Simone Maurer, Moving and Musicking: The Body Language of MusiciansWinner - University of Melbourne VYT (2023)This presentation shares an overview of part of my PhD in Music Performance (and music psychology) research on the embodied cognition and creativity (i.e., body language) of solo musicians in performance - and is uploaded as a submission for the 2023 Visualise Your Thesis competition.I respectfully acknowledge Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Country on which I work, live, and continue to learn – the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation – and pay my respects to Elders past and present.Description of visual and spoken information:Title Slide:Simone Maurer
Moving and Musicking: The Body Language of Musicians
PhD, Final Year
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
ORCID: 0000-0002-1336-0473
Twitter or X handle: @SimoneMmusic
LinkedIn handle: @simonemaurermusic
Copyright (c) Simone Maurer 2023Logo for the University of Melbourne. Visualise your thesis presented by the University of Melbourne.Video segment 1: Close up shot of a woman seated at a piano playing a basic piano scale with her right hand while clicking her left fingers in time with the beat. A moving graphic of cogs turning overlays on her head while a pointing arrow overlays on her right forearm. Accompanying audio: "Learning a musical instrument requires a lot of coordination between the mind and body, and even more..."Video segment 2: Wide shot of a woman seated at a piano performing a rapidly descending phrase from Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu in C# minor. Moving graphics of sparks overlay her right arm and head. Afterwards, a static graphic of a magnifying glass with a brain in the centre overlaps her head. Accompanying audio: "...to create a whole performance. Traditionally, music psychology has prioritised how the mind works over the body's role. So, to better understand how to perform music at a..."Video segment 3: Wide shot of woman seated at a piano accompanying a woman standing playing the flute as they perform the opening of Chaminade's Concertino for flute and piano. During the words "the body language of solo musicians", the outline of a video camera recording screen overlays the flute player's body. Accompanying audio: "...high level, my PhD investigated the body language of solo musicians. I found that when playing an instrument, peo...
Moving and Musicking: The Body Language of Musicians
PhD, Final Year
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
ORCID: 0000-0002-1336-0473
Twitter or X handle: @SimoneMmusic
LinkedIn handle: @simonemaurermusic
Copyright (c) Simone Maurer 2023Logo for the University of Melbourne. Visualise your thesis presented by the University of Melbourne.Video segment 1: Close up shot of a woman seated at a piano playing a basic piano scale with her right hand while clicking her left fingers in time with the beat. A moving graphic of cogs turning overlays on her head while a pointing arrow overlays on her right forearm. Accompanying audio: "Learning a musical instrument requires a lot of coordination between the mind and body, and even more..."Video segment 2: Wide shot of a woman seated at a piano performing a rapidly descending phrase from Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu in C# minor. Moving graphics of sparks overlay her right arm and head. Afterwards, a static graphic of a magnifying glass with a brain in the centre overlaps her head. Accompanying audio: "...to create a whole performance. Traditionally, music psychology has prioritised how the mind works over the body's role. So, to better understand how to perform music at a..."Video segment 3: Wide shot of woman seated at a piano accompanying a woman standing playing the flute as they perform the opening of Chaminade's Concertino for flute and piano. During the words "the body language of solo musicians", the outline of a video camera recording screen overlays the flute player's body. Accompanying audio: "...high level, my PhD investigated the body language of solo musicians. I found that when playing an instrument, peo...