Entrainment Network

Conference and Symposium
at
Ohio State University


 

The second meeting of the Entrainment Network will take place April 1 - 3, 2005 at Ohio State University and includes a symposium with invited contributors from other institutions. The thematic focus will be on developments in theory and analytical as well as experimental applications  in musicology/ethnomusicology.

 


Entrainment Network Conference II

Entrainment in Music

 

April,1-3, 2005, OSU, School of Music,  177 Weigel Hall

 

Friday 1 April

Symposium

 

9:45

 

Opening address

10:00

Martin Clayton: (Intro): Overview of the work of the Entrainment Network

Ian Cross: "Music, entrainment and the evolution of sociality"

 

11:45

Lunch Break:

1:15

Devin McAuley: "Time of our lives I: Changes in preferred tempi and regions of entrainment across the lifespan" (theory and data on   synchronization tapping)

Mari R. Jones : "Time of our lives II: Changes in preferred tempi and regions of entrainment across the lifespan" (theory and data on   continuation tapping and its implications)

 

3:15

Coffee Break:

 

3:45

Edward Large: “Nonlinear oscillation: A musical universal?” 

Udo Will: “Arnold tongues, period doubling and socio-cultural factors in Australian Aboriginal clap rhythms.”

 

18:00

Labtour: Cognitive Ethnomusicology and Music Cognition Labs (Mershon, 5th floor)

 

 

Sat 2 April

Network working sessions

 

10:00

(Entrainment to non periodic Music/ ‘Alap-Group” session)

 

E. Berg, U.Will, M. Clayton, L. Leante: “Bi-cultural comparison of tapping responses to an instrumental alap performance.”

 

L.Leante, M.Clayton, U. Will: "Entrainment to alap: listeners' responses studied via video analysis and interview "

 

H. Utter, U. Will, M.Clayton, and L Leante: “Influence of auditory and visual information on the tapping responses to non-periodic music (vocal alap).”

 

11:45

Lunch Break

 

1:15

Nick Collins:  “The problem of phase alignment in computational beat induction on musical audio signals.”

 

Jessica Grahn: “Beat-based rhythm processing in the brain: behavioural, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological investigations.”

 

Gabrielle Horstman & Udo Will: “Heart beat synchronization to musical rhythms? An ECG study on the influence of drum rhythms on human heart beats.”

 

3:00

Coffee Break:

 

3:30

Tommi Himberg: "Cooperative tapping - insights to musical interaction"

 

Niki Moran: "Ethnographic contributions: on the experience of entrainment"

 

John Bispham: “Entrainment, Evolution, and Ethology: Together in Time, Sound and Action.”

 

8:00

Conference dinner

 

Sun 3 April

Open Workshop

 

10:00

Discussion of important theoretical and methodological issues raised by the presentations. Topics: TBA

 

12:00

Lunch Break

 

1:30

Open Workshop (cont.)

 

Planning of future meetings and collaborative projects

 


The conference is supported by grants from the British Academy, the College of Arts, OSU, the Office of the Executive Dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, OSU, and the School of Music, OSU.


All interested faculty and students are welcome. Direct inquiries about the symposium to:

Dr. Udo Will
School of Music
Ohio State University
110 Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road
Columbus, OH, 43210
USA
email: will.51@osu.edu


Researchers interested in joining the network or one of the meetings, please contact:

Dr Martin CLAYTON
Faculty of Arts
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
UK
email:
m.r.l.clayton@btinternet.com

Or

Dr. Udo Will
School of Music
Ohio State University
110 Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road
Columbus, OH, 43210
USA
email: will.51@osu.edu