Please join us for the final Music History/Theory Workshop of the Fall quarter:

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Gregory Weinstein, Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology
Editing Works: Authority and Ethics in the Classical Recording Studio
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 @ 4:30 PM
Logan Arts Center, Room 802

Here is a brief summary of Greg’s talk:

Recording engineers and producers have at their fingertips a remarkable array of technology, but the decision on how, or even whether, to use it is never straightforward. While all recordists must decide when to deploy their technological skills, the question is particularly fraught for classical music recordists. These individuals must not only contend with the working style of the musicians and the demands of the record industry, they also have to address the long-standing belief in classical music that the work and its performance are singular and inviolable entities where technological intervention may hinder the creative process.

This paper uses Lydia Goehr’s “work-concept” as a starting point to explore the ideologies of technological intervention that manifest in the process of making a classical record. Addressing the various working processes of classical recordists, it proposes that the work-concept fits uncomfortably with the possibilities of the recording studio, and that the process of making a classical record perhaps suggests a new way of conceiving of the musical work.

The pre-circulated chapter is available here. If you require the password, please contact one of the student coordinators.

Refreshments (with holiday theme!) will be served.

Yours,

Dan & Marcy