain understanding of cultural heritage, this volume turns noise into sound, revealing the invisible landscapes of Europe.

11/01/2017
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on No Fun City! Documentary of Vancouver´s Underground Music Scenes

No Fun City! Documentary of Vancouver´s Underground Music Scenes

A FILM ABOUT DIY CULTURE, LOUD MUSIC, ILLEGAL VENUES AND THE WAR ON FUN.

Is live music being silenced? Cities around the world are experiencing the death of the independent live music venues. With the proliferation of condo developments in low-income artist communities, ensuing noise complaints, the commercialization of large music venues, and the rise in stringent city zoning and liquor regulations, small local music venues around the world are struggling to stay open.

19/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
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Documentary: Made in Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra

‘Made in Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra’ tells the story and development of these three genres in Birmingham from the mid 70s to the mid 90s through rare and uncovered archive footage and interviews from those who were actually there. Directed by Deborah Aston, 2010

15/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Open until Dec. 16th: The Place of Music, 28-29 June 2017, Loughborough University

Open until Dec. 16th: The Place of Music, 28-29 June 2017, Loughborough University

Call for papers

It is almost twenty years since the publication of the landmark text ‘The Place of Music’ (Leyshon et al. 1998) put the complex relationships between music and place firmly on the research agenda. In those twenty years, technological developments have profoundly impacted upon musical production and consumption in ways which have not only changed the relationships between music and place in a geographical sense, but the place of music in society and the economy more fundamentally.
Our aim is to bring together researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds who share common ground through their interest in music scholarship. We therefore invite proposals for presentations from scholars working in any discipline or area of music scholarship.

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