9:00 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 -10:30
Prof. Lloyd Whitesell
Glorifying the Screen Divas
Hollywood uses tricks of light and music to turn its leading women into quasi-divine creatures. In examples from classic films, we will explore how stars are adorned with the musical equivalent of haloes, crowns, and veils.

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00
Prof. Martha de Francisco
Dematerialization and Transformations in the Music Industry of the 21st Century
Opera transmissions in high definition, basement recordings, virtual libraries: well-known structures for the production and distribution of music recordings are changing radically. We have entered a new era of dematerialization with CDs, like records, doomed to become obsolete. What does the future of music production hold as a 100-year-old industry adjusts to the digital revolution?

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
See lunch options under Registration Information

1:00 - 2:00
Prof. Christine Jensen
Organized Chaos: Jazz Composition and Improvisation
Where does the composition end and the improvisation begin? Inside the mind of the composer and improviser, and how jazz musicians prepare to launch into the moment from the page.

2:00 - 2:30 Coffee Break

2:30 - 3:30
Prof. Sean Ferguson
The traditional music session: Irish group therapy
Irish traditional music is performed by thousands of people around the world, in many different contexts. One of the most common is the "session," an informal gathering of musicians, all of whom share a love of Irish music and culture (some of whom may even have Irish blood!). Sessions are participatory, social events that take place in a communal location (frequently a pub) and are open to all. A session can pop up anywhere!

LECTURES WILL BE PRESENTED IN ENGLISH

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Advance registration and payment is required

Lunch options:
- Pay for a box lunch at time of registration $10.00
- There are many restaurants within a 2-block radius
- Bring own lunch

No refunds after April 4, 2016

Space Limited!
Registration is on a first- come, first-served basis!

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Dean Sean Ferguson invites you for a glass of wine and further conversation in the lobby of the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building following the day's final lecture

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Come encourage our students by attending any of the over 100 free recitals taking place from now until the end of May. Listen to all types of concerts, from baroque cello to jazz saxophone and all manner of instruments in between, given by our graduate and undergraduate students.For complete events listings, please check our website at http://www.mcill.ca/music/concerts