Program

* paper to be presented via Zoom

DAY 1: Thursday, 6 June 2024
Carl Orff AuditoriumTimeRoom L 115
Greetings & Housekeeping9:15
(1) Society: Politics & Education
Chair: F. Geiger
9:30-11:00
Kirill SmolkinHeidelberg UniversityFrom Broadcasting to Streaming: The Political Appropriation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Anna Kaznacheeva Charles University PragueStreaming in an Authoritarian State: Western Pop Music in Putin’s Russia*
Agata Hofelmajer-RośUniversity of SilesiaStreaming in film education, is it possible?*
Break 111:00-11:30 Break 1
(2) Music streaming
Chair: N. Ruth
11:30-13:00(3) Aesthetics
Chair: P. Rudolph
Wu PengIndependent scholarFrom “Watching Music” to “Utilizing Music”: Structural Reshaping of Chinese Popular Music Production and Dissemination in the Streaming Age*Misty ChoiHong Kong Academy for Performing ArtsThe Use of Quotation as Acousmatic Voice in Joe Hisaishi’s Departures: The Gift of the Last Memories*
Alexander TrippUniversity of ChicagoNarrative as Musical Taste in Spotify “Wrapped”Tabea UmbreitLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenRattling bones in the Danse macabre from Saint-Saëns to Tim Burton
Michael WalshUniversity of CanberraThe “music that forms your personalised soundtrack”? Music streaming platforms and the quantification of music listeningEwan EastYork St John UniversityUsing non-sequential compositions to provide individual interpretation
Lunch13:00-14:00 Lunch
(4) Fan activity
Chair: J. Deaville
14:00-15:30(5) Library music
Chair: E. Wennekes
Paula Clare HarperUniversity of ChicagoFrom Goncharov (1973)(2022) to Zepotha (1987)(2023): Music in Fan-Hallucinated MediaToby HuelinUniversity of LeedsHans Zimmer, Bleeding Fingers, and the Evolution of Library Music*
Stefan Greenfield-CasasUniversity of RichmondBeyond Voice and Stream: Fan Constructed Lore in the Age of the 2.5DJúlia DurandNOVA University of Lisbon“For Bridgerton-inspired content”:  Library music between streaming and online media*
Anna WrightBrown UniversityStreet Musicians in City Space: the cultivation of sound, value, and populace*Joanna LoveUniversity of RichmondPopular Music, Transmedia Touchpoints, and the NFL Super Bowl
Break 215:30-16:00 Break 2
Roundtable:
Prof. Gerd Baumann (Professor for Film and Media Composition, HMTM)
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Ruth (Professor for Digital Communication in the Music and Entertainment Industry, HMTM)
Prof. Dr. Emilia Parada Cabaleiro (Junior Professor for Musical Education and Artificial Intelligence, Nuremberg University of Music)
Moderation: J. Lee
16:15-17:45
Welcome address & reception17:45-19:00
DAY 2: Friday, 7 June 2024
Carl Orff AuditoriumTimeRoom L 115
(6) Opening titles I
Chair: P. Niedermüller
9:00-10:30(7) Music (performances) online
Chair: M. Widmann
James DeavilleCarleton UniversityTo Skip or not to Skip: Titles Sequences, Theme Songs, and the Streaming Television ExperienceVerica GrmušaIndependent scholarPerformers’ Reflections on (Re)Creating Art Song in Online Context*
Antoine GarnierUniversity of Rouen NormandieRe-Hear Me Re-Roar (Again). Opening Identity Multiplicity in narration: Ramin Djawadi and Game of Thrones*Andrea García TorresUniversity of AlicanteChanging operatic narratives: new perspectives on the multimedia comercial strategies*
Marcel BouvrieUtrecht UniversityParatextual Integration: Audiovisual Unity and Variety in the Title Sequence of The Walking Dead (2010-2022)Tianci HeJinan University, GuangzhouReturning to Nature, Constructing Intimacy and Body Performance: A study of ASMR soundscape on streaming media*
Break 310:30-11:00 Break 3
(8) Sound
Chair: R. Rabenalt
11:00-12:30(9) Anime / East Asia
Chair: M. Behrendt
Nataliya KononenkoState Institute for Art Studies, MoscowPolydiscursive Art work and its sound continuum. The case of A. Sokurov*Jeff Yunek & Nash HickamKennesaw State UniversityMusic Structuring Animation: The Role of Chopin’s First Ballade in the Series Finale of Your Lie in April
