Music has a reputation among music makers and listeners as a binding agent. It can deliver experiences of unity and foster belonging. Often music is present in moments of emotional meaning making such as rituals, celebrations and in pedagogy. Yet not everybody is welcome to participate, to make music, to play, sing, compose, perform, let alone record, publish or enter the so-called music business. Assigning meaning and value to music isn’t a simple process. Music can appear as a hierarchical system: ability, style, taste, and relation to tradition are some traits that can be mobilized to police participation. In fact, music can become an experience of exclusion, a dying of a dream and sometimes a thing that one either does in a certain way or not at all. In this concert and panel discussion musicologists, musicians, music pedagogues and researchers come together to discuss musical inclusion and exclusion.
At this HCAS Salon we enjoy performances by musicians and researchers and hear a panel discussion. We will also experience singing together.
This event is moderated by Astrid Swan, Fellow in Arts at the HCAS.
Inspiration for the salon came from Lina Klymenko, Core Fellow at the HCAS who shared her experience of exclusion from music as a child. The evening is also the product of discussions with Maria Konoshenko and Nicole Hassoun who both initiated musical collaboration and discussion with Astrid. These encounters highlighted the potential that music may hold for affective connection and disconnection.
Musical performances
Emmi Kujanpää, doctoral researcher and artist
Maria Konoshenko, researcher
Astrid Swan, artist and researcher & Nicole Hassoun, researcher
Johanna Lehtinen-Schnabel, Opi-suomea-laulaen choir leader, doctoral researcher
Panel participants
Emmi Kujanpää
Tanja Tiekso, musicologist
Johanna Lehtinen-Schnabel
Nina Öhman, musicologist (HCAS)<$DetailsLisatietojaLinkki$>
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