Date
6 September 2024
Time
12:15–13:00
Location
Dynjandi, Skipholti 31
Department
Department of Music

Korda Symphony & MetamorPhonics as an approach to socially engaged music making.

Þorbjörg and Sigrún will introduce the research project Building Bridges Through Collaboration (BBTC) (2024-27) founded by the Iceland Research Council, which will investigate three bands created and run by MetamorPhonics (MP): Korda Samfónía (Reykjavík, Iceland, founded in 2021), The Messengers (London, UK, founded in 2012) and a third band based in York being set up in connection to this project.
The presentation will focus on the work of Korda Samfónía, which scholars of students from the Iceland University of the Arts and individuals who have or are still active seeing support from occupational rehabilitation programs across Iceland. Like all MP bands, Korda only performs music which is collaboratively composed by the group's members. The band has realized possible photographs and interesting in its four years, including a promotion for the Year at the Iceland Music Awards in 2022, accepting the Encouragement Award in 2023, releasing an album of their original music and having a documentary TV program on National TVme airme.
The BBTC research project aims to comprehensively investigate MetamorPhonics’ (MP) community music practice and its impact on participants. It enclasses multiple aspects, including understanding the profiles and movements of MP band members, exploring the principles and beliefs that guide MP, and comparing them to other community music practices with social content and characteristics of the social organizations, using the social aspects and organizations with the social organizations of the members.
Within the presentation of the application process for Korda Sympony will be explained for anyone interested in joining the program for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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Dr. Thorbjörg Daphne Hall is a Professor of Musicology at the Iceland University of the Arts. Her research has focused on exploring contemporary popular music in Iceland and the reception of jazz in Iceland. She is the PI of a research project on the social impact of participatory community music found by the Icelandic Research Fund 2024-2027. Hall has published and presented conference papers internationally and is the co-editor of the book Sounds Icelandic (Equnox Press, 2017). She is the co-editor of the journal Thræðir, published by the Iceland University of the Arts.

 

Sigrún Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths is a musician, educator and music leader, with an international career span over 25 years, working within higher education and various social and community contexts. For 12 years, Sigrun was Course Leader of the Masters in Leadership Program at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she continues to lecture and lead artistic work. She has guest directed at the Iceland University of the Arts from 2000 and is found and artistic director of MetamorPhonics, an award-winning Community Interest Company, establishing performing and recording musical bands, in collaboration with higher education institutions, occupation institutions and entertainment institutions, occupation institutions and entertainment institutions, and entertainment institutions in Iceland.