Guest lectures and seminars

Join us for the launch of Dangerous Mediations (Bloomsbury 2019), a book that examines the intersection of prison, pop music, and YouTube in the infamous 'Dancing Inmates' of Cebu Provincial Rehabilitation and Detention Centre, Philippines. Special guests Holly Rogers (Reader in Music, Goldsmiths University of London), and roundtable discussion with Holly, Nanette Nielsen (RITMO), Ellis Jones (RITMO), and Áine Mangaoang (Dept. of Musicology).

The first Research Seminar of the semester is dedicated to our new staff members and getting to know them and their research

Dag Langfoss-Håland will talk about his experience in music technology entrepreneurship, his startup company Soundio, the innovative Vibble App, and future plans.

We welcome you all to a lecture with Hallvard T. Bjørgum, one of Norway’s most legendary Harding fiddle players. In dialogue with professor Hans Weisethaunet, he will discuss the ‘the roots’ and ‘routes’ of Scandinavian music, the instrument, it’s origins, and connections to rock ’n’ roll and ’roots’ music. Be prepared to hear him demonstrate several famous Harding fiddle instruments.

We would like to invite you all to Dr. Maria Castellanos Vicente's presentation in the MCT Portal.

A lecture by Pedro Pestana on music technology and emergent audio technologies.

A lecture by Ole Nieling: "OLME: Brainwashing Future Generations - How Sonic Exploration impacts cultural & humanistic traits"

A lecture-demonstration by Pamela Z on voice, processing, gesture control, and interaction with video

A lecture by Edo Fouilloux on sonification, including sound design, interface implementation and perceptual analysis.

We would like to invite you all to the open lecture with bassist Arild Andersen.

A lecture by Thomas Hermann (Bielefeld) on sonification, including sound design, interface implementation and perceptual analysis.

A lecture by Daniel Formo (NTNU) on sonification, including sound design, interface implementation and perceptual analysis.

A lecture by Leif Arne Rønningen (NTNU) on sonification, including sound design, interface implementation and perceptual analysis.

A lecture by Øyvind Brandtsegg (NTNU) on sonification, including sound design, interface implementation and perceptual analysis.

We would like to invite you all to celebrate the launch of Postdoctoral Fellow Simon Høffding's new monograph A Phenomenology of Musical Absorption

This is the event for everyone interested in medieval music and music history! The new book Polyphony in Paris, focuses on the history of medieval music in thirteenth-century Paris, the ways in which music was created and the contexts in which it was performed.

We would like to welcome you all to a lecture with one of the most experienced studio musicians in the world, guitarist Georg «Jojje» Wadenius. He has experience playing with Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Made in Sweden, Blood, Sweat & Tears and more.

In this first Research Seminar of the year we'll be presenting our three new research projects: MASHED, MUSEC, and MIRAGE and our new postdocs and PhDs. 

Join us for a research seminar featuring Aaron Allen (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), who will discuss the role of music in the environmental humanities. 

It is an honour to welcome Professor Kjell Skyllstad back to IMV on the event of his 90th birthday. Skyllstad will share his experiences and observations from an extensive and rich international academic career traversing musicology and cultural, political and social history across many countries. 

Welcome to this semester's first Research Seminar. We would like to start the new semester with a small party where every member of staff can present their recent, current, and upcoming work.