Tonality in Rock (9:00am—12:00pm)
Nicole Biamonte (McGill University), Chair
Special Invited Session: Models in Improvisation, Performance, and Composition (2:00–5:00pm)
Daphne Leong (University of Colorado-Boulder), Chair
This session consisted of three short position papers, followed by a panel discussion.
The Music of Chen Yi (7:30–10:30pm)
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women Jennifer Bain (Dalhousie University), Chair Chen Yi (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Respondent
This session consisted of three short analyses and group discussion: Video, part one Video, part two
- John Roeder (University of British Columbia) Interactions of Folk Melody and Transformational (Dis)continuities in Chen Yi’s Ba Ban
- Marianne Kielian-Gilbert (Indiana University) Experiencing Chen Yi’s Music // Alternate Lines of Connection, Aesthetic Practice, and Sexual Difference
- Nancy Rao (Rutgers University) “Shi” and Temporality: A Reading of Gestures in Happy Rain on A Spring Night