International Summer School on Computational Musicology (ISSCoM2016)¶
September 20-22, 2016University of Music FRANZ LISZT, Weimar, Germany
The recent years have seen rapid advances in the field of computational musicology and music information retrieval (MIR) which opened up new exciting research opportunities in many musicological subfields. Today, new user-friendly and freely accessible software tools and the wide availability of musical data sets (e.g., the Weimar Jazz Database) bring musicology closer to data-driven research which is most likely to have a broad impact on the future of the field. Yet, there seems to be a certain lag in taking up these new tools mostly due to missing learning opportunities. The International Summer School on Computational Musicology (ISSCoM2016) wants to bridge the gap by providing such an opportunity.
The summer school will provide a comprehensive introduction into methods, applications, and potentials of computational musicology and music information retrieval. Besides the discussion of theoretical concepts, research objectives and methodical approaches, hands-on exercises using selected software tools (Sonic Visualiser, Tony, MeloSpyGUI) will be the main focus. The last day is reserved for own small research projects by the participants. Results of these projects can be presented during the ensuing International Jazzomat Research Workshop 2016 (September 23-24, 2016), that brings together eminent researchers from music psychology, music information retrieval and jazz studies.
The Summer School aims at (advanced) students of musicology as well as at music researchers, music teachers, and musicians who want to broaden their perspective. No specific previous computer knowledge is required. The Summer School is organized by the Jazzomat Research Project and will be taught by members of the project.
The Summer School will be held in the lovely historic city of Weimar at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT. No admission fee will be charged, but participants will have to care about their own travel and accommodation. Since the number of places is limited, participants should apply with a succinct letter of motivation including short biographical information to Prof. Dr. Martin Pfleiderer before June 1, 2016. Notification of acceptance will be sent by June 15, 2016.
- Date:
- September 20-22, 2016.
- Location:
- University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimarhochschulzentrum am horn, Seminarraum 1 & 2Carl-Alexander-Platz 1D-99425 Weimar, Germany
- Teachers:
- Tutors:
- Admission:
- Free (accommodation, food and traveling not covered).
- Deadline for application:
- June 1, 2016
- Notification of acceptance:
- June 15, 2016
- Credit Points:
- 5 ECTS (including workshop participation and project presentation)
- Apply to:
- Prof. Dr. Martin PfleidererInstitut für Musikwissenschaft Weimar-JenaCarl-Alexander-Platz 1D-99425 Weimar, Germany
- Accomodation recommendations
Download ISSCoM flyer (PDF) (en/de)
Program (preliminary)¶
Monday, September 19, 2016¶
20:00 Get together, Location t.b.a
Tuesday, September 20, 2016¶
9:00-13:00 Morning session
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-18:00 Afternoon Session
20:00 Evening program, t.b.a.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016¶
09:00-13:00 Morning session
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-18:00 Afternoon Session
20:00 Evening program, t.b.a.
Thursday, September 22, 2016¶
09:00-18:00 Research projects
20:00-23:00 Get together, Jazzomat Workshop, t.b.a.
Friday, September 23, 2016¶
09:00–12:30 Jazzomat Workshop (Session 1)
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:30 Summer School project presentations
15:00-18:30 Jazzomat Workshop (Session 2)
21:00-24:00 Jam Session, Kasseturm
Saturday, September 24, 2016¶
9:00-12:30 Jazzomat Workshop (Session 3)
12:30-13:30 Final discussion: Perspectives for computational methods in jazz research
13:30-14:30 Lunch break
14:30 End
The Teachers¶
Klaus Frieler
studied physics and mathematics in Hamburg and graduated 1997 with a diploma in theoretical physics. After years working in the software industry, he finished his Ph.D. in Systematic Musicology in 2008 with a dissertation on mathematical models of melody cognition. From 2008 to 2012 he worked as a lecturer for Systematic Musicology at the University of Hamburg. Currently, he is a post-doc researcher with The Jazzomat Research Project. He also works as (music expert witness), scientific consultant, lecturer and programmer. His main research interests are computational musical, modelling of music cognition, music creativity, music information retrieval and popular music research. Homepage: www.mu-on.org
Wolf-Georg Zaddach
studied musicology, arts administration, and history in Weimar and Jena, music management and jazz guitar in Prague, Czech Republic. After finishing his Magister Artium with a thesis about jazz in Czechoslovakia in the 50s and 60s, he worked as assistant professor at the department of musicology in Weimar. Since 10/2012 he works at the jazz research project of Prof. Dr. Martin Pfleiderer. Since 02/2014, he holds a scholarship by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) for his Ph.D. about heavy and extreme metal in the 1980s GDR/East Germany. He frequently performs live and on records as a guitarist.
Jakob Abeßer
studied computer engineering at Technischen Universität Ilmenau and graduated in 2008. Since 2008, he worked as a Ph.D. student at the Semantic Music Technologies group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT). In 2010, Jakob Abeßer completed a four month research stay as visiting Ph.D. student at the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research in Jyväskylä, Finland. In December 2013, he submitted his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Automatic Transcription of Bass Guitar Tracks applied for Music Genre Classification and Sound Synthesis”. Ever since, he works as a research assistant at IDMT as well as the Liszt School of Music in Weimar, where he participates in the Jazzomat Research Project. His main research interests are music information retrieval, automatic music transcription, musical instrument recognition and modeling, as well as music performance analysis.
Martin Pfleiderer
studied musicology, philosophy, and sociology at Gießen university, and received a doctorate there in 1998. From 1999 to 2005 he was assistant professor for Systematic Musicology at Hamburg University where he received his postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) in 2006 with research on rhythm in jazz and popular music. In 2009 he became professor for the history of jazz and popular music at the Liszt School of Music in Weimar. Since 2012 he is principal investigator in the Jazzomat Research Project funded by the German Research Foundation. He has also performed as jazz saxophonist with various groups.