Music and Ecology International Multidisciplinary Symposium 2015: A Summary
by Andreja Vrekalić (Croatia) Music and Ecology International Multidisciplinary Symposium 2015 28 – 29 August 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia City Museum Ljubljana A considerable effort of five associations – (1) the Secretariat of the International [...]
Experiencing Environmental Crises Through Music
by Sini Mononen (University of Turku, Finland) Finnish musicologist Juha Torvinen is working on a personal research project entitled Music, Nature, and Environmental Crises: A Northern Perspective on Ecocritical Trends in Contemporary Music. The project [...]
Music, Nature and Environmental Crises: A Northern Perspective on Ecocritical Trends in Contemporary Music
by Juha Torvinen (University of the Arts, Helsinki) Description of the Research Project "Music, Nature and Environmental Crises" Environmental concerns have become an inescapable part of the everyday life in the Western world. At the [...]
Reconnecting the Music-Making Experience: Supporting Small-Scale Local Craftsmanship in the Academic Percussion Community
by Alex Smith In this essay, I propose a framework for musical instrument manufacturing that draws upon ideas of disconnection and reconnection as they relate to sustainability in order to show how composers, performers, and [...]
Music and Coal Activism: Perspectives from the Field
By Travis D. Stimeling (West Virginia University), Saro Lynch-Thomason (Blair Pathways, Asheville, NC), Nate May (College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati), and Andrew Munn (Bard College) Driving through Central Appalachia, it is nearly impossible [...]
An Introduction
by Tyler Kinnear
