RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group Inaugural Conference
(Optional) Theme: Opera and Philosophy
Department of Music, King's College London, 1-2 July
Generously supported by King’s College London, the British Society of Aesthetics, the Institute of Musical Research, and the Centre for Music on Stage and Screen (University of Nottingham)
Keynote speakers:
Professor Lydia Goehr (Columbia University) Professor Gary Tomlinson (University of Pennsylvania / Yale University) Professor Kendall Walton (University of Michigan)
Sessions range from 'Rhythm and Time' through 'Philosophy and Performance' to 'Arousal and Engagement'. There will be a special session on the visual arts with Professor Robert Saxton as invited speaker, and discussion fora on 'Music and Language', 'Plato and Platonism', and 'Chinese Opera, Chinese Philosophy'.
For further details, and to register, please visit http://www.musicandphilosophy.ac.uk/conference-2011/
