Forgotten woodwinds in museums – 2nd Bagpipe Network Meeting
The 2nd edition of our Bagpipe Network meeting. The theme of this year’s edition is Forgotten Woodwinds in Museums
Schedule
Morning presentations, Black Box10:00 am
Opening: Welcoming words by Sibelius Academy, Folk Music Department Prof. Kristiina Ilmonen
10:00am 3D Printing – Revelations from the past, insight into the future”
- Zexuan Qiao, China | UK
10:30am Problems measuring Hellenic auloi and the Iain Dall chanter”
- Barnaby Brown (Scotland | UK)
11:00am “Russian reedpipes in museums, in organology and public discourses”
- Ulrich Morgenstern (Germany | Austria)
11:30am “Entanglements with instruments: Musical Instruments and Museums”
- Simon Waters (UK | Northern Ireland)
Afternoon activities, Camerata
14:00 Call to action on new projects
- A wiki for all things bagpipe and other projects, Zexuan Qiao | Gonçalo Cruz
14:30 Round table discussions: Forgotten Woodwinds in Museums: Can we do better?
- Zexuan Qiao | Barnaby Brown | Simon Waters | Ulrich Morgenstern | Aki Arponen
- Host: Gonçalo Cruz
16:30 Closing: Informal music recital
- An Assortment of pipes – Play us a tune, will you? Open stage to speakers and audience
Organizer
Doctoral candidate Gonçalo Cruz (Mutri/Folk Music), his research platform “The Finnd’it Initiative” www.Finndit.org and the Sibelius Academy, are proud to announce the 2nd edition of The Bagpipe Network Meetings.
About
The meetings are a free, public, open and regular symposium to discuss and advance the study of bagpipes. These events are aimed at fostering cooperation between musicians, educators, makers and researchers of bagpipes of Finland and neighbouring countries.
The 1st Network Meeting focused on the Latvian Dūdas. Six researchers met in Helsinki on 30 Nov 2019, exchanging knowledge about the traditions of the Suiti community.
Who is coming
This year’s meeting will focus on forgotten woodwinds in museums and will host live at the Musiikkitalo the speakers Zexuan Qiao (China), Barnaby Brown (Scotland), Simon Waters (Northern Ireland), Ulrich Morgenstern (Austria), and Aki Arponen (Finland)
For the first time, the meeting encourages a conversation around bagpipes also between the Sibelius Academy Folk Music and Music Technology Departments, and similar international departments, professors and Doctoral Candidates, coming from the Queen’s University of Belfast (Sonic Arts Research Center), The University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, and Cambridge University.
Forgotten Woodwinds in Museums
Musical instruments are not just like any other “object” in the museum storage. They are like living things, dying away in storage, begging to be played again. At least this is how the musician sees it!
Without producing sound, these objects communicate only part of their story, and sooner or later, silently die away.
How can we safely bring them back to life again?
How can we learn from them, extract the most possible data, and hopefully still some music, without damaging them?
What are the working protocols in place for institutions like the Sibelius Academy and the Finnish museums?
How may we develop collaborative practices in which we meet the concerns shared by conservators, researchers and musicians, never losing sight of the best interests of the historic objects?
How do we bring credibility to bagpipe research and fresh air from beyond the regional bubbles of expertise and established thinking?
More information
Schedule
Morning presentations, Black Box10:00 am
Opening: Welcoming words by Sibelius Academy, Folk Music Department Prof. Kristiina Ilmonen
10:00am 3D Printing – Revelations from the past, insight into the future”
- Zexuan Qiao, China | UK
10:30am Problems measuring Hellenic auloi and the Iain Dall chanter”
- Barnaby Brown (Scotland | UK)
11:00am “Russian reedpipes in museums, in organology and public discourses”
- Ulrich Morgenstern (Germany | Austria)
11:30am “Entanglements with instruments: Musical Instruments and Museums”
- Simon Waters (UK | Northern Ireland)
Afternoon activities, Camerata
14:00 Call to action on new projects
- A wiki for all things bagpipe and other projects, Zexuan Qiao | Gonçalo Cruz
14:30 Round table discussions: Forgotten Woodwinds in Museums: Can we do better?
- Zexuan Qiao | Barnaby Brown | Simon Waters | Ulrich Morgenstern | Aki Arponen
- Host: Gonçalo Cruz
16:30 Closing: Informal music recital
- An Assortment of pipes – Play us a tune, will you? Open stage to speakers and audience
Organizer
Doctoral candidate Gonçalo Cruz (Mutri/Folk Music), his research platform “The Finnd’it Initiative” www.Finndit.org and the Sibelius Academy, are proud to announce the 2nd edition of The Bagpipe Network Meetings.
About
The meetings are a free, public, open and regular symposium to discuss and advance the study of bagpipes. These events are aimed at fostering cooperation between musicians, educators, makers and researchers of bagpipes of Finland and neighbouring countries.
The 1st Network Meeting focused on the Latvian Dūdas. Six researchers met in Helsinki on 30 Nov 2019, exchanging knowledge about the traditions of the Suiti community.
Who is coming
This year’s meeting will focus on forgotten woodwinds in museums and will host live at the Musiikkitalo the speakers Zexuan Qiao (China), Barnaby Brown (Scotland), Simon Waters (Northern Ireland), Ulrich Morgenstern (Austria), and Aki Arponen (Finland)
For the first time, the meeting encourages a conversation around bagpipes also between the Sibelius Academy Folk Music and Music Technology Departments, and similar international departments, professors and Doctoral Candidates, coming from the Queen’s University of Belfast (Sonic Arts Research Center), The University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, and Cambridge University.
Forgotten Woodwinds in Museums
Musical instruments are not just like any other “object” in the museum storage. They are like living things, dying away in storage, begging to be played again. At least this is how the musician sees it!
Without producing sound, these objects communicate only part of their story, and sooner or later, silently die away.
How can we safely bring them back to life again?
How can we learn from them, extract the most possible data, and hopefully still some music, without damaging them?
What are the working protocols in place for institutions like the Sibelius Academy and the Finnish museums?
How may we develop collaborative practices in which we meet the concerns shared by conservators, researchers and musicians, never losing sight of the best interests of the historic objects?
How do we bring credibility to bagpipe research and fresh air from beyond the regional bubbles of expertise and established thinking?