Past Symposium Sessions
Music Cognition Symposia 2010-2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
OSL 101, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
LOCAL RESEARCH: SMPC PRACTICE TALKS
This session features five practice talks for the 2011 Society of Music Perception and Cognition meeting, which will take place at Eastman in August (www.esm.rochester.edu/smpc2011).
Daphne Tan (Eastman School of Music)
"Past and Present Conceptions of Music in the Mind: An Introduction to Ernst Kurth's _Musikpsychlogie_ (1931)"
Fiona Manning and Michael Schutz (McMaster University)
"Tapping to the Beat Improves Timing Perception"
Alice Asako Matsumoto and Caroline Marcum (Eastman School of Music)
"The Relationship Between Music Aptitude and the Ability to Discriminate Tone Contours in the Cantonese Language"
Art Samplaski (Ithaca, NY)
"Some New Data and Suggestions Regarding Key-Finding As a Cognitive Task"
Jenine L. Brown (Eastman School of Music)
"Using a Probe-Interval Methodology to Understand Listeners' Perceptions of Twelve-Tone Melodies"
OSL 101, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
LOCAL RESEARCH: SMPC PRACTICE TALKS
This session features five practice talks for the 2011 Society of Music Perception and Cognition meeting, which will take place at Eastman in August (www.esm.rochester.edu/smpc2011).
Daphne Tan (Eastman School of Music)
"Past and Present Conceptions of Music in the Mind: An Introduction to Ernst Kurth's _Musikpsychlogie_ (1931)"
Fiona Manning and Michael Schutz (McMaster University)
"Tapping to the Beat Improves Timing Perception"
Alice Asako Matsumoto and Caroline Marcum (Eastman School of Music)
"The Relationship Between Music Aptitude and the Ability to Discriminate Tone Contours in the Cantonese Language"
Art Samplaski (Ithaca, NY)
"Some New Data and Suggestions Regarding Key-Finding As a Cognitive Task"
Jenine L. Brown (Eastman School of Music)
"Using a Probe-Interval Methodology to Understand Listeners' Perceptions of Twelve-Tone Melodies"
Music Cognition Symposia 2009-2010
October 24, 2009
Dynamical Systems and Music with guest Edward W. Large (Florida Atlantic University)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Peter Pfordresher (University of Buffalo)
"Dynamical Systems and Music Cognition"
Edward W. Large (Florida Atlantic University)
"A Dynamic Field Theory of Tonality"
Dynamical Systems and Music with guest Edward W. Large (Florida Atlantic University)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Peter Pfordresher (University of Buffalo)
"Dynamical Systems and Music Cognition"
Edward W. Large (Florida Atlantic University)
"A Dynamic Field Theory of Tonality"
November 14, 2009
Music and Memory with guests Andrea R. Halpern (Bucknell University) and Roger Chaffin (University of Connecticut)
Respondent: Nelita True, Professor of Piano (Eastman School of Music)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Andrea R. Halpern (Bucknell University)
"You Must Remember This: Factors Affecting Musical Memory (or Not)"
Roger Chaffin (University of Connecticut)
"Memory for Music Performance"
Music and Memory with guests Andrea R. Halpern (Bucknell University) and Roger Chaffin (University of Connecticut)
Respondent: Nelita True, Professor of Piano (Eastman School of Music)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Andrea R. Halpern (Bucknell University)
"You Must Remember This: Factors Affecting Musical Memory (or Not)"
Roger Chaffin (University of Connecticut)
"Memory for Music Performance"
February 20, 2010
Local Research
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
"The production and perception of musical pitch among tone language speakers: Behavioral advantages, neural bases"
Peter Pfordresher (University of Buffalo)
"Is there a musical Ganong effect?"
David Temperley and Daphne Tan (Eastman School of Music)
"Perception and production of complex musical sequences"
Jon Prince (University of Buffalo)
"Detectablility thresholds for voicing of diatonic triads among pianists"
Paul Sanchez (Eastman School of Music)
"Stage behavior: Effects of intended degree of expression and modality of presentation on judged performance"
Carol Krumhansl and Jennifer Huang (Cornell University)
Local Research
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
"The production and perception of musical pitch among tone language speakers: Behavioral advantages, neural bases"
Peter Pfordresher (University of Buffalo)
"Is there a musical Ganong effect?"
