Worlds in Collision: Music and the Trauma of War
Friday 28th and Saturday 29th June 2013
Mansion House, London, EC4N 8BH
This event will have live subtitles for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing visitors, delivered by STAGETEXT.
Conference brochure can be downloaded HERE.
In partnership with the
City of London Festival
In association with
The Army, Culture+Conflict, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Institute of Musical Research, Kings Centre for Military Health Research,
Scars of War Foundation, Queens College Oxford
This two-day conference brings together musicians, music therapists, arts practitioners, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, historians and soldiers to address important questions. What is the relationship between art and war? What have been the responses of artists to post-traumatic stress disorder? Is human creativity itself therapeutic? The two days are designed to be complete in themselves but more fulfilling if taken as a whole.
BOOKING and PRICES
Conference tickets:
Two days £160 (incl. concert) / single day £95 (Saturday incl. concert) - includes refreshments
You can book online (below) or by phone (020 8404 1327).
Student rates £75 (two-day) and £40 (one-day) - please call 020 8404 1327 to book.
Concert ONLY:
£15 unreserved
Please visit www.barbican.org.uk or call 020 7638 8891 to book for the CONCERT ONLY.
Friday 28 June 9.00am – 6.00pm - The Application of Music to the Trauma of War
Old Ballroom, Mansion House. Led by Nigel Osborne
Registration and coffee (from 9.00am)
Background music during registration and coffee provided by the four-piece Band of the Adjutant General's Corps
Introduction / Music and Trauma (10.00am)
Nigel Osborne
The Band of the Adjutant General's Corps' most recent work in Afghanistan
Major Guy Booth and Band musicians
Researching the cognitive neuroscience of the effects of war
Hugh McManners and Professor Morten Kringelbach
Music as a tool for improving sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder
Kira Vibe Jespersen
Music Therapy for children affected by conflict in Northern Ireland
Karen Diamond
Creative Songwriting as Music Therapy: How to create a song
Nigel Osborne
Shell Shock: A Historical Perspective
Ben Shephard
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Prof Sir Simon Wessely
Music Therapy in the theatres of war: from Northern Ireland to Bosnia and beyond
Dr Julie Sutton introduced by Lord Alderdice
Music Therapy and the treatment of trauma related to conflict
Ann Sloboda
Is Creativity Therapeutic? Panel discussion
Chaired by Nigel Osborne, with Prof Morten Kringelbach, Ben Shephard, Simon Wessely and Major Guy Booth
- Conference day ends at 6pm -
NB: 6.30 - 8.30 Experiential Music Therapy workshop at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Ann Sloboda (limited to 20, call 0208 404 1327 to reserve a place)
Saturday 29 June 10.00am – 7.50pm - The Response of Music to the Experience of War
Old Ballroom / Egyptian Hall, Mansion House. Led by Stephen Johnson
Registration and coffee (from 10.00am)
Introduction (10.45am)
Nigel Osborne
The Drums of War
Stephen Johnson
How music has been, and is used to propagate war
Alberto Portugheis
Music That Changed Sides
Patrick Bade
Military Music's Effect in Operational Theatres
Lt Col Bob Meldrum
Artistic responses to conflict in different cultural contexts
Jemima Montagu, Lis Murphy, Emmanuela Yogolelo
War poetry and songs of the 20th century
Stephen Johnson with Adrian Thompson, tenor and Anna Tilbrook, piano
Saturday 29 June 5.15pm
Egyptian Hall, Mansion House
5.15pm Pre-concert talk with Stephen Johnson, Nigel Osborne and musicians, chaired by Ian Ritchie
6.00pm Concert
The Royal Artillery Band
Adrian Thompson, tenor
Captain Craig Hallatt, Director of Music
Music for military band: Hermann Koenig, Songs by George Butterworth and Ivor Gurney arr Nigel Osborne (world premiere), Karl Jenkins, Philip Sparke, Rob Wiffin
- Concert ends at c. 7.45pm -
