Context has resumed!
The Music Department's Iceland University of the Arts Lunch Lecture Series offers a wide range of discussions on music and music-related subjects, in timbre and speech The series opens a discussion on music in broad context and gives insight into everything from creative process and art research to academia and the social role of music.
The program takes on different forms, from lectures and conversations to events where music performance is in the foreground.
Context takes place in the premises of the Music Department Iceland University of the Arts.
Events start at 12:15 and last for 45 minutes.
All welcome!
Program Context 2026 - Autumn
September 18 - Brandon LaBelle - Poetics of Listening
October 2 - Richard Schwennicke - What makes a good opera and how do you believe it?
October 9 - Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Reflections on habit formations in music// Contemplations on habit formations in music
October 16 - Howie B. & Hiraki - Invert The Pyramid
October 23 - Pétur Jónasson - Attention, memory processes and complex tonal material // Attention, memory processes, and complex musical material
November 6 - Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson - Development of new works for classical harmonica
November 13 - Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Tui Hirv - The story behind the Law
November 20 - Gyða Valtýsdóttir - Threads - Ways to creation
November 27 - Þorbjörg Daphne Hall - Music Colleges and Community-Based Music // Higher Music Education and Socially Engaged Practice