David Temperley and Daphne Tan (Eastman School of Music)
"Perception and production of complex musical sequences"
Jon Prince (University of Buffalo)
"Detectablility thresholds for voicing of diatonic triads among pianists"
Paul Sanchez (Eastman School of Music)
"Stage behavior: Effects of intended degree of expression and modality of presentation on judged performance"
Carol Krumhansl and Jennifer Huang (Cornell University)
April 17, 2010
The Science of Vocal Production in Speech and Song
OSL 101, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
With Special Guests:
Katherine Ciesinski and Kathryn Cowdrick
(Department of Voice and Opera, Eastman School of Music)
and
Joyce McDonough
(Department of Linguistics, Univeristy of Rochester)
The Science of Vocal Production in Speech and Song
OSL 101, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
With Special Guests:
Katherine Ciesinski and Kathryn Cowdrick
(Department of Voice and Opera, Eastman School of Music)
and
Joyce McDonough
(Department of Linguistics, Univeristy of Rochester)
October 30, 2010
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Sarah C. Creel (UC San Diego)
"Look what I heard: Using eye tracking to explore absolute and relative pitch processing"
"Reinvoking specific musical context during listening"
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Sarah C. Creel (UC San Diego)
"Look what I heard: Using eye tracking to explore absolute and relative pitch processing"
"Reinvoking specific musical context during listening"
November 16, 2010
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Guest Speaker
David Huron (Ohio State University)
"The Science of Sad Sounds"
"That Complex Whole: A Vision for Musicology"
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Guest Speaker
David Huron (Ohio State University)
"The Science of Sad Sounds"
"That Complex Whole: A Vision for Musicology"
December 4, 2010
OSL 101, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Bruno H. Repp (Haskins Laboratory, Yale University)
"Production and perception of two-interval rhythms"
"Perception of metrical versus phenomenal accents"
"Perception of polymeter"
OSL 101, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Bruno H. Repp (Haskins Laboratory, Yale University)
"Production and perception of two-interval rhythms"
"Perception of metrical versus phenomenal accents"
"Perception of polymeter"
Music Cognition Symposia 2008-2009
September 27, 2008
Infant Musical Development with guest Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Two talks by Dr. Trainor, with respondent and discussion:
"Musical Development During Infancy: Learning Pitch and Rhythmic Structures"
"Development of Auditory Event-Related Potentials and Effects of Musical Experience"
Respondent: Ticia Gingras, Ph.D. student in Musical Education
Infant Musical Development with guest Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Two talks by Dr. Trainor, with respondent and discussion:
"Musical Development During Infancy: Learning Pitch and Rhythmic Structures"
"Development of Auditory Event-Related Potentials and Effects of Musical Experience"
Respondent: Ticia Gingras, Ph.D. student in Musical Education
October 11, 2008
Music and Expectation with guest Steve Larson (University of Oregon)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
David Temperley (Eastman School of Music)
"Music and Expectation: A Survey of Recent Research" (Davy Temperley)
Steve Larson (University of Oregon)
"Musical Forces: Metaphor Theory, Melodic Expectation, and Converging Evidence"
Music and Expectation with guest Steve Larson (University of Oregon)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
David Temperley (Eastman School of Music)
"Music and Expectation: A Survey of Recent Research" (Davy Temperley)
Steve Larson (University of Oregon)
"Musical Forces: Metaphor Theory, Melodic Expectation, and Converging Evidence"
March 28, 2009
Research Symposium: Recent Research by Symposium Participants
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Jenine Lawson (Eastman School of Music)
"Hearing interval patterns in atonal melodies"
Katie Corrigall & Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)
"Measuring different networks of auditory and visual attention in musicians and non-musicians"
Anne-Marie DePape & Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)
"Auditory processing in adolescents with autism"
Carol Krumhansl (Cornell University)
