International Symposium SIMM (Sociale impact van muziek maken) - 5/10 tot 7/10/2015

>> info and timetable: www.musicfund.eu/simm.

All lectures are in English

The research SIMM of the Ghent University Association (University of Ghent and the University College of Ghent) is organising a symposium. For three days, artists, social workers, pedagogues, psychologists, political scientists as well as sociologists are giving lectures about the social impact of making music.

SPEAKERS & TOPICS

John Sloboda (UK) - Ideal characteristics of musical interventions

François Matarasso (UK) - Music and social change - Intentions and outcomes

Geoffrey Baker (UK) - El Sistema: Social (in)action through music

Nabeel Abboud Ashkar (IL) - Polyphony with Palestinian and Jewish musicians in Israel

Samuel Araujo (BR) - The importance of making music together with reflexive research on music and sonic contexts in raising social awareness against human alienation

Gloria Patricia Zapata Restrepo (CO) - Music, resilience and social transformation

Rachel Beckles Willson (UK) - Playing truth to Power

André De Quadros (India) - Music and the Forgotten World - An Empowerment Model in the Violence of American Prisons

Gilles Delebarre (Fr) - Démos, a cultural democratisation initiative oriented towards classical music

>> info and timetable: www.musicfund.eu/simm.

MUSIC FUND

This first SIMMposium in the series takes place in the context of the 10th anniversary of Music Fund. This organization works with ensembles and music schools in conflict areas and countries in poverty. On Saturday December 5th Music Fund organizes a benefit at Handelsbeurs.

>> 10 years of Music Fund - Sat 05.12.15