MCICM publishes new book ‘On Innovating Classical Music’

MCICM recently published a book titled ‘On Innovating Classical Music: Looking Back on Eight Years of MCICM.’ The book is a collection of the research done by the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM) between 2018 and 2026, years in which the centre was led by Peter Peters, special chair at Maastricht University. 

The book includes summaries of the experiments that were part of the NWO/SIA project ‘Artful Participation’ led by Ruth Benschop, Ties van de Werff and Imogen Eve, as well as other collaborations with Philzuid. Summaries of the PhD projects of Veerle Spronck and Denise Petzold are also included in the publication. We also describe our collaborations with Conservatorium Maastricht as well as international events we organized, such as symposia and seminars. You can find more information about the research of Neil Thomas Smith on concert venues as well as a summary of our edited collection ‘Classical Music Futures: Practices of Innovation.’  The book also gives an impression of the research on digitalization led by Denise Petzold and Jorge Lozano. 

The idea behind ‘On Innovating Classical Music’ is not to summarize our research, but rather to give the reader glimpses and, via the PDF version, readers can further learn about the experiments, research and events with links to our websites, publications and other material. We hope to give musicians, researchers, practitioners and others interested in the innovation of classical music a taste of what the centre did throughout these eight years. 

‘On Innovating Classical Music’ includes contributions by Ruth Benschop, Imogen Eve, Jorge Lozano, Denise Petzold, Neil Thomas Smith, Veerle Spronck and Ties van de Werff and was edited by Karoly Molina and Peter Peters.

You can download it for free via this link.