"Plink: Thin slices in music"
James Mantell (University of Buffalo)
"The influence of acoustic-phonetic information on the imitation of speech and song"
Research Symposium: Recent Research by Symposium Participants
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Jenine Lawson (Eastman School of Music)
"Hearing interval patterns in atonal melodies"
Katie Corrigall & Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)
"Measuring different networks of auditory and visual attention in musicians and non-musicians"
Anne-Marie DePape & Laurel Trainor (McMaster University)
"Auditory processing in adolescents with autism"
Carol Krumhansl (Cornell University)
"Plink: Thin slices in music"
James Mantell (University of Buffalo)
"The influence of acoustic-phonetic information on the imitation of speech and song"
April 19, 2009
Music, Creativity, and the Brain
With guests:
Charles Limb (Johns Hopkins University)
Robert Zatorre (Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University; Co-Director, International Lab for Brain, Music, and Sound Research [BRAMS])
Alice Kanack (Suzuki Music Teacher)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Robert Zatorre
"Auditory Cortical Processing of Tones and Melodies: Functional and Structural Correlates"
Charles Limb
"Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Creativity: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation"
Respondent: Alice Kay Kanack
"Convergence and Divergence in Music Education, with demonstration, discussion"
Music, Creativity, and the Brain
With guests:
Charles Limb (Johns Hopkins University)
Robert Zatorre (Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University; Co-Director, International Lab for Brain, Music, and Sound Research [BRAMS])
Alice Kanack (Suzuki Music Teacher)
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Robert Zatorre
"Auditory Cortical Processing of Tones and Melodies: Functional and Structural Correlates"
Charles Limb
"Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Creativity: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation"
Respondent: Alice Kay Kanack
"Convergence and Divergence in Music Education, with demonstration, discussion"
Music Cognition Symposia 2007-2008
September 29, 2007
The Mystery and Science of Absolute Pitch
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Elizabeth W. Marvin (Eastman School of Music) & Elissa Newport (UR, Brain and Cognitive Sciences)
“Absolute Pitch in Musicians, Nonmusicians, and Starlings: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration”
Ken'ichi Miyazaki (Department of Psychology, Niigata University, Japan)
“The Myths of Absolute Pitch: Perceptual/Cognitive, Genetic or Developmental, and Musical Perspectives”
All attendees were invited to a complimentary luncheon preceding the symposium at Golden Port Dim Sum.
The Mystery and Science of Absolute Pitch
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Elizabeth W. Marvin (Eastman School of Music) & Elissa Newport (UR, Brain and Cognitive Sciences)
“Absolute Pitch in Musicians, Nonmusicians, and Starlings: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration”
Ken'ichi Miyazaki (Department of Psychology, Niigata University, Japan)
“The Myths of Absolute Pitch: Perceptual/Cognitive, Genetic or Developmental, and Musical Perspectives”
All attendees were invited to a complimentary luncheon preceding the symposium at Golden Port Dim Sum.
October 27, 2007
Music Semiology and Music Cognition with guest residency by Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Jonathan Dunsby (Eastman School of Music)
“Music Semiology in the Mind of the Musician”
Greg Carlson (UR, Department of Linguistics)
"A Semanticist on Semiotics"
Jean-Jacques Nattiez (University of Montreal)
“Is Timbre a Secondary Parameter?”
Related talk (Nattiez Residency):
Friday, October 26, Eastman Main Building, Room 305
“Semiology and Ethnomusicology: Music Analysis of an African
Marriage‑Initiation Dance (the Mbaga Dance of the Ugandan Bagandas)”
Music Semiology and Music Cognition with guest residency by Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Ciminelli Lounge, Eastman School of Music, 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Jonathan Dunsby (Eastman School of Music)
“Music Semiology in the Mind of the Musician”
Greg Carlson (UR, Department of Linguistics)
"A Semanticist on Semiotics"
Jean-Jacques Nattiez (University of Montreal)
“Is Timbre a Secondary Parameter?”
Related talk (Nattiez Residency):
Friday, October 26, Eastman Main Building, Room 305
“Semiology and Ethnomusicology: Music Analysis of an African
Marriage‑Initiation Dance (the Mbaga Dance of the Ugandan Bagandas)”
February 23, 2008
Research Symposium
OSL 101 (Eastman School of Music), 2-5 p.m.
The session featured ongoing music cognition research by students and faculty locally.
Kat Agres (Cornell University), "Musical Change Deafness"
David Feder (University of Rochester), "The Effect of Music Training on Visual Attention"
Kelly Francis (Eastman School of Music), "The Effect of Chromaticism and Accented Non-Chord Tones on Attention in Polyphonic Music Contexts"
Craig Graci (SUNY-Oswego), "A Genetic Programming Approach to Determining Grouping Structure in Tonal Melody."
All attendees were invited to a complimentary luncheon preceding the symposium at Alexandria’s Restaurant.
Research Symposium
OSL 101 (Eastman School of Music), 2-5 p.m.
The session featured ongoing music cognition research by students and faculty locally.
Kat Agres (Cornell University), "Musical Change Deafness"
David Feder (University of Rochester), "The Effect of Music Training on Visual Attention"
Kelly Francis (Eastman School of Music), "The Effect of Chromaticism and Accented Non-Chord Tones on Attention in Polyphonic Music Contexts"
Craig Graci (SUNY-Oswego), "A Genetic Programming Approach to Determining Grouping Structure in Tonal Melody."
All attendees were invited to a complimentary luncheon preceding the symposium at Alexandria’s Restaurant.
March 22, 2008
Music and Evolution with guest Josh McDermott (University of Minnesota)
OSL 101 (Eastman School of Music), 2-5 p.m.
Eugene Feygelson (Eastman School of Music), “Investigating the Evolutionary Roots of Musical Behavior: A Literature Review”
Josh McDermott (University of Minnesota), “Empirical Constraints on the Evolutionary Origins of Music”
Related talk by Prof. McDermott:
Friday, March 21, Meliora Hall Room 269, "Sound Texture Perception Via Statistics."
Music and Evolution with guest Josh McDermott (University of Minnesota)
OSL 101 (Eastman School of Music), 2-5 p.m.
Eugene Feygelson (Eastman School of Music), “Investigating the Evolutionary Roots of Musical Behavior: A Literature Review”
Josh McDermott (University of Minnesota), “Empirical Constraints on the Evolutionary Origins of Music”
Related talk by Prof. McDermott:
Friday, March 21, Meliora Hall Room 269, "Sound Texture Perception Via Statistics."
Music Cognition Symposia 2006-2007
Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:00 - 4:30 p. m.
Timbre: Perception, Technology, and Composition
Lincoln Hall B21 (Cornell University, co-sponsored event)
Introduction by Carol Krumhansl, Cornell University
Panel discussion: Dexter Morrill, Colgate University
Jean-Claude Risset, CNRS, Marseilles, France
Kevin Ernst, Cornell University
Timbre: Perception, Technology, and Composition
Lincoln Hall B21 (Cornell University, co-sponsored event)
Introduction by Carol Krumhansl, Cornell University
Panel discussion: Dexter Morrill, Colgate University
Jean-Claude Risset, CNRS, Marseilles, France
Kevin Ernst, Cornell University
November 10, 2006 2:00-5:00
Music and Computing
Eastman School of Music, Room 320
Elaine Chew (University of Southern California)
Interactive Music Systems Based on Analysis of Music and Its Performance
Dirk-Jan Povel (Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information)
A computer model of melody generation
Music and Computing
Eastman School of Music, Room 320
Elaine Chew (University of Southern California)
Interactive Music Systems Based on Analysis of Music and Its Performance
Dirk-Jan Povel (Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information)
A computer model of melody generation
EUGENE NARMOUR RESIDENCY
November 30-December 2, 2006
Narmour is Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania and former President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. His theories draw upon those of Leonard Meyer on expectation, and his recent work has focused on ways that music-cognitive study can inform performance and memory.
