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Programme Thursday April 27th 2006

8.30 – 9.00am Registration and coffee (University Theatre Lounge)
9.00 – 9.15am Welcome and introduction by Aafke Hulk, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (University Theatre Hall)
9.15 – 10.00am Keynote address 1: David Osmond-Smith, Cathy Berberian: Singer and score
10.00 – 10.20am Screening film footage of Circles
10.20 – 11.00am
Coffee/Tea
11.00 – 11.25am Listening to tape composition Visage - Luciano Berio, Cathy Berberian (1961)
11.25 – 12.25pm Paper session 1: Vocal production
  Theda Weber-Lucks, Cathy Berberian: A pioneer in vocal performance art
  Mary E. Larew, Gender construction, embodied cognition, and mimetic participation in music education
12.25 – 2.00pm
Lunch
2.00 – 2.10pm Listening to tape composition Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) – Luciano Berio, Cathy Berberian (1958)
2.10 – 3.40pm Paper session 2: Issues of authorship
  Hannah Bosma, Thema (Omaggio a Joyce): A listening experience as homage to Cathy Berberian
  Janet K. Halfyard, Text and authority: Issues of gender and ownership in the work of Cathy Berberian
  Juliana Snapper, For a Woman to Sing/To Build: Cathy Berberian’s radical femininity
3.40 – 4.00pm
Tea/Coffee
4.00 – 5.15pm Screening documentary Music is the air I breathe: Cathy Berberian (1925-1983) by Carrie de Swaan (1994)
5.30 – 7.30pm
Diner
8.00 – 11.15pm VocaLectures: read more

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