NIMiMS Symposium, Helsinki, 27-28 February 2015
Music and music studies: tonal issues and terminology
The two-day symposium, hosted by the Department of Musicology at the University of Helsinki, belongs to
a series of events of a newly founded international organization NIMiMS (Network for the Inclusion of
Music in Music Studies) [for further information, see http://nimims.net/]. The Helsinki event is focused on a
variety of perspectives in music analysis and music studies (mostly on Friday 27 February) and tonal issues
and terminology (mostly on Saturday 28 February). The speakers represent a wide range of music
institution and musical expertise from Finland and the United Kingdom: music analysis, music production,
composition and performance, all of these including the so-called classical, popular and jazz music. The
event is open to the public.
Programme (provisional, subject to change)
Friday 27 February (Location: Topelia building, Unioninkatu 38 CII, lecture hall C120)
9.30-10.00
Coffee and registration
10.00-10.15
Welcome, introduction and NIMiMS rationale: Esa Lilja, Eero Tarasti, Philip Tagg
10.15-10.45
Eero Tarasti (University of Helsinki): [to be announced]
10.45-11.15
John Richardson (University of Turku): [to be announced]
11.15-11.45
Mikko Ojanen (University of Helsinki) Historical identity of a musical work
11.45-13.30
Lunch
13.30-14.30
Philip Tagg: ‘I was so naïve’: forty-four years of fun and frustration with popular music studies
14.30-15.00
Coffee
15.00-15.30
Juha Henriksson (Finnish Jazz and Pop Archive): International pop tune renditions in Finland
15.30-16.00
Kai Lassfolk (University of Helsinki) Helsinki University electronic music studio
16.00-16.30
Coffee
16.30-17.00
Paolo Ribaldini and Susanna Mesiä (Helsinki Metropolia Univ. of Applied Sciences & SibeliusAcademy): Heavy metal vocal techniques
17.00-17.30
Kristian Wahlström (University of Helsinki and Helsinki Pop and Jazz Conservatory): Groove in
hard rock and heavy metal
17.30-18.00
Mika Säily (Helsinki Pop and Jazz Conservatory): [to be announced]
18.00-18.30
Kurenniemi
Coffee and concert: Mikko Ojanen + Jari Suominen: Electronic instruments of Erkki
19.00-
Dinner and evening event [details to be announced]
Saturday 28 February (10.00-15.00)
10.00-10.15
Coffee & opening
10.15-10.45 Philip Tagg (Leeds Beckett University, University of Salford, retired): Tonality, Tonicality and
the Reform of Tonal Terminology.
10.45-11.15
Robert Davis (Leeds Beckett University): [to be announced]
11.15-12.00
Coffee
12.00-12.30
Timothy Wise (University of Salford): [to be announced]
12.30-13.30
Timo von Creutlein (Helsinki Conservatory of Music, retired): On the history of Finnish music
theory terminology
13.30-13.15
Coffee
13.15-13.45
Markku Nikula (Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences): Analysis of modal/nonfunctional harmony in jazz context
13.45-14.45
Esa Lilja (University of Helsinki): Harmonic function and harmonic function
14.45-15.00
General discussion & closing
15.00-
NIMiMS meeting: Where do we stand at the moment? [location to be announced]
18.00-
Dinner & evening event [details to be announced]
Information about travel logistics, accommodation and weather conditions will follow soon.