The Beethoven Question Saturday

The Musical Brain conference combines the worlds of music and medical science in a weekend of illustrated talks, discussions and performances and includes Stephen Johnson, John Suchet, the film 'Lost and Sound' and the Sacconi Quartet.

The first day of the conference includes concerts given by the Saconni Quartet who illustrate the sessions and join in the discussions.

The conference will be both Signed and have Speech to Text. Certificates of hours of attendance for CPD or portfolio purposes can be provided on request.

Saturday 27 October schedule -

10am
Introduction - Stephen Johnson
Beethoven's Life and Deafness - John Suchet
Discussion with Stephen Johnson followed by Q&A

11.15am
Beethoven's Deafness, his String Quartets and his Three Styles - Prof. Age Smilde and Dr Edoardo Saccenti, of Biosystems Data Analysis at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, with the Sacconi Quartet
Discussion with the Sacconi Quartet and Stephen Johnson and questions

12.15pm
Coffee break

12.30pm
Lost and Sound - A moving creative documentary, made by partially deaf filmmaker, Lindsey Dryden. It weaves its way through the startling world of sound and silence featuring a dancer deaf since birth, a young pianist who lost her hearing as a baby, and a music critic facing sudden partial hearing loss. Featuring Dr David Eagleman, Philip Ball, Prof. Nigel Osborne, Dr Katie Overy, Prof. David Huron, Dr Robert Zatorre

1.30pm
Lunch (not provided)

2.40pm
Music and Deafness - Introduced by Prof. Michael Trimble

Music and its Impact on the Deaf - Dr Paul Whittaker OBE, Artistic Director of Music and the Deaf

3.25pm
The Role of Art in coping with sensory impairment - Robert Fulford, Effects of Hearing Impairment on Music Making
Joined by Prof. Nigel Osborne, composer, co-director of the Institute for Music in Human and Social Development, University of Edinburgh and Lloyd Coleman, composer

Discussion and questions with Michael Trimble, Paul Whittaker, Robert Fulford, Nigel Osborne and Lloyd Coleman

4.35pm
Tea

4.50pm
Panel Discussion - The Need to Compose -
Introduced by Nigel Osborne, with Stephen Johnson, Barry Cooper and Lloyd Coleman

5.45pm
Pre-concert break

6.45pm
Concert by Sacconi Quartet
Introduction by Ian Ritchie and Stephen Johnson

Beethoven - String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4
Lloyd Coleman - String Quartet (2009)

Interval

Beethoven - String Quartet in A minor, Op.132