Thursday, November 30 - 10:00-11:30 in OSL 101
"Some Cognitive Principles for Performers"
Friday, December 1 - 3:30-5:00 in ESM 320
"Scaled Harmonic Implication and its Realization: Searching for a Unified Cognitive Theory of Music"
MUSIC COGNITION SYMPOSIUM: Saturday, December 2 - 2:00-5:00 in Ciminelli Lounge
"Introduction to Narmour's Implication-Realization Theory from a Psychologist's Perspective"
- Carol Krumhansl (Cornell University)
"The Cortical Structures for Duration and Pitch: An fMRI Study" - Eugene Narmour
"Musical Structuring, Affective Structuring, and Memory" - Eugene Narmour
November 30-December 2, 2006
Narmour is Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania and former President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. His theories draw upon those of Leonard Meyer on expectation, and his recent work has focused on ways that music-cognitive study can inform performance and memory.
Thursday, November 30 - 10:00-11:30 in OSL 101
"Some Cognitive Principles for Performers"
Friday, December 1 - 3:30-5:00 in ESM 320
"Scaled Harmonic Implication and its Realization: Searching for a Unified Cognitive Theory of Music"
MUSIC COGNITION SYMPOSIUM: Saturday, December 2 - 2:00-5:00 in Ciminelli Lounge
"Introduction to Narmour's Implication-Realization Theory from a Psychologist's Perspective"
- Carol Krumhansl (Cornell University)
"The Cortical Structures for Duration and Pitch: An fMRI Study" - Eugene Narmour
"Musical Structuring, Affective Structuring, and Memory" - Eugene Narmour
Saturday April 7, 2007 2:00-5:00
ESM 209 Research Symposium
Peter Pfordresher (Dept. of Psychology, University of Buffalo), "Sensitivity to Melodic Organization in Auditory Feedback."
Betsey King (Dept. of Music, Nazareth College), "Therapeutic Dissonance: An Overview of Neurological Research on the Relationship between Harmony and Attention, with Applications to Clinical Music Therapy."
David Temperley (Dept. of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music), "A Probabilistic Model of Melody Perception."
Art Samplaski, "Modeling the Perception of Non-Tonal Sonorities: Some Initial Results."
ESM 209 Research Symposium
Peter Pfordresher (Dept. of Psychology, University of Buffalo), "Sensitivity to Melodic Organization in Auditory Feedback."
Betsey King (Dept. of Music, Nazareth College), "Therapeutic Dissonance: An Overview of Neurological Research on the Relationship between Harmony and Attention, with Applications to Clinical Music Therapy."
David Temperley (Dept. of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music), "A Probabilistic Model of Melody Perception."
Art Samplaski, "Modeling the Perception of Non-Tonal Sonorities: Some Initial Results."
Saturday April 21, 2007 2:00-5:00
Ciminelli Lounge Rhythms of Language and Music
Aniruddh D. Patel (The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA), “Empirical comparisons of spoken and musical rhythm and melody”
Joyce McDonough (Linguistics, University of Rochester)
& Harold Danko (Jazz and Contemporary Media, Eastman School of Music),
“Rhythmic Structure of Music and Language: An Empirical Investigation of the Speech Cadence of American Jazz Masters Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton”
RELATED TALK by Dr. Patel - sponsored by Linguistics Department
"How the Mother Tongue Influences the Musical Ear"
4/20/2007 (Friday) at 4:00 PM
513 Lattimore Hall
Ciminelli Lounge Rhythms of Language and Music
Aniruddh D. Patel (The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA), “Empirical comparisons of spoken and musical rhythm and melody”
Joyce McDonough (Linguistics, University of Rochester)
& Harold Danko (Jazz and Contemporary Media, Eastman School of Music),
“Rhythmic Structure of Music and Language: An Empirical Investigation of the Speech Cadence of American Jazz Masters Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton”
RELATED TALK by Dr. Patel - sponsored by Linguistics Department
"How the Mother Tongue Influences the Musical Ear"
4/20/2007 (Friday) at 4:00 PM
513 Lattimore Hall
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