tradfutures

 

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traditional and improvised music cultures

 

 

tradfutures_about

 

‘tradfutures' is a traditional and improvised music performance, research group undertaking investigation of contemporary positions and potential future stylistic developments in traditional music in Europe, at doctoral level. The underlying principle to these investigations is to develop fluidity in how we interact with structural forms and contents and contemporary understandings of music. It is the intention to establish innovative approaches to the teaching of traditional and improvised music; to working definitions; compositional formats; and to extend instrumental and performance techniques. Underpinning these investigations is an ongoing interaction with supporting technologies and digital formats. The tradfutures seminar series takes place on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 15:00-18:00 , while the doctoral research programme 'Epestemic Practice_Mus occurs on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month with an immersive study week as timetabled. The events take place at GradCAM, John Street, D8 unless advertised otherwise. http://www.gradcam.ie/

 

tradfutures_research_enquiry

 

Defining an evolving aesthetic & innovation mechanism for Traditional & Improvised Music in Europe; ‘tradfutures’ is a consortium research undertaking by the team investigating contemporary developments evidenced in traditional music and improvised music in Europe today. In so doing, we investigate and deliver (i) a new aesthetical paradigm for ‘traditional’ music in Europe; (ii) the design of new musical instruments, including a micro-tonal accordion, semi-solid electric bouzouki, and flexible bores for fipple top flutes and (iii) redeployment of the music industry’s use of the 360 degree model as an economic model for artist self-management. These research undertakings are underpinned by the understanding that traditional & improvising musicians today operate from a perspective based on a multiplicity of reference points demonstrating complex cosmopolitan histories of cross over and cultural cross-fertilisation which, as yet, have not been fully appreciated and understood. The challenge is to confront the ‘nation state’ paradigm and to offer a new model based on the experiences of musicians today demonstrating the ‘fluidity’ in how our traditions and cultures are in ‘real terms’ experienced and understood.

 

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tradfutures_schedule autumn 2009

 

The tradfutures group meets every Tuesday afternoon in GradCAM, Johns Street, Dublin 8. For a detailed listing of these meetings go here.

 

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For additional information on the collaborating institutions consult www.dit.ie, www.ncad.ie, www.iadt.ie and www.ulster.ac.uk.