MCICM Symposium 2021

^{Moderator: Joachim Junghanss, Conservatorium Maastricht, the Netherlands}

^{Becoming a classical musician of the future: the effects of training and experience on performer attitudes to innovation
Speakers: Stephanie Pitts, University of Sheffield, UK; Karen Burland, University of Leeds, UK; Tom Spurgin, Manchester Collective, UK; Adam Szabo, Manchester Collective, UK}

^{Moderator: Denise Petzold, MCICM, the Netherlands}

^{Experiences of live vs online performance
Speaker: Michelle Philips, Royal Northern College of Music, UK
Audience Experience in Film-with-Live-Orchestra Concerts: Towards a Theory of Liveness
Speaker: Sureshkumar P.Sekar, Royal College of Music, UK
Classical Music and Contemporary Visual Art: Innovative Performance and Listening in the Works of the Artist Anri Sala
Speaker: Noga Rachel Chelouche, Tel-Aviv University, Israel}

^{Moderator: Peter Peters, MCICM, the Netherlands}

^{Orchestrating Positive Change Leaders on (and off) Stage: supporting the best to become even better
Speakers: Jane Booth, Guildhall School, UK; Trudy Wright, Guildhall School, UK
The Rise of the Individual: Leveraging Social Currency and Personal Branding in the Future of Classical Music
Speaker: Jenny Maclay, Brandon University, Canada
Meaningful Music in Healthcare: Classical musicians inside hospital wards
Speaker: Krista de Wit, Prince Claus Conservatoire, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands}

^{What Could Curatorial Practices Mean for the Future of Classical Music?
Speakers: Ed McKeon, Goldsmiths University of London, UK; Brandon Farnsworth, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland; Mirjam Zegers, ArtEZ, the Netherlands; Annemarie Reitsma, ArtEz, the Netherlands}

^{Moderator: Stefan Rosu, philharmonie zuid, the Netherlands}

^{Producing futures: how futures matter in the present
Harro van Lente, Maastricht University, the Netherlands}

^{Moderator: Ties van de Werff, MCICM, the Netherlands}

^{Artificial Intelligence and the Orchestra
Speaker: Robert Laidlow, Royal Northern College of Music, UK
Gameful Music Performances for Smart, Inclusive, and Sustainable Societies
Speakers: Micha Hamel, Royal Academy of the Arts, the Netherland; Annebeth Erdbrink, Delft University for Technology, the NetherlandsRemote Collaboration: Communication, Creativity, and Latency
Speaker: David Cotter, University of Cambridge, UK}

^{Moderator: Joachim Junghanss, Conservatorium Maastricht, the Netherlands}

^{Händel goes Tinder: Reimagining opera for a 21st-century audience
Speakers: Channa Malkin, OperaBitchesand Stichting Gooisch Klassiek, the Netherlands; Anastasia Kozlova, OperaBitchesand Stichting Gooisch Klassiek, the Netherlands
“Alice in the Pandemic” An opera for the Pandemic and the Promise of New Possibilities
Speakers: Cerise Jacobs, Founder, Creator and Librettist, Producer, White Snake Projects; Jorge Sosa, Composer and Electronic Sound Artist; Tianhui Ng, Conductor and Music Director
The Fish’s Letters: A Facebook-Opera?
Speaker: Maia Sigua, VanoSarajishvili,Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Georgia}

^{Moderator: Neil Smith, MCICM, the Netherlands}

^{Monsieur Croche -Concerts at Eye Level
Speaker: Tal Walker, Royal College of Music, UK
Creating futures: the shifting practice of the Composer-performer in the Lockdown era
Speaker: Josh Spear, Norwegian Academy of Music, Norway
SaffronHall Faces the Future
Speakers: Angela Dixon, CEO Saffron Hall; Barry Ife, Chairman of the Saffron Hall Trust}

^{Moderator: Peter Peters, MCICM, the Netherlands} 

^{The Voice Party: Participatory Principles and the Future of Musical Performance
Speaker: Lore Lixenberg, University of York, UK Bringing the political into Western classical music Speaker: Hanna Grześkiewic
Bringing the political into Western classical music
Speaker: Hanna Grześkiewicz, ‘The Hermes Experiment’ and Alternative Classical, Germany
Can performance techniques make the future of classical music more inclusive?
Speaker: Ilona Sie Dhian Ho, Royal Conservatoire, the Netherlands}

^{Moderator: Peter Peters, MCICM, the Netherlands}

^{Future challenges: Can art make constructive contributions to solving current civil society challenges and what roles can classical concerts or opera performances play in this?
Helmut Seidenbusch, Director for Cultural Education atStiftung Mercator, Germany}

^{Moderator: Neil T. Smith, MCICM, the Netherlands}

^{Whose Future?
Speakers:Kirsteen Davidson Kelly, Schottish Chambre Orchestra, UK; George E. Lewis, Columbia University, USA; Maria Hansen, ELIA European Art School Confederation, the Netherlands
Closing remarks by Peter Peters, MCICM, the Netherlands}