Accordion festival - Academic morning

Presentation of research and development work in the field of accordion

Introduction by Professor Geir Draugsvoll
 

Andreas Borregaard:  "Just Do It! - an instrumentalists approach to extended performance"

“Just Do It!” is an artistic research PhD-project that seeks to explore the possibilities of bodily performance in music and to detect, define and describe the skills needed to realise them. The project’s practice-based methodology is rooted in the creation of four new solo pieces for accordion and body and one concerto for ensemble and accordionist. Through (co-)creating, learning, practising and performing these pieces successively, the bodily involvement in each piece is scrutinized and reflected in existing theories from theatre and dance as well as practical experience and coaching from actors, dancers, singers and New Discipline-performers. Strategies to overcome the extra-musical challenges are thus formed through – and described from the vantage point of – the musician’s working body and already existing expertise."

Claudio Jacomucci: “Mastering Accordion Technique”

“The importance of body-mind awareness in learning skills, from early education to advanced studies. How to develop tools and strategies in daily practice.”

Jostein Stalheim: “PCP for accordeon”

“The Soundpainter composes in real time utilizing the gestures to create the composition in any way they desire. The Soundpainter sometimes knows what he/she will receive from the performers and sometimes does not know what he/she will receive – the elements of specificity and chance.”

See the full festival program: https://dkdm.dk/en/accordion-festival-2021

The RDAM marks that it is 50 years since the education was first offered. The three-day festival puts a spotlight on history, the present and not least the future. We invite both old and new partners from all over the world and at the same time we focus on children and future generations of accordionists.