The main purpose of the VOW project is to contribute to common EU values in relation to cultural awareness which, in several areas of the art world, has thus far been skewed in the sense that women’s outputs have not received their fair share of attention, analysis, interpretation, and performance.
The VOW project
Welcome to the “Voices of Women – Unheard Voices” International Conference in Stavanger, Norway!
This is the final conference and training activity of the ERASMUS+ project “Voices of Women (VOW)”. The VOW project was initiated with the aim of promoting, studying, and performing women composers.
VOW is funded through the ERASMUS+ programme during the period January, 2022 until December, 2024. The VOW partner institutions are The University of Stavanger, Hochschule für Musik Franz Lizst Weimar, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.
I am very grateful for the excellent collaboration and dedication the whole consortium has shown during the project, and to all students, participants, educators, artists, researchers and administrative staff, in Europe and beyond, who have been and will be active in VOW. Welcome! Bettina Smith, Professor Faculty of Performing Arts, University of Stavanger Project Coordinator, ERASMUS+ Project, Voices Of Women (VOW)
Voices of Women (VOW): “Unheard Voices” International Conference Schedule
October, 2024 / University of Stavanger - Bjergsted Campus
Abbreviations: Lecture recital (LR), student impulse (SI), paper (PA)
| Wednesday, October 9th | ||
| 10:30 | Meet & Greet (Lobby) | |
| 10:45 | Welcome & Introduction by VOW Project Coordinator Bettina Smith (Eikenessalen) | |
| 11:00-11:15 | Presentation of compendium Anne-Lise Sollied (Eikenessalen) | |
| 11:15-11:30 | “Woke up this Morning”- female empowerment and self-reassurance in Blues and Jazz (SI) Constanze Zacharias (Eikenessalen) | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Music Behind the Iron Curtain (SI) Zsuzsa Zseni (Eikenessalen) | |
| 11:45-13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00-13:30 | The Sexual Politics of Singing on the Pornographic Spectrum (PA) Kate Maxwell (Eikenessalen) | |
| 13:35-14:45 | Early Music Workshop Lise Meling & Bettina Smith (Storækresalen) | |
| 14:45-15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00-18:00 Parallel sessions | Master Class Classical Singing with Lena Haselmann – Kränzle & Friederike Wildschütz (Eikenessalen) | Master Class - Jazz Vocals with Clemens Tiburtius (Hetlandsalen) |
| Thursday, October 10th | ||
| 09:00-09:15 | Meet & Greet (Lobby) | |
| 09:15-09:30 | Welcome & introduction by Dean of Faculty of Performing Arts Harald Eikaas and Project Coordinator Bettina Smith (Eikenessalen) | |
| 09:35-10:05 Parallel sessions | Higher Daughters - Women Composers in Viennese Musical Life 1928 (PA) Judith Kopecky (Eikenessalen) | A Composer of Taste, Style and Ingenuity: Vilma von Webenau and her Songs (PA) Elisabeth Kappel (Ramsland) |
| 10:05-10:35 Parallel sessions | Josephine Lang in the Context of Munich`s Musical Life, 1828-1842 (PA) Anna Bredenbach (Eikenessalen) | Exploring Berta Alves de Sousa`s Vocal Chamber Works (PA) Ana Barros (Ramsland) |
| 10:35-10:50 | Coffee break | |
| 10:50-11:35 | Contemporary Music in Dialogue with Helen Buchholtz and Lou Koster (LR) Danielle Roster, Anne Schiltz, Claude Weber, Gerlinde Sämann (Eikenessalen) | |
| 11:35-12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 12:30-13:30 | ‘Raising Star, Unfulfilled Ambitions? – The Case of Anne-Marie Ørbeck’ (LR) Keynote by Arnulf Mattes, with Bettina Smith and Friederike Wildschütz (Eikenessalen) | |
| 13:35-14:05 Parallel sessions | Writing Women Out (PA) Briony Cox-Williams (Eikenessalen) | Challenging Boundaries of Musical Ownership Through Improvised Performance Practice (PA) Kristin McGee & Oded Ben-Horin (Ramsland) |
| 14:05-14:35 Parallel sessions | “Delia`s Gone But I`m Settling the Score”- Vocal Aesthetics, Gender & Murder Ballads (PA) Chanda van der Hart(Eikenessalen) | Gender and music in Luxembourg – Looking back at 25 years of archival work and music mediation (PA) Danielle Roster & Anne Schiltz (Ramsland) |
| 14:35-14:45 | Coffee break | |
| 14:45-17:45 | Master class Classical Singing with Bettina Smith & Friederike Wildschütz (Eikenessalen) | |
| 17:45-18:45 | Meet and talk with students – All (Eikenessalen) | |
| 18:45-19:00 | Break | |
| 19:00 | Documentary "Itinérances" (36 min) Anne Schiltz (Eikenessalen) |
| Friday, October 11th | ||
| 09:00-09:30 Parallel sessions | “Hidden Treasures?” Reflecting on Collecting, Researching and Promoting Songs by Women (PA) Maren Bagge & Christopher Reynolds (Eikenessalen) | Gendered Perspectives of Mid-19th-Century Germany: Emilie Mayer (1812-1883) and Her Vocal Works (PA) Seonhwa Lee (Ramsland) |
| 09:30-10:00 Parallel sessions | The Influence of the Historical Female Singer on Contemporary Operatic Performance Practice in Händel`s Opera Seria (PA) Victoria Hodgkinson (Eikenessalen) | Marjory Kennedy-Fraser – Collector and Promoter of Gaelic Songs (PA) Per Ahlander (Ramsland) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee break | |
| 10:15-11:00 | Women`s Voices in the Camps (LR) Mélina Burlaud & Anaïs Constans (Eikenessalen) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Poster Presentations: Pauline Lebbe, Maho Harada (Lobby) | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 12:30-13:00 Parallel sessions | Gender and agency in Carita Holmström’s Södergran songs (PA) Jenna Ristilä (Eikenesalen) | Reconstructing memory: feminist genealogies in Valencian music (PA) Alejandro Arribas (Ramsland) |
| 13:05-15:35 | Master Class Classical Singing with Anne- Lise Sollied & Friederike Wildschütz (Eikenessalen) | |
| 15:35-16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00-17:30 | Evaluation Lise Meling (Eikenessalen) | |
| 17:30-19:00 | Rehearsal for concert (Eikenessalen) | |
| 19:00- | Student concert and diplomas (Eikenessalen) |
The Voices of Women (VOW) project is funded within the framework of the European Union Erasmus+ programme
