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Our goal is to establish the work of LIPS as a ground-breaking part of the musical experience both globally and in the UK by the end of the three cycles. We aim to offer hard evidence to teachers, performers and clinicians about the vital importance of a more unified approach to piano performance based on research at the interface between the arts and sciences. Furthermore we will look to increase the influence of LIPS at home and internationally by cooperating with strong international scientific communities and musical establishments,...
read moreWe are urgently seeking a fundraiser
We are currently seeking a fundraiser – would any one interested please contact us. The fundraiser will receive a percentage of all funds raised. Please email the director: mackie_cristine@hotmail.com
read moreExamples of the workshops, February 2013
Full conference programme provided under News and Events Britten Theatre RCM Background Performance science has grown considerably during the last ten years. But despite the potential for this field to inform educational and professional practice across the arts, its application in the field of piano performance has been largely neglected. This neglect is not surprising, since the area is steeped in traditional methods of performance practice, and suffers also from a mind/body dualism. These workshops will suggest that skilled pianism...
read moreWe are delighted to receive the support & guidance of the MORE Partnership
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read moreMusic Teacher magazine reviews Cristine MacKie’s work
The magazine the Music Teacher, published this April 2014, acknowledges Cristine MacKie as one of the foremost leading advocates in the UK of the mind/body approach to piano performance
read moreSample of abstracts submitted in 2013
Elaine Chew, Queen Mary, University of London Title: Explaining what musicians do, how we do it, and why; making concrete conceptualized structures and expressive (prosodic) decisions that shape musical communications using mathematical models, computational methods, and scientific visualisations Schnabel’s playing of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (15 bars) – Tempo analysis from Elaine Chew on Vimeo. Schnabel’s tempo variations in his performance of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (15 bars). Vertical...
read moreSucess: Going to the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.
The collaboration at the Royal College of Music during February last between Cristine MacKie & Jeanetta Lawrence of the Royal Ballet was so successful that the work is being presented at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on April 23rd, 24th and 26 April.
read moreThe Conference Programme for February 2013
Conference Programme 2013 Friday, 8th February 2013. 8.30-9.00 REGISTRATION Recital Hall, Royal College of Music 9.00-9.15 Welcome 9.15-10.00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Professor Roger Kneebone, Imperial College THEMATIC SESSIONS MIND & BODY 10.00-10.30 Jennifer MacRitchie & Alessandro Guisti, Embodying Intentional Musical Expression Through Piano Touch: A Motion Capture Study. 10.30-11.00 Lois Svard, It’s All in Your Mind: Motor Imagery and the Pianist. 11.00-11.30 BREAK 11.30-12.00 Kathleen Riley, Understanding the Physiology of...
read moreTickets for the symposium will be available to professional musicians, piano students and the public in Jan 2015
For professional musicians wishing to attend the symposium please go the Home Page for News and Events and click on Registration. For booking a seat for the workshop and the piano recital please call 020 8789 6163 Click here for the RCM’s online box office. To attend the conference on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th February: Public attendees: £50.00 per day Students: £25.00 per day (ID will be required at the door). Please pay by bank transfer to the: London Piano International Symposium Barclays Bank Sort code 20 90 74 Account number...
read moreNew media parteners onboard
We have agreed that the International Piano Magazine and Rhinegold Publishing are to be media partners
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