Wednesday, January 22nd 2025

Colloquium Musicum: Introducing the SUMR Time Lab

Dr. Alan Dodson presents a paper authored by himself and students Anna Gagné, Anna Gordon, and Kiran Steele. How can we represent the rhythm in a recording that lacks a clear and regular meter? We worked on this problem collaboratively in the summer of 2023 through a series of case studies on solo recordings from around the world: a “farewell song” from Korea, an adhan (Islamic call to prayer) from Tanzania, two African American field hollers from the Deep South, and a “love song for flute” from the Meskwaki Nation in Tama, Iowa. In this presentation, we demonstrate a new approach to visual representation that combines staff notation, analytical animations, and audio. This colloquium is an expanded version of a presentation we gave at the Eighth International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music in June 2024. Admission is free; all are welcome to attend. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca. See our full calendar of events at mta.ca/music.