Soumaya SnoussiPukyong National University, BusanSound Design, Sonic Realism and Subjectivity Through the Soundscapes of Popular War FilmsDominik LeipoldLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMit Debussy gegen das System. Zu Einsatz und Bedeutung des Klavierstücks Rêverie in der Anime-Serie Granbelm (グランベルム)
Susanne HardtHochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber DresdenWorkshop: The influence of listening and viewing habits of film composers on film music (… or the other way round?)Veronika KellerUniversität Koblenz-LandauDigitalization and the OST of Korean TV Series
Lunch12:30/45-13:30 Lunch
(10) Aesthetics
Chair: E. Wennekes
13:30-15:00(11) Opening titles II / Nostalgia
Chair: M. Behrendt
Jessica ShineMunster Technological UniversityMusic, lies and artifice: Occult Aesthetics in HBO’s Landscapers (2021)*Micah RobertsUniversity of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music“Ancient Voices”: A Hypermetrical and Orchestrational Analysis of the Theme Songs to Seasons of CBS’s Survivor*
Peter AdamsUniversity of Cambridge“I Wish You Could Hear This”: Sonic Absence, Sensory Deprivation, and Subjective Point-of-Audition in Streaming-Era TelevisionJames EllisRoyal Holloway, University of LondonSonic (Screwdriver) Storytelling: Analysing Musical Gesture and the ‘Nostalgic Potential’ of the Doctor Who Theme in the Streaming Age*
Wouter CapitainGeorg-August-Universität GöttingenMusic and Human Exceptionalism in Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967) and The Little Mermaid (1989) Conor PowerMaynooth University“Reminiscence Therapy”: Nostalgia and the Leitmotif in Disney’s Star Wars*
Break 415:00-15:30 Break 4
(12) Production & Reception
Chair: E. Wennekes
15:30-17:00(13) Identities
Chair: P. Niedermüller
Harry BursonUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe Ontology of Audio Objects: Dolby Atmos and Streaming Audio’s Immersive Aesthetics*Jacy Pedersen & Caitlan TrueloveWichita State University & independent scholar“A last dance before the feast”: Timbral Alteration and Vampiric Love In Interview With the Vampire (2022-Present) and First Kill (2022)*
Teerath MajumderColumbia College ChicagoThe Spectacle of the Streamed Space: A Private and Separated Spatial Image for the Alienated and Isolated ViewerAnika BabelUniversity College DublinA case for minimalist melomania: Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)*
Matthew Day BlackmarUCLA Herb Alpert School of MusicHip Hop YouTube: Technological Creativity Confronts Algorithmic Bias in Automated Copyright AdministrationAllyson StarrIndiana University, Jacobs School of Music“The City’s Ours Until the Fall”: Queer-Coded Worldbuilding in Tumblr Albums of the 2010s*
Break 517:00-17:30 Break 5
(14) Pre-existing music in series
Chair: P. Rudolph
17:30-19:00(15) Historical to current perspectives
Chair: J. Deaville
Michael BaumgartnerCleveland State UniversityThe Pop Song in the Age of Video-Streamed Reproduction*José Júlio LopesLisbon New UniversityRow against the stream*
Ben MajorRoyal Holloway, University of LondonMy New Music: Scrubs’ Changing Soundtrack in the Streaming EraMattia MerliniUniversity of MilanThe Streaming Revolution (But Not the One You Think): The Fate of Polystylism in Recorded Video Game Music
Julin LeeHochschule für Musik und Theater MünchenAudiovisual Souvenirs from the Upside Down: Post-Binging Engagement with Pre-Existing Songs in the Soundtrack of Stranger ThingsAare ToolEstonian Academy of Music and TheatreThe Physiognomy of Streaming: Adorno’s Radio Theory and Digital Media
Break 619:00-19:30 Break 6
Lecture Performance: Sonic Storytelling out of Sync: Navigating Latency in Virtual Music Performance (David Cotter, University of Cambridge)
Moderation: J. Lee
19:30-20:15
Conference dinner20:30