The 9th SIMM-posium will be hosted by the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and its Copenhagen Centre for Research in Artistic Citizenship (CReArC), in a close collaboration with the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making).

Building on the previous SIMM-posia in Ghent, London, Porto, Bogota, Brussels, Paris, London and Brisbane, the 2024 Copenhagen SIMM-posium features presentations, thematic panels and keynotes, exploring the social impact of participatory music-making across a wide range of cultural contexts.

Delegates are warmly encouraged to join in person in Copenhagen, even though online presentations will also be accommodated where necessary, and the event will be livestreamed.

There is provision in the programme for up to about 40 brief (10 minute) presentations of academic as well as artistic research, research-related work in progress or critical reflections on research, which are curated into thematic panels and followed by plenary discussions. Artistic and creative research methods are welcomed alongside presentations of community-centred empirical theoretical or methodological inquiry.

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Keynote speaker(s) are:

Emily Achieng Akuno

Professor Emily Achieng’ Akuno is board member and past president of the International Music Council (IMC) and past president of the International Society for Music Education (ISME). Emily Achieng’ Akuno is currently Vice Chancellor of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in Siaya County, Kenya.

and Jacob Anderskov

Jacob Anderskov is professor WSA at Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC), Copenhagen.  At RMC, Anderskov is a.o. subject responsible at RMC for the main subject Artistic Development Work, in which the students’ reflections on methodology and contextualization are intersected with presentations of the students’ own artistic work. As part of his development responsibilities at RMC, Anderskov has initiated and lead a handful of larger artistic research projects, including Habitable Exomusics, Sonic Complexion, and Echoes from the torn down fourth Wall. All of these are published at researchcatalogue.net.

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Programme:

You can find the preliminary programme here.

Presentations are welcomed of research which tries to help us come to a better understanding of the possible role of the practice of music-making within social and community music projects and programmes, but a specific interest during this conference will concern research on the following topics:

  • -musicians as makers in society
  • -participatory music practices (as ground for community building)
  • -social aspects of listening
  • -musical co-creation as social intervention
  • -negotiations between/of artistic agency and social values
  • -artistic citizenship as practice
  • -music in detention or other freedom-deprived contexts

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About SIMM: SIMM is an international network of researchers and organisations examining the social impact of music-making across a wide range of cultural contexts. Founded in 2015 it has grown to encompass a number of events, including research conferences, research seminars, international comparative research projects, podcasts and doctoral programs.

This will be the first time a SIMM event has been held in the Nordic countries of Europe.

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The scientific committee for the 9th SIMM-posium is composed of:

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Registration:

  • Full in-person registration: 670 dkk (90 euro)
  • Student in-person registration (with catering): 370 dkk (50 euro)
  • Student in-person registration (without catering): free
  • Single day in-person registration: 260 dkk (35 euro)
  • Online registration: 110 dkk (15 euro)

You can registrate and get your tickets via this link on the website of the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, as well as more information on how things will be organised locally in Copenhagen.

Please also share this information within your network, by sharing the link to this page on the SIMM-website, to the page of the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory, or to their facebook-